Saying 'You sound a real charmer' or 'You sound really nice' on threads

[ElizabethHoover]

its never going to move things along is it? It this a personal attack?

ITS BEEN REPORTED ALREADY

Bound to be!

Not everyone on MN this afternoon will have read this thread, and without context what did you expect people would make of it?

oh woe!

sparkers

"I sincerely hope nothing bad happens to your children and you don't end up dealing with ss" in response to a poster stating that their NT under 16 year old is happy with and capable of going to the toilet unsupervised playing out/ walking to school/ being home for a short period without an adult within arms length, is a pleasant one because it reads as a PA hope for exactly the opposite...

What does hth mean??

'Hope this helps' Kali. On MN it's used as a 'FFS' type term. I got an email from DS1's maths teacher with that on the bottom. I was all offended til I remembered it was RL and she was being helpful!

I've used HTH in a non sarcastic way before but it's since been ingrained in me that it's rude, so I avoid it now.

I have said "you sound nice/lovely" and meant it genuinely but I'm now I'm wondering if people think I was being a cow bag.

Tenerife I think it's on par with "good for you" as a response. It sounds sarcastic even if you don't want it to

Maybe we could just use for 'FFS'; sort of one down from awarding a but one up from 'head=>desk'

I'm sure I saw someone being handed a grip on a thread the other day.

MrTumble, I hung about that thread for a long time but eventually concluded that it was impossible for reason with some people.

to reason with

Can I ask, why is a biscuit offered to people sometimes? What does the biscuit mean?

OH does it mean when something "takes the biscuit"

The other night someone was asked to get a grip, and the poster said her piece and handed the grip back

means 'no comment' (officially)

Unofficially it's a very passive aggressive way of saying 'fuck off you twat'

HTH

I see! I've learned two new things about this site today

HTH totally comes across like a middle finger ha!

I think we should have a snarling dog emoticon. Everywhere I look today people are going at each other. We could just use this instead.

oh that thread went while I was out.

THAT WAS SO FUNNY

I remember way back (when this was all fields round here) HTH was sincerely meant.

When did it change?

I like the passing thread for calling an op bonkers as Conkers.

Still made the point but in a nice hair ruffley way.

This thread has reminded me I've not whinged about the biscuit this year at all

you cant call anyone a loon either

IMHO is one that pisses me off.

I imagine a massive stress on the H.

In my humble opinion -- AKA "Listen to me I know I am right".

No - if you were actually humble you wouldn't need to say it.

It's like "polite notice".

Politeness and humbleness shoudn't need to be pointed out.

I only ever use HTH as

I have said something massively unhelpful and I know it but I don't care

i love HTH
and i love let me google that for you