What’s most OTT response you’ve ever seen on a thread?

[MalcomTuckerisMyIdol]

(LIGHT HEARTED)

Just that really.

I think my favourite was fairly recently - CV related and one of the first responses to was “You dh is literally trying to kill you” (along the lines of not wearing a mask in the shops).

Also the police road rage incident at the OP who is a new driver wants to know what she did wrong whilst changing lanes that made him so mad.
Cue crazy lady stating she should do everyone a favour and get off the road for public safety.

Any photos posted of the op wearing something she wants an opinion on, if op is overweight she gets told she looks fab, if op has an amazing figure she gets told she’s fishing for compliments.

Bollocks. Knew they were being too nice in Style and Beauty. Back to the 800 cal diet...

I love the pizza takeaway ones.
"How many pizzas do I need for 5 teenagers?"
One just one otherwise they'll be obese and die immediately.

I love a faux flounce.

OP posts something, the next 200
Posts tell them they are unreasonable so off they flounce (telling is all what a bunch of heinous bitches we are).
Then there is a post that agrees with the OP and they are back like a rocket to thank them and tell the other posters they are evil heinous bitches again

@MamaLion1319
Yes!
I felt so sorry for the Op.
She probably did nothing wrong, or a tiny bit wrong but she was made to feel so bad.

I fondly remember the poster that declared breakfast cereal was ‘shit in a box’.

Food ones are always absolutely nuts.

There was a post recently of an OPs eye area, and wanted repsonses as to how old she looked (old tbh). One of the first responses was something like 'oh your eyes are so pretty'.

No. It looked like a normal eye, pretty wrinkly around the outside.

I never get the fawning that happens when someone posts a picture of themselves. Often average looking but told many times how stunning/young they look. One looked like she was in her 50s, and she was. People were actually telling her she looked 37 😆.

Driving ones are always good value too.

If anyone makes the slightest mistake and is fool enough to admit it on here they get their arse handed to them in spectacular style. It’s as if there’s a phalanx of MN advanced drivers who appear out of nowhere to berate the OP, because really let’s face it, anyone who makes the most minor driving error deserves to have their car removed and crushed, and their hands removed in case they ever think about going near a vehicle ever again.

No one on MN has ever driven over the limit, not ever, not even a mile over.
Obvs I haven't myself

Wedding ones and clothes are good. The OP who was hilariously told not to dress her baby too smartly in case the little one out-shone members of the wedding party. She was urged to put him in something very ordinary. Some posters suggested she had an ulterior motive and was really hoping to be asked to post on Mumsnet
photos of said outfit - consequently drumming up business for her supposed personal stylist business.

Anything about weddings brings out the worst in people. Any mention of a ring, no matter how simple/cheap - oh so you just want jewellery, how greedy, my DH proposed with a circle of dried dog shit and I was over the moon.

One I saw a while ago, OP was something like needing help deciding on wedding venue, mentioned total budget for wedding was 15k. Response: that's disgusting, you should donate that money to charity. I mean, sure that's a lot, but what a dumb thing to say!

You must never put anything but sleepsuits on your baby, also, there's no no such thing as soft leggings/trousers/t-shirts etc.
Unless they are wearing the sleepsuits, they must be trussed up in skinny jeans, frilly lace dresses, shoes and similar.

I remember that one! I gave up reading when she admitted that the reason she had been asked to dress him "normally" wasn't some sort of weird Bridezilla dictat but because she constantly dressed him similarly to Prince George and the bride had a point that he might be mistaken for the wedding party

It was a bit gauche of the bride sure, but the OP was obviously an attention seeker and the bride needed to be blunt with her.

I posted on a thread about an teen with some issues. I said something like when parenting a teen with anxiety normal parenting rules go out the window.

Another poster replied to me that I should throw myself out the window with it. It was so weird but so funny.

