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.

My OH just bought me in a coffee but didn't put sugar in it....I'm outraged, he knows I can't drink coffee without sugar. There's no way back from that.

• Disclaimer...we don't have any sugar because I can't be bothered to go up the shop just for a bag of sugar when I'm off to the supermarket tomorrow.

People go tend to get upset / fuming about a lot of things on mumsnet that I rarely think much about in real life! The parking ones I understand as we had a house without a drive for years and it did cause some upset with people thinking the spaces for cars was 'their one ' when really it wasn't , it was the off road parking that was for everyone really!
I was glad to move away from that aggro and now have a drive. I'm sure it's no better theses days round there either. (and I can understand why it's so frustrating for people)

The rest I sometimes don't understand : I think a few people could do with seeing the other point of views about things, but they just don't. There is a lot of ' my way or the highway ' approach to some dilemmas. Give and take is important ,
but people can't seem to do it!

The car one has resurfaced again today with someone asking us ' civilly ' to give up our cars! She or he makes some good points which we all are probably aware of , but it's just caused more arguments on there. I didn't comment on there as people won't give them up unless they are forced to by some kind of law or simply can't drive anymore. I'd miss my car if that ever happened but I guess it won't for a while yet!

I'm going to have to go NC with you all because you've triggered me and I'm literally sitting here shaking and sobbing and and and

@karala

I'm going to have to go NC with you all because you've triggered me and I'm literally sitting here shaking and sobbing and and and

Just make sure you don't scream in a chapel or something

I think on a personal level my patience has improved over lockdown, I'm far less stressed about things than I would ordinarily be.

However, I also think that people who have been dealt a shitty hand during Covid, people who are on their own, people who were already struggling, they're likely to have been much more adversely affected by this, and to find themselves getting more cross over small things because their anxieties are already running at 80mph so it's a short shove to reach 100mph. I can understand why some have very little patience at the moment, and have actively chosen not to interact with those threads because I think telling someone who is already furious and upset that they're wrong for feeling how they feel isn't going to help them one bit.

If anyone mildly hacks me off by their rudeness, I just think, "Hmm, ignorant git". The Raging Discustards are also qualified psychiatrists who can identify all sorts of psychological issues - narcissism is a sure-fire favourite.

I thought it was only me who was fucked off with people writing global pandemic :o However I did look up the definition of pandemic and it seems it can be used to refer to a larger outbreak confined to one or a small number of countries (it's an epidemic if it's localised) so I grudgingly accepted it.

I think one of the differences BTW from the old threads which had more of a conversation flow is the addition of "trending". That encourages people to do a one shot and leave.

I'll tell you one word that has given me the irrational, raging hump during the 'global pandemic'. Everyone has been BROWSING on the internet. I fucking detest that word I genuinely do with a passion unbeknownst to mankind.

I'm raging that the tax payer will be giving money away for people to have their push bikes repaired as I cannot ride a bike for love nor money! ..
I've tried , but my balance is appalling now I'm older and there is no way I'm buying a bike , or even an e bike.
My friend has an e bike and always saying that I should buy one or give her one a go ! No blooming way , i would rather walk ! ( she sometimes drives to places to use their one so no idea what the ' no car brigade ' would make of that one! )
I am worried about all this pushing us to have bikes as a few bikers I've seen a lot could really do with some proper lessons I think especially on main or city roads. They could cause more accidents if they don't know what they are doing or not that confident on two wheels or not been out on one for a while. I'm proper raging 😤
Bikes tend to trigger a negative response as I wished I could ride one !