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Phrases you really hate on MN

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cathf · 07/01/2017 14:17

Following on from the fabulous type of threads you really hate on here, I thought I would start a similar thread for phrases used on MN that really get your goat.
I'll start off with 'in this house', usually used in conjunction with some smug statement to make the OP feel inadequate/bad.
For example 'Oh, we love books in this house!' or 'there's no faddy eaters allowed in this house' or 'we all have to respect each other in this house'.
Over to you ....

OP posts:
ilovesooty · 07/01/2017 22:21

End of.

Only1scoop · 07/01/2017 22:22

Ugh Angry

Passmethecrisps · 07/01/2017 22:28

I have a pathological dislike of t'was and t'is. It seems really try hard and just irritates the fuck out of me.

A common one - less a single phrase and more of a stock response - is when someone posts about struggling to manage the behaviour of someone else. Usually issues of lack of confidence, anxious about hurting feelings, complex family relationships. And a poster will always come along and say "I just don't understand why people don't just say this doesn't work for me. Stop being a door mat."

I am sure that helps the poster enormously.

Similar is the "surely you just to x, y and z?" Because obviously everyone in the world thinks and behaves in exactly the same way.

mycatwantstokillme1 · 07/01/2017 22:30

Ronald, I see what you mean now. I'm very new (not even 12 months), when I think about it now if I had been around for a long time, I'd feel the same as you.

ZouBisou · 07/01/2017 22:31

"Can we talk about X" or "Talk to me about X" or "Can we have an X thread please" thread titles.

InvisibleKittenAttack · 07/01/2017 22:34

"no" is a complete sentence.

Well, if you are texting it and can ignore all replies, then maybe, but in a face to face conversation, often saying "no" you'll face another "complete sentence" of "why?" and either you really rudely walk away without saying anything (assuming you are in a situation where you can walk away), or else you need another sentence to complete the one from before, where you may have said a complete sentence, but did not give a complete answer /explaination. Or I suppose you can just stand there saying "no!" over and over like you are a malfunctioning robot. That's an option, a shit option, but an option....

SalemSaberhagen · 07/01/2017 22:48

Le sigh.

WHAT DOES IT EVEN MEAN.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 07/01/2017 22:52

Le sigh.

WHAT DOES IT EVEN MEAN.

I like to see it as an indicator that the user is a twat Grin

AlmaMartyr · 07/01/2017 23:06

I hate 'boils my piss' too, it's awful. ''No' is a complete sentence' is frustrating, though I like to think it's more about the sentiment (you don't need an excuse to not go somewhere).

Rubybleu - competitive wedding cheapness annoys me too. There's always someone who comments that expensive marriages always end in divorce.

Passmethecrisps - I agree with the 'doormat' thing. Often it's a poster that seems genuinely in distress, and thing them that it's all their fault for being ineffective just seems insulting.

Limitededition7inch · 07/01/2017 23:16

Yes to competitive wedding cheapness and the implication that everyone who has a large wedding (and, double horror, gets given money as a gift) is a total grabby fucker bridezilla and will be divorced within 18 months.

So glad that others get annoyed by 'no is a complete sentence'. Taken as a sentiment or literally, either way it is not a complete sentence unless you are rude and abrupt. Even following it with "I'm afraid I've got something else on" allows you to get out of something without sounding like a complete arsehole.

roundtable · 07/01/2017 23:17

Pop

It never used to but it really annoys me now. It's used to trivialise. Nobody pops anywhere because they're not a flipping genie.

Pop it in the oven.
Or
Just pop your cv in the post.
Or
Just pop out and leave him with the kids.

And so on.

Pop, pop, poppity, poppity frigging pop.

Pop off.

Grin
PurpleDaisies · 07/01/2017 23:19

Anything with incorrect use of pre- like Pre-planned pre-warned , pre-prepare

I thought this was just me. Pre-warned in advance is the worst. I'll add "pre-book" to your list.

LeSquigh · 07/01/2017 23:22

The phrase "family money" and "but surely it all goes into one pot?" winds me up like no other. I seriously don't believe that I am the only person who sees my money as my own despite being in a family.

conserveisposhforjam · 07/01/2017 23:22

Has someone said 'special snowflake'? As in a child who you might possibly have to make some allowances for for whatever reason?

It's just such a fucking unoriginal right wing knee-jerk piece of bollocks. I fucking hate it. You might as well just write 'I FUCKING HATE CHILDREN'.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 07/01/2017 23:28

Special snowflake often means a spoilt person (adult or child) who has to have their own way (I thought)

QueenMortificado · 07/01/2017 23:30

A common one - less a single phrase and more of a stock response - is when someone posts about struggling to manage the behaviour of someone else. Usually issues of lack of confidence, anxious about hurting feelings, complex family relationships. And a poster will always come along and say "I just don't understand why people don't just say this doesn't work for me. Stop being a door mat."

Agree with this, and along the same lines it's someone who has been abused / bullied / finds it hard up to stand up for themselves and is posting for help

Then they get loads of replies saying "ask them to leave" then progressing to "just tell them to fuck off" then descending in to "why the fuck haven't you get told them to fuck right off???? What is the matter with you OP?? DO IT NOW. GO AND AND TELL THEM TO LEAVE!!! Get off mumsnet, pull your big girl pants up and tell them to leave. Now." All within about 10 hours of first post. How is making demands of an op on an Internet forum helpful at all?!

Passmethecrisps · 07/01/2017 23:31

Similar to my issue lesquigh. "But surely you just . . . " "surely everyone does . . . "

No. No not everyone does that. Because we are not all the fucking same. We have different thought processes and life experiences which lead us to make different decisions. That does not make my way of doing things less valid, sensible or acceptable than fucking yours"

ExitPursuedBySantaSpartacus · 07/01/2017 23:37

I'm not sure how many more of these threads I can stand.

MaudOnceMore · 07/01/2017 23:37

Yes, I thought a special snowflake was a spoilt and over-indulged person (of whatever age) - nothing to do with having additional needs.

conserveisposhforjam · 07/01/2017 23:41

Special snowflake often means a spoilt person (adult or child) who has to have their own way (I thought)

Yes I know what it means. But it's often used because it's the insult du jour and the poster thinks it's the ultimate put down (which is, in itself bloody annoying because it got old quite a while ago)

And often about situations where actually maybe we could be a bit more understanding of everyone's different needs - 'your sister can't come to your wedding 400 miles away because she won't leave her six week old overnight? Ha - generation snowflake!' etc etc.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 07/01/2017 23:43

Ooh 'spa weekend'

Fuck off!

Only1scoop · 07/01/2017 23:45

'Batch cook' Angry

ladymariner · 07/01/2017 23:46

'My little family'

Just absolutely fucking awful!!!!

Whentheshipgoesdown · 07/01/2017 23:48

"welcome to Mumsnet" and "interesting first post"

Who is it that advanced searches people who they think they might mildly disagree with in the hope of making them feel like a twat? Fuck off with your spreadsheets and helpful hints on how to post on a public forum.

It really boils my piss

Cherrysoup · 07/01/2017 23:50

I know it's been said, sorry, but the 'I just spat my coffee over the keyboard'. Really? You found something so funny you involuntarily spat out your coffee? Yeah, right, sure. Hmm

Just posted this on another thread: 'You seem somewhat over invested in this' when someone is keen on an issue. It's patronising and often comes across as troll hunting as though the poster is the OP backing her/himself up. So annoying.