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AIBU to be losing the will to live with MN. Let's ban the following!

345 replies

proudnglad · 27/09/2010 10:14

Yes, yes it's a thread about threads. Yes it's grumpy. But FFS what is going on MN?? Can we please ban the following on AIBU:

Facebook threads

Threads where the OP is 62 paragraphs long (fair enough if it's emotional with a long back story but when it's about a fight with your MIL over a satsuma - MAKE IT SHORT)

Gender threads - no-one likes their sons more than their daughters ok??

Fabricated dialogue - 'a man in the supermarket told me to remove my dd's filthy little hand from his trolley or he would call security, AIBU to tell him to piss off?'. No he didn't say that. You are making it up. Go away.

Any others?

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scottishmummy · 27/09/2010 20:58

very clever Louise was it intentional?

melpomene · 27/09/2010 21:04

Threads with gratuitously violent titles or OPs, along the lines of "My friend forgot that it was my birthday. AIBU to want to gouge her eyes out with broken glass?"

Alouiseg · 27/09/2010 21:07

You're too sharp scottishmummy, wasn't intentional but made me smile when I read it back.

JFly · 27/09/2010 21:09

The numpties who say "trust your instincts" in response to obvious parenting fails.

Completely made up example: "Junior is 10 weeks old. I think I should start him on solids because he just grabbed my pain au chocolat." "Oh, you're his mum, trust your instincts, he'll be fine!"

Um, no, your instinct is not a substitute for common sense, research or medical advice!

Mumcentreplus · 27/09/2010 21:16

ah well.. instincts sometimes work so that cannot be banned completely..

Mumcentreplus · 27/09/2010 21:17

especially if you other half is a cheating fucker..lolGrin

StayFrosty · 27/09/2010 21:20

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Theincrediblesulk1 · 27/09/2010 21:21

I got one! People who just skim read your post then attack you, using the point you just bloody made! And then blindly ignore you when you point it out to them and carry on bashing you.

Ohhh i feel better now lool

Mumcentreplus · 27/09/2010 21:23

people who are evil and insensitive...or is that a matter of opinion?..oh fuck!!..lol

Dawnybabe · 27/09/2010 21:24

I do like it when tethersend pops up, she does make me laugh.

usualsuspect · 27/09/2010 21:26

All the my MIL/Mother is worse than yours threads

Theincrediblesulk1 · 27/09/2010 21:30

The my oh is a bastard i hate him, but will stay with him while he sleeps his way through the phone book....Feel sorry for me though!

God i am a bitch!Turns out i am one of them Evil insensitive types after all lool

Theincrediblesulk1 · 27/09/2010 21:31

threads forgot to put it hee hee hee

Mumcentreplus · 27/09/2010 21:43

Grin adds to list...

thefirstmrsDeVere · 27/09/2010 21:44

EdgarAllen do you know Don Camillo is on R7? Cant remember which night, may even be mondays at 10pm ish.

I hate the name threads. Hate them!

'I was in the playground with DCs today and this dreadful woman (you know all fake uggs and gold chains) was there. She kept calling for her children, they were called...... DEMI, MORGAN, MASON & CHARDONAY!!!! Shock

It was awful. Mind you me and my DCs Clotidle, Magnuson & Talbet had quite a giggle on the way home for supper Grin'

Oh just go ahead and say it, you think the lower classes are beyond the pale and should be forced to live in special zones.

DaisyDaresYOU · 27/09/2010 21:46

People who post what do you think of the name atticus for unborn baby,posters say its horrible,op moans.then they admit baby is few weeks old and thier name is atticus

thefirstmrsDeVere · 27/09/2010 21:52

My dog is called Atticus

Grin

Really.

Mumcentreplus · 27/09/2010 21:54

[email protected] poll here he comes!!

I dont mind name threads they are a giggle..tbh I do feel sorry for some babys to be.. its fuckin scary in the birth cert world..sometimes i think we should be like the french and take parents to court..Grin

thefirstmrsDeVere · 27/09/2010 22:02

Stalker/obsessive alert.

I have just checked the schedules and The Little World of Don Camillo is on R7 on weds nights between 10 - 11pm (forgot as soon as I looked it up.

For EdgarAllen

DaisyDaresYOU · 27/09/2010 22:10

Lol hi mrs.Mcp i have to say some names make me go,they can't be serious surely!?i hate my name though it's normal,so wonder how flower, petal, and sporticus are gunna feel

DaisyDaresYOU · 27/09/2010 22:12

Lol hi mrs.Mcp i have to say some names make me go,they can't be serious surely!?i hate my name though it's normal,so wonder how flower, petal, and sporticus are gunna feel

DaisyDaresYOU · 27/09/2010 22:13

Oopsie daisy.Double posted

proudnglad · 27/09/2010 22:32

You know what's really got me is that so many evil, intolerant and grumpy posters have gathered here today in a display of true arsey unity.

And to discuss citrus fruits.

Have a clementine each and every one of you!

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StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 27/09/2010 22:32

I must own up that I only remembered the P-Don Camillo connection because I heard an episode on Radio 7 last week. But my first encounter with these stories was when I was a child, and my dad used to read them.

WinkGrin

proudnglad · 27/09/2010 22:34

Radio 7? Does that exist? Are you going to eat my clementine gift or not?

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