Fuming, raging, heartbroken....

[GinIsIn]

It seems like this is used about everything now.

AIBU to wonder why nobody is ever just a bit miffed or slightly put out anymore?

And what happens to the fuming, heartbroken ragers who get so angry about an innocuous comment from a teacher or a sideways glance on public transport when something really bad happens? Do their heads actually explode?!

TheOnlyLivingBoy the irony being I was just about to post about how quickly someone will claim a thread is 'Mumsnet at its worst/best' as another example of my favourite MN hyperboles.

I LOVE the word 'incandescent' - I plan to be incandescent at least twice today.

GetOutMyCar - this thread isn't mocking emotionally vulnerable people. It just isn't.

Don't forget"disgusted"

Don't you mean "discusted", Rose?

GetOutMyCar you don't know the emotional or mental health status of anyone on this thread.

GetOutMyCar I've just been sent home from work due to MH problems, so I suppose I'm not mentally robust at the moment. I can assure you this thread is exactly what I need right now! And yes, it shows a finer side of MN imho

incandescent reminds me of light bulbs

My piss is boiling on everyone's behalf. I'm actually shaking with rage about whatever it is you're going through right now. Whoever you are.

I just want to point out in all seriousness that my intention is not to belittle the less emotionally robust - quite the opposite. Words have power and meaning, and my point is that if people use the most extreme and dramatic of adjectives for things like their name being misspelled in Starbucks, what is there left to describe genuine distress when that occurs?

Wails on anguish and beats chest that someone doesn't like my thread

Do they actually do that, TheOnlyLivingBoy? It sounds so remarkably bonkers!

I agree with the 'Mumsnet at its best/worst' thing, it makes my hair cringe.

I'd like to add the under/over hyperbole combination here... AIBU to be slightly incensed...? over some minor transgression that pre-overreacting times, wouldn't even have warranted mention.

I'm gutted for you Fenella

Sorry, I can't read ths, I am too busy literally wretching because somebody offered me something I don't like very much for breakfast.

I am sometimes irked.

Sobbing, is another one. I'm going to spend the whole day doing it.

The hyperbole on MN is entertaining though.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves

I am incandescent this morning because the milk in my tea tastes like it might be about to go on the turn. Not so much that I can't drink it - but enough to have to wonder about whether it'll last the day.

Even though I'm going out at lunchtime and can buy some more in any case.

I just know that I'll be thinking about this thread for days.

A very serious question. If you are slightly incensed does that mean that you are a little bit singed at the edges but smelling nice?

Princess Diana

thanks for the lol!

Mumsnet at its worst is often used alongside 'I think the op is getting an unnecessarily hard time'

Although it's tough because some threads actually are mumsnet at its worst.

MIL is often 'in misery' .

Being slightly insenced is nothing to do with joss sticks then?

Doesn't "here, have my first biscuit" fall in to this category

Literally NO ONE gives a shit about whether it's your first biscuit or not. Besides, they're not funny.

I agree. I think that because we live in a "full on" world now, there's little subtlety. You've got to be loud in your appearance, manner, vocals. Just to ensure your voice is heard. You're passed over if you're "mousey" in any way.

It really irritates me when people describe everything as amazing!. Really? A loaf of bread (a fancy French topknot loafy-type one) featured on some I know's Instagram recently. Lots of followers were of the opinion it was "amazing!" It was a large bread roll.

What small lives we live now, despite the technology/travel/opportunities on offer.

I like it when people are mortified out of context.