to object to OPs telling me to "discuss"?

[MardyBra]

Discuss.

Dunno. I like it. Why does it wind you up? Do you think it's pompous?

YABU. And circular.

:o

I bloody hate it too. It's the imperative mood of it that winds me up, as well as the fact I'm taken straight back to A Level essay questions. Ask nicely and I might discuss it with you.

1. I don't like being told what to do

1. It feels a little rude.

1. Why can't the op give their own opinion instead of sitting on the fence and letting others do the hard work?

I also tend to think "journo touting for some quotes" - if they don't have an opinion themselves, why else did they start the thread?

Hello Mardy

Could we moot instead? I like bit of a good old-fashioned mooting. I prefer it to deliberating.

YANBU

It makes me irrationally angry

I feel the only fitting reply is FUCK OFF.

Maybe a ponder or a bit of cud-chewing talcy?

Hmmm yeah good point Hassled, lazy hacks calling card.

It annoys me too.

Yanbu. It feels a little "dance, minions, dance for me!" to me.

"Come n talk to me about...?.....

NO

i hate it too.

i dislike some random on the net acting like they can bark orders yes boss, we'll discuss boss, whatever you say boss.

Give your opinon and ask "what do you think" or something like that but don't order people to Discuss.

Dance little people. Amuse Me.

It feels arrogant.

I don't like it.

It sounds all sort of superior somehow.

Discuss makes my teeth itch.
No I wont fucking discuss you patronising arsehair.

Hth.

Oooh yes Mards - we could lean on a five-bar-gate in our smocks and chew on a stalk of barley.

Slightly less intense than Discuss. I have some nice twine for tying around your trews, should you so wish.

I don't like it, and I don't like being told to 'enjoy' either. So there.

It pisses me off too.

I remember at school being given a scenario or topic for an essay and the teacher writing 'discuss' at the end of them.

When I see it on here I want to say "fuck off!"

I find it very patronising. Makes me want to post "Why should I?"

I always view people like that as lazy arse journos trying to get us to do their job for them.

Or people trying to raise an argument.

I'll discuss what I want to not what I'm told. YANBU

I like to mull things over

Cairo - I like your thinking.

Mulling over is very low-key and can be done whilst enjoying a cup of tea and a Bath Oliver.

And while attending to several other threads at the same time, no strong opinions needed either way

I enjoy mulling.

It's my favourite past time.

*pastime

Although I have mulled in the past and expect to mull again in the future.