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

[Cosydressinggown]

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.

No, lequeen uses italics like a pro.

I never use the underline

I don't know why but I always read crepey wee brackets.
My brain knows its not that, maybe I've been looking in the mirror to much.

Strikeout is my favourite feature of MN so eff off

YABU and a killer of my joy OP

I have always found that amusing as implies what they are really thinking, but are too polite to say it , but actually have

No shit Sherlock

I use italics all the time. And underscore, and bold and CWB and strikeout. I think it's because I gesticulate so much IRL that I desperately need added weaponry when typing.

Strikeout is a comedic technique amongst many, and like every other it does not guarantee of hilarity unless well-used.

Charliefox

LadyIsabella

How do you strike through a whole sentence please and thank you?

just put the at the beginning and end of the section you wish to strikethrough, instead of around each word, with no gaps between the and the words to which they are adjacent.

I love the strikethrough. I am frequently very frustrated that I can't do it on gmail. Tell me how to do it on gmail someone? Pleeeeeease?

No its brilliant

Oh dear. I really love this feature and wish other websites used it to. It's how my brain works. I won't insult you though :)

I love it, but its terribly over-used.

Less is more, people!

Hec... I overuse emoticons too. But then I get given out to in rl too for gesticulating too much so it's obviously a universal character flaw

And I lol, because I am and it's easier than writing 'that made me laugh'

I love it and have used it at work and wish wish wish fb had it

Sooo YABU

no

Used to use it more than I do now, as I got bored with myself doing it.

there is nothing wrong with an over use of a it says how you feel is how i feel most of the time and talc and turnips can do full posts in them and we all love that, OH id love a vom one as i sometimes used this not the same

YABU

My favourite strike outs are the ones where people get it wrong. So they strike out the bit that shouldn't be struck out and vice versa.

It's one of the best bits of MN! I often find myself looking for this function when I'm emailing or using word - life would be so much more fun if the MN emoticons and emphases were available elsewhere

Or not, depending on your viewpoint

I love the strikethrough, it's my favourite function on MN.

I think Italics on arial font is a bit feeble whereas when it was used, as it was in the past, with Times New Roman it was more visible. So far from looking more vehement the words now look faded!

WTF? I didn't even know we had an underline.

I use all the stuff we have far too much, apart from the and

I find the strike through very useful and would love to see it in 'normal' life (emails/FB) along with the face. They add a bit of colour, shades of grey rahter than black/white.