I’d change the name of AIBU to something that actually invites discussion rather than the Yes/No, YABU/YANBU argumentative style this topic encourages.
Get the ban hammer out for:
All those dickish posters who only rock onto a thread to throw out a nasty comment. Bitch plop and run. They’d all be gone .
The ones who nit pick their way through a comment, twist someone’s words into a ridiculous exaggeration of what the poster actually said and then critique what they’ve decided the poster meant.
The po-faced self appointed head girl types. You know the ones who join a thread to admonish the strangers on the internet for not keeping other strangers on the internet front and centre in all their thoughts and discussions -
OP I’m thinking about switching to online grocery shopping, which supermarket do MNers find most reliable?
Head Girl It’s important to understand that some people don’t have a supermarket to shop in/money to buy items/fingers to type their order 🙄
Also the Me-railers
OP Would you be ok leaving your 14 year old home alone until 10pm?
Random MNer I’d expect the average 14 year old to be perfectly able to cope with that.
Me-Railer. OMG Random MNer! My 14 year olds head fell off so they can never be left alone, thanks for making me feel like a shit parent!
Delete probably 70% of the available topics and condense what remains. There are way too many and lots are just tumbleweed which results in the ‘Posting for Traffic’ in AIBU (and getting a kicking as a result)
I wouldn’t ban the I earn squillions in a niche role that’s too outing to say but you must understand it doesn’t go far in London/I replace half of every meal with lentils, the other half with porridge and earn tuppence ha’penny a month and we live very comfortably because we cancelled Netflix.
Cos those ones are hilarious 😄