To wonder whether anybody has 'sent X this thread'?

[Yonionekanobe]

Bad form, I know - a thread inspired by another of this evening's most active conversations...

..but we often see/give/receive the advice to send the subject of the thread the thread, in attempt to show the breadth of feeling usually against, though sometimes in support, of the individual at the centre of the discussion.

So - easy question, has anyone ever done this and what was the consequence?

You what?

EH urm not sure what you are saying

I always think this is particularly bad advice.

Done what? I don't really understand what you are saying.

lay mans terms

often on threads you see " show them this thread"

OP wonders if anyone ever took this advice and what was the outcome

I bet no one ever, in the history of the Internet, sent anyone the thread.

I mean, you just wouldn't would you??

I'm always baffled when this particular advice crops up

MN'rs tell OP's to show the subject of the thread the whole thread.....

Has anyone done so?

I can read LOL

Oh right, I think she means a situation where you say 'you should show your DH this to prove your point' she wants to know if anyone has done it.

She's just written it in a particularly yogurt-weavy way.

Thank you sponge And nokid.

Laregyly due to my profession, layman's terms/ plain English aren't my speciality

Okay. I think i understand now.

Yes, i have done this. I showed my DD (15) the responses on a thread about locking her out as she didn't take a key with her despite my constant reminding her to do this.

She has never forgotten her key again.

yoni Are you a lawyer by any chance?

Ah, due to my job and also being a member of the human race, I take pride in being understood by as many people as possible. Different stokes for different folks I suppose...

Yes, i have done this. I showed my DD (15) the responses on a thread about locking her out as she didn't take a key with her despite my constant reminding her to do this.

That blows my theory out of the water then

Yes. Director in a city firm

I've advised it on occasion. Sometimes you get an OP who writes so eloquently and clearly knows how she/he feels, but is incapable of conveying that to the DP for whatever reason - and showing them the thread seems like an obvious solution.

In hindsight - it probably isn't - would love to know if it has ever worked.

Due to being a member of the human race, I try and be generally nice to people. Each to their own.

I did. To be fair, mine was a frivolous thread about spaghetti hoops vs baked beans. I had to show DH that the majority of MN agreed with me ans that he was an unreasonable arse.

twas a bit of a mind twister alright

I'm often surprised when people pipe up "shoe them this thread"
Sometimes it is spectacularly bad advice.
A couple of weeks ago someone was having issues with sex with their dh.
I think size may have been the issue? the thread was quite long and someone said 'Show him this thread'
I'm sure the couple had enough issues without the dh being shown a thread about his willy size being on the world wide web.

*show

I can absolutely see how showing an older child a thread would be useful, little. I'm glad it did the trick!

I would say penning posts on an Internet forum clearly designed to make people feel inferior is not 'generally nice'

To be fair the thread in question was fairly lighthearted and she and i laughed at the responses. I am not sure i would show anyone a serious thread.

You sounded just like Mr Chatterbox from the Mr Men OP.

filee I didn't pick up that she was making anyone feel bad. It would just normally turn me off reading something if it was heavily written like that but I happened to understand what she meant.