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To find DP patronising about Mn

127 replies

Hibbsy · 04/11/2019 20:33

Long time lurker here, current sat watching Only Connect with DP as kids in bed, both on respective iPads. Hear him giggling and ask “what is funny?”, he says “nothing”. Giggles again and ask again, he says he’s on a forum he’s a member of (football 355 or something, I’ve never really asked) and there’s a thread on MN where they basically take the piss out of posts on here and he’s laughing at a post where someone here is upset about being though of as a lesbian from asking a friend to spend the night in comfies watching tv.
I thought this was a harmless forum where they talked about football and had no issues but apparently it’s more than that and the MN threat has over 10000 posts mainly taking the piss out of people on here, along with “blokes” threads about women. On one they even ask them to rate women as “minx or minger”
I’m was happy he has his own place online but feel now that it’s simply pandering to sexist misogynist behaviour. AIBU to think we can’t even have this place to ourselves without men using it as a source of entertainment to reinforce the idea of the “stupid little woman indoors”?

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Usernumbers1234 · 06/11/2019 12:04

Nah, don’t buy it. Go back and read your posts on this. Couldn’t be clearer you’ve got access to the forum. Rumbled.

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 06/11/2019 12:12

Given the amount of threads on here ripping the shit out of fellow posters, never mind Netmums other sites, I don't think MNers have any right to get pissed off about receiving similar treatment.

53rdWay · 06/11/2019 12:13

Couldn’t be clearer you’ve got access to the forum.

wait, earlier on I was totally misrepresenting it and had no idea what was really going on over there? And now you're convinced I'm a member? Is it like the Masons? Did I do a secret handshake by mistake?

Anyway since you clearly aren't going to screenshot whatever it is that's on page 13, I'm assuming it is indeed just as unpleasant as people here were assuming so thanks for settling that.

MilesJuppIsMyBitch · 06/11/2019 12:29

Difference between misandry and misogyny...

You can't repress up.

I mean, you can try, but the repressed group don't have the same power as the repressing group.

So women calling all men bastards does not have the same impact as men calling all women bitches, because men have more power in our society.

It is not 'double standards' to complain about men's nasty labelling of women on another site, just because women on here have labelled men (and with good reason, if I recall the thread referred to).

I know I'm shouting into the wind here, but I'm posting for the lurkers.

Usernumbers1234 · 06/11/2019 12:29

Nice try. Assuming you’re the OP too

53rdWay · 06/11/2019 12:32

Assuming you’re the OP too

Hmm If you genuinely believe that, feel free to report me to MN for sockpuppeting. And they can assure you that I'm not.

(what IS on page 13?)

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 06/11/2019 12:34

@MilesJuppIsMyBitch

Just because it's not oppression doesn't make it OK.

If you can't take it, don't dish it out. You're part of a site that regularly pulls people apart.

53rdWay · 06/11/2019 12:37

Given the amount of threads on here ripping the shit out of fellow posters, never mind Netmums other sites

There isn't a long-running thread on here where we all copy across what NetMums are talking about and rip the piss out of them for their stupid little 'problems' though, is there? MNHQ would axe it in a heartbeat. That would be the equivalent here, not 'someone on AIBU called a bloke a knobhead once so now you don't get to complain about anything'.

CravingCheese · 06/11/2019 12:40

It's a group of men all ganging up and egging each other on for 'bantz'. They do it safe in the knowledge that nobody sees what they look like, and because it's not pictures of their daughter that are being pulled apart.

I absolutely agree.

Some of the threads on here are hilarious.

But some of the threads here are actually hilarious.

As for the snake with tits label... I personally wouldn't give a fuck.

My tits are spectacular. And snakes are commonly thought of as dangerous, intelligent animals. And if you behave like an idiot they bite... I actually don't dislike that label. It's surprisingly complimentary.

If you do feel the need to make a point... Simply tell your DH to think about your teeth the next time you give him a blow job?

CravingCheese · 06/11/2019 12:42

Some of the threads on here are hilarious.

But some of the threads here are actually hilarious. there's a difference between 'appreciating' that and behaving in a way that would make your wife feel ashamed and make her lose respect for you.

At least imo.

tillytrotter1 · 06/11/2019 12:50

And nothing's ever said on MN about men that is unacceptable and demeaning? Really? So many people on here have such double standards.

theboxfamilytree · 06/11/2019 12:53

There was a thread on here the other day full of women saying they don't trust any men and that all men are horrible bastards. Completely serious thread.

What a disingenuous way to describe a thread of women all traumatised by their experiences of male violence discussing their struggles and wondering if or how they would ever be able to feel safe around men.

In that context your decision to try and misrepresent that thread as misandry is all the more disgusting. I wonder why you would choose to do that.

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 06/11/2019 13:10

There isn't a long-running thread on here where we all copy across what NetMums are talking about and rip the piss out of them for their stupid little 'problems' though, is there?

There are very few long running threads on here to be fair. And I genuinely don't think taking the piss out of people who identify as mothers before anything and use a different posting style over umpteen threads is any better than lumping it all in to one thread.

StreetwiseHercules · 06/11/2019 13:13

“ If you can't take it, don't dish it out. You're part of a site that regularly pulls people apart.”

This.

StreetwiseHercules · 06/11/2019 13:15

“ MilesJuppIsMyBitch

Difference between misandry and misogyny...

You can't repress up.

I mean, you can try, but the repressed group don't have the same power as the repressing group.

So women calling all men bastards does not have the same impact as men calling all women bitches, because men have more power in our society.”

I would argue that in the UK in 2019 women are the most responsible for oppressing and repressing other women.

Difficult to face into, but that’s where we are now.

okeydokeywokeyblokey · 06/11/2019 13:21

Can anyone post a screenshot of page 13 of that thread? I just tried to look but you have to have an account

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 06/11/2019 13:25

"I would argue that in the UK in 2019 women are the most responsible for oppressing and repressing other women"

I would argue that that's one of the most fucking stupid things I've ever read on here. And I've been here a long time.

Fuck me.

MilesJuppIsMyBitch · 06/11/2019 13:41

WeBuiltCisCity. Amen.

Solid gold bullshit right there.

Usernumbers1234 · 06/11/2019 13:46

@53rdWay

Long running eh, where did you get that information I wonder. Nobody’s said it in here

53rdWay · 06/11/2019 14:06

Long running eh, where did you get that information I wonder.

Could it be from the OP, who said "the MN threat has over 10000 posts"?

No, no! The only explanation is that I am a double agent, simultaneously getting my football-fan kicks over there while complaining about the football forum over here. Only CIA-level espionage could explain my behaviour otherwise. I am just like Jennifer Garner on Alias, only with an Arsenal scarf instead of a wig.

Bunson · 06/11/2019 14:20

As requested...

Enjoy!

To find DP patronising about Mn
Bunson · 06/11/2019 14:21

Bollocks

hang on

i.imgur.com/iYqd7U5.png

JacksonPillock · 06/11/2019 14:22

Bunson I don't even know how you created such a long image, but it's certainly not viewable/readable for me.

Bunson · 06/11/2019 14:25

@JacksonPillock

try the link

Hibbsy · 06/11/2019 14:26

So I managed to have a quick look at this 365 site last night (DP had fallen asleep so I unlocked his iPad with his thumb) and I’m appalled. Only a handful of actual posts about football and a whole heap of misogynistic threads rating women at Aintree races, a GILF hotlist where they vote on the most attractive, another i didn’t have time to open that was entitled “something something suck my dick”. Will be having stern words with DP tonight and making sure he unsubscribes from this immediately and doesn’t visit again.

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