AIBU to wonder where all the mumsnetters like me are? V left wing, Extremely Online millennials only need apply

[whoamongstus]

Where are all the mumsnetters who:

• are mid-millennial
• Extremely Online
• left wing
• probs on Twitter
• do not think gaming is the scourge of society and causes you to turn into a zombie
• does not know anyone who unironically plays golf

Bonus points for ex-emo kids.

Do you exist?

The negative comments on here are exactly why Mumsnet is ridiculous. So needlessly offended by something that has absolutely no bearing on their lives and a complete inability to just scroll past.

@Namechanged1122

Bonus points for ex-emo kids.

I'm here...! 👋

👋 HIYA! Welcome to this very weird thread which is 50% people reminiscing about wearing our Converse and being idiots on the internet, and 50% people VERY upset about it.

I also still own and wear a pair a vans from time to time, mainly for when I walk the dog, they're quite comfy.

Brb changing my MySpace name to xDiminishedSoulx ...

@GiveMeCamembert

The negative comments on here are exactly why Mumsnet is ridiculous. So needlessly offended by something that has absolutely no bearing on their lives and a complete inability to just scroll past.

It's fascinating. It happens on EVERY THREAD.

OP: Posts a thing
A few posts later: GOD WHAT SELF INVOLVED TRIPE I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU

The thing that most folk misunderstand about MN is that, although there is probably a central 'largest percentage' age group/demographic in the middle, there really is all age groups and all walks of life here.

I've been knocking around on here for 12 years. I've learned a lot of quite serious and important stuff. Life changing at one point, for me. And had a good laugh :) This is an interesting thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4097545--things-Ive-learned-from-mumsnet-mostly-serious

See also:

OP: DH did this thing that mildly inconvenienced me because he was tired
MN: IS HE ALWAYS THIS ABUSIVE? LEAVE NOW. HE WON'T CHANGE.

OP: my MIL is annoying
MN: TIME TO GO NO CONTACT

OP: I'm really sad I cant see my family this Christmas
MN: SELFISH ENTITLED PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE THE REASON WE ARE IN LOCKDOWN

Hi op, ‘91 born and if you replace Twitter with Instagram & clubhouse... your post has me down to a tee!

[quote Laiste]The thing that most folk misunderstand about MN is that, although there is probably a central 'largest percentage' age group/demographic in the middle, there really is all age groups and all walks of life here.

I've been knocking around on here for 12 years. I've learned a lot of quite serious and important stuff. Life changing at one point, for me. And had a good laugh :) This is an interesting thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4097545--things-Ive-learned-from-mumsnet-mostly-serious[/quote]
Yeah that's definitely a misconception I had about it. And I've been (mostly pleasantly) suprised that I was wrong. I'm gonna go and read that thread while I eat my tea

OP you made the grave mistake of not including "lighthearted" in your post! It's like a neon vest, you see.

People need to see it!

@WobbliHead3000

Hi op, ‘91 born and if you replace Twitter with Instagram & clubhouse... your post has me down to a tee!

Oooh see I see everyone talking about Clubhouse on Twitter but (maybe it's just the people I follow!) I thought I was too old to be invited 🤣 Is it basically like Houseparty but not terrible?

But hiyaaaaa, welcome to the weird thread. I'm genuinely pleased how many (nice) people have responded haha!

@RUTheShitploppeeOrShitplopper

OP you made the grave mistake of not including "lighthearted" in your post! It's like a neon vest, you see.

People need to see it!

I know, fucked it didn't I!?

PSA: THIS THREAD IS NOT INTENDED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IT'S OKAY IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE BOWLING FOR SOUP AND YOU DON'T HAVE 6,000 TWITCH FOLLOWERS. YOU DON'T NEED TO READ THE THREAD IF YOU DON'T WANT. PLEASE GET A CUP OF TEA AND CALM DOWN.

Not me, I have no idea about most of your first post.

Heads off to get more Sherry and After Eights.

I'm a millennial and left wing. Was never really big on emo as preferred heavier rock music. I still have my piercings from my rebellious days. I don't game anymore cos kids and work took over my life and I can't see that changing for years. I don't dye my hair blue or any other funky colours. Instagram and Twitter seem pointless to me, I use fb and that's it.

To be honest (and I'm making a huge , broad, sweeping generalisation) but my generation bore me to tears.

