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InfinityTimesInfinity · 17/09/2016 10:28

Being reasonably new to this site/chat app ...
Having read a few threads in the last couple of days and coming across a lot of unnecessary comments .. AIBU to ask why it seems a lot of women on here seem very quick to throw nasty, horrible insults at other women on here?
I know people are asking for opinions, but, not character assassinations...!
Shouldn't us mums/women stick together and help eachother with advice instead of throwing horrible, bitchy, comments around?

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nwbmum · 17/09/2016 16:19

There is evidence of support too but it doesn't take away the damage done by the shaming and ridiculing. It's not black and white, both can exist.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 17/09/2016 16:23

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Rozdeek · 17/09/2016 16:24

I love a NC fail :)

HenRah · 17/09/2016 16:25

THIS THREAD AGAIN ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH

PigletWasPoohsFriend · 17/09/2016 16:31

I love a NC fail

Me too Grin

This is essentially a thread about a thread so is against MN rules...

Pagwatch · 17/09/2016 16:34

That was an epic name change fail.

TrippyMcTrapFace · 17/09/2016 16:37

Found it Wink
Fabulous NC fail. Grin

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 17/09/2016 16:39

Love it Grin Just shows yet again that the goady fuckers who post these 'MN is sooooooooo mean' whiny threads just aren't very bright Grin

Shakey15000 · 17/09/2016 16:43

I fucking love MN. Found it after the other debatey place was closed by me. Laughed like a drain at Classics then pootled around. It's been nine years Grin

And anyone who says it's inherently bitchy hasn't been party to the immense amounts of supportive threads. Else they wouldn't say it. So there.

Lynnm63 · 17/09/2016 16:52

OP started this thread to moan that we were all sooooooo mean because we didn't immediately agree she was so special that the whole world should agree with her.
Maybe she should return to CBeebies and leave this site yo the Grown Ups.

PacificDogwod · 17/09/2016 16:53

What was 'the other debatey' place, Shakey? Was there one??
And what did you do to close it down?

Godda love a good NC fail Grin

RufusTheSpartacusReindeer · 17/09/2016 17:04

Oh thats funny, poor OP...not

Shakey15000 · 17/09/2016 17:04

Debates section on Bounty. And I may, or may not have researched who owned it (indirectly after a fair bit of Googling) and sent a lengthy complaint. Not before trying my utmost to have issues resolved by the actual people running it. I was fair and warned them I'd be doing it. Twas following them not taking action against a vile troll, bannings left right and centre, being ignored by members and general twattishness. I received a lovely email back from the owner then a week later a grovelly phone call from UK bosses. They revamped the site and sadly, debates disappeared.

Sparklingbrook · 17/09/2016 17:06

Suddenly it all becomes clear......

TAAT indeed.

PacificDogwod · 17/09/2016 17:16

Bounty had a debate section?! Well, I never! Shock

IamtheZombie · 17/09/2016 17:22

OP, Mumsnet posters are not fools and do not care for someone attempting to treat them as such.

Shakey15000 · 17/09/2016 17:26

Pacific Oh aye, twas great fun.

I still computer is the equivalent of naice ham Grin

Buzzardbird · 17/09/2016 17:41

Bloody hell, you could have told me it was 15 pages long before the 'reveal'! I thought you were on about the NC fail on page 2 until I realised that no-one had noticed that one!

Buzzardbird · 17/09/2016 17:44

No wait, that was someone else. Ignore me.

NavyandWhite · 17/09/2016 17:46

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sunnycloudyraining · 17/09/2016 17:50

Completely agree OP, I'm fairly new to site & I am astounded at some comments I've seen. Nasty & completely unnecessary.

Buzzardbird · 17/09/2016 17:55

Enough sock puppetry me thinks?

TrippyMcTrapFace · 17/09/2016 17:55

Oh do we now have a ....

Women on here
TrippyMcTrapFace · 17/09/2016 17:56

xpost Buzzard.

TheGruffaloMother · 17/09/2016 18:03

And they exercise this in RL and speak as bluntly to peoples faces as they do here, yes?

Well I can't speak for everyone here but I'm pretty representative of how I am in RL. Hence I NC fairly frequently because the info I share about myself here, combined with my attitude, end up being outing after a while. In fact, one of the few differences between online me and RL me is that RL me isn't above telling a person to fuck off or giving a negative opinion of them personally. So online me is actually a bit nicer than RL me Grin

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