MN obsessions

[RoughWinds]

Why is MN obsessed with fluffy socks, why not just socks?

Also see new pyjamas, posh chocolate, warm coats, good quality yet inexpensive anything.

Can we use some new adjectives.

I miss when the only thing naice was ham.

[quote CandyLeBonBon]@PrincessNutNut wasn't that the polio vaccine back in the day? [/quote]
Possibly, but in this case it was the rotavirus, I'm sure of it. It was definitely something that leaves the virus live in the poo, hence my completely proportionate concern.

@GlummyMcGlummerson

MN used to be obsessed with competitive no-screen-time. If you let you child so much as peep at the TV it will rot their brain and they'll fail all their GCSE's.

Then yesterday I was told several times on a thread that I am "massively tight" and basically abusive because my 8yo DD is only allowed 3 hours gaming on a weekend WTF.

Your thread was also a classic example of MN hypocrisy "Stand up for yourself, don't be a doormat" Woman stands up for herself and doesn't pander to CFs. "Oh my God OP are you always so rude and nasty?" Unbelievable...

People saying a poster is a troll... despite knowing quite well they aren’t supposed to do that and just to report the thread.

Oh, and the frothing troll-hunters who do the virtual equivalent of spreading their arms out and blocking your view and screaming "Nothing to see here, people!" They unsolicitedly apologise on behalf of the OP for having lied, deceived, traumatised you and wasted your time and get so angry when it was just a fun, made-up thread.

The Sistene Chapel one springs to mind immediately - it gave us all a magnificent silent-wheezes laugh, even though it was becoming clearly evident that it might not be 100% (or even 0% true), but the joy sponges came in to 'warn' us all that it was a vicious troll trying to take us all for utter fools and demanding that it be taken down.

Statement necklaces. I mean WTF even IS a statement necklace? Whenever anyone ever asks what they should wear, for any occasion, they are always told that they should include a ‘statement necklace’. I

And buying clothes from Uniqlo. I’d never even heard of it before I joined here, that’s how good it must be..

@OldBalls

This is one of the websites that i findvery ED triggering tbh. I keep meaning to quit MN as some stuff here wind me up too much. I cant be alone in this.

You aren't alone. This forum is terrible for those with an eating disorder. When I was pregnant and feeling massive, which is a difficult time if you've recovered from an ED, there was a horrible thread about how much people weighed in pregnancy and someone was talking in very derogatory terms about their weight, which was a good 3 stone lighter than me. I felt sick and panicked for ages. It was probably just some shit troll but it honestly did affect me.

People should be free to talk about their weight and calories but should be mindful of the fact that when you say things like "I weigh x stone/am a size X and I'm massive!" you are probably going to make someone feel pretty shit.

No-one is ever just a bit irritated, they’re always FUMING or LIVID. See also Sat Here In Tears and Sobbing And Shaking over something ludicrously trivial.

Yes and a post never just raises a slight, internal smile. It’s all “omg I just spat my tea out!” / “woke the baby from laughing” / “scared the cat” / “tears streaming down my face”.

No. You. Didn’t.

No-one is ever just a bit irritated, they’re always FUMING or LIVID. See also Sat Here In Tears and Sobbing And Shaking over something ludicrously trivial

Linked to that, nobody could have a concern about school, call up and speak to the most appropriate member of staff about the concern. The only acceptable response is to be furious, demand to see the head, write a letter to the chair of governors and report the school to ofsted.

@Polyxena

Competitive emoting.

No-one is ever just a bit irritated, they’re always FUMING or LIVID. See also Sat Here In Tears and Sobbing And Shaking over something ludicrously trivial.

Threads become a race to the bottom with every poster trying to outdo each other on how empathetic they are.

‘Oh OP, my heart is literally breaking for your poor DD!’
‘I couldn’t sleep last night for thinking about this thread and I can’t stop crying!’
‘I’m so terrified for you, I’m sat here shaking in fear, please please please call the police NOW!’

