to be pleased not to be young and right about everything?

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I'm sitting next to a small group of 18/19 year old boys in macdonalds who are discussing what's gone wrong with the world.

And apparently chaps, it starts with us. MN is (and I quote) 'the cesspit of humanity'.

I feel quite proud.

"set some fucking ground rules"...oh dear, sounds like mumsie isn't too understanding of her son's importance in the world! Poor little sod, he must be soooo frustrated with the unfairness of it all.

Aw bless him.

To be fair it was the kid in question's friends who were off on one about that. He was keeping pretty quiet (clearly knows what side his bread's buttered on...)

I am surprised that they know what mumsnet is. It is quite unusual to hear lads that age having a discussion like that but at least they are having an 'intelligent' conversation instead of talking about footy and girls

I kind of hope my sons will be talking about footy and girls. I'd be aghast if either of them were talking about frickin mumsnet

Poor guy. Can't get the right controller even after he does five minutes of housework

My teen boys have seen me on here but have never asked me about it ever, they are not interested one jot!

Hm, it seems that while they are making assumptions about MN members, there are also quite a few assumptions made about 18/19 year olds on Mumsnet.

Surely they got us mixed up with netmums

Maybe they're on Digital Spy, they were slagging us off lat night, and then tried to come on here and invade, before being swiftly deleted.
Mind, you, we were described as Boden wearing middle class feminists who BF till our kids were teens.
My ds is nearly 18, and I can't imagine him and his mates talking about MN, he knows I go on it but has absolutely no interest in what I talk about.

Sounds so far fetched for 19year olds but hey what do I know!

They must have learned the phrase "the cesspit of humanity" from here. Quite articulate, really. Bless 'em. (Nothing infuriates more than "Oh how sweet" and "bless 'em". Tee hee.)

If it was far-fetched MN wouldn't get trolled by these 19 year old lads from time to time.

I like 'bless their cotton socks', Uptoapoint.

Wow, they do lead the rock and roll lifestyle, don't they? Sitting in maccy Ds and chatting about MN.

Wow, they do lead the rock and roll lifestyle, don't they? Sitting in maccy Ds and chatting about MN. LRD

Now, I would suggest that there is a heck of a lot of important stuff discussed on MN.

If I were to hear a bunch of lads discussing MN, I would be happy that they had, at least, considered it. And then formed an opinion.

I must be failing as a mumsnetter :( my children aren't fat, are only fed junk sometimes and don't have an x box. But I'm not a boden wearing middle class feminist either and I only bf until they were 20m (DS1) and 3 years (DS2), no where near teenagers!

Hmm. Yes, I guess that's true complex. But to be entirely honest, if I were a 19-year-old sitting chatting, I would hope I'd be talking about the topics discussed on MN, rather than being rude about an internet forum, wouldn't you?

This thread is making me crave McDonalds. I'm sitting at work thinking about chicken nuggets and double cheese burgers

If it was far-fetched MN wouldn't get trolled by these 19 year old lads from time to time

How does anyone know the age of trolls?

I suspect not one of the have actually been onto MN, or at least certainly not for long enough to form an opinion about anything discussed here.

It was basically just a smart-arsed kid (there was a 'lead' voice in all of this) who was showing off to his friends about how knowledgable, grown up, and smart he was, while they nodded and agreed with him. He was full of opinions and bluster and not much else. But it's telling that during the discussion with the kid about leaving home, he pompously explained to his chums that he had lived away from his parents for two years!

Children basically.

Unfortunately my 21 year old nephew is a bit like this (too clever for his own good, pompous, arrogant etc) so I recognise the type!

They'll get their hearts broken at some point and grow out of it very quickly!

Oh, purleeeeeese, they were surely referring to Nethuns

I haven't checked, but I think the thread on DS is probably still there.
I used to go on it a lot, until I discovered MN, and found my home.
It does annoy me the perception people have of us, from other forums to Mathew Wright.
For every MC Boden wearer, there's a High Street shopping council house dweller, and the rest of us that don't fit in to any labels at all.
And many of us agree with each other.
Who'd have thought.

It sounds like they use digital spy forums then. They were having a go about us a couple of days ago. Used that exact phrase as well.