To not like these trivial threads about NOTHING?

[TheRhubarb]

I mean, I often wonder what people did before Mumsnet came around, you know, when they had to make decisions on their own and had no-one to tell when something annoyed them?

I come onto Mumsnet sometimes and the active board is full of trivial and mundane aspects of peoples lives, from wondering what to have for lunch to complaining that the postman didn't bring them any post that day!

Yes I'm sure that some people get lonely and communicating via Mumsnet probably helps their PND or low self-esteem or claustrophobia or whatever but do others honestly rely on Mumsnet to intervene in every aspect of their lives? Can people not react to a situation without asking Mumsnet first? And do people really get offended over trivial stuff like someone sighing at them in the wrong way? Or daring to glance over at them? Does everything have to have a sodding hidden meaning?

Or am I just a narky old groat? (The answer is no by the way!)

Anyway, what's everyone having for lunch?

Those threads are no more annoying than threads started to complain about threads started

Wow! Who shat on your toast and called it nutella?

Tuna Nicoise. And carrot cake (that I threw straight into he loo to save me the calories)

Damsel

I'm hoping I might start a surge of more interesting threads, or at least make posters wonder why they need Mumsnet in every single bloody aspect of their everyday lives.

Just watch, sooner or later there will be threads asking if people should step out of their houses or wondering if laptops come with an off switch...

Daddyman - you did you dirty bastard!

So. Is this the start of the surge of interesting threads then? I'm not sure it's looking too hopeful if that's the case...

On a related note I have some nutella to sell...

Would you like to start a thread about it Daddyman?

By the way, my feet are cold. Should I go upstairs to get some socks or is the sun going to come out again?

Maryz this is the most important thread I've seen since PA wants a bad boyfriend! Don't demean the op by saying such things!

Would you like some nutella on toast?

Ah there you are Maryz!

Actually this is an important thread. See it as therapy for those people with compulsive Mumsnet disorder.

You CAN step away from the pc. You CAN make simple decisions on your own. The pc DOES have an off button. There IS life beyond the front door!

Too sarcastic you reckon? Or does my genuine sympathy shine through?

Back in the day, people used to have a quiet grumble about things that annoyed them, and just get on with their day. Now though, they feel compelled to broadcast their irritation, dress it up as important and insightful musings, and deign to impart their wisdom to the lower orders. The internet gives them a platform, it makes them feel special, and they can waste potentially hours of their day checking back to see if the minions have absorbed their vital message correctly or not, preaching to them further if necessary.

See? You can apply that logic to anything. If you really believe that the world would be better off with fewer people windbagging on mumsnet, then you really have to take your own advice.

I hate it when you look at 'Most Active' and see a really juicy one like 'AIBU to have just chased my neighbour with hedge clippers for flashing at me' (ilk). Only to log on or have a quick look at 'I'm on' first and then when you get back to 'Most Active' that threads gone and has been replaced by the kind of mind numbing trivia you mention OP. Very annoying l must get a life.

LeBOF, I can count on one hand the number of threads I actually start each month. If at all.

I just get annoyed that the trivial and mundane threads are swamping Mumsnet meaning that I don't get my few hours of entertainment or healthy debate.

Not at all a selfish point of view!

I like trivial mundane posts.

However, I do not like posts like the ones you've stated when people say "this woman gave me a right dirty look" which I find quite odd. I have never seen anyone give me a dirty look which leads me to believe I'm either

a. oblivious or
b. perfect in every way

You make polite enquiries like "Oh, I used to know someone called Mr Randy Pants Arseface who worked here once, I wonder if he's still here?"

Or you phone them up from another phone, ask for him by name and see if you get put through.

See? How useful am I?

verity - yes that would be going too far but I'll bet you'd have got loads of reponses. Try it. I'm betting 3 pages long.

Why the fuck would you ask on a regional site if you should cut you grass. The rule is you listen out back to see if any one else us doing theirs. Distant swearing mean its too wet. If mowing continues and they then continue round to do the front of the house than they have been successful. Then you get your mower out along with 12 other neighbours who were doing the same.

So you listen out for distant swearing if you want to know whether to cut your grass or not? I learn something new every day!

See, aren't you glad you started such a mundane trivial thread