Comments to threads that make you go FFS

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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 😩

My pet hate is posters who criticise the advice but don't add anything constructive themselves.

Came on to say this! Definitely the most punchable reply in the MN lexicon, closely followed by “use your words”.

‘I couldn’t get worked up over this’ 😴

Berating the OP and saying they "sound nasty" for snapping back after pages of snarky responses and their every point being picked over by people who haven't even read them properly. If OP doesn't have the patience of a saint, all issues must be their fault.

The threads where everyone gives exactly the same answer for pages and then someone comes along, "Nurse/lawyer/HR person here" and proceeds to give exactly the same answer as if they're the only one/only one who matters.

Or even worse, the very next post after the OP. I’ve already come across one today. Especially annoying when the OP is quite long. I can understand it a few pages down but on the first page it is so irritating.

I was the OP
OP- I'm looking for recommendations for a new car. Something small, fun and sporty.
First reply - why don't you take the bus, think of the planet

Anyone got that virus going around?

Yes, I've had it for 3 weeks now.

What?! I mean, if you're asking your colleagues that you see everyday then it's a reasonable question, but how the feck does poster B know they've got the same virus as poster A?

ND being diagnosed for any poor behaviour with no accountability because it’s not an individual’s fault. Totally misunderstanding nd and creates negative stereotypes that are unhelpful.

Any issue raised by an op that has an obvious solution but in the follow up comment they say “I can’t do the obvious, easy solution because I don’t drive”

There’s usually another thread with a poster who doesn’t drive claiming it’s not an issue.

The "Is it just me who doesn't wear makeup?" ones are particularly annoying to me. No, it isn't just you, Ms Not Like Other Girls.

The best posts are when OP has written a clear description of a problem/situation and answered further questions about then someone comes along and makes up a whole new insane story

OP-
I went to ABC Market for chocolates and the clerk suddenly called me a foul name after I said good morning to her. It was an upsetting experience, should I let mgmt know in case she needs help? She seemed very unwell mentally. Not sure if a complaint would help or hurt in this case?

batshit poster-
why would you go to the car repair shop for gummy worms?? What did you do to the poor innocent auto repair man that he had to defend himself from? OP is clearly a terrible person and doesn't even need candy, she's too fat already.

It's like they're on another planet-Planet Crazy. Any attempt to correct them is met with more of the same.

But also the opposite.

OP: I just had an emergency c-section for triplets, when we were only expecting one, and the third was breech and broke my tailbone. One has to stay in NICU but two are coming home with me tomorrow. DH is scheduled to go to Prague for a stag tomorrow with his 6 friends who are all divorced for cheating at stags. I'd like him to collect me and drive me home, but he says he needs to leave before I'm discharged to pick up the drugs for the weekend. AIBU?

Poster 1: My DH was in orbit on Space X when I had my quintuplets. I just got a big sling and carried them the 10 miles home.

Poster 2: Are you always this controlling, OP?

Poster 3: I doubt he can get a refund for his flight this close to the date. Can your mum come collect you in a taxi? Is there public transport where you live?

Poster 4: Have you sought help for your anxiety?

Poster 5: He's definitely looking to cheat.

Apologies if this has been said already ( and therefore risking being someone’s pet hate!)

When people assume that the OP has what they have. E.g. someone writing about the difficulty of getting their kids to school cos the DH has the car ..
” Why don’t you use your car?” Or someone saying they are disturbed by their partners snoring “ Move to the spare room” AAgh !!

But I favourite both annoys me and makes me laugh… “Not this again”.

Posters who hand out dangerous misinformed advice and refuse to read either NHS advice or the advice of registered charities dealing precisely with the issues in question which are both saying the opposite!

When someone is asking if they are being too emotional or if someone is overstepping boundaries

Op - My MIL has taken my new born away for two weeks without asking me

reply - OP you sound very precious. You should be grateful for the help and MIL needs to bond. I bet your DM gets to steal the baby for two weeks!

Op: I'm really skint and have 30p to last me 2 weeks, what can I do??

Replies: have you thought about growing your own veg??

I’ve seen this one so much and it grinds my gears!

OP - It’s my 40th today and I’m a bit upset as my DH gave me a care and has now gone to play golf

Reply - On my birthday I just take the dogs for a walk and have a nice cup of tea, I certainly don’t expect my DH to even remember. You’re and adult OP why don’t you cook him a nice dinner to celebrate later?

“The cool girls” to dismiss the opinions of anyone who isn’t a neurotic overthinker.

This made me lol 😂😂👏

YY to this. They also seem to love asking (with a patronising head tilt) whether the OP told her DH she wanted him to remember her birthday and making out it's her fault for expecting him to read her mind.

Also comments that lazily tear into a whole group of people.

Poster: "I usually find that all parents/non parents, drivers/non drivers, meat eaters/vegans think or do XYZ terrible thing". In reality they've probably only encountered one person from said demographic who thinks/does whatever but have decided to tar them all with the same brush.

When posters encounter someone who isn't familiar with something they've experienced or a word they use, from which extensive research the poster then infers that no-one from that whole region does/says this and therefore it is regional, and furthermore only specific their own speshul region and no-one can understand them or their ways. (no, 'arse' isn't regional, and no, 'English people' don't think pancake day is American')

On the other hand some posters do seem to be almost deliberately dense in deducing meanings. 'I carried some pots down' sticks in the mind. responses: pots??? you carried pots!!!, what saucepans?? why would you have saucepans upstairs. I can't understand what you mean.

@HolidayAtNight there was a point when anyone who disagreed with the OP would fling around "you sound like hard work" but that seems to have petered out now.

I can't stand when people quote the whole of the original post and then add their reply. We've just read the whole thing and now have to scroll all the way through it again. I don't even read the reply once they've done that, I'm too over scrolling through the op they've quoted already 🤦🏻‍♀️