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to be getting increasingly annoyed at some AIBU threads? It

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vmcd28 · 04/05/2011 18:23

It just seems that (more and more frequently), a hell of a lot of AIBU threads no longer discuss what the OP actually asked.
So many people jump on one word that was used then rip the poster to shreds over it.
Or it turns into an argument about something that's off on a tangent.
And the amount of times that someone explains something very very clearly, but some people still misconstrue what's been said is baffling.

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GypsyMoth · 04/05/2011 18:24

its never a yes or no answer tho is it!!??

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Maryz · 04/05/2011 18:29

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MissyBrookes · 04/05/2011 18:41

I've noticed this. Like there is a general story and something completely unrelated gets quoted and obsessed over, completely outshining the atter at hand.

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GooseberryFool · 04/05/2011 18:42

How about this for an idea then? Only it works for me ...... If you don't like the title or the OP or anything about the thread then JUST DON'T READ IT!!!!

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KaraStarbuckThrace · 04/05/2011 18:43

YABU.

Not everyone will know the meaning of the word "Misconstrue". You are just using it to say "How clever I am to know such long words"

And your hair is rubbish.

Wink

(I'm sure your hair is much better than mine lovely.

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Goblinchild · 04/05/2011 18:44

Been around here long OP?
The sidetracking is part of the entertainment of AIBU. There are sections of the forum that are much more polite and civilised and serious and lovely.

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WereOffToSeeTheWizard · 04/05/2011 18:47

yabu for not breastfeeding your poor dc .

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Maryz · 04/05/2011 18:49

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Goblinchild · 04/05/2011 18:51

Maybe she's a werewolf or a were tiger. Not like youy to be speciest Maryz.

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JamieAgain · 04/05/2011 18:52

Maybe it's meant to be "were off to see the Wizard" - didya think of that Maryz

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JamieAgain · 04/05/2011 18:53

I've noticed this. Like there is a general story and something completely unrelated gets quoted and obsessed over, completely outshining the atter at hand.

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ShowOfHands · 04/05/2011 18:54

I namechanged yesterday to ask a question about something which was worrying me and people answered a question I didn't ask. I repeated the question, same thing. I blame the education system.

Shan't detail it on here as it's rude to talk about it on another thread but it was a bit like this...

Q. Does anybody know if the zoo in Bognor is open on Fridays?

A. You're not allowed to keep lions in zoos anymore, it's banned under the Lion Act 2011.

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JamieAgain · 04/05/2011 18:55

Lion poo is good for keeping cats off the garden, allegedly

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Pagwatch · 04/05/2011 18:57

I need something to deter foxes. The semi naked plumbers didn't see them off.

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Maryz · 04/05/2011 18:59

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vmcd28 · 04/05/2011 18:59

Haha, lovely. You've all come up trumps :)

Fwiw, gooseberry, I've been here a while, BUT I find that there's a big difference between entertaining arseyness and people deliberately ignoring a point or an explanation, and yet STILL going on and on about something that no-one has actually said.

Maryz, don't even get me started on some of the spelling on here. I nearly started a thread on that once but shat myself thought better of it :)

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TheCowardlyLion · 04/05/2011 18:59

Has everyone seen what Mariah Carey has named her babies? Shock

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BeerTricksPotter · 04/05/2011 18:59

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JamieAgain · 04/05/2011 19:00

Yeah, as in "Were off to see the Wizard, but fancied a trip to the seaside on the South Coast instead"

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JamieAgain · 04/05/2011 19:02

TheCowardly - no, what (and do you hire yourself out to shit in the garden, BTW)

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ShowOfHands · 04/05/2011 19:06

No real clue about Bognor or zoos tbh. I've never been to either.

How dare people not know who I am instinctively maryz. Bastards.

And has anybody seen my dh? He should have been home hours ago?

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JamieAgain · 04/05/2011 19:06

vmcd - I agree. And I like anyone who uses the word shat

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TheCowardlyLion · 04/05/2011 19:06

Only with a special licence Grin

Moroccan Scott Cannon and Monroe Cannon.

I am actually off to see the wizard in June. If I only had the courage.

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southeastastra · 04/05/2011 19:06

tis always been so

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