Oh, do get a fucking grip.

This place reached peak over emotive last week when a poster said she was getting a bloke dressed as Santa and also an Elsa and Anna to visit her flat on Xmas Eve and the CF neighbours wanted to send their kids round without contributing to the £50 it cost the OP.

So many people were claiming "my heart is breaking for the other children in the flats who won't get a Santa visit".

If you're that over emotional about something that may or may not happen to a stranger's neighbour, you need to seek help.

@Rhine

Statement necklaces. I mean WTF even IS a statement necklace? Whenever anyone ever asks what they should wear, for any occasion, they are always told that they should include a ‘statement necklace’. I

And buying clothes from Uniqlo. I’d never even heard of it before I joined here, that’s how good it must be..

A statement necklace is the sort of necklace Theresa May used to wear. Perhaps she still does but I don’t see that much of her nowadays! Maybe some women wear them to hide their wrinkly necks?

I mean WTF even IS a statement necklace?

One that addresses the press on an important issue on behalf of an individual or organisation.

Uniqlo is pretty “good” actually.

Announcing a name change. Why? We don’t even know who you are when you use your “regular”name🤷🏻‍♀️

Ugh

I thought you were referring to evening wear.

@Janegrey333

Announcing a name change. Why? We don’t even know who you are when you use your “regular”name🤷🏻‍♀️

I thought announcing a name change was to avoid accusations of trolling.

@Joswis

Dinning flack jacket!

Why is zoflora annoying? It's just disinfectant.

The reference to “dinning”.

@PrincessNutNut

I mean WTF even IS a statement necklace?

One that addresses the press on an important issue on behalf of an individual or organisation.

Uniqlo might be pretty good, but it’s not cheap. There is a real snobbery about a lot of clothing brands on Mumsnet, fact is for a lot of people Primark etc is the only stuff they can realistically afford.

"Food of the gods. I'm an atheist but if there was a god I'm certain he or they wouldn't be up there eating salad cream and crisp sandwiches"

I fucking DETEST the phrase "food of the gods". So so over used and usually trotted out to describe something like dairylea on toast.

And yes to the yawn inducing posts about vanity sizing and "everyone is so FAT we've forgotten what HEALTHY looks like". Snooze.

Competitive not-going to A&E.

“I’ve been inexplicably bleeding for a month now and have lost vision in one eye and am experiencing excruciating pain every time I raise my left leg, which has turned purple.”

“Well it’s not an accident and if you’ve had these symptoms for over a month it’s obviously not an emergency either. I can’t believe you’d waste NHS resources like this. Phone 111 or wait three weeks until you can see your GP, you selfish cunt.”

Also, no struggling parent could possibly have foreseen that having children would sometimes be immensely challenging unless you mean step parents, in which case they knew what they were getting into.

@feistyoneyouare

Oh, and 'should I report' posts. No (unless anyone or anything is being directly harmed), you should not. '1984' is not a how-to manual.

I love '1984 is not a how-to manual'.... must remember that one!

Yes, Step parents, there is a cohort of incredibly vicious and cruel people on MN that take great delight in throwing abusive comments towards Step Parents. Especially Step mothers. I'm constantly surprised that MNHQ let those type of comments stand.

Knickers under PJs (whut??)

Despising pedestal mats as 'piss receptacles'... May I suggest you introduce your household to the concept of weeing into the bowl? (And also, if the pedestal mat is a piss receptacle, remove it and then the floor presumably becomes said piss receptacle... and this is preferable how??)

You are a complete slattern if you dont wash your sheets/school uniform every 20 minutes and if you dont have at least 3 showers a day, ("I'm afraid,") most discerning MN can smell your fanny from 5 metres away.

Also going to The range or b and m bargains during a partial lockdown is ten thousand times worse (and far more irresponsible) than going to waitrose or a farmers market.