What’s disliked on Mumsnet but very popular in everyday life?

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What's hated on MN, but insanely popular in real life?

Disney World
Starbucks, Costa, Nero etc
Center Parcs
A sensible political stance
McDonald's

What else?

Do I? I had no idea. That's nice.

Gender neutral toilets and changing areas.

I think the dog thing skews both ways on MN tbh. Some people hate them more than average but if you go on the dog forum there are people who are massively the other way- like will adopt some dog that's already been rehouse 8 times and then when it turns out to still be a psycho-dog from hell, will sacrifice their entire life to its whims.

IRL, most people are somewhat in the middle. I can honestly say I'm pretty ambivalent about dogs. I wouldn't get one but I don't dislike them. I look after my friend's dog quite a lot.

Yes, but this is a very provocative poster who disguises her reactionary commentary in the language of "common sense."

So most people you know like to pretend men can become women?

Physically going to a workplace.

Allowing people not in your immediate family to use your toilet.

We gave our baby son a dummy because he was born with a serious and painful condition which necessitated weeks in Great Ormond Street Hospital and multiple operations and unpleasant procedures. He needed comfort and we were happy to indulge him. What the NCT Queen Bees thought of it was not a high priority for me.

He loved his dummy and continued to use it on and off for a couple of years. He grew up to be incredibly articulate and got a first from Cambridge.

You might want to look up the meaning of the word fact.

Temu
Reading the Daily Mail/Express
Reform UK
People who have a holiday home
Landlords are hated on MN yet in real life my tenants seem happy enough and I don't have a bad relationship with any of them.

They've always been sex ponds whatever the price and totally grim whoever is using them.

To be fair, I think the left has a lot of form for for childish cat-calling too: the "typical Tory" type approaches of old (which now seem so quaint). The left has historically been very bad at allowing pluralism of views.

But I agree there's a tendency for people who support the right shading to far right to position themselves as speaking for the "silent majority" which I find aggravating. We're always been told that you're "not allowed" to say things or that no one can point out this that or the other [insert anti woke perspective of your choice].

In fact you can't move for racist or far right opinions at the moment, on here or IRL and it's particularly irritating to be told by people shouting at the top of their lungs about immigration and the destruction of civilisation all the time that they are being "silenced".

Air freshners
Mother in Laws (erm are they actually popular in real life though?)

Dogs in cafes

Define what you mean by liberal

A happy marriage.

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Totally agree. I posted that I was going to try running a 5k every day and a response was 'why, just WHY?'.

I mean it was a pretty wanky thing of me to post but I wasn't expecting that level of reaction.

I agree. I’m mildly left of centre but the rise in really right wing content and bot posts is so high, I have started using MN less because it’s exhausting. And some people have lost all sense and civility on those posts!

Mangelwurzelfortea · Today 12:32
Thepeopleversuswork · Today 12:26
Surely you can understand that a "sensible political stance" is in the eye of the beholder?
"Common sense" is such a cop out. One person's common sense is another person's extremism/stupidity/self-indulgence.
When people evoke "common sense" or a "sensible" position to win an argument it just means either that they dislike anyone who doesn't agree with them or that they can't articulate their own position properly.
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It's always people on the right who do this too. There are as many left-leaning people as right-leaning, but it's only the ones on the right who feel attacked for their views, despite them apparently being the 'sensible' views that everyone secretly shares. I wonder why.

I don't think right and left are the issues here - I think when people talk about 'sensible' attitudes, or 'common sense', what they mean is pragmatism as opposed to ideology.

I'm a huge fan of pragmatism and I like politicians who pick the most effective and (if you like) sensible course, not those who stick determinedly to ideology and principle.

I have lots of egs which I won't bore MN with of the cruelty and misery caused by self-satisfied ideologues...especially in education. I remember the smug little smiles on their faces as they imposed crazy policies which did actual damage.

People who are intimidated by an England flag.

Yep, there was a post further back to exactly this effect, followed by 'it's good to get that off my chest', as if it wasn't the exact same view held by all the other right-wingers on this forum. I do find it interesting that the right always feels so victimised, despite the fact that we haven't had a truly socialist government since the 1950s and have had Conservative governments for 66 years of the past 100.

Blokes becoming women.
Uncapped benefits.
Unregulated borders
Hate of Israel.

Hope that helps

Driving in the middle lane of the motorway. Mumsnetters only ever move out to overtake then move immediately back into the left hand lane always.

I agree with you!

Brilliant!