Comments to threads that make you go FFS

[Doctorwhew]

Op: I’m starting a new role where the dress code is business smart. I’ve only ever worn jeans and T-shirts in previous jobs. Help please
Comment: I’ve always wfh so only wear loungewear

Op: John Doe has died, that’s so sad.
Comment: I’ve never heard of John Doe

Op: Lunch ideas please. I’m unable to eat bread or legumes.
Many many comments: I have beans on toast. Lentil soup is my go to. I love pita & hummus. Just make a sandwich.

On and on and on 😩

"LTB" then nothing

"You shouldn't have voted Labour/Tory/whoever"

"Starmer has only been in five minutes give him a chance"

Any response with "fascist" in it unless it's quoting the poster who called another poster fascist for questioning Labour policy

Absolutely, OP. WHY do people do that? Do they not realise that they're not obliged to respond to threads, or do they have a serious case of Main Character Syndrome?

Or to maybe just read the OPs posts only before they comment if the don't want to trawl throw hundreds of other ones.

Oh god the holiday board is one of the worst for attracting twats.

OP: please recommend a Caribbean island, budget £10k for 2 people

R1: I’m on minimum wage and haven’t been abroad for 3 years, some people are in a cost of living crisis you know

R2: We don’t fly for environmental reasons, have you considered Devon?

R3: People really spend ten grand on a holiday? We’ve just been to Spain for 50p a head

R4: What’s your budget OP?

R5: Why did you put your budget in your question, it’s so vulgar and braggy and totally irrelevant

@Doctorwhew you nailed it for me in the first post!

just why??? Reminds me of that scene in anchorman when everyone’s arguing and Steve Carrells character just shouts ‘loud noises’.

To be fair, I have seen PLENTY of MN posts over the years with someone claiming that they don't understand how anyone eats more than once slice of toast or one slice of pizza at a time.

I think the equivalent that happens more often these days is that someone will be accused of poisoning their children because they've let them have a mcdonalds or a KFC, or because they have cereals. I once had someone very upset because in a lunchbox thread I mentioned that I sometimes give DS salami or pop a few chunks of chorizo in his lunch box. Just this week someone took a friend's child to KFC and there were a bunch of people shocked and appalled she would do that!

This is probably all the same person. There is a completely unhinged troll that makes new accounts every day and harasses people like this. Usually 2-3 posts back-to-back, uses bold to quote, picks one random thing and acts like an utter lunatic about it. Usually targets the OP, but sometimes targets another poster instead. If the posts all vanish it’s definitely them.

Actually had a thread deleted from netmums about this (and ended up here)

The jist of it was my ex fiance developed a drug habit AFTER we split up (almost a year after) I was under intense* *pressure from family and friends to reunite with him and keep him around our child the advice from the drug support place was ditch him he won't get better while your holding his hand he sees his child when he is straight/sober or not at all I was conflicted because I wanted to ditch him but my loving family were telling me I was wrong and I wanted advice

Response after Response telling me I should never have got pregnant by a junkie I was probably one myself asking if my child was born addicted etc etc 😳 it was like everyone missed the part when I said after! "Must have been signs of this before you got pregnant" no?

When someone posts, looking for support, about a slightly concerning experience that they've had on a relevant board and then the thread is derailed by a few posters trying to pick holes in the story to 'prove' that it's a lie and/or the OP is entirely in the wrong.

I once posted on the feminism chat board, just wanting to vent (I even said that on the OP) after a man behind me at the petrol station had been really aggressive because I took longer filling my car than he did. A few posters pretended to be confused about the order of events and asked questions, which I answered as far as until the man became aggressive I didn't pay him too much attention. So I had no idea what model his car was/whether he filled up or just went in to the shop/ whether he had a work badge/lanyard that might show he was on his way to a life and death situation etc etc. Apparently this meant I must have made the whole thing up for attention or was messing around with my phone/applying make-up etc and took no notice of more pleasant attempts to get me to hurry up.

I also posts where the OP acknowledges that she's done something some people disagree with (but entirely legal and acceptable) and does not want to debate that, but would like advice on something specific from others who are in the same position. Then thread is full of people berating her for her choice. Eg, bringing DC up vegetarian, having an overseas rescue animal, sending DC to private school.

Mention of <literally any product> will be followed within two posts by <any product> is crap! You must be mad to use it/go there/waste your money on it!

"Cancel the cheque."

It always surprises me that educated women can't fathom that someone else has different political views to them.

I was actually on the original CTC thread under a different name but I hate it when sometimes posters use it as a kind of cliquey (or click if your a traitor 😉) barrier against newer posters. It's like they don't realise that people can Google things!

@HouseOfGoldandBones or a different lived experience. What do you mean you don't earn 900k a year/drive/go abroad/vote for x? Everyone does where I'm from.

Just here smiling and shaking my head at the accuracy of all of these comments, I can't think of any that haven't been mentioned already but my god do I agree!!! Also annoying me today is the inter-thread arguments going on which completely derail the initial intention of the post...

Mumsnet discourse is essentially at the level of your local Facebook page now, with idiotic, useless comments from people who haven't read the post or the thread.

"Why do you care?"

Because I'm a nosey judgmental bint, obviously!

Posts which state things that are actually factually wrong....eg "the fence you own is always on the left of your garden" "solicitors will give you 30 minutes of free advice" Grrrr

That should really replace the 'by parents for parents' line. Mumsnet, for nosey judgmental bints 😆.

Or are you obsessed with agreeing one million percent and would be devastated if I didn’t like your post 😂😂😂?