is mn becoming furious and appalled over more trival things these days ?

[romeolovedjulliet]

okay, everyone views things differently, some people are more emotional at times,mental health plays a huge part for some people [myself included]. but i really don't get people who are appalled, furious, beside themselves with anger et al over seemingly trival stuff on here. something which is often pointed out to the op, i.e being angry and upset because great grandma [who's 95] forgot your birthday is very ott it's an odd example but you get the drift of what i'm getting at.
might be me being so chilled out in my dotage i'm not fazed by much.

Mumsnetters are always fuming and appalled and shaking and crying over things I might be slightly peeved at. Or indeed things that I wouldn't even give a second thought.

YANBU. I'm utterly appalled at MNers' terminology.

I’m still reeling from the woman who had the audacity to buy a cucumber.

Sometimes people are so angry here they become discusted or even fumming. Then we know they need to be talked down off the ledge.

Maybe I should be furious at this thread but I can't summon up the energy.

it's all one big drama with alot of people, they seem to feed off the attention, i think that's why it might be, as there will be others that only to happy to feed the emotional vampires. 'i ran out of quinoa for johnny's lunch box, i'm shaking and sobbing in the car as the other mums will think i'm a terrible mum' yes love, the sky will fall and little johnny will probably be grateful he doesn't have to throw it in the bin as usual and eat his mates crisps because his pal hates them'

It's all that home schooling of English Literature techniques

Some people are more expressive with the written word than they are in person and MN always has had that tone.

The world is very odd, stressed and insular at the moment and that will intensify trivial things more than usual.

It was the early lockdown rage that people could care about anything other than Covid that baffled me.

@growinggreyer

Sometimes people are so angry here they become discusted or even fumming. Then we know they need to be talked down off the ledge.

When they start fumming it's time to be afraid.

Fumming is my favourite too!

I do quite enjoy a frothy post. I appreciate people's right to vent though!

YANBU. I can’t imagine what it must be like to get so angry over such inconsequential things. I am probably too chilled a person!

People using language incorrectly with overly dramatic words annoys me.

There's very little I'd be fuming, disgusted, appalled at in my life. Maybe annoyed or mildly annoyed 99.9% of the time and the rest might see steam coming out of my nose.

But this is MN and people love to get their knickers in a twist about everything and anything.

Discusted and fumming because these days everything is 'vile'.

I miss the days on here where everyone was incandescent with rage.

It's all 'vile' now.

I first joined MN in 2011, I think it was, and everyone was fummin back then as well.

I'm generally relatively unfazed by most things to people claim to react incredibly dramatically. I think Internet fora tend to attract people who rage about things where that most people shrug and get on with their day and that's always been the case.

Some people are ALWAYS angry.
An example being the poster who was told she didn’t have cancer, but was upset that the doctor called her something along the lines of ‘delightful’ in his letter stating so.
Get perspective, and stop being so fucking miserable.

I am fumming, appalled, discusted, shaking and sobbing at this thread because there's a GLOBAL PANDEMIC on.

It's the GLOBAL PANDEMIC people who get me (we have to say GLOBAL and PANDEMIC for emphasis, even though the latter contains the former in its definition) - they infiltrate every thread, even the ones which are trying to be about the different kinds of Percy Pig sweets in M&S.

I think the Venn diagram of GLOBAL PANDEMIC posters and those who are fuming, shaking, sobbing and the rest would be interesting.

The other day, I saw three "Fuming" posts on Active (They were all different posts). I wondered if there's something in the air to cause these fumes.

Still fuming about it myself.

There's a lot of black and white thinking these days (maybe always was but the need for snappy responses has exacerbated that) and not much room for grey nuance. And then I see the voting buttons on YABU... Doesn't help.

@HardcoreLadyType

I first joined MN in 2011, I think it was, and everyone was fummin back then as well.

Me too

They were also 'Weeping', 'Howling' and 'Sobbing' etc

As an aside, I've noticed more and more people using the word 'Decade' as though it's more relevant than simply saying '10 years'.

"I've been on Mumsnet for just over 10 years" = Normally just said when musing.

"I've been on Mumsnet for over a decade now! = Normally said when trying to get one up on another poster, or moaning about MN in general

@anon5000

Mumsnetters are always fuming and appalled and shaking and crying over things I might be slightly peeved at. Or indeed things that I wouldn't even give a second thought.

We don't cry on MN. We sob. Crying is for amateurs

I love the word peeved. It describes how I feel on the occasions when my life goes ways I think it ought not to or other things in life dont suit my circumstances exactly.

I can't imagine living life at the high stress level many of these people seem to.

@Andthewinnerislucky

The other day, I saw three "Fuming" posts on Active (They were all different posts). I wondered if there's something in the air to cause these fumes.

Still fuming about it myself.

The fumes are probably coming from all the toxic friendships, toxic MILs and toxic relationships in general.

I sometimes wonder if Brittany Spears makes up 3 quarters of the Mumsnet membership.

Personally, 'weeping and wailing' is the way forward.

When things go wrong, people are now always "broken" and "ruined".

Things are "vile" or "ridiculous".

Someone doing something they shouldn't is now grounds for declaring "I'm embarrassed to be British."