To be sick of "Crap Attempt At Neutrality" threads?

[WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles]

Admittedly I am a right grump atm, but this is really irritating me now.

Fucking Person A and Person B. Fucking I'm not saying which one I am as I want it to be impartial. Fucking let's call them Sarah and Paul.

Fuck OFF. It's usually glaringly obvious which one the OP is, or it's too vague (usually with a big drip feed later) to even tell what's actually going on. You can't present a neutral scenario because you aren't bloody neutral. You're posting in AIBU - am I being unreasonable? If you want to know if you are BU - just explain properly! Just say who you are and what's going on - if you are Person A you won't even have a full insight into Person B's mindset anyway.

I think these posters should be banned for life also obvious reverse thread posters. Off you fuck. Go to Netmums or somewhere.

AIBU to feel this way?

Person B is not BU, but they should offer a biscuit with the tea.

😂

When I see 'let's call them' or 'we'll call them' (insert name) I'm normally a little bit disgruntled because I think "No, lets not because I don't particularly like those names, so never would have agreed to it had you actually consulted me" 😂😂😂

The easy answer here, is to just remember that the MIL is always to blame. Although SILs seem to giving MILs a good run in the BU stakes these days.

You ok hun?
::head tilt::

Spot on @Inklingpot

The minute I see " Let's call them A, B , C etc..."
I've lost track .

I often have to change people’s names in copy (journalist writing about a sensitive sector’, always say names have been changed) usually I look up the top ten names of their date of birth and pick one but I am strongly tempted next time to go with Elphedra and Ramese.

It’s so often names I cannot see as a couple: “let’s call them Edna and Jaxson”, as no two people have ever been called in the same social circles.

Agree @WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles

And like some others on here, I LOATHE it when someone posts a thread about someone in their life, and refers to them as THEY. It makes me blood boil honestly. Just say he or she. It's really hard to give a proper response to someone's 'issue' when they refuse to put the gender.

@Wordlecurdle, I don't think OP was aiming the fuck off at you. But maybe I'm being silly

@Wordlecurdle, I don't think OP was aiming the fuck off at you

nah. Men don't post all that he said she said shit

This thread is actually worth the 20 minutes it took the page to load!

And I agree with @TheWeeDonkey <<not a sarcastic one

YANBU

Especially when they are poorly disguised eg. Let’s call Person A Angel Perfection and let’s call Person B Unreasonable Bitch

Have you also noticed the recent explosion of sceptical posters?
OP: my DH wasn’t very nice today.
Sceptical poster: well, we’ve only got your word for it.
OP: this is the thing he did
SP: yeah, but maybe he didn’t do that
OP: But he literally did that thing, that’s why I’m posting
SP: but how can I know that? You could be anyone.

argghhhhhhhhh stop derailing the thread, it’s an anonymous forum, dumb-ass. Gets right on my tits.

Yes, every hobby is very outing and can't be named.

I cringe when I see the words 'doing his hobby'.

These are the people who jump on you when you include any details at all on a post and say YABU for running the risk of someone recognising themselves or someone they know, from cycling, to going to school.

And then there's the ones that refer to "my sibling" - and then "she said/did..."

If it's a female sibling then why not just say "my sister"? So much clearer!

My DP works a busy job (think teaching) but when they're not working they spend all their time doing their hobby (think camping)...

😩

And if you dare to ask what the hobby is, you're shut down.
"Please don't ask what the hobby is, it's too outing".

For some reason I always imagine historical re-enactments!! No idea why!

This post reminded me of the thread about a church group, something to do with shoes and instruments. It was all very confusing. I think the thread ended up with most posters trying to work out what was going on and no one really getting to the bottom of it.

I find it amusing when someone uses they in a financial thread because it's fun to watch the assumptions people make and the knots they tie themselves in because they can't work out whether the person being complained about is a financially abusive man or a savvy woman.

Then every so often the reveal is that it's a same sex couple and people still keep posting about the selfish/abusive or spendthrift man, who doesn't even exist.

And if you dare to ask what the hobby is, you're shut down.
"Please don't ask what the hobby is, it's too outing".

It's always cycling

”let’s call her/him” —— arghgh!!! “Let’s” fucking not. It’s SO TWEE.

I’m relieved that other people are as enraged by this as I am.

Yes, I’ve seen loads of these lately! Posters replying ‘We are only hearing one side of this’ as if they’re some sort of oracle making a mind-blowing revelation. Doesn't this apply to literally every thread on MN ever?!

On the ‘Let’s call them…’ thing, I get why people are annoyed by it, but to be fair, if an OP writes ‘My friend Sarah and her husband Paul’, someone will always chime in with ‘I hope those aren’t their real names, OP - this could be VERY outing’. It’s just heading off crap like that.

Now I'm considering a double bluff...writing about my friends - let's call them Sarah and Paul ...but they are actually called Sarah and Paul. That would throw people off the scent!

Also dislike the "asking for a friend" posts where it's pretty obvious that said friend is in fact OP. Or a "hypothetical" situation complete with every tiny detail. (" Is that you UCM" style, for any old school MNers )

Shall we reserve our rage however, for the most infuriating thread of all....the one where OP never comes back after people have taken the time to reply. They ("they" as in threads, not badly disguised attempt to hide sex of OP) are so fucking annoying.