To wish that if people don't like a thread topic, they should just move on to another?

[PiperChapstick]

I'm sick of when people post about a particular issue on MN, loads of people post saying "boring!", "sick of seeing these threads", "this has been done to death OP" and "can we have a seperate topic so we can hide this?"

FFS no one makes you read every thread, if you don't like it, move on! And it doesn't take a genius to work out that not every single MNer has read every thread that they have, and so for some it will be a new topic. Seriously, what's the point of making these 'contributions'?

Sorry, I'm very hungover moody today and need to vent.

I know the thread you're talking about and I don't think they're bored or fed up of hearing about it at all. It's just a way of expressing their anger and trying to undermine and shut down the debate. A very predictable and often effective response. If they were truly not bothered and find it so tedious they'd not post at all would they?

I wasn't referring to your post Ileave, more generally.

oh god - not this again

The thread I'm talking about was a new poster talking about something sensitive. And she was roundly told off for putting it in the wrong place which was fucking disgusting.

I saw a thread recently, where people were just plain rude to the OP, because the subject matter was beyond them, demanding that a topic should be formed so they could hide it, no idea why they clicked on a thread that they couldn't handle just to say they wanted to hide it. The thread and discussion were then ruined while a few posters felt the need to dominate it was a protest that it was boring and they didn't like it, as if that would make the subject disappear.

If a subject is outside of someone comfort zone, then they should just ignore it until they feel they are able to contribute to the conversation, it's very childish to demand that other people don't hold a conversation just because you are unable to cope with it.