AIBU: The threads that annoy you most

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Like those where the OP writes hardly anything and expects others to entertain them.

Now you go.

Also, I want to be able to go on and rant about what a dick my DP is at times without being told to LTB repeatedly. I did, I missed him, my bed I'll lay in it without side glances and nasty judgemental comments because I love an arse. I am sure I am not the only one on MN.

Sirchen In the context of this thread it's absolutely fine :) but I just wanted to point out that whilst sometimes it's a bit much (I've watched them fill half a thread in a matter of days** and even I'm like FFS girls I can't keep up)....some of us like and need that. Especially when MN hasn't always been kind.

We are niace people though 👌🏼

1. The ones in which OPs are incapable/unconfident of making basic day to day parental decisions, hence asking random strangers to tell them what to do.

1. When OPs are glaringly unreasonable or reasonable yet still asking the AIBU just to get validation or muster the strength to confront someone, pick a fight, leave their husbands, etc.

All the '............. has died, how sad' (sad face emoji) or some variation.

I know Wombatron - but in the nicest possible way, this thread is just a lighthearted (in some cases!) dig at the threads that make us do a body swerve when we see them

I feel mean saying this and I may well be called an asshole, but when everyone is telling hilarious anecdotes on a thread or generally being very funny and someone posts something sad. I hate when people do this in person as well. I'm not against discussing sad things but there is a time and a place and I just don't get why you would say something that's going to kill the mood and bring everyone down. It's not that these things shouldn't be said, but do they really need to be said right now, surely you can wait for a similar thread that has a more serious tone?

Oh, and they pop over all parental forums: parents' behaviour at school gates/yard. And "what to wear".
It's my CM picking up my DD most of the time. But whenever I have a day off, I (or DH) do it. I can honestly say that most of the people are standing there with their nose in the smartphone, minding their own business (or maybe having a small chat with someone they know), then the child comes to them, then they leave. They are also all dressed differently, from very casual to more formal, probably as they come from the house/work. So I honestly don't get the drama that seems to happen in some people's threads/minds.

The one 'cliquey' ongoing thread I was involved with has lead to me making the best real life friends I have ever known. So whilst I'm not a part of the thread anymore as things have moved on, neither are they and we conduct our discussions away from people popping in to moan about it

SirChenjin yes it may be light hearted and most post are descibing threads in a collective way, a sweeping generalisation, then there have been a more naming and shaming going on. It's obviously going to get a reaction.

This is why, as a rule I avoid AIBU threads. Them threads are scary

Really - don't take it seriously, it's just a thread and people are just expressing their irritation with certain posts/threads . To be fair, a thread entitled 'AIBU: The threads that annoy you most' is probably going to list specific threads which annoy

I am oblivious to 80% of MN anyway. I rarely venture out of chat and predominently lurk. Bitter exprerience when I first joined told me where to feel safe

I get annoyed with threads where the OP is posting because their DC is upset by something that has happened in school or because they fell out with another child, but the OP will not entertain the possibilities that their child...

• misheard what was said
• misinterpreted what was said
• misremembered what was said.

And if anyone dares suggest that their little precious has possibly put their own spin on events .

The ones where you read the OP and the few responses. Type your response then get someone ranting at you because you've failed to take account of stuff the OP has written in posts 2 years ago....I don't know about you lot, but I don't have a complex spreadsheet of information about every poster or look up their posting history to familiarise myself before posting. I just presume that if a point was relevant the OP would refer to it.

Also the assumption that all teenage boys are constantly wanking and this explains everything about their behaviour.

Posts who complain about someone being a wanker and 3 posts in someone mentions have they SN.SN is not a get out of jail free card.The word narc and sociopath get bandied around too much on here as well.

Then theres the oldist type threads.Where the op is trying to set the scene and gets called out because they dared mention the age of the person involved.Sometimes we need to know the ages.

I dislike the many 'mil bad' threads.
When my time comes I'm going to try and be a good un, but looking at the gazillion mil threads it seems they can do nothing right.

I'm on 4 or 5 "clique" threads I think. Without them I'd have no one. (Well, my kids and my mum but I can't rant at them) they are my friends. I know some people may not understand that but I have no friends IRL. Every single one contains mundane chatter. They also contain a hell of a lot of support and hand holding when needed. They even pull together and manage to provide RL support when needed despite how spread out we are, all across the globe.
So yeah, they might annoy some people and that's OK, but they certainly aren't pointless. To some it's all we've got.

Ezzie I know exactly what you are talking about and I agree, so if it makes you an asshole then so am I.
I think it's bad form too. Time and place thanks.

This got me in trouble but I get angry when someone complains about a parent repeatedly calling at meal/children's bedtimes for a chat.

Inevitably someone will respond with 'be grateful op, my mum's dead, I'd give anything for one more inconvenient phone call from her.'

Those responses annoy me as

1.) Not everyone has an uncomplcated and amicable relationship with their parents.

2.) It is quite condescending. The op almost certainly understands her mother is mortal and may well have suffered the loss of a father/partner/sibling.

3.) It is dismissive and does nothing to solve the actual problem, the op is still frazzled and has a sleep deprived/cranky child on her hands. Often it seems to be done to trump the op's concerns rather than help.

I am not dismissing people grieving for their parents, but I can't see those sort of posts help anyone.

Fatty😂
Queen of Quiches!

(As if I wasn't on at least 3 of them, on & off😉)

I just plop my fat arse in and stay there zong no fucker can get rid of me

Ones (usually in relationships) where a poster will say to the OP 'are you very young?' or 'is he very young?'.

It's usually totally irrelevant and regardless of the answer (they usually get ignored though) wouldn't change anything. IMO it comes across as condascending and as if the poster wants to be older, more worldly-wise etc.

zing not zong. Must learn to check my posts. .

OP: AIBU?
Literally Everyone: Yes.
OP: But, but... (adds massive dripfeed)
MN: asks questions to determine who IBU
OP: disappears forever

LadyMonicaBaddingham:

The posts where someone refers to something a previous poster has said but has only read a few pages of the thread so when you scroll up to see what they are referring to, you can't see it because we are now on page 21 and the original comment is on page 2.