People who you know will be wrong on the internet

[EdnaAdaSmith]

AIBU to say that the odds that anyone who opens a forum post with "Oh dear!" or "Deary me!" or closes with " End of." will be talking absolute nonsense are very high indeed?

I'd open say a fb post with oh dear but never end one with end of.

End of generally equates to someone who has no idea what they're actually talking about. I'll get slated for this but it's usually someone who's not particularly well read.

Do you mean in here or elsewhere. If here, please can you provide at least one example of that wording.

Yanbu about "end of". I often think that the sort of poster who writes that, is the sort I'd go out of my way to avoid IRL.

My ex tries to end arguments by stating ‘end of’ at the end of his little email rants.

It is the one phrase that guarantees it is absolutely not the end of anything

When someone posts "But what about the Lisbon Treaty?", you can be certain that they've no idea what it actually says.

Or anyone who ends with 'simples' is probably talking utter shit too. Usually fairly bigoted in some way too.

Shannith threads about threads are not allowed, but people use all three expressions on here. If you read around you'll find examples, but for me to do that for you and link would make this look like a thread about a thread/ other threads.

I mean here and on FB primarily as I currently don't use any other forums, but I used to use another parenting forum where "End of" was even more prevalent and an equally good sign of someone spouting nonsense.

Not sure I've ever seen a post starting "oh dear" but you're right about "end of".
I also assume anyone who uses "methinks" (or "me thinks") is a bit of a tool

I suppose "oh dear" might be a bit more ambiguous, as it could be opening a post refering to something silly the poster themselves has done "oh dear I've locked myself out whist wearing my snoopy pyjamas..." But usually it's an attempt to patronise someone else, often when they don't deserve it, often followed by terrible or inappropriate advice.

My favourite is when a sentence of unmitigated fuckwittery (and they always are in these circumstances) is followed by the one-word sentence: FACT. And it's usually capitalized.

Can be quite amusing when it's used in a very obviously sarcastic sense, but otherwise it's tantamount to holding up a placard reading 'I am a dumbass'.

As for 'end of', I've always detested a dangling modifier ...

Boom45 people don't start original/ opening posts on a thread with "oh dear" as often but they certainly open replies with "oh dear" and "deary me".

A made up example but typical of the type of thing would be:

Opening post on a thread "AIBU to think my colleague was really rude and inappropriate to tell me I shouldn't be eating cake as my trousers are looking right"

Reply "Oh dear OP, I'm sure he was only trying to help and that you are bursting out of your clothes, unlike me, the truth hurts but you should be grateful for the heads up, it's always best to point out fatties getting fatter for their own good - there's an obesity epidemic and you're certainly part of it. How lovely that your colleague cares - go on a strict diet restricted to moderate quantities of dust and lettuce immediately, and write him a thank you letter and offer to do his photocopying while you're at it, to distract you from the hunger pains."

Ok that was a bit facetious but have a read around, people do open posts with "oh dear" to signal their tutting superiority, and then usually sneer a bit about how silly or oversensitive they think the other poster is, and offer poor advice.

• that should have been trousers looking "tight" not "right"

"I think you'll find..." is a key opening statement of the mansplainer.

"End of" rings loud alarm bells. But it's less of an indicator of wrongness than "FACT". Anything stated on the internet as "FACT" is invariably incorrect.

'End of' is the illiteratis' version of the two fingered salute! If anyone actually says it to me I always ask 'Of what?', this type of person is so easily confused, one can have lots of fun with their ignorance!

Yes absolutely agree about "FACT", "simples" and "I think you'll find" - they're all in the same vein.

I thought this was going to be a list of usernames

In the absence of being allowed to do that, can I add people whose username is a variant of “user2738283838383”?

As for 'end of', I've always detested a dangling modifier ...

Oh dear . "End of" isn't a dangling modifier.

"I think you'll find..." is a key opening statement of the mansplainer

Well, actually...

I apply the same conclusion to posts that end "lol triggered" with the cry-laugh emoji. The person who posts that will usually be a bit of a shit, and probably wrong as well.

"Man here"

See also posts or statuses that are stuff like ‘to the woman on the bus who gave me a dirty look blah blah blah woe woe’

She was probably thinking about whether she’d left the iron on or remembering she’s out of milk. On the off chance that someone did indeed commit an unprovoked and outrageous act of public cuntery, the time and place to take it up with them was when and where it happened.

"I think you'll find..." is a key opening statement of the mansplainer

Well, actually...

JacquesHammer hmm I'm taking the poll results as a YANBU and assuming that at least half of the people who disagreed use at least one of those expressions to open or close posts. In the case of "end of." it's even worse used verbally imo.

Totally agree with the comments about FACT