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Original poster

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

141 replies

pukkapatch · 09/12/2007 15:56

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.

OP posts:
ScottishMummy · 09/12/2007 18:11

other people are like mushrooms they like to be kept in the dark and fed a lot of shit

ScottishMummy · 09/12/2007 18:12

or sit nudey sticking yer fingers up obnoxiously to posts you don't like

VeVacuaMerryChristmas · 09/12/2007 18:14

too cold to be nude tho innit

manchita · 09/12/2007 18:26

Of course MN is an excellent forum for serious debate. What I meant by serious or sitting an exam style posts were those who do things like study the op's past posts to use information against them. Is it so imp to win arguments on here or are we just debating?
I suppose it's fine being able to be ruder here than in rl but relating the need to do so sounds a bit ...sad.
As if there is a sense of inadequacy in rl.

CodRestYeMerryGentelmen · 09/12/2007 18:27

never mind abotut hat
what xmas traditions do you haev?

manchita · 09/12/2007 18:32

Oh, the usual fun stuff.
Peace and Goodwill to all men.
And to all a Merry Christmas!!!!!

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 09/12/2007 18:36

manchita, if someone was going to argua against my point I would prefer them to read my posts first, surely they couldn't argue them otherwise??

manchita · 09/12/2007 18:45

I meant posts from previous discussions. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
And nothing personal- I am new and don't really know anyone, but have noticed this a few times and it always struck me as rather odd.
Ofcourse I wouldn'r expect you to ague without reading the posts. That would be silly.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 09/12/2007 18:49

Some do it though machita, of that I'm sure.
It is sometimes the only explanation.

manchita · 09/12/2007 18:51

Of course I know what you mean. Peace and goodwill and have a HAPPY CHRISTMAS

TenLordsaLapin · 09/12/2007 20:07
bunnyhunny · 09/12/2007 20:16

ooooh yes! it's true.
I joined in a thread a little while ago, venting my spleen and got thoroughly told off!!

ScottishMummy · 09/12/2007 20:38

yes i've had that.make point consistent with everyone else,and still get the tut tut, or worse the "actually..."left wondering so what was so different about what i said

frostythesnowmum · 09/12/2007 20:46

Perhaps we should have a day when we all agree to only post nice messages to one another and just not post if we are gonna disagree or critisize. Might be a bit boring though

ScottishMummy · 09/12/2007 20:49

.....that will be a cold day in hell unusual

Fubsyinapeartree · 09/12/2007 21:02

havent really read all of this thread.

But if MN is so huge, how come there are so many names that I recognise when they post? There must be an awful lot of people who sign up then never post, or perhaps they just live on the gardening thread or something.

coby · 09/12/2007 21:04

Ooohhh, theres'a gardening thread??

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 09/12/2007 21:24

fubsy, it's because the most common posters are exactly that, common and gobby and post lots

Nightynight · 09/12/2007 21:51

hifi, the reason the world didnt go into meltdown at the year 2000 was because a lot of engineers spent a lot of time fixing the bug before it rolled over.

I have a handwritten birth certificate for one of my sons, because the registry office didn't bother to get their systems fixed, and he was registered on the first working day after 1.1.2000.

Imagine what life would have been like if British Airways, British Rail, the Russian missile system and the mumsnet servers hadnt bothered either .

Honestly. Us techies just cant win. Everyone criticises us if things dont work, and when we fix'em so that they DO work, we get slagged off as well for creating a myth.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 09/12/2007 21:54

Nightynight, would it really have all fucked up???

Nightynight · 09/12/2007 22:04

some of the stories were over-dramatised, eg planes falling out of the sky and microwaves exploding - highly unlikely. but loads of stuff would have stopped working.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 09/12/2007 22:08

I just asked dp (degree in el enineering) and got a rather long winded story about it, so thanks for the brief answer

Nightynight · 09/12/2007 22:14

lol
men notoriously incapable of answering "yes" or "no" to a technical question.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 09/12/2007 22:17

All I said was 'millenuim bug in your opinion, fact or fiction'
I now know all about his works computers being 'futureproof'
Ok, I don't, I switched off, but I can pretend.

candypandy · 09/12/2007 22:24

Beeper -- hello.. am new.. do you really mean that about the secret groups of men and global warming? Or are you taking the p? cos I do too and everyone in RL thinks I'm bonkers.