AIBU or is Mumsnet particularly hysterical?

[hellisotherpeopleandhorlicks]

In the last twenty minutes I've read threads on societal collapse, civil unrest, war all breaking out in the next year. I've seen people hysterically telling an OP to leave a husband or slept in accidentally, and others encouraging people to panic buy for Brexit while disputing the fact that what they are encouraging is in fact panic buying.

Is Mumsnet generally a good representation of people's views in your circles do you find? Or do people post their true feelings here, ones they wouldn't speak out loud do you think? IE anxieties about things like civil unrest?

I'm just curious really as to whether people read threads on mumsnet and feel that they're a bit OTT and scare mongering or whether they think they're a good representation of the general vibe in their area or circle?

"Scaremongering"

😆

I remember a group if people who accused me of this in Jan/ Feb when I said I was worried about the virus and we should close our borders.

Look at NZ now.

People who say this kind of thing, usually have ostrich syndrome. And then when the totally predictable and avoidable shit hits the fan claim that nobody could have forseen it.

If you were worried about the pandemic in Jan, and you're still no worried about Brexit, I'd hate to be you in January next year.

*weren't worried about the pandemic in Jan. 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄

[quote CoffeeandCroissant]It provides the Mumsnet madness twitter account with a constant supply of source material, as well as on some occasions, the Daily Mail etc. mobile.twitter.com/mumsnet_madness[/quote]
OMG. That has led me to

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3952107-Deer-leg-in-garden

Which I cannot actually read through as I keep breaking into hysterics and I don't even really know why

Though 'the deer legs for context'

Aaaaaand I just noticed I used the H word too. Please ignore that.

Yes. people here can be rather nutty.