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Original poster

AIBUs in 10 years' time

33 replies

Wiltinglillies · 14/01/2020 12:33

OK, her are a few for starters:

AIBU to want my leg set properly?
NHS A&E said it wasn't broken badly enough, so my NDN who is a carpenter has made me a splint out of a charley, but it still hurts.

AIBU to not agree with the nightly street light power cuts?

AIBU to miss British non-Chlorinated chicken?

AIBU to wish my child could be taught to use the old English spelling of 'colour' at her 'Kindergarten' in Slough?

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Wilkolampshade · 14/01/2020 13:09

AIBU to think the Scottish/English border officers are snarkier than those at JFK?

AIBU to think MM looks happier with her new husband?

AIBU to think 50 was young and I wish I'd appreciated it more?

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Wiltinglillies · 14/01/2020 13:12

AIBU to wish the Welsh border didn't have such long queues?

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recklessruby · 14/01/2020 13:19

Aibu being nearly 62 and wanting to retire soon but the government has just upped retirement age to 80?
I m seriously worried I m going to die at my (active) job.

StCharlotte · 14/01/2020 13:22

When is Brexit going to happen?

FithColumnist · 14/01/2020 13:29

AIBU to think that cockroaches don’t taste as good as they did in 2025?

Boireannachlaidir · 14/01/2020 13:30

AIBU to regret all the cheap and unnecessary flights?

PhilCornwall1 · 14/01/2020 13:32

AIBU to think Boris will win the next election?

OldQueen1969 · 14/01/2020 13:36

AIBU not to want an RFID chip?

The gig economy isn't working for me.

My smart meter has reported me for having too long showers.

Where can I buy non processed food?

I sneezed in public without a tissue - can I still travel abroad? (based on the possibility of a social credit score coming into effect like China).

Are the Queen and Prince Philip REALLY still alive?

What have they done with Prince Charles?

To be a bit worried about wet wiring? DC GCSE downloads continually failing - they are running out of scalp.

(bit of a dystopian freak here lol )

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Wiltinglillies · 14/01/2020 13:38

Wet wiring??????

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Wiltinglillies · 14/01/2020 13:40

Aibu to think it's not fair that larger homes are exempt from the sandbag levy.

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OldQueen1969 · 14/01/2020 13:43

@Wiltinglillies

An author called William Gibson described it - it's where things can be downloaded directly into the brain or drugs administered - it's a body modification or hack and beloved of cyberpunk fictions BUT it's very close to becoming a real possibility....

DP is an absolute geek for all this stuff and I'm fascinated - he's also a body mod expert so is very well informed about this stuff. Scares me a bit though.

willothewispa · 14/01/2020 13:47

My mother is 97, aibu to think she should be entitled to retire and get her state pension now?

PhilCornwall1 · 14/01/2020 13:49

AIBU to start another Harry and Megan thread.

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Wiltinglillies · 14/01/2020 13:50

Very scary. Imagine half a population with an implant from one company that's hit by a dramatic cyber attack. Imagine ransomware - "give us £1m in bitcoin and you can have control over your bladder back!"

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TwentyViginti · 14/01/2020 13:51

AIBU in being hugely relieved we have claimed our fitting rooms and toilets back from men?

LeekMunchingSheepShagger · 14/01/2020 13:52

AIBU to think you shouldn’t have to be a millionaire to be able to afford university?

JamieVardysHavingAParty · 14/01/2020 13:52

AIBU to think Prince George's girlfriend would be inappropriate for him, and to hope the relationship ends soon?

OldQueen1969 · 14/01/2020 13:54

Mandatory indenture clause in zero hours contract - should I be concerned?

What IS a Union?

OldQueen1969 · 14/01/2020 13:57

@Wiltinglillies

Spot on. And theoretically pacemakers can already be hacked. Transhumanism to improve the lot of humanity is fab in theory, but human nature being what it is, policing it would be extremely difficult. Mark of the beast and all that (not that I'm the least bit religious).

JamieVardysHavingAParty · 14/01/2020 13:59

AIBU to miss the days before such widespread antibiotic resistance?

BlackeyedSusan · 14/01/2020 14:02

AIBU, carers allowance has not increased in 10 years. £63.15 does not go far when carrots are £2.50 a kilo.

Cryingoverspilttea · 14/01/2020 14:03

Alfie Windsor looks like James Hewitt AIBU

AIBU to think Mumsnet just isn't what it used to be? (Ad infinitum Hmm)

chocolateteapot20 · 14/01/2020 14:05

AIBU to think it would be nice if more history was taught in schools than just the Wives of Henry VIII, more geography than just the United States of America (and the 51st colony), and more English literature than Shakespeare and Jane Austen?

Oh, hang on a minute, that's now...

JamieVardysHavingAParty · 14/01/2020 14:09

AIBU to think Prince George's gf will bring a breath of fresh air to the Royal Family?

AIBU to think Prince George gf's mum has been planning for her DD to marry into the Royal Family since she was born?

OldQueen1969 · 14/01/2020 15:12

Thanks OP my creative brain is in overdrive now lol!!

AIBU to be suspicious of our new alien overlords - are they still Tories in bad prosthetics - you never see them in the same room at the same time.....

Is it my job to resolve emotional disputes between household AI systems.....

Managing the 24 hour working day - your tips please.

Giant avocados - how many meals can you make?

To want to take my own parachute on long haul flights?