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

[tjah04]

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.

But you haven't got the antibiotics yet.

I have. Therefore I win.

Is there a prize? Oh please let there be a prize.

I can trump that: I am allowed to get antibiotics whenever I want because my throat is so revoltingly prone to illnesses of great magnitude. I am considering selling them on the black market.

No, Hully. You were a cunt on that thread.

HTH.

laQueen is a little bit ill sue

I am vair ill

I have antibiotics

I wish you would all stop complaining. At least you can go to the fecking doctor without mortgaging your soul [huffs].

I need a smear test. And a mammogram. And a prescription for my vallium [snurk]. And I have a recurrent cough. And a sick child who needs his ears de-waxing.

And I paid ?100 to a specialist for ds2 this morning, and another 120 for blood tests.

I can't afford to be sick, so keep away from me [mutter].

I'm Ill
Twice.
I was SO Ill a couple of days ago oh had to come home from work so the kids didn't turn feral and eat me.

[sadface]

Does having antibiotics count if you bought them on holiday rather than going to the doctor?

If they do - I have antibiotics so I want joint shares in Tantrums prize.

(I have no opinion about paint, having had to put up with cheap nasty MOD Magnolia for the last 8 years)

And I haven't bought ds2's tablets yet, but they will cost me another 60, at least. 60 a month for 8 months. ffs.

I am not ill, I was a bit ill but now I'm fine.

I get the Most Well badge.

Oi

Are you all ignoring me? I would be iller than all of you put together if I could afford to go to the doctor.

I do sometimes wonder whether people who think they have been bullied because they have been disagreed with by more than one person use the same definition in their RL interactions.

I also think that using the word to describe what goes on on here completely detracts from real bullying. You can step away from the computer. You can name change if you want. You can go and read a book instead for a while. It's not real.

Do you think they are all popping pills at MNHQ, getting well psyched for the Big Chat?

And this is the reason ^ that I rarely find threads past page 4 interesting... it just disinterates into the above shit....

It's just the nature of the internet. It's more overt on MN because there is a light hand on the moderation, but actually I've posted before on a board that was solely moderated by flames, and one that was heavily moderated. And far and away the nastiest was the heavily modded one, because people resorted to passive aggressive, covert swipes and the nastiness just simmered - the boil was never lanced.

I have seen piling on nastiness on MN, yep. I am also a bit by how many people just respond to their own fanfiction version of an OP rather than what the poster actually said - never quite sure if that's revealing their own ishoos, or they just want a good scrap, or their basic reading comprehension is just utterly shit - and that seems ridiculous.

The thing about MN, though, is that on balance it's a pretty phenomenally supportive and informative place. Sometimes it's best to avoid AIBU for a while and focus on the rest of the site, so you don't get jaded.

seeker we're doing paint and snot now

Nothing wrong with a bit of disinterating

MaryZed - I could send you antibiotics if that would help???

not sure that is legal

And I agree with seeker - which is why I get so angry at bullying by pm. Because that isn't on - it follows you, personally, into your living room as you can't hide the thread or walk away so easily.

The twirling caused me such pain I am now lying down.
And I still win because I've needed a wee since 10:45 but I'm too scared to go because it bloody well hurts.

So haha