AIBU to get irritated by people trying to derail lighthearted threads

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It just seems unnecessary when they are just upsetting theirselves and spoiling it for other people.
I’m talking
“What’s your favourite treat food from the shops”
“Nothing. I live in a wooden crab infested shack and only eat mouldy dog food and sprouts”
Or
“What funny/silly nonsense did your family do with you as a child”
“Well they string me up and beat me with birches, I don’t know if that counts”
I understand hard lives, and it’s not been a picnic personally but I (and I assume others) read cheerful threads as nice escapism and happy memories and these posters are upsetting their selves and others

Catastic there was a recent thread about which fictional characters people wish hadn't been killed off. Now common sense would tell you that people on there would be talking about characters from TV series, films, books, radio series etc., and said programmes will already have been aired. Lo and behold a poster pops up whinging about wanting a spoiler warning and how awful that their enjoyment of a programme which had been aired years ago but they were only watching now was ruined because they now know which character(s) died. If you can't use basic brain function to work out what an obviously titled thread is about don't open it and read it numpty.

Late to the party, but this piece of genius deserves more acknowledgement:

@wijjy: Please be more sensitive. My dear Grandmother died of a heart wasting disease; at the end of her life it was barely larger than a Tesco own brand avocado. Saying lighthearted is terribly unfeeling.

Literally ROTFL

The weird Ron fans were pleading his case and then a few super weird people were suggesting she should have ended up with Snape.
Even though SPOILER ALERT Snape is dead? Well that is interesting ly weird

I'm off to find the celery thread. Nothing like a full food item to rile the masses.

I've still yet to find the celery thread as I got distracted by the texting at work thread

There was a post so perfectly highlighting this thread that quite honestly I came back to check usernames as I was convinced it was one of you taking the Mick

Plus I'm avoiding cleaning the bathroom so this seemed like a much better use of my time (I will complete the full mn approved house clean before I start a new job next week)

Yup

Not only am I socially inadequate in RL ... I'm also socially inadequate on here!!

My lighthearted thread got deleted the other day!!

#mortified 😳😳😳

OP I think you read my mind, I was just thinking the exact same thing this morning! I've found my people! Nearly nearlypissing my pants at some of these 😂

celery

Thanks persis

Less celery than I expected but that's probably a good thing

Jesus Christ.
I just read a really nice thread where an OP had a nice life, asking what had made posters happy. Few replies saying “yes, I have a lovely DH, lovely kids”... then someone replies “this thread has made me feel worse”.
Fun sponge or what?!?!
I mean, I do have sympathy for that poster in some ways as I am struggling with anxiety and self-esteem issues, although nowhere near as bad as some on MN have it.
But good grief, way to ruin the happy atmosphere.

toffee1000 the person who made that reply wants to the turn the thread into being about them, wants people to ask them why, then sympathise, etc., etc. Call them out on it though and you would be toast and very, very burnt toast at that.

Yeah I would never call someone out on that kind of thing. I tend to avoid the really controversial threads as I just know how they’ll go.

Feenie
I'd like to try being offended all the time.

I admire those who insist that words never change meanings ever (so hysterical doesn't mean what the dictionary says, obviously it's a sign of internalized misogyny, idiot is obviously trivialising and mockinv learning disabilities and anyway they wouldn't ever need a word like that because they never think anything is stupid ever).
Pamdoo totally agree with you.
Usually with 'saying it's an opinion doesn't mean you can get away with being an arse'.

Or someone sees a group of children yelling fucking this and fucking that, shoving each other, throwing footballs at moving cars whilst the parent laughs and ignores them. Most people on here (like real life) give the OP some sympathy. Thread police turn up and say 'oooh look how horrible it is in here. I suppose you're all PERFECT parents'.

What's the deal with celery though?

How do you know he was the vandal

Is he your only co dumper?

Whoops

"I like the 'fuck sake' thread complete with fun sponges and grammar police!"

I declared fun sponge on that thread . Only a couple of replies in and I think they started.

Has the fuck sake thread been linked? I am evidently shite at finding things.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3362888-Fuck-sake

That Fuck Sake thread really drew in the snarling snarky crew and their best buddies the grammar zealots. Fortunately, the OP and others ignored them in the main.

Nothing wrong with grammar zealotry.

Today I was in a meeting, there was this man, a teacher (not an English teacher, but that's by the by) who said "less people".

I have him incarcerated in my dungeon. I shall bring he out once a year and have him flogged. I will ask him if he would like fewer or less lashes.

That'll learn him.

See nothing wrong with grammar zealots. Perfectly reasonable.

Fuck's sake thread is funny.

There's some corkers in the "decorating for autumn" thread. OP is a planet wrecker who doesn't prioritise her family, apparently.

There’s another decorating issue in Aibu too. Poor woman is obviously stressed out her husband and son are being those diy people who take aaaaages to decorate and they’ve all piled in berating her. Her fault ‘grow a spine’ she was told.
She didn’t have hired labour, checklist, farrow & ball and stopwatch.
On another matter celery makes me burp, no idea why.

The what are you good at thread has attracted some "list some derogatory things about myself in the hope someone will pay attention and tell me it's not true" posters but they have been largely ignored

I love the decorating/home threads. If it's not from John Lewis why is it even anywhere near your house?