Competitive tipping is a perennial Mumsnet favourite. People pop up claiming to tip everyone who crosses their path all day long and expressing horror at the subhuman tight arses who don't. Even if the waiter gets your order wrong, spills the food in your lap and gives you an earful of abuse when you ask for another drink, you should be tipping 50% of the price of the meal because everyone knows that that's what is expected. In fact, he probably did all those things deliberately because he knew by the look of you that you only planned to tip 10% and actually you deserved it for being tight.

@1300cakes

Anything about weddings brings out the worst in people. Any mention of a ring, no matter how simple/cheap - oh so you just want jewellery, how greedy, my DH proposed with a circle of dried dog shit and I was over the moon.

One I saw a while ago, OP was something like needing help deciding on wedding venue, mentioned total budget for wedding was 15k. Response: that's disgusting, you should donate that money to charity. I mean, sure that's a lot, but what a dumb thing to say!

I have seen nastiness when someone has posted their engagement ring

"Very small"

"Not my taste"

There is just no need for it.

I said something like when parenting a teen with anxiety normal parenting rules go out the window. Another poster replied to me that I should throw myself out the window

oswin that's gold!

@isabellerossignol

Competitive tipping is a perennial Mumsnet favourite. People pop up claiming to tip everyone who crosses their path all day long and expressing horror at the subhuman tight arses who don't. Even if the waiter gets your order wrong, spills the food in your lap and gives you an earful of abuse when you ask for another drink, you should be tipping 50% of the price of the meal because everyone knows that that's what is expected. In fact, he probably did all those things deliberately because he knew by the look of you that you only planned to tip 10% and actually you deserved it for being tight.

I must be a right skinflint then because I rarely tip anyone unless at a restaruant or hotel. Some people tip at cafes- I do sometimes I suppose if service has been exceptional.

There was a thread a while back about a woman who paused in traffic to allow a funeral cortège out. She made a judgment that the cortège had finished and began to continue driving, straggling unmarked car in cortège appeared and gave the OP some mouth. That poor OP was torn apart by a couple of persistent posters practically suggesting she should have turned off her engine and waited for the entire day in case another funeral related car appeared. The thread then took an unexpected international turn as another poster explained that in their home city funeral processions had complete right of way including 4 way junctions where 'their' lights were on red.

Another poster I recall (albeit not clearly) was insistent that swapping seats on a plane with unrelated toddler or child was the only moral choice because of the sense of contentment she experienced watching said unrelated toddler experience the joy of a window seat

Every single thread that is concerned about a child's weight or appetite, guaranteed the first reply will tell them to make eggs for breakfast and that will sort it all out.

Oh and most recently the one where ops DH had an eating disorder, he was eating fuck all except coffee and weighed hardly anything for a fully grown man.
She was basically told to back off him as not everyone has a big appetite . It was madness.

The semi-hard avocado thread will always be my favourite.

@Josette77

The semi-hard avocado thread will always be my favourite.

I missed that one. Is it in Classics?

I think the post about tipping at 02.14 this morning qualifies as one of the most ott I've seen on Mumsnet.

Not specific threads, but a few common responses I have noticed, that obviously leave me crting and shaking with incandescent rage:

"Well if that's the worst thing you've got to worry about...." Usually the OP has asked an innocuous question and then gets berated about how charmed her life must be if she only has this to worry about and how selfish she is to be concerned about her children's education when other people are stranded on desert islands with only rats to eat or have had all 4 limbs amputated without anaesthesia. Such threads usually include wild and unsubstantiated accusations about the OP's character and lifestyle and never include the OP actually saying that this is the only or even biggest concern in her life.

"I'd never say this to a parent but that's the most awful name I've ever heard and I hate it". Err, I think you just did say that to a parent? Similarly "Do you hate your child?" and "Yes, a great choice if you want to ruin their life and ensure that they have no chance of ever entering gainful employment". What's wrong with just saying that a name is not to your taste?

"That's a ridiculous amount to spend on a weekly shop. I never spend more than £7.50 to feed my family of 6 for a month." Bollocks.