to think "Are you on glue? is a terrible comeback?

[AnuvvaMuvva]

I've seen it recommended on MN as the perfect retort to use on a CF. I've just seen it used on a thread. But it's rubbish!

Who's been on glue since the 80s? If someone used this insult on me, I'd think they'd learnt English from watching Grange Hill. And then I'd just say, "No," with a tinkly head-tilt. It's hardly the type of dazzling put-down that leaves you gasping for breath.

AIBU?

I expect the next teen comeback will be corona related judging by overhearing how many times my 2xDS are swapping corona related memes on instagram.

Yes it is a rubbish retort. I also cringe when I see ‘not your circus, not your monkeys’. Not just because there aren’t many circuses with live animals any more but because it is rude masquerading as clever.

Tinkly little laugh

Can anyone actually do one of these? Whenever I try I just sound manic.

'tinkly head tilt' makes me think of mners wearing pearl necklace hyacinth bouquet types
and the twatty 'did you mean ro be so rude?' 'yes i did actually'

The 'on glue' is a thread specific MN in joke

But lifted from legally blonde or clues - can never remember which!

@DuckbilledSplatterPuff I’m never going to be able to read that without imagining super glued nostrils now!

The use of the word “bonkers” never ever used in real life but every where on MN

Mysterian

How the hell can you have a “tinkly head tilt”?
Makes no sense unless you have bells for brains

For me it's the ones who think it's hilarious to use words like cockweasel or dickbadger. Never quite understood why.

Agree OP. People will just answer "no" then you just look like a weirdo. Similar to what a PP said I dont understand the insults like "cuntwaffle" "cockwomble" etc, call them a cunt/cock and be done with it. Makes me wince a bit.

I prefer ''Are you quite well?'' I have clearly been watching too much Downton Abbey.

Give your head a wobble makes sense, bizarrely. Your skull sits on your C1 vertebra, which is like a little peg, so you can give it a wobble on the peg.....

Nobody actually says this stuff though, do they??

When people say "actual. tears." on a vaguely funny thread, I think "of course you have...."

Agree about cockwomble, wankbadger, cuntmuffin etc. Just cringey.

@MovinOnUp

Me too, in fact I read most Mumsnet comments as though they are said by downton abbey characters because I do not have much to go off of on what proper posh people are like. So it's like a melding of Downton Abbey and The Crown. I try to believe that there aren't many people who are like BoJo

@Alwaysscrolling

I think I say bonkers at least once every day irl maybe it differs regionally

I used to work wiry a woman who as a walking thesaurus of MN cliches

With ! Though she was also wiry

I was once witness to a spat in our office and someone (maybe a MNner, who knows) said to the other "Did you mean to be so rude?" and the other person shot back "Yes, I did. That's why I said it, obviously." I was struggling not to burst out laughing

Depends whether I agree or not.

“Are you in glue?” Is post-ironic. It’s brilliant.

I agree with the hate for "are you on glue??" My boss says it and it just sounds so outdated and cringey. As though she's trying to be down with the cool kids who sniff glue behind the bike shed.

I thought the same thing! I see it on threads all the time when the OP has said something a poster doesn’t agree with, I always cringe when I read it.

When people say "actual. tears." on a vaguely funny thread, I think "of course you have...."

Can we also ban “I just spat out my coffee” too? No you didn’t.