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Annoying things other posters do

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user1485342611 · 27/04/2018 10:24

Just wondering what things other posters do that really annoy you?

For me it's the deliberate misconstruing of an opening post and then flaming the OP for something they never actually said or implied.

Also the posters who conjure up wild scenarios to try and prove the OP is BU - "How do you know the woman who pushed you out of the way at the bus stop wasn't rushing home to her seriously ill child and has only 2p in her purse so couldn't afford a taxi. Try to be kinder and less self absorbed in future".

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Shrodingerslion · 28/04/2018 14:26

The dear thing annoys me too.

Also when posters call the op, op.
‘ ohhh bless you op’ ‘ Have you tried this op’
It makes me cringe.

DoJo · 28/04/2018 14:30

I'm always surprised that posters will rock up on a thread that's clearly about a popular celebrity just to post that they have no idea who they are. It bit one poster in the rear the other day when they claimed not to know who a thread was about and then back-pedalled furiously when it was revealed that it was a leading politician being discussed!

I'm also waiting for the day when anyone will admit to eating cheese in anything other than cube form...

Andylion · 28/04/2018 15:27

Posters who post:
Your house, your rules.
Your child, your rules.
etc.

I know it's a perfectly reasonable statement but it always seems so smug and somehow, dismissive.

Nannewnannew · 28/04/2018 15:50

I can’t understand threads where people are about to have a baby or have just had one, and they can’t bear to have visitors, particularly MIL because they feel so vulnerable! Vulnerable? Really? Yet within the next year they will be sending their baby off to nursery to be cared for by total strangers! Then people come on saying ‘your baby-your rules’
I wonder how they would feel if nobody wanted to come and see the new addition?

Andylion · 28/04/2018 16:01

Anything where anyone asks questions about their breast (clothing, swimwear etc.) Guarantee, someone will put

'i am large of nork'

Sometimes I feel like replying:
" And I am Dennis of Swansea!'

Nothisispatrick · 28/04/2018 16:20

Asking MN if they're pregnant rather than taking a test.

NCbecauseIdontwanttooutasaman · 28/04/2018 18:04

Misandry. I first looked at MN after an article referenced when talking about misandry.

Poster "My husband has done this thing I find strange/don't like"

Reply "He's having an affair, LTB"

P "He's not, he's not the type"

R "I thought that, hack his phone and email and empty the joint account. LTB"

P "He's not, I can account for his movements 24 hours a day, how do I solve the problem that I actually have rather than the one you're inventing"

R. "He is, change the locks, throw his things away, kick him in the balls. LTB"

And so on, if there was an acronym for Leave The Bitch on a mainstream website there would be justifiable anger.

Also I have a friend that I don't really like anymore and is horrible to me, what should I do?

GratedCarrotStick · 28/04/2018 18:11

People who don't read the full post.
"I fell and hit my head and now have a massive lump. I'm waiting a call back from the Dr. What should I do in the meantime?"

"have you tried phoning the Dr?"

BIWI · 28/04/2018 18:14

Um. You do realise that LTB is an acronym for Leave the Bitch as well, don't you? Hmm

AmIthatbloodycold · 28/04/2018 18:14

Posters who say

"Am I the only one who......."

Or "I can't be the only one who..."

Usually about a popular opinion that they would see if they gave even a cursory glance at posts.

It's as if they're special, or have had a unique revelation.

SheGotBetteDavisEyes · 28/04/2018 18:54

Posters who say "Am I the only one who......."

Yes. I admit this gives me a touch of the eye-rolls. The answer is inevitably, no you're not...

NorthEndGal · 28/04/2018 20:36

Tbf , I found out I was the only one on here with a tea and hot drinks menu, and the only one doing preemptive fart squats...although maybe I was the only one who'd admit thatBlush

Andylion · 28/04/2018 20:39

"OP, it sounds like you don't like her much."

As if not liking someone is a crime. Sure, it makes sense if someone is posting about someone they refer to as a close friend, because we generally like our friends, but sometimes the post is about a coworker or neighbour. We don't have to like everyone, particularly people whose actions drive us to post about them on MN.

RoseWhiteTips · 28/04/2018 20:41

People who use rock up.

Queenoftheblitz · 28/04/2018 20:42

I can’t understand threads where people are about to have a baby or have just had one, and they can’t bear to have visitors, particularly MIL because they feel so vulnerable! Vulnerable? Really? Yet within the next year they will be sending their baby off to nursery to be cared for by total strangers! Then people come on saying ‘your baby-your rules’
I wonder how they would feel if nobody wanted to come and see the new addition?

I agree. I'm so tempted to reply "the 3 wise men want to know where to leave the gold, frankinsense and myrrh, seeing as how you don't want visitors."

veggiethrower · 28/04/2018 20:45

People who shower 3 times a day and make out everyone else is a dirty fucker for not doing so with absolutely no understanding that some people can't afford the water bill and the electricity/gas to heat it if they shower more than a couple of times a week.
And people bragging about how often they wash their bed linen and towels.

ValleyClouds · 28/04/2018 21:35

Most of the ones that are about "I have this friend we used to get on but now they piss me off"

Are basically people who want to ghost someone and are so lacking in character they need cheering on from strangers to get up the gumption

The amount of people who will use any excuse to ditch a so called friend as "hard work" is staggering as if nobody has moments in their life when they need a friend

Hopefully they will find out how shitty they were when they are on receiving end

Usually same ones that get upset that others don't make time to like their Insta.

NCbecauseIdontwanttooutasaman · 29/04/2018 09:32

Biwi, I've never seen it used to recommend leaving a woman. Was it for something suitably heinous? My personal favourite was when someone's husband ate an out of date sausage.

leggere · 29/04/2018 09:36

'Feminists' who won't even try to understand male posters opinions and just rip them to shreds.

ghostyslovesheets · 29/04/2018 09:37

How does any one know you are a man on line? Are you mansplaining at them?

leggere · 29/04/2018 09:59

And the ridiculous term mansplaining whenever a man tries to speak. I'ts boring and I for one, would like to hear a male perspective now and again.

slashlover · 29/04/2018 10:33

OP : Posts
Posters : Helpful advice
Random person : something about trans issues which is completely irrelevant to the thread

leggere · 29/04/2018 10:53

The term 'hey, ho'. Makes me think of the seven small men in Snow White "it's off to work we go". Or was that 'hi ho'?Smile

derxa · 29/04/2018 11:08

I hate people talking about 'spunking' money on things. Yuck
A a 'post partum woman'

Lizzie48 · 29/04/2018 11:11

The term 'hey, ho'. Makes me think of the seven small men in Snow White "it's off to work we go". Or was that 'hi ho'?

I agree, it does sound like that lol. Grin