To find that 'strikethrough what you really wanted to say' thing annoying?

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Every thread on mumsnet there's some cleverdick person who writes their post in this so called funny way with the irritating things they were 'going' to say crossed out in the middle of their post.

It makes reading things take twice as longer just so someone can be a smartarse so I'm a bit over it. I found it funny the first five times, now I'm just finding it annoying.

Yanbu, if you want to say something have the conviction to say it.

I like it when used for comic effect. Not so much when used in a passive aggressive way like poster on recent thread I was on

My first ever strike though, inspired by this post!

I think it's very funny

sorry

It's funny when it's done right but it irritates me when people put the crossed out word after the less insulting one as it doesn't read right. The premise is that you type something, cross it out, then right a less insulting politer version.... Not the other way round!

I have a bag of fucks over here with your name on it.
Noted. Many thanks.

sometimes it is used in an amusing way; other times it's just lame.

desperately trying to think of something clever to write

failed

I am Spartacus the funniest MNer.

Ooh, I love creepy wee brackets

Yabu. It's excellent!

oh you are a grumpy arse easily annoyed I love strike through I tried to do it on facebook once you cant strike through on facebook

YABU mostly they make me laff

Love a bit of humour, TheBirdsFellDownToDingADong - I just feel like I'm reading the same joke over and over and over again.

YANBU

YABU

I love it, it is so passive aggressive and perfectly mumsnet.

There is an art I using it though I think, massive paragraphs full of strikeouts which are dismally unfunny are a bit tiresome I agree. There are some very witty mumsnetters who use it very well though I think.

Creepy brackets are great.

My mumsnet hates are the fucking biscuit and the bastarding bear.

I miss it on my phone for text messages.

Perhaphs this forum 'emphasis' just isn't for you?

Art TO using it.

Can anyone definitively tell me the following... With the creepy wee brackets should I do this? Or this? I don't want a capital in the brackets after a full stop or question mark but feel I need one because I am a grammar pedant who doesn't know enough.

Mrsjay - oh yes you can but you need this website

OP - you can find it annoying, but I quite like it.

I'm getting a bit peed off with the PA though, is that one up from the PA :)

You realise you are a bit sad when you find yourself wanting to use brackets and strikeouts in work emails.

I hate the bear only cos I cant do the bear ,

Oh, and for GetOrf.

No punctuation needed in a creepy wee bracket, IMO.

is easy though!