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).

I've been told I shouldn't go outside at all due to my hayfever as it makes me cough and I could be spreading Covid. When I pointed out I have it from Feb/March to September apparently that doesn't make any difference, I should still stay inside!

@WhereILiveIsWhereIStay

Not OTT but a brilliant example of the many MN dementors.

A few years back someone posted about being nostalgic for their carefree Uni days and gave examples of what fun she had and asked people what made them feel nostalgic for Uni?

Literally the first answer was someone saying they weren't at all nostalgic as they'd been at Leeds Uni when the Yorkshire Ripper was on the loose and it was a terrifying time.

Bet they're fun at parties.

This really made me laugh ( I mean, I didn’t spit my tea out or anything but still....)

Any of the Corona threads back in March/April were mad; I have a close friend on MN who got quite obsessive about reading them all. She's perfectly healthy, no reason to shield etc but is now borderline agoraphobic and I honestly think some of the scaremongering and shaming on here is partly to blame.

Ps @Ellapaella I'm a S&B lurker and I think you always look fab and not remotely smelly or sweaty

@WhereILiveIsWhereIStay I think someone misrepresenting what I said is pretty batshit tbh!

I agree bigcat one has to be careful not to lose a sense of perspective in this place. Bear in mind that people often, if not usually, dole out advice they’d never follow themselves given the same set of circumstances. It’s easy to be explicit, strident and opinionated about things from afar. It’s a city of ivory towers here.

I do often ponder, after being on mn, exactly where and how the good people who answer the 101 calls file and store "I have looked at ring doorbell footage from 3 days ago and someone walked past my door at 4.15" or "My next door neighbour has thrown some sticks into my garden" or indeed "My neighbours are noisy"

I can't remember the details but our local police force put up a facebook post a while back with a few examples of things that don't require a call to 999 or 101. It was pretty funny.

It's not really in the OTT responses category, but something else I've noticed is people being really dramatic about something quite simple, "I thought DD was invited to a friend's for a playdate on Friday but then the mum mentioned that they're heading off on holiday that day and now I don't know if there's a playdate or not and DD will be sooooo disappointed. WHAT DO I DO?!"

And in between the rational posters saying, "Call the friend's mum and clarify?" there will inevitably be a few offering crazy possibilities, telling the OP to double check dates via 300 text messages 5 weeks before, asking other parents etc etc etc. It's just so odd.

@PinkSparklyPussyCat

I've been told I shouldn't go outside at all due to my hayfever as it makes me cough and I could be spreading Covid. When I pointed out I have it from Feb/March to September apparently that doesn't make any difference, I should still stay inside!

I said I need to sneeze/blow my nose every few minutes when the pollen count is high, and someone said I shouldn't go to work and I couldn't be getting any work done anyway!

The dumbest thing about all these ridiculous posts is that you know damn well they are not following their own pious advice. Eg I bet my mortgage that the person telling that OP to gift her house to her tenants has not just given her house away to anyone.
I also highly doubt those people are leaving their own 15+ year marriage because their husband once forgot to replace the cap of the toothpaste etc

I also highly doubt those people are leaving their own 15+ year marriage because their husband once forgot to replace the cap of the toothpaste etc

I worry about the threads where everyone is telling someone to leave their OH. There are often very good reasons to tell someone to leave their partner. But sometimes I think there is a sadistic pleasure behind some posters motives. It's like they take pleasure in knowing they are pushing someone to do something that might not even be in their best interests.

@Russellbrandshair @frog22 also even in something that is a borderline situation the chants of “have you packed his bags yet, don’t wait another minute” etc aren’t helpful either.

OP - dh always takes his keys out of his pocket when he comes home and leaves them on the side instead of hanging them on the little hook (or similar trivial annoyance)

Response - you have married a man child. Ltb.

My dh does slightly annoying things like this and yes it is irritating but I'm sure I do things that irritate him too, living with somebody else is just like that!

The personal hygiene ones get me....if you don’t shower four times a day you stink. You cannot wash yourself properly except under a shower.

I got asked who I was, "Dr Mengele?", for suggesting that freezing or suffocating a half-dead mouse that had been attacked by a cat was more humane than grabbing it by its tail and whacking it against a wall or crushing it with a heavy object. It didn't make a blind bit of difference that I had researched the matter. Oh, and when I objected and said that it was an offensive comment, to me and to Jewish people, the person said they were Jewish

one has to be careful not to lose a sense of perspective in this place. Bear in mind that people often, if not usually, dole out advice they’d never follow themselves given the same set of circumstances. It’s easy to be explicit, strident and opinionated about things from afar. It’s a city of ivory towers here

Very true. This made me think of the other thread where someone was asking how long people have been on MN. I think with various usernames about 3 years, but I did join when ds was quite small, so around 2005ish, and left again quite quickly because I found all the bottle versus breast threads so annoying. Now I deliberately avoid them all because I know they get as polarised as Brexit!

There was a thread about the cinema. Lots of people being unkind about children with additional needs. I said I'm not keen on taking my SN son to the cinema now I've read this thread and got a reply from someone saying don't take him again we thank you in advance because he would ruin it for everyone else there.

Dr Mengele 😂😱 Howling, crying and shaking over that 😉

That’s so cruel @namechange30000

Cinemas, and flights...Nobody on MN ever reclines their seats, even on a mega long-haul overnight flight. Yeah well, I do, and I know you do too, dear reader.

There was a fruitloop on a flight thread once who insisted that nobody with small children should ever fly, ever, at all, that it was "fucking vile" to do so. (Wondering what she was doing on a parenting website? Non-parents are of course welcome, but if you hate being around kids that much, what on earth would draw you here?) Someone explained that her family had been emigrating and unfortunately social services tended to frown on leaving your child behind when you do that. I can't remember what Ms Fucking Vile said in response but I'm sure it was as intelligent, reasonable and sane as everything else she had to say.

@IHaveBrilloHair

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 still remember the reply to this for 3 teenagers and two adults. One large pizza is fine if you bulk it out with coleslaw. I doubt the teenagers (or anyone) agree. 😂

Don’t know if it’s been said but the current thread saying that the human race should die out. I couldn’t bring myself to comment but it gave me a good laugh on a very boring Thursday.

You saw a lot of garbage like this:

I was going to go to the shops and buy some white wine but didn't because of Covid. So by having red wine with the fish course I was SAVING LIVES.
#SavingLives
#MakeTheSacrifice

I've just been dismissed as an "only on Mumsnet" freak for suggesting that a person who tragically takes their own life would have a more complex backstory than "overpopulation and climate change".

I guess we're reaching peak levels of OTT on all sides.

Actually I misread that you are insinuating I called you a freak?

You do have a tendency to misread things.