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To think the Mumsnet coronation logo is quite mean?

444 replies

AdaBrady · 06/05/2023 01:14

Disclaimer: I’m not British and have no skin in the monarchy game, but I do think the ears are a bit much.

To think the Mumsnet coronation logo is quite mean?
OP posts:
DuckWithOneWing · 06/05/2023 03:17

I don't like it

Florissante · 06/05/2023 03:23

Cruel and unfunny. Not cool, MN.

Marigoldilock · 06/05/2023 03:23

How horrible! I'm a bit shocked at how unkind and mocking it is.

Dita73 · 06/05/2023 03:31

Shitty thing to do. What are they thinking?!

merrymelodies · 06/05/2023 03:43

OMG, lighten up!

theGooHasGone · 06/05/2023 03:44

Couldn't give a toss.

EmmaEmerald · 06/05/2023 04:14

merrymelodies · 06/05/2023 03:43

OMG, lighten up!

Said to every kid who gets mocked for stuff like this.

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 06/05/2023 04:17

Hahahaha

OrderOfTheKookaburra · 06/05/2023 04:18

Not in that least bit a monarchist, but honestly, do better Mumsnet! That is an awful logo.

Indoorcatmum · 06/05/2023 04:18

I'm all for open discussions of things done wrong or improvements that need to be made in regards to someone's actions, but insults regarding appearance show an intelligence and with at the same level of the likes of Trump.

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 06/05/2023 04:19

I hope they don’t take it down. I had a good little chuckle as I didn’t even realise this

Erised21 · 06/05/2023 04:23

Why is it even there? Is there no escape from this fucking circus?!

...but yes, it is a bit mean.

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 06/05/2023 04:23

Yeah, it's pretty shitty, but in line with their moderating policy I guess.

Goodread1 · 06/05/2023 04:31

Poor taste, I don't think you need to mock his appearance, it's not exactly funny either, it's just something they thought would make them wonderfully irrelevant in a humours way,
Trying to be relevant...

And it's possible to be inbetween servile licking their boots sucking up to them, and being Anti British Royal family idea

Namechanger1002 · 06/05/2023 04:35

My daughter was born with severe bilateral talipes and as a consequence has no defined ankles and ‘odd’ shaped feet - has never been able to wear pretty sandals or winter boots. Has been bullied for it. Would have it been ok for that to be put on a logo if King Charles had suffered the same?
I am no royalty fan but this is not ok and it’s not about lightening up it’s about thinking about the message you are sending out.
why didn’t they put a tampon in the crown?
Maybe mumsnet think they are now like royalty and ‘never complain, never explain’ and also don’t care what the plebs think as long as their bank balance is increasing.
Been on here for well over a decade but this is a new low.
Back in the day Justine would have come on and discussed things like this. Or Olivia. Or Helen. But now some worker we have never heard of will come on and issue a statement under the guise of speaking to us but actually it will have been prepared by somebody higher up than the one delivering it and it will try to shut down any discussion.

Bellagio40 · 06/05/2023 04:46

I’m no fan of the RF but this is awful

ShinySherry · 06/05/2023 04:49

YADNBU - quite depressing really, it must have been seen by several Mumsnet employees before it went live and none of them did a sense-check or felt they could speak up.

ObfuscationWithMenaces · 06/05/2023 04:55

merrymelodies · 06/05/2023 03:43

OMG, lighten up!

If someone did something similar with your child's name, you would be atvthe school faster than snot off a stick.

Maireas · 06/05/2023 05:01

Exactly this, @Namechanger1002 . It's not about being servile or fawning or lightening up. It's just about being decent and not unkind.

notsurewherenotsurewhy · 06/05/2023 05:10

MonsterFiesta · 06/05/2023 01:50

I don’t like the monarchy as an institution.

I don’t like Charles as a person.

Its a really shitty and mean logo.

Agreed.

Hellenabe · 06/05/2023 05:12

Yes I think it's stupid. It should be removed

snitzelvoncrumb · 06/05/2023 05:14

I think it’s funny. It shows how much we respect the new queen.

Dentistlakes · 06/05/2023 05:16

I agree OP, it’s awful.

Butitsnotfunnyisititsserious · 06/05/2023 05:17

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 06/05/2023 04:19

I hope they don’t take it down. I had a good little chuckle as I didn’t even realise this

Easily pleased then.