To think MN is getting nastier?

[MaggieJoyBlunt]

So far this week we've had giving birth referred to as 'calving' (in the context of women having children while young). Someone loved that one so much they immediately commented on what a great expression it was and repeated it.

We've had someone propose that Prince Phillip should be 'humanely destroyed'. swiftly followed up by a similar suggestion about taking him out to a barn or a shed or some such and shooting him.

We've had a thread about the death of a convicted murdered where several posters queued up to tell us they were, smiling or "laughing gleefully" or simply to post "lol" as a one word comment. (Okay she was a vicious killer and will not be much missed, but really?)

Add to all of that the Budget threads where in the midst of people worrying and calculating the cut to their household budget, other people came to gloat and make helpful observations such as "If you can't afford DC, don't have them."

MN didn't used to be nasty. Vigorous, challenging etc; But not nasty.

What's going on around here?

I meant that HTH genuinely!

I quite like a well placed . Its a bit over-used, but what else do you add if you want to say [eh, just fucking eh? I don't get it!]

However, nothing is as overused on Mn as the inappropriately applied crossing out thing.

So my post was not worth commenting on and a bit goady.

I hate it when someone adds 'non'? to the end of a sentence.

This is rather annoying non?

countryandchickens

(I'm joking )

But HTH can be wonderfully withering

Usual

Well imho, Tiggy misused the biscuit.

Although it is fair to have some sort of retort to "I just ignore the male posters" I'd have thought.

nah i really dislike hth, it sounds self-congratulatory. 'ooh i'm so witty with my passive aggressive post, followed by hth'

But what if you were actually trying to be helpful?!

will never use HTH again

sorry minty

Does HTH mean, 'Happy To Help' or 'Hope This Helps'?

I'm never sure. I thought it was the first one but a few people have said it's the second

I meant 'hope this helps' because I DID (hope it helped) NON?

Strike out is the most annoying thing ever. Ever. Ever.

Fair enough, Mintty.

I do ignore some male posters though.

I love the strike out, if it's used correctly.

I don't think some people get it though.

Well imho, Tiggy misused the biscuit.

PMSL (also annoying acronym)

Would like a Tena lady emoticon for PMSL

I miscuited.

Sophie, (from 2 pages back) I think we're on the same page then.

I do like a nice biscuit.

Do people really put 'non' at the end of sentences? I've never seen it. I've heard it in real life from people who I consider to be utter tossers and who aren't French .

Nope it's not nastier. Not at all. It's thicker now. Ever since the desperately un-funny penis beaker it's been full of uneducated thick twits who live to seek out perceived slights and spell terribly. If anything, it's softer now.

At the risk of sounding 'thick', what does 'thick' actually mean in terms of parents posting on a support forum for parents?

Living to seek out perceived slights on the internet is pretty sad, you'll get no argument from me there, although it's certainly not something that's only done by uneducated people. You only have to look around some of the topics here to see that.

But being uneducated and unable to spell properly, is that something to complain about really?

Do 'uneducated' parents who are unable to spell, not deserve the same support/advice as everyone else?

I know some highly educated people who can't spell very well because they're dyslexic.

Can I just establish: should we not use the terms 'professionally offended' or 'PC brigade' anymore? Genuine question. I often use them, not directly to a poster in order to stifle debate, but in a general sense and had no idea until I read this thread that it seems to be a controversial issue.

I have a degree in English and often read errors in my posts after I've posted them. When you're typing as you're thinking and wondering how to get your point across, you're often not really concentrating on spelling or where an apostrophe should go. I find people who comment on spelling and grammar really rude.

well if you have a degree in English, deconstruct those two phrases and see what you come up with.

I'm an editor and proofreader. It's liberating to make spelling and grammatical errors on Mumsnet.

I do hate things like 'chestadraws' and 'here here' though.

I like referring to people as PO; it's a real thing.

I'm well aware of what they mean thank you Sunny.

I didnt ask you their meanings, I told you to deconstruct them.
You must know what that means if you have an English degree.

Yes, Sunny it means to break them down into their component parts.

Are you always so rude?