Annoying things other posters do

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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".

When people hide perfectly innocuous information from a post in case it 'outs' them.

Like when they refer to their husband's "hobby" - because hardly any men play football/golf/whatever

Or when they say "in my home county they do x or y". Most countries are home to a few thousand people (at least!) so, unless you're saying you're the Queen of said country, it's hardly going to out you, and could help people who know the country give much more relevant advice.

Use strikethrough wrong. The thing you really want to say should come first, then the more pc version. Eg my MIL is a cow difficult woman.

Any thread where someone is having a rant about an annoying parent, guaranteed someone will pop up to say 'count yourself lucky, my DM/DF is dead, I would give anything to have them let themselves in to read my post/redecorate my kitchen to their taste while I'm on holiday/dig up my garden and replace it with tarmac etc.

I hate when people diagnose people they've never met on the brief (and biased) information given by a poster!

OP: My mum said XYZ
MN: She's obviously a narcissist (isn't everyone according to MN??) go NC right away.

or

OP: A child is bullying my child and has done for the past 6 years but nothing is being done about it ...
MN:

Sorry, but some kids are just little arseholes, grown up arseholes don't just magically appear from nowhere - they were first little arseholes.

Me: "In my experience..."

Everyone else: "You're projecting your own issues onto the OP".

Thank you for kindly informing me that my own experiences are influencing my judgement. Thank goodness literally no one else ever does that.

“I’m a size 16, what can I wear in the summer”
“Have you thought of losing weight?”
Awesome, bet the OP is so grateful for your input.

“I’m struggling to lose weight, this is what I eat...”
“Seriously, that’s what you eat. I would struggle to eat so much”
Well done you, you are much better than the OP.

“to spend on a handbag, what should I get?”

Anyone who uses the phrases “head tilt”, “norks” or suggests saying “did you mean to be so rude?”

[lighthearted] inserted into thread titles just so the perma offended sensitive twats don’t shit the bed.

“AIBU not to invite the boy who has been mercilessly bullying my son both physically and on social medi and making his life an utter misery to his birthday party”

YABU, it’s mean to exclude the boy from your sons party, he has probably comes from a disadvantaged background and has challenging needs of his own, perhaps your son could bake him a cake”

That some posters tell people to LTB over the slightest things, instead of offering help and advice. It's not easy to just LTB when you have a life with them.

Demo yes!!! The surname ones!

Bah. “I have 1million £ to spend on a handbag” what should I get?

People just replying with "reporting" for no reason at all.

Any thread where someone is having a rant about an annoying parent, guaranteed someone will pop up to say 'count yourself lucky, my DM/DF is dead, I would give anything to have them let themselves in to read my post/redecorate my kitchen to their taste while I'm on holiday/dig up my garden and replace it with tarmac etc.
so true

Someone says they hate Megan Markle's shoes and is told they are a racist.

Beat me to it MissTeri!

People who diagnose people based on the tiniest bit of information

OP My husband is a bit of a bully and he's not very good with socialising

MN - Poor thing, he's obviously depressed and could he be autistic?

Fuck....off....... 9 times out of 10 he's just a miserable arsehole.

Also, people who go on and on and on (mainly on the relationship board) - LTB, you're a fool if you stay etc etc.....yeah coz it's s easy to give advise like that sitting in your living room. for some of course it's concern, for others I'm sure they just love the drama of it all and forget it's actually some poor buggers life unfolding.

Thread title: If you are 5'5" and weigh about 11 stone, what dress size do you wear?

Irritating reply: I am 5'10", 10 stone and wear a size 8.

or

OP: I need to lose weight, I am unhappy with my size but it all feels a bit overwhelming.

Irritating reply: I am 5'5" and weigh 8 stone and have done since I was 19 and I'm now 50. All you need to remember is eat less, move more.

Sorry, my post about Meghan Markle above was meant to be in bold as it is a quote. I hate when people do that

'My husband is a vegetarian but he hates cheese, what can I feed him tonight?'
'Have you thought about a cheesy cheese steak with extra meat and cheese?'

Now I really want a cheesy cheese steak with extra meat and cheese. FFS.

I shouldn't say this I know, but when a poster says they don't like Staffordshire Bull Terriers or similar, and someone posts a picture of theirs and says "But whyyyyyyyyy, look at her lovely smile, makes your heart melt" etc etc. Look, they don't like the dog. Your photo is NOT going to change that. My cat is the most gorgeous cat to me, but I won't post photos of her to try to convince a poster that cats aren't minging, if they think they are. It won't ever make them say "Oh gosh, I never knew cats could be so attractive. I'm quite over my cat hatred now. I don't know what I was thinking of."

I do like pet photos, but in the right context; trying to alter someone else's concept of something = hiding to nothing

The passive aggressive response to an OP (normally the first) eg.

OP: I think my husband is having an affair

Poster: What did he say when you challenged him?

Opening threads that sound like one of Vicky Pollards monologues and leave you 😵 cross eyed about a third of the way through!

The sanctimonious posters who have never done anything wrong, ever (however trivial) and wouldn't dream of doing so.

The person on a thread about vegetarianism/veganism who says "mmm bacon" (there's always one).

The person on an "oops, I've done something stupid" thread who says "you shouldn't have done that".

The person on an infertility thread who says " why don't you just adopt?" OK, that's not a MN thing, but a newspaper comments thing that drives me mad.

People who start a sentence with 'So...'

Those who moan about zombie threads coming back to life. So what? You'd soon grumble about someone posting a duplicate thread.

Posters who appear to be desperate to prove that the OP's OH must be a cheat. 'He's obviously playing away.' And then keep asking for updates.

And someone once quoted me and changed the punctuation in the quotation.

They were WRONG. My original punctuation use was correct. I ground a few mm off my teeth reading that...

“Men never leave a relationship unless they have someone else lined up”

Erm, quite a few do when they are unhappy and see no future together

Or

“Book yourself I for a free half hour chat with your solicitor”

Use strikethrough wrong. The thing you really want to say should come first, then the more pc version. Eg my MIL is a cow difficult woman

reminds me of this