Cheeky fuckers Mumsnet edition

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Coming from another thread about CFs that was massively derailed, thread derailment is at the top of my list of CF behaviour on Mumsnet.
What is yours?

What is placemarking please?

The arsehole posters that can see the op is distressed, then make some horrible comments that are nothing to do with the problem she needs help with.

I often wonder how they can be so cruel sat behind their keyboards.

E.g. My husband has cheated over and over, I am devastated. I feel suicidal. We have 3 kids together. The response would be, ‘I have zero sympathy for you having children with this man’.

They are the worst!

Inability to grasp the actual problem and detail with some minor detail.

Placemarking

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"should have thought about that before having children"

"Why did you have children if you can't afford them?"

Come on, use your imagination....

@Backinntheroom it's so those commenting get a notification when the thread is updated. Instead of just 'watching' the thread and bookmarking where they're up to on it.

Oh and when people try and copy odd writing styles.

"...so he went to the shop, and readers, this is where the story gets good..."

Megan Markle threads that get nasty and vicious or anything Royal that gets derailed by MM, either by haters or supporters! It never ends well! I purposely stayed off Mumsnet for just over a year because it was getting crazy on here....have returned this Easter weekend to read CF stories about Easter...but most likely will go off again in the lead up to Coronation. And please do not derail this thread MM 😚...I thought about not posting in case I inadvertently set this in motion 😊

People who bump zombie threads, like you can see it was from 2011! 😩

People explaining that autism “is a spectrum” usually fairly inaccurately despite the entire thread being full of declared autistic people/or their parents.

Competitive pet care, where dogs are only ever alone for 2 mins and cats are kept inside for their entire adult lives incase they kill a mouse.

Large family bashing and those dickheads who ask “why did you reproduce with him?”.

Putting people down for asking a question and making out they are an idiot. Just because they don't know something you do doesn't make them an idiot, and at least they are trying to find out more.

Quips like “the hills are that way >>>> “ when referring to leaving someone.

That drives me fucking insane.

Oops - that was supposed to be a reply to @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g ’s point about people pointing out typos, etc, in threads where the OP is clearly distressed.

“Stop being such a doormat” directed at anyone who is asking about how to manage something with caution
”you sound like hard work” also anyone asking about anything frankly
”surely you just . . . “

there was a thread recently where a lady was anxious that her friends weren’t going to turn up for drinks as planned. She could see they had read her message but hadn’t replied and the time was getting closer. I felt sad and anxious for her but so many people were being so unkind “you sound like hard work.” The friends didn’t turn up and suddenly all the eye rollers disappeared

I don’t meet that many hugely strident women declaring “no” (as a complete sentence) which leads me to believe that the hordes on here who claim to be so are fibbing.

Sometimes bumping zombie threads can create a classic like this one. 'is there an ecco in here?' 🤣

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/752184-hauck-stroller-pound-25-Asda

Oh, thank you @HereIfYouNeedMe !

Might be mean for this one but the drip feeds, dear lord. OP might not be getting the responses wanted and then 2 updates later the story has a complete 180 and they escaped an awful marriage, are financially abused, are traumatised etc. I get some people don’t want to reveal it straight away if it’s genuine, but the amount of times it’s dripfed when the responses are disagreeing with OP is too obvious not to notice.

Replying ‘cherchez la femme’ in response to anyone complaining about their partner. Just fuck off and stop trying to look clever.

Obnoxious posters who thrive on being the type to tell it like it is. (you know the ones, you see the reply, roll your eyes and mumble "rude cunt" then look back at their username and think "yep. Course it's you. Dick."

Quite often they will read a post, make up a new narrative of what actually happened and manage to turn the thread against the OP. It's quite fascinating to observe. You can almost see them standing there, arms folded, nodding saying "well you know what really happened. Obviously you did XXX and YYY happened and you won't admit it." Or "Your DH did that because this and that happened and he's actually having an affair"

That's happening on the CF running Chinese thread. It's ridiculous!

1. The ones that go and look at previous OPs posts to ‘call them out’

2. The ones that jump on one innocuous thing in a post and ridicule it and don’t offer any practical advice or kindness to the actual problem

3. the ones that shout ‘leave him’ every time

To be fair, they probably still have the same problem 😁

Re "no is a complete sentence" I completely agree. So many posters seem to think their unwillingness to justify their reasons trumps the feelings of others. People absolutely have the right to say "no" but others may understandably be upset when you shut down any further conversation about it and refuse to explain

I also hate the "long time poster but name changed" and then a strong of phrases that's supposed to "prove" how long the person has been an MNer.
I learned the phrases in my first month here from those kinds of posts but had no idea as to what they referred.