to ask what's the worst/silliest advice you've seen on here?

[Francoitalialan]

MN is such a tremendous source of info but sometimes it goes wonky. What's the worst/silliest advice you've seen?

Oh yes, iPaid. That's when it moves from slightly weird advice to downright unhelpful and even hurtful advice. Generally happens on a thread with an unplanned pregnancy - "I kept MY baby and it was fine, so if you keep YOUR baby it will be fine too."

I always wondered what happened to the prissy kids at school who loved nothing more than grassing people up 'x said a rude word, miss' and 'y was not very nice to me'. Seems that in awful life they advocate calling the cops or social services over utterly trivial matters.

Love this thread, I agree with everything

Poster with very heavy period was told repeatedly to put her legs up to the wall. Yeah, it will really sort the flow out. It was meant to come out of your body...the sooner the better.
And the relationship trouble one? Just book a spa day/hotel/night out and leave the kids with the oh. That would really help.

" Seems that in awful life they advocate calling the cops or social services "

'awful life'? Spot on!

Rape myths, though HQ's cracked down on them a bit.

On a dafter level, I did love the thread where the OP had dropped tea on her desktop computer and a zillion posters dashed in telling her to put it in a 'tupperware' and seal it up with dry rice grains. Good for a phone, not so likely for a full-size computer.

"You have far too much time on your hands to be posting/overinvesting investing in your problem. You should get a hobby."

Awful = adult.

Don't vaccinate

advice on how to stop taking anti depressants

well it sounds like they could have adhd or be on the spectrum

excused abusive behaviour as partner/dh/dw could be bipolar, depressed have adhd

the diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder

well you are depressed because you have a chemical imbalance in your brain so ad's will correct this

friend/sister/brother/dh whoever can't be depressed because they are able to ...... so just attention seeking ignore their behaviour or tell them to get a life (or something along those lines)

101 must be overwhelmed with calls about odd looking men

"Pack his bags, throw them outside and change the locks"

Err yeah because you can just totally do that to someone by law...

And no I'm not talking about violent/dangerous situations.

"Move up North"
"Learn to drive/ get a car"

"Conkers help deter house spiders."

Utter bollocks.

Actually, on any spider phobia thread, someone will always come along and tell you to just use a piece of paper and put a glass over it and take outside.

Or that they're more scared of you than you are of them.

(I do go on other threads apart from spider phobia threads btw).

"If your kids don't like shopping, then do it online instead."

Yep. Cos that'll teach the little feckers how to behave in public won't it.

Yyto spa days- have never understood why spending time trying to make yourself more attractive is considered to be a treat. It's a bloody chore.

I bristle when posters who are concerned about a neighbour abusing or neglecting their children are told not to bother alerting anyone and to pop round for a cup of tea and a tidy up instead

I hid the Relationships thread after a while.

OP: DP is openly seeing other women and I noticed last night he has emptied my bank account. He has tapped the phone so he can listen in on all my phone calls and refuses to let me leave the house without his permission. What should I do?
Responses: See a counsellor - he clearly has problems and needs to see them through with your support.

OP: DP's dad died a week ago and he has been really withdrawn ever since. I know he and his dad were close but I wish he would open up a little. What should I do??
Response: LTB!! He's clearly having an affair!!

OP: DP came home wasted last night, DCs both have chickenpox and are off school. I am looking after the DCs while he nurses a hangover and he has asked us to be quiet. AIBU to be annoyed with him?
Response: So you've never had a hangover??? Never been ill??? You sound like a deeply unpleasant person TBH.

'My toilet is blocked and I can't afford to fix it until the end of the month.'
'Go to a food bank.'

'I've no money for petrol and need to get to work.'
'Go to a food bank.'

'I am being made homeless.'
'Go to a food bank.'

I love it when a thread takes a different turn. There's one on at the moment that's just turned.

"I can't live like this. My husband has such a low sex drive, it's driving me crazy."

"Oh you poor thing. It's awful, isn't it?"

"Yes, he only wants sex once a week."

"You fucking pervert! It's YOU who's got the problem!"

"Spa days" do they actually exist in real life?

That you can't be sacked if you're signed off by your doctor

vlad

I was once asvised to clean my loo brush in the dishwasher, just to make sure it is really really clean.

You are eating too little to lose weight, you are putting on muscle so gaining weight. Unless you are an 80's Russian shot putter I really don't think you are gaining stones in muscle

OP: I'm not in the UK. Just to be clear, I'm NOT in the UK. I have a pustule on my armpit that could be dodgy, and we are two hundred miles from Guatemala's only hospital.

Answer: call the NHS hotline and see what they say.

OP: I'm a Zulu living in Fiji, and my husband is maltreating me.

Answer: Call Women's Aid.

OP: I'm in Russia and I can't afford to feed my kids.

Answer: Ocado does free delivery on orders over fiftypounds!

Q. " I am having problems paying the bills and now my landlady wants £700 in advance for the winter gas - what should I do?"

A. Well I am really not sure why you think someone else should pay your bills you freeloading biatch!