To cringe when people just x at the end of their post?

[MermaidTailUnicornHorn]

I’m from a place in the UK where it’s common to put x at the end of a text, card etc

But even I find it really cringey when a poster puts an x at the end of their post .., I’m seeing it more and more on here.

I find it weird on these threads. Half the time you get everyone agreeing and saying “yes you’re right OP, it’s dreadfully common, tragic how much like Nethuns MN is becoming” and tonight everyone is wading in to slay the OP.

OP - try again in two day’s time, you’ll get a totally different response.

Someone is now kissing on another thread in protest against this one.

Is it really? You’re lovely!

They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit...

Oh love, there's more important things to worry about! Get out more! X

Today is my first day posting here and I think I always put an X at the end. I didn't realise it could bother anyone, it's just, well, a friendly habit. I did get in hot water once when DH asked me to text his boss for him about something pretending to be him and I absent mindedly, out of pure habit, put an X at the end of it. Oh dear. I will never hear the end of THAT 😂😂😂

I do it on supportive posts because I don’t like flowers so don’t want to put that emoji. Putting nothing makes some posts sound harsher or more abrupt than intended as you don’t have the vocal nuances of tone to help out.

Immature I am most certainly NOT
HND (merit) and a Bachelor degree under my belt certainly not Uneducated either !

I am kind of new to MN though so I am uneducated in "MN dos and do nots "
Immature as in :
I ALWAYS put xxx in my comments as that is just what i do,as that is who i am and here are some more xxxxxxxxx op

Could you just imagine How very yawn yawn boring life and MN would be if we were all the same ?...
MN would most certainly not exist if all members were of the same opinions /ways hey ?
Well heres a few more xxxx just to tide you over

Putting nothing makes some posts sound harsher or more abrupt than intended as you don’t have the vocal nuances of

Isn't something like 90% of all communication non-verbal? It's true that "Get milk on the way home x" sounds like a request whilst "get milk on the way home" sounds like an order.

Hands up- I do it sometimes as I'm so used to doing it on text. Wish there was an edit bottom!

Yes, or here the equivalent is telling someone to break up with a partner or go see a doctor because the seem to be suffering from anxiety etc. Without anything it sounds sharp when actually it’s meant to be sympathetic.

I don’t get the people posting their qualifications.

Why are you trying to justify yourselves to the OP? Why does it matter what she thinks?

Drives me crazy. It's as bad as no paragraphs, he said / she said stories, huns, etc.

I wasn't going to join in but @thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter, I can be hurt. A little reply asserting that you're not against all mermaids would help, especially if you close your post in a way that makes me feel reassured, albeit in a tacky, uneducated way..

Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on x

Uneducated ?

Nb spent many years at uni honey xxxxxxx

Just comes across as immature and uneducated. So does moaning about the way people post!

Fuck you x

I did it on my previous thread as certain poster was going crazy at me implying I was a rape apologist and minimiser for putting a smiley face at the end of my post on something she had misinterpreted so when other posters were sticking up for me I would reply with an X at the end of my post rather than a smiley in fear of triggering her off again...

Life is a struggle, OP. xxx

It's clearly done out of habit

Oh ffs. There is more to life than worrying about x's on a post. I don't do it on here but I do on txts and messenger. So what? I am not uneducated but my qualifications are no one's business.
People need to get out more

Xxxxxxxxxxxx ( just for the bants)

its okay OP x

I once got into a heated debate with somebody on a local FB page. She ended every single post with xxx even though she was talking directly to me and she was actually being pretty aggressive. In the end I couldn't stand it and asked why the fuck she was kissing her posts to me...all her mates piled in and said that was just the way she wrote. She really did come across as hard of thinking.

So mindless Xs I can't stand but if it's at the end of a message of support it doesn't bother me.

I never put xxx on anything at all.

Does that mean I am exceedingly highly educated?

sniff When i was reading the title I wanted to answer this post with an x but poor have already been doing this and I am late.