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.

drip feeding.

There ought to be some rules about that.

While it is not possible to know what may turn out to be relevant, anything that completely changes the entire situation must be put in the OP or will be disregarded and stricken from the record on account of it being a big fat fib.

eg my mother in law bought me a cake, aibu to go no contact
100 posts of you bloody twat later, op adds
well, you're all bitches, it was shaped like a giant turd and said fuck off and die on it and was filled with razor blades.

Yes, I like number 8 snot

Christmas and PIL threads probably OK provided that some sort of specific and unusual horror is contained in the title. Like "AIBU not to want to camp in PILs garden over Christmas and eat our dinner out of the dog's bowl".

Just not wanting to go to the PIL is very last Christmas.

I was in the post office today and the manager punched in me in the face and stole my first born child. AIBU to complain.

YABU ... Manager may have been having a bad day...

No starting threads with just a little bit of information and fucking off for three hours days leaving posters squabbling amongst themselves.

Correction of grammar and spelling is only acceptable where the other party is BU.

Agree with the correction of grammar rule (although any poster airing a ridiculous view whilst simultaneously using textspeak is also fair game).

Yep. Textspeak should automatically be open to ridicule.

Can any references to boiled piss be moved instantly to the 'recipes' topic?

can we also have some sort of rule about the phrase "first world problem" ?

Preferably involving the spiky end of a pineapple, the typist's arse and an absence of lube?

Awwww, Mardy, I was about to come in with a request re spelling, punctuation and grammar...

juicet topics to include

1. party invites/special days out

AIBU questions about aldi / lidl / waitrose should be limited to 10 a day , although this may be covered in 1 and 2 above

Anyone referring to their DH as hubby should be strictly ignored until they humbly apologise for their faux par

No huns, bubz or hubz.

Don't start an AIBU if you aren't willing to accept you might be being unreasonable.

Don't start an AIBU if you aren't willing to accept you might be being unreasonable.

They are the best ones!

No cross-posting!!!

I disagree with everything said so far. I am never U.

And no 'I know I am probably being unreasonable but....'

Got caught in another reverse net. Aaaargh!

And (what number are we on now? 10?) don't post an AIBU and then bugger off, never to return. So dissatisfying

I would the reverse rule to be reinforced.

Telling posters not to post if they have a different opinion.

Ban it!

There are so many threads that I want to post a link to this one on.

No competitive stress jabs... should you feel the need to comment anything along the lines of oh my God I just can't believe you're posting about this have you got no worse problems in your life? all you say both before and after this comment will be disregarded.