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?

I love that particular scent from Faith in Nature, but for some reason all of the places where it’s stocked locally seem to have it far less often than the much less nice lavender and the coconut (which I hate).

Old lady question. What on earth is the connection between the erroneous use of the word bathroom to refer to a room with a loo and a sink and trans people? I'm sure it's there somewhere if I cared to look!

Pedantry the last bastion of those stuck for an intelligent response😶

I dread to think of what the insertion of an emoji at the end of a load of bollocks is the last bastion. Only the seriously unintelligent sneer at the correct use of English, maybe because it's beyond their limited ability.

Why does cinema food stink, nachos, popcorn etc? I get amazed at the amount of food people seem to take into cinemas, it would feed a MN family for a month, a pleasant change from that chicken.

Same here although I don’t have an en suite but only because we couldn’t get planning permission.
I am now rethinking my ( infrequent) kitchen roll use. I didn’t know you can’t recycle it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Eating

But only her in-laws, his in-laws are generally to be worshipped and glorified, especially his wonderful MIL, LTB if he evens thinks critical thoughts of her.

I'm sure she's thrilled to be told off by the santimonious child to whom she gave birth. I hope she takes the opportunity to use a lot more.

I've seen threads on bleach go both ways. There's plenty of people on MN who bleach their toilets after every poo. And a few who still disinfect their food shopping before putting it away.

@KittenHeelz I am now rethinking my ( infrequent) kitchen roll use. I didn’t know you can’t recycle it You can compost it if it's made from only paper. If you've used it then it's not recyclable.

Whilst at the same time never turning up at your house without four weeks advance notice. Any friend who makes any sort of demand on the classic MN - ers time, even so much as an unplanned phone call is just too, too needy and selfish but the minute Mrs MN needs a shoulder to cry on, they've got to be willing to drop everything or they're a selfish, heartless bitch.

I imagine it's neither too hard left nor too hard right

No, they really don't. They are in the middle lane for good reasons.

The inside lanes has lorries/slower moving vehicles in it
The inside lane becomes a slip road
The inside lane IS a slip road and someone is joining
There's a sign saying there's a report of an obstruction (which goes on for miles and nobody ever tells you if there was an obstruction or what it was)

You do get people who sit in the middle lane for miles but it's more like 1% not 80%.

I have no idea what the hysteria about middle lane sitting is all about. Lorries overtaking each other is far worse. But in either case, the outside/4th lane is available. But people seem too scared to use it.

But anyway it's not an MN thing, that's a general social media thing. People obsess about it instead of looking at their own appalling driving.

Can't remember if it's already been mentioned now but sticking with normal bra sizes rather than the weird "vanity" sizing which wants everyone to think they are stick thin with enormous boobs.

Generally we have vanity sizing for clothes (back in the 1980s I'd have been a size 12 and now I'm an 8) but for bras I am apparently something like a 26K.

The inside lanes has lorries/slower moving vehicles in it
The inside lane becomes a slip road
The inside lane IS a slip road and someone is joining

Oh dear, oh dear.

Ignoring that comment! It was a suggestion and she prides herself on trying to be eco friendly.

Ah noted then. Thanks

I've never really noticed this. The buckets of popcorn they sell are huge though! I take my own food & drink

This!
Apparently nobody on MN ever goes to McDonalds or has ever eaten a burger! 😂
Some others I’ve seen recently;

Roast dinners are apparently only eaten by the elderly, not quite sure how people think Toby Carvery stay in business or why many pubs and restaurants have exclusive roast menus on a Sunday! 🤔 😂

If you think that pockets on dresses alters the way they sit then there must be something wrong with you. Everyone on MN only buys dresses with pockets with massive pockets.

Generally people having a different opinion and being adult enough to disagree doesn’t seem to be a thing on MN.

All the people who were amazed to learn that people use soap the other day, despite the existence of large quantities of soap in every supermarket and chemist shop 😭

Spending money 😆

Dogs

Even worse, off-lead dogs.

After reading umpteen threads on here about evil off-lead dogs, I call mine back from e.g. groups of ramblers. But now and again I take my eye off them on some apparently empty and usually unpopulated footpath - poo picking, whatever - and when I look up, they're homing in on some walkers who are all full-on, 'Oooh, aren't you gorgeous! Yes, hello! Oh, Sue, look at this one, she's sniffing my pocket, no darling, I don't have any treats, I'm so sorry!' I approach apologising and the response is, 'Don't worry! They're so friendly! What beautiful dogs!'

I think the worst I've had in the past few years was a man eating a sandwich on a bench. One of the dogs trotted up and gazed at him imploringly, and he ignored both her and then me when I said, 'Sorry, she's a shocker' and hustled her away.

You think everyone loves your dog IRL
because those people come up to you and say positive comments. There is a bias there. People who don’t like dogs will keep a wide berth and not approach you or say anything. It doesn’t mean that dog-dislike is confined to MN. People are just more honest with their feelings here.

Why did you let your dog go up to someone eating their food? That man was probably sick of being approached by dogs with irresponsible owners. Though to your credit, you didn’t say, ‘oh she’s just being friendly’. Now, that’s the mantra of bad dog owners everywhere!

Yep.

I don't know many toddlers, but of the ones I have met, none have said that their favorite food is lettuce with hummus.

I've only ever seen that on mumsnet.