to insist that you all adhere to the following guidelines on AIBU? Forthwith.

[MardyBra]

1. Only post juicy AIBUs. Do not sneak in general chat topics under the guise of "AIBU to ask you about... pushchairs/holiday properties/breastfeeding/insert other dull topic?"

1. Clearly indicate your aibu topic in the thread title. "AIBU to be annoyed about this?" is not acceptable, as I may click on it and find it dull.

1. No "posting for extra traffic". This is the MN equivalent of queue-jumping.

1. No indication of light-heartedness. MNers should be sufficiently intelligent and discerning to understand when the OP is tongue-in-cheek.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Sounds fair!

Thank you thebody. I knew I was NBU.

Righty ho.

I concur, OP.

• don't be a cunt.

Feel free to suggest additional rules for approval.

Celibacy

Is that a rule suggestion or are you calling me a cunt?

1. Do not, under any circumstances, do a reverse or you will automatically be deemed the unreasonable party and banned from the internet for 30 days

please please please have that one. Before I go slap happy with a 3 week old kipper.

Where do we stand on "Whoops! Sorry, I thought I posted this in Chat"?

Lying fuckers

Agree, and also approve of your commanding use of the adverb forthwith.

Good call vital. Number 5 stands.

You get my vote on all counts.

Why thank you nobodys

This appears to be my most reasonable aibu ever. Apart from the possible cunt comment.

Agreed.

Hmm. Well ordinarily I'd agree, but I've been following a fairly mundane AIBU (about RSVP-ing to children's party organisers) and it's tapped a rich vein of complete twuntery, so how would that work?

Worra I'm thinking one "mistake" is allowable, but repeat offenders should be excommunicated and exiled to the wasteland known as "WWYD".

It's a rule suggestion you cunt

1. Ban the use of the gavel.

Glad to hear it Celibacy.

Could you not be a little less ambitious and focus on rule 2 getting implemented? After all, get that right and it goes a long way to addressing your other rules (as you will clearly be able to tell whether a new thread is worth your time).

And I think the occasional reverse AIBU spices things up. But maybe we should require the OP to return within one hour of starting and putting in bold "REVERSE AIBU."

1. If the majority say yabu, you must accept this and not drip feed additional info so as to sway opinion.

yes to number 4 , writing lighthearted is very wankerish

I'm not sure about 7 hells. An intransigent OP can make a classic thread. See Supersoaker.

And no reverse cunting AIBUs.