in thinnking that mn is too big now, and you cannot have a moan aboutanyting withough twenty people jumping on you now

[pukkapatch]

you cant moan about the cost of something, because there is always osmeone here who has a hell of a lot less, wo they lambast you for being able to even think about getting it.
or they moan at you for having too much time on your hands
or too little
or being a sahm
or not being one
or bloody anthing. its just not possible to have a moan about anything anymore. every one is soooo pc about everything.
its turning into real life.

s'OK. Just remember to back me up when I post my thread about how breastfeeding past six weeks is an almost entirely middle-class occupation.

*See these things here, they are qualifiers

yes desi thats part of what i am annoyed about.

i have decided to ignore all the christmas topic list as christmas is just pissing me off at the momemtn

lol - have you started a thread like that?

It's always good/valuable to get a perspective different than your own on things. I especially appreciate it if those differences are pointed out in a civil/kind way - don't even mind blunt! But, there can be alot of impulsive anonymous aggression on here, which I find unpleasant. Also means that rather than absorbing the point someone is attempting to make, I get sidetracked by the unnecessary nastiness.

I got told the other day rather rudely that I 'had too much time on my hands'. Instead of thinking 'well, maybe this issue isn't worth worrying over' (which may very well have been true), I thought 'ooh, that was uncalled for - what an unpleasant post/person'.

ah yes, the PC brigade. i suppose MN is so big that there is probably someone out there does genuinely suffer from tourettes and the like. there is a fine line i suppose between non PC and having a laugh and being offensive, and that line is different for everyone. you'll never solve it i'm afraid.

god earlybird, what if those impulsive aggressive and anonymous replies are the work of one poor single soul suffering from an impulse control disorder? how could you be so unfeeling/insensitive?

(shh)

"Taking offence on behalf of others (which is largely what pc is all about) is patronizing......." oh FFS Desi, you know nada.

"pc" is a term of abuse dreamed up by those who don't have whatever stamina/imagination it takes to not stigmatise or insult others for being different to themselves. And they ocassionally 'celebrate' in their un-pcness.

Andthat sort of thing.

Oh, fark off Pan. I'm off to work now.

Don't forget to iron your stripy jumper and your sandals, ya big fecking ponce

PC is so much easier to type than Implausibly Easily Offended People tho

Yes, you're right. I should probably be more tolerant of abuse as the sad person perhaps was orphaned when her parents were hit by a meterorite. She survived against all odds, and was raised by wild pigs, and has come so far in life really. Agression is the only way she knows to communicate, and we shouldn't attempt to censor/stifle her right to express herself.

i belong to one of the most derided set of people on MN. the FullTime working baby in nursery FT and completeley unapologetic about it, because it is my choice, dont need to justify to bunch of strangers with PC's - end of. i have read some right ole bellyaching about

**Precious moments
*i wouldnt let a stranger raise my child
*putting Career/money before child
*inevitably Nursery is damaging/dire/selfish
*quoting some spurious "statistics" bout Working Mums

i just think "oH blah blah Roll 'em ole cliches out laydees.
does not bother me, none of this is for real.

well i do think you are inevitably going to have clashing views, and folk getting the hump and lots of and nothing will change that . some threads are full of zealots who bellyache all the time and are constantly in a fizz about something.
it wont change

please don't take it too heart - not worth it

oh I'd LOVE to have been raised by wild boar although wolves would be my first choice

snuggles up to imaginary wolf mummy

I don't reckon us crips are more easily offended. Its the norms that get bent out of shape on our behalf. Sheesh. Even got a letter from the SS once (all norms) telling me of for un-PC language. I wont tell you what I said in case the SW hangs round on this site and takes my kids away and sends me to a gulag.

. Yes, wolves would make a better story!

I don't know about MN being too big, maybe it is maybe it isn't.
I do feel though that most posts are so silly, why do people post things like where is my nearest post box, or other such crap when they can easily find out them selves.
Why do people post such trivial things on AIBU when in reality their posts are silly or they type them to boast.

I do think that some people are to precious, yes I am as likely to be precious as the rest, so if I don't want to be flamed I try not to post.

Go on, PW (HW) - post that thread. I'm interested in how you word the OP.

aww..vevacua
wolves are cool

it's just like all other forms of social interaction I think, most real life conversation is a similar mix of the trivial and the earnest/worthy topics except on here you have no choice but to occasionally rub up against poor and or thick people

In real life though it's harder to tell the thick people they're being thick, cos they're more likely to thump you. What with having no other way of interaction. Here we can point out the holes in their argument and act as hard as they do.

Some people are like beetles, you roll them on to their backs and they just can't right themselves again - no matter how sensible other points of view.

HEhE virtual come-and-'ave-a-go-if-you-think-you're-'ard-enuff
I likey that idea a lot

also you can pick your nose and make pooey noises and stuff on here and nobody is disgusted by it, unless you accidentally type parrrrrrp into your every post of course