To be annoyed by the amount of (lighthearted)s on here??

[EasternDailyStress]

In the olden days, you could post a thread that was lighthearted and everyone would get it. Why now do some posters feel the need to explain their threads? Has the MN demographic changed so much over the past 15 years?

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I agree - it should be obvious that it's lighthearted - I don't need to be told it is.

If it's not obvious that it's light-hearted, then perhaps you haven't phrased things very well.

I made a comment once about how DD had the physique one would expect of Gimli's wife, not overweight but short and stocky and packed with muscle and someone jumped right down my throat: ''How can you say that sort of thing about your own DD! Horrible parent, your poor DD' sort of stuff.

So, yeah, I'm now inclined to put after some of my comments. Coz, yunno, I AM really horrible parent, but I just don't want people to realise the terrible truth....

I've seen many a thread that are very obviously lighthearted but the op gets jumped on by people who have a sense of humour failure or genuinely think it's serious.

YANBU

I'd rather deal with the miserable fuckers on the thread, than ever feel the need to type 'lighthearted' in the thread title.

It doesn't stop those who are determined to take it seriously anyway.

I think over the last 11 years I have been on here it feels like some posters take threads literally.

I think you're right though WorraLiberty, some will take it serious anyway.

I'm so glad I'm not alone in this. It kind of goes along with my view of society as a whole these days; that everyone feels they're entitled and no one should offend their delicate sensitivities. And clearly have no sense of humour. Bollocks to that, I say.

Maybe we need a 'Lighthearted' topic?

Although all the AIBU cows would invade and be really mean to ...

Theres always someone who feels the need to be offended these days.

I got complained about once because i didn't put "not lighthearted" can't win

From most of the 'lighthearted' posts I've seen, the OP makes a point that they don't like feeling like they have to add 'lighthearted'. However, some posts are so obviously 'lh' that I don't see why you'd need to state that in the title.
As pp said, you can put LH all you like, someone always turns up to piss on the parade

It's become necessary because some people don't seem to have a sense of humour.

Because there are a shit load of MNers who are delicate snowflakes and have had a sense of humor bypass who make it their duty to be offended on a daily basis!

Agree. This is the type of thing I was meaning in my thread yesterday: more threads have to have 'lighthearted' to avoid the testy posters with humour bypasses. Often it doesn't help though.