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To think that the bullying culture on MN can be a bit much....

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tjah04 · 04/10/2012 08:50

Having been a member of MN since 2003 I have seen and read some disgusting comments from other members particuarly on this board.

I am starting to think that some of these people must be very sad and insecure.

Some of the names that are called are disgusting and I am sure that these people would never go up to someone in RL and call them that.

And do not get me started on the "I am better than you because I can spell" attitude which seems to be the final insult if all else fails.

Other comments include

"troll" "Oh not another thread" etc.

It is cyber bullying at the end of the day and as mothers shouldn't we all just grow up a bit? The MN team do a great job of deleting such posts but often the OP has seen it and the damage is already done.

OP posts:
Hullygully · 04/10/2012 12:01

yes, LaQ has indeed been a victim so she knows whereof she speaks.

Hullygully · 04/10/2012 12:02

Are you ill Pag?

How is dd?

LaQueen · 04/10/2012 12:02

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MaryZed · 04/10/2012 12:02

I waded in once when LaQueen was being pack-attacked.

I suddenly became a sycophantic sockpuppet Grin and got shouted at. A lot. But it wasn't (mostly) by "regulars". Lots of people appeared out of the woodwork who I hadn't ever seen before but who obviously decided to take the opportunity to have a pop at me.

And she wasn't even grateful [bitter].

I won't tell you what she was on about at the time, but she knows and it all ended happily (apart from the rain, but that wasn't my fault).

TuftyFinch · 04/10/2012 12:03

Hully I was given the redundant.
Inow sit at home looking at paint charts and pretend ipads.

Pag and LeQueen make onion soup. I can't say it enough.

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OliviaPeaceAndLoveMumsnet · 04/10/2012 12:04

@Hullygully

I thought you said Oi was rude?

No consistency

Tut

I like Borrowed Light, but for which type and size of room?

OI is rude but y'know, sometimes doesn't cut the elephant's breath.

All we can say, again, is please please please report stuff - there is a lot going on at any one time and paint colours notwithstanding we can't be everywhere at once.
We don't like personal attacks any more than the person at the receiving end and do our damnedest to deal swiftly with those who can't follow our guidelines.
Thanks again.

For those who are interested
Am borrowing light in an effectively open plan kitch/diner/tv area
planning oak boards.
Will not be furnishing opulently at all as have run out of money Grin

Pagwatch · 04/10/2012 12:04

Thank you LaQueen. It is my only comfort. A badge or a hat or some thing would be great. It could say Actually The Most Ill.
It matters.

Hullygully · 04/10/2012 12:04

Oh poor you, so many people being given the redundant.

MaryZed · 04/10/2012 12:05

I like it when Olivia does ahem. I can advance search "ahem" and find interesting threads.

Advance searching oi isn't as effective Grin

LaQueen · 04/10/2012 12:05

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TuftyFinch · 04/10/2012 12:06

I think a warm green with white woodworkis ok but you'dneed littleelsein the room.

oh bollocks look at the time. DD finishes schoolin an hour and her littlefreind is coming to ply. The house looks like it's had goats in it.
I better tidy or something.
I shall be back. I shall.

Hullygully · 04/10/2012 12:06

Does it get lots of light? If it's north facing, it could be a little cold.

You do go on and on about reporting, do you think if you say it often enough we'll listen?

Pagwatch · 04/10/2012 12:06

Hully,
Just viral coldly chesty stuff. I am just not shaking it off so kept falling over and slumping. The lying down struck me as quite a sensible solution.

DD is back to skipping to school Smile
So far so good

MaryZed · 04/10/2012 12:07

Tufty, you don't tidy before playdates [baffled]. That's just pointless.

LaQueen · 04/10/2012 12:07

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SuperB0F · 04/10/2012 12:08

I never waded in on that pack attack, Maryz

but I think I may have started it

MaryZed · 04/10/2012 12:08

Who reported this thread, btw? Was it reported for goading, or for bullying or just for us talking shite ?

wisden · 04/10/2012 12:08

Don't go Tufty, at least not till you have explained what littleelsein is - I don't know if I have littleesin in my lounge or not

Hullygully · 04/10/2012 12:08

fingers crossed for dd

You need honey and onion. Not just onion soup. Chop an onion and steep in honey, drink the juice in the morning, vile but extraordinarily effective.

MaryZed · 04/10/2012 12:08

Surely not BOF Shock. You wouldn't do that.

BigStickBIWI · 04/10/2012 12:09

I must have caught my ills from you, Paggy. Although thankfully I is considerably less ill than yow.

Hullygully · 04/10/2012 12:09

What colours do you like Boffy?

LaQueen · 04/10/2012 12:10

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SuperB0F · 04/10/2012 12:11

Ach, LaWueen quite likes it when I spank her gently.

Paint? I think that northern light is the truest for colours, as that's what artist's studios ideally use. So it is excellent for displaying nudity and its concomitant tones

SuperB0F · 04/10/2012 12:12

LaQueen, sorry. I can't get used to you without the Le Sad