I'm only here for the Zoflora.

Sorry, can you remind the point if your thread is?

@maddiemookins16mum

Not me, I have no idea about most of your first post.

Heads off to get more Sherry and After Eights.

Sounds like an ideal evening - I'm considering having some port. Which makes me feel like a real grown up

@Diverseduvet

Sorry, can you remind the point if your thread is?

I'm not sure any more! Just going along for the ride

@Woahisme

I'm a millennial and left wing. Was never really big on emo as preferred heavier rock music. I still have my piercings from my rebellious days. I don't game anymore cos kids and work took over my life and I can't see that changing for years. I don't dye my hair blue or any other funky colours. Instagram and Twitter seem pointless to me, I use fb and that's it.

To be honest (and I'm making a huge , broad, sweeping generalisation) but my generation bore me to tears.

Interesting! If I was also going to make a huge sweeping generalisation, I think people who were 'like me' as teens who have children have changed more than those who haven't (with exceptions, of course). So I think that makes sense - 90% of my real life friends are intentionally child free or not really thinking about having children yet, so I'll be interested to see what we'll all be like in 10 years as (presumably) more of them do have children.

I’m a mother, married to a nice man, live in a detached house in the burbs, have an absurd level of higher education, am a creative freelancer, middle class and home counties raised. I owned many Jane Norman bags. I think twitter is a cesspit and corbyn is a twat, and I believe that cancel culture is a terrifying neo-puritan threat to our society.

I’m also a millennial, a filthy minded and unshockable semi-reformed party girl, an a former high school nerd who had purple hair and hand painted Doc Martens at 15. I’m a natural lefty, have a very happy open marriage, and am queer as a three pound note

I grew out of tribes when I was about 21 because i don’t fit into any of them, and as a result I have had a wonderfully rich and varied social life because I take everyone just as I find them. Everyone has many sides to them if you care to dig a bit @whoamongstus

I’m a couple years younger.
• Jane Norman or JD Sports bags
• Bebo
• Piczo
• MSN Messenger

I definitely wasn’t emo as didn’t like the music (my friend was!) and was more into 50 cent and Ashanti - sorry

Also, have nearly 3 children and joined MN when I was pregnant, none of my friends have kids. I am on here a fair amount but if I mentioned it to my friends they would look at me like I’ve got 3 heads!

Hate Twitter, labour supporter, from your neck of the woods...

@KnitFastDieWarm

I’m a mother, married to a nice man, live in a detached house in the burbs, have an absurd level of higher education, am a creative freelancer, middle class and home counties raised. I owned many Jane Norman bags. I think twitter is a cesspit and corbyn is a twat, and I believe that cancel culture is a terrifying neo-puritan threat to our society.

I’m also a millennial, a filthy minded and unshockable semi-reformed party girl, an a former high school nerd who had purple hair and hand painted Doc Martens at 15. I’m a natural lefty, have a very happy open marriage, and am queer as a three pound note

I grew out of tribes when I was about 21 because i don’t fit into any of them, and as a result I have had a wonderfully rich and varied social life because I take everyone just as I find them. Everyone has many sides to them if you care to dig a bit @whoamongstus

You make some excellent points (and sound a lot like my mum - I mean that as a good thing!).

I wasn't seeking out my internet clones so we can all agree with each other, just curious to see if there were other people with broadly similar lives/interests/views. Obviously there'll be loads of people who intersect one way or another with my 'criteria'!

It's been a funny old thread though. Not even sure what the point is any more ha!

@igotosleep

I’m a couple years younger. • Jane Norman or JD Sports bags • Bebo • Piczo • MSN Messenger

I definitely wasn’t emo as didn’t like the music (my friend was!) and was more into 50 cent and Ashanti - sorry

Hahaha it's okay - my guilty secret as a teenage mosher was that I went to a G Unit concert!

• are mid-millennial ✅
• Extremely Online - don’t really know what this means so probably not.
• left wing ✅
• probs on Twitter - can’t stand it.
• do not think gaming is the scourge of society and causes you to turn into a zombie - not my thing but if that’s what you’re into then cool.
• does not know anyone who unironically plays golf ✅ - although to be fair I think playing golf ‘ironically’ makes you sound like a wanker.

Bonus points for ex-emo kids - ‘I’m not emo!!’ Was totally my phrase in the mid-noughties. On reflection, I really was.