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.

No one talks to anyone if they have a problem with them. They have to "call them out".

The amount of 6 figure earners on here. I only know one IRL. Does no fucker earn shite low wages like me?

Still I suppose it explains the get a nanny/ cleaner/book yourself into a naice hotel answers. When I had young DC I could no more have afforded a nanny than fly to the moon

Washing towels, bedding, the entire house and your own arsehole seventeen times a day other wise you are lazy, vile and GRIM.

@Doggybiccys

You should immediately stop helping your DC at 12 midnight on their 18th birthday, don’t ever iron for you DP and never buy a present of any sort for your in-laws,

I'm with you on this one.

“Real butter” (the phrase) makes me feel ill. As if we don’t all know what “butter” is.

@flaviaritt

“Real butter” (the phrase) makes me feel ill. As if we don’t all know what “butter” is.

Tell my mother that. She thinks that if it's in a yellow tub or says 'buttery taste', it's exactly the same and nobody would ever know the difference.

Holding relevant mention of race/ethnicity/religion against the OP.

"I have new neighbours, I think they're from Syria. I wanted to get them something nice for Eid, does anyone have any ideas?"

Cue two dozen posters calling OP a racist, what does it matter where they come from etc.

Also, if it was up to MNetters McDonalds's would have gone out of business a hundred times over by now. In the real world there are queues around the block there most lunchtimes I'm just driving past, honest . On MN it's something that your child tries once, age 5, and declares they don't like.

@feistyoneyouare

'That's fucking grim OP' if someone admits they don't wash 17 times a day.

Quite. Anything less than showering every hour, on the hour is UTTER FILTH

Scooters

Everyone lives remotely

Tell my mother that. She thinks that if it's in a yellow tub or says 'buttery taste', it's exactly the same and nobody would ever know the difference.

Fair enough. I hate it because the speaker seems to imply that I might be confused about the matter.

@Goawayquickly

Hot choc - it’s a drink not a way of life.

I was going to say this. Hot chocolate is not an event.

@ChelseaCat

“Tinkly laugh” gives me rage. “Give your head a wobble” also.

And using these 🤣 in a brittle way. Never convincing.

Also, landlords. "I own a one-bed flat in an ex-mining town in Wales, it's had the same tenant in since 1992 and I've never put the rent up."

MN: "Go to hell, capitalist scum."

Trying to put another MNer in their place then reporting them to MN admin when they don't like the reply they received, yep happened to me, received a pretty shitty email from admin

Sanctimonious twats / Mn up holders of the law.
It’s so predictable and tedious. Piling onto someone for minor infractions, they would walk 10 miles back to the shop to pay for a bag for life, the poster forgot to pay 5p for.
Law breakers need to be put straight, 100s of posters on the dropped kerb thread, saying it’s ILLEGAL, they would go round the neighbours house and tell them they are twats ( they would do no such thing).
I don’t know why anyone posts things like ‘ I had to rush my dying neighbour to the hospital the other day, I momentarily lost concentration as I have also just lost my job today and I was flashed by a speed camera, I’m worried I’ll lose my licence ‘ and a million posters jump on to reprimand the poster for BREAKING THE LAW. You wouldn’t talk or behave like that in real life, so fuck off with you sanctimonious twat.

Critical thinking
Reading comprehension
SPaG

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@flaviaritt

“Real butter” (the phrase) makes me feel ill. As if we don’t all know what “butter” is.

I get why people do that, though, as I'm always hearing people referring to synthetic margarine muck as 'butter'. There's no comparison imho!

I get why people do that, though, as I'm always hearing people referring to synthetic margarine muck as 'butter'. There's no comparison imho!

But does anyone really need to specify this as if other people’s ‘butter’ is grossly inferior to their real butter? It’s a tone thing.

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.

@Dizzy1234

Trying to put another MNer in their place then reporting them to MN admin when they don't like the reply they received, yep happened to me, received a pretty shitty email from admin

If they're being abusive, report the post and don't engage. I haven't got any problem reporting abusive posters.

Dogs are more important than children.

Someone said it was gross to have a dog on your bed and a couple of people said dogs are cleaner than some men I've been with.

They perhaps want to reconsider their choice in men if a dog who doesn't wash, licks its arse, eats other dogs shit, sniffs other dogs arses and pisses up lamp posts is cleaner than some men they have been with.

The obsession with dogs is crazy

I've been on here in various incarnations for almost a decade now. I still don't know what "cancel the cheque" means

And there is the famous 'you sound unhinged OP' ....i've never heard that in real life

To be fair, i don't think i would fit make any of them my personal friendsin with most of the MNers in real life.....there are some right old weirdos on here

It has already been said but the constant fear of being "outed"

Examples:

"I work at a well known supermarket"

"Me, DH and the DC's went out to lunch today, think pizza place"

JUST SAY THE NAME. NOBODY IS GOING TO BUST A GUT TRYING TO TRACK YOU DOWN! They are all nationwide places 🙄

And another one. If you dare to post about anything you are so proud of on social media, such as graduating, completing a park run/charity run, donating blood etc you are virtue signalling. Well you can fuck right off. Sometimes I don't feel very good about myself so if I want to post something I'm proud of, I will.

And one more. As soon as a child turns 18 it is forbidden to help them or be involved in their lives at all. Anybody who dares to do this terrible thing are interfering. You would hate my parents then, I'm mid twenties and still need their help and support sometimes. They get exactly the same from me as well.

Mumsnet is not a website to me, it's a different planet altogether.