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?!

Why has no one mentioned "frothing"? I am frothing at the omission.

Quizteam, Oi'm foomin at you taken the piss outta East Anglians.

'Extraordinary' is one that gets slightly on my nerves.
'And it was just extraordinary how well he settled in at Bristol'. No, it wasn't, he enjoyed Fresher's Week like most students do.
'And my daughter's friends are just such extraordinary young people, so together and....' Yes, I'm sure they are.

Oh god, "amazing".

"I had the most amazing piece of cake ever".

You were amazed at cake? Really?

scooby20 they literally don't know what literally means.

I'm frightened to ask how we feel about 'awesome'.

"Awesome" quite literally melts my teeth and boils my hair, Morris

I sometimes sigh or indulge in a bit of covert eye rolling. I save tutting for heinous crimes.

"Why has no one mentioned "frothing"? I am frothing at the omission."

Frothing is a bit different though. "Frothing" is what the Fumers accuse the A Bit Pissed Off of being in an atttempt to stop them discussing what they are A Bit Pissed Off about. Usually something to do with feminism or racism.

I quite like amazing and awesome. I'm sat here shaking uncontrollably and sobbing with the devastation. Literally.

I think people are a lot more angry these days and language is changing to reflect that. I think we are all stressed, worried about our economic stability, the state of the nation, whether our kids are going to be okay because society seems to be going backwards and it is making us massively overreact to little stuff. We are all walking pressure cookers and it doesn't take much to make us explode.

Worse than awesome, "I am in awe".

This might be a bit controversial but why are so many posters exhausted rather than tired?

Or even very tired?

Also MN is full of stubborn bastards who refuse to admit I am right. Gives me the rage, it does

Yes frothing is something that other people do, like pearl clutching.

"swapping of clapping for jazz hands"
'Jazz hands' is the sign for applause in American Sign Language, I tend to forget myself and use it around people who are unaware of this fact. When that happens, of course, I literally glow with humiliation.
(Oh, and I totally use ASL because it doesn't pierce my freaky SPD eardrums the way clapping does - but I certainly have no expectations that others should do the same.)

I worry most about the MN'ers who get so worked up about things other people post about, the I'm literally shaking with anger on your behalf, I'm crying for you blah blah brigade.

Are you? Are you actually that angry or sad about some anonymous persons possibly true story on the internet? If so, you need to step away from the computer and get some serious perspective. And possibly a large gin.

Do not forget the and yes, I did actually study (whatever -anything except grammar) to degree level and beyond...

What we haven't had for a while is people spitting coffee (or cornflakes) over their keyboard when things are so funny. I have a slight concern for hygiene purposes. And I hope they're not in the library on a public PC...

YANBU, it's almost like a game of Top Trumps. Some people seek to go out of there way to be offended. What ever happened to words like mildly dissapointed etc.

This thread has mildly amused me - Mumsnet at a bit above average.

It makes me proud of 4yr old ds though. Last night I seriously displeased him by takkng him out of the bath for splashing and he stood there, sodden and naked with lower lip trembling and said "mummy, I'm a little bit cross with you".

There's a boy who understands the power of understatement.

There's lots of demanding that goes on too. "My MIL demanded a photo of the kids.

And sneering. Supermarket cashiers always manage to sneer at Mumsnetters

But my favourite has to be the waltzing husbands. "My husband waltzed in at 3am".

I imagine Len Goodman breaking the icy silence with a Seveeen!

I'm always impressed by 'promptly'.

Many prompt Mners.

Worra

I think people of all ages are just (I nearly fucking typed literally there!) turning into teenagers.

All this "amazing/fuming/sobbing" bollocks is exactly how my teens act - plus the totally unnecessary eye rolling, door slamming and flouncing upstairs, naturally.

Last night DD1 was reminded kindly and politely, via her preferrred medium of text, simply to be back home at the previously discussed and agreed time. The response I got?

"OMG mum FML"

I didn't know whether to silently seethe at her, or be grateful that she didn't acccuse me of "late shaming" her.

It is like everyone is dialled up to 11 on the drama scale all the fucking time. It's just so unnecessary. To counteract this though I fear I have swung too far the other way. I was scooped up from the floor by some very nice paramedics the other week and as they were gently trying to persuade me to get in the ambulance, I kept saying "no, honestly I'm fine, really don't worry". My DD helpfully told me I was turning into my mother ("OMG mother you're like turning into Nana right OMG I know right can you not"

I was literally terrified to come back to the thread after my rant in which I was so incandescent with rage, literally shaking, that I compared MN to the NUS (and yes, LyingWitch - all those things I cited are actual NUS things). I was convinced that everyone would be fuming with me and actually hate me.

But apart from that one weird post I was commenting on, everyone's been really witty and light-hearted and generally in the spirit of the thread. So now this really is MN at its best

Another vote for the general bemusement about the prevalence of narcissists these days. And the shaking with anger/sobbing on someone else's behalf.

I am often slightly perturbed. I feel that being perturbed is rather underrated and underused these days.