What’s the strangest reason someone has got cross with you on MN?

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When I was new to MN I used a way of phrasing something that is very common in my local dialect. To the point that I still can’t figure out what was wrong with how I phrased it. However rather than answering my thread there was just a pile on about my typing.

Another time someone became very angry that I said I worked at a school with a farm. I did at the time. But they were so angry that I might have “outed” my self. I’ve never put anything on here that I would be embarrassed people in my life finding out so I don’t know why they were so worried for me!

I got told off for daring to suggest there are regional variations in how words are pronounced.

No, on MN there is no such thing. Just mispronunciation

There are some extremely bitter individuals on MN, particularly those who hate and despise men. There's a thread on one of the boards where men are getting a disgusting kicking. If those comments were made about a race, faith, or women themselves, all Hell would, quite rightly, break loose. It's men taking the abuse, though, so apparently it's not only okay, it's accepted and encouraged.

What’s an MLM?

Oh, buggery duggery do. Does that mean I mustn't laugh at a joke in the pub if the protagonists are Pat and Mick but the same joke is fine if the people involved are called Justin and Clive?

I joined in a lovely thread about jam and marmalade. Imag my surprise this morning to find the thread had been deleted by the mods for breaking the guidelines.

Who the heck got that wound up about jam 😕

OH I remember the pyjamas was so funny.

The COVID batshittery was off the charts.

I think that was deleted because the OP is under investigation

Multi level marketing

It's a pyramid scheme (scam) thats actually illegal but they work just within the rules

The ones at the top make the money and they get others to recruit,who in turn recruit others,who In turn recruit others (and on and on it goes until you run out of people)

99% of people lose money

You see 'work from home around the nooks and crannies of your life' and #bossbabe #businessowner

The rules need to be tightened so nobody gets scammed

They are disgusting

Oh god yes the "people never get abuse or called names for being thin" brigade. There's a thread on the go at the moment where we have had thin people are mean bitches and a size 6/8 is not a womans size. Bonkers.

I think as another poster has said it's being unable to put yourselves in others shoes and also responding to something that makes you remember something that has happened to you so you aren't really answering the op you are responding to some trauma from years ago. It's all related to very low emotional intelligence though, the inability to think hang on a minute why is this winding me up so much, let me take a breath.

Black and white thinking is more and more common across society though

the idea that if you have a different view it makes you the enemy rather than accepting in society a plurality of views is healthy

eta and aggression and insults are not the way to change minds to your view and suggests you don’t really understand why you hold the view yourself

Strangely it was known back then that alcohol prevents early labour so women at risk were told this. Today we have suitable drugs for this.

My son is a Paddy, I recall this thread and the pile on I actually defended you which they had to accept because of my Irish heritage.

There’s a group of people on here who seem to think every English person despises the Irish and spends their life trying to find ways to upset them

Oh I remember that one too. You were brilliant.

It must be particularly difficult to be a man on the internet. Thoughts and prayers 🙏

Friday and Saturday nights were brilliant batshittery reads. I put it down to folks relaxing. I don't know if it's still like that though I don't check in as much.

I remember saying id grassed up my abusive twat ex for something he'd done

I may have used the word 'ratted' as well

That triggered some loon to have a real go at me for using those words

The fact he'd mentally,physically and emotionally abused me for 3 years and rinsed me financially (stealing my money and owes me thousands in child support seemed to go over her head)

I was in the wrong for saying 'grassed' and 'ratted'

Is it not because we're annoyed that someone abusive is automatically thought to be autistic? Rather than narcissistic. It annoys me because one of my boys in particular, is so gentle and kind and can't stand the thought of upsetting anyone. A lot of us are really really shy and quiet and don't want to be associated with abusive people. It's not difficult to understand surely?

I don’t mean labelling abusive men as autistic. I was mainly referring to people talking about themselves as having undiagnosed autism or ADHD, which I have myself, and someone then says they could not possible have either condition unless they have been to the doctors about it.

Women especially can and do mask their entire lives.

I was told my husband should stay at home instead of go outside because their right to have their dogs in every public place trumps his right not to have a severe allergic reaction!!

Also in book reviews. If characters don't behave as the reader themselves would have behaved in that situation, then the book is 'unrealistic'. Usually reviewed with the words 'I would of...' (sic) and a long rant about how they would have handled a situation.

But the book wasn't about you, Margot!

I got a lengthy telling off for putting a laughing emoji on a post about my own sexual abuse. I can’t remember the context of why I added it, but it would have been in an appropriate place in my own post. I remember writing it, in torrential tears at 2am one winter morning in response to another poster. I didn’t notice the telling off until a year later, because I couldn’t face going back to the thread after I posted.

She really laid into me about adding this laughing emoji. It was a year later, but it really upset me so I equally blunt back to her. I ended up contacting MN and asking them to remove my original post as I was so upset about it.

I still see this woman posting on here. She also strongly believes that men are never victims of domestic abuse.

Years ago I got attacked by a couple of other posters for mentioning that, as a migrant, I really didn't have a problem with removing the visa status and deporting immigrants who had been convicted of murder. Apparently I was a hypocrite, as I might run foul of these rules one day.

I haven't murdered anyone yet, and do not plan to start anytime soon, in case anyone is wondering.

Oh, the stay-at-homesters are something else. Off-the-scale entitlement. I've been told to stay home because of my dog allergy and poor immune system, and because I dislike being around badly behaved children (by which I mean proper feral behaviour, not normal excitement or high spirits) more times than I can count.

My oldest has autism. I find that what riles up MNetters is when someone is being an abusive arse, or clearly displaying some sort of abusive behaviour the question comes 'Are they autistic?'. Autism is used as a perjorative and usually the people spouting that have a fairly shallow idea of what utism is- the no eye contact, lack of emathy cliches are exactly that- cliches that actually harm people who are ND. It's lazy stereotyping and its right to be called out. It's not gate-keeping, it's frustration.