what's this PO stuff all about? I have just read some really vile stuff on here....

[Portofino]

Women presumably who don't have a certain sense of humour, or don't agree with certain (long standing) posters being described as beige admin workers who nag their ugly husbands, who were friendless at school, wear cheap clothes, have no fun in their sad little joyless lives etc etc Literally paragraphs and paragraphs of nastiness.

This is some of the most vile and misogynistic stuff I have ever read on MN from other women. These kind of comments normally come from trolls and MRA invasions. Is this really what MN has become? Does everyone think that this sort of shit should stand? What happened to the fucking sisterhood?

I am astounded to be quite honest.

Don't people think its worse than a sneering attempt at humour when people post for support in AIBU and some posters flame them like absolute bastards though? That's what really upsets me on MN.

I see her more as a Lambrini girl Arisbottle.

But TSC everything you've said in that last post readers this whole thread pointless. It's exactly what I've been saying all along. Everyone has a different sense of humour and no one can be forced to find anyone else's funny.

Po is hardly a huge insult, it's just a crappy made-up piss take. Misoginist is insulting, it's about as insulting as it gets and completely over the top.

Sauvignon I thought you meant you had a picasso . Bloody Hell I was impressed. For 2 seconds, until I realised my idiocy .

no one name called you TSC. If anyone takes that thread as a personal insult then it says more about them that those on the thread. I would never have called you po and just because you don't feel part of the 'gang' doesn't make you po. It really isn't them and us, its the po and then all the rest of us.

I give you an example of po, the person who was enraged today that a wedding invite had been addressed to DH and partner (not wife) with a gift list attached. She was FURIOUS. Now that is po!

Funnys - why are you leaping about hectoring us to pleeeeeeease find it funny? Why is it so important to you?

LeQ said what she wanted, people are now discussing it, some found it hilaire, some found it nasty, some just thought it was an embarrassing attempt at comedy.

But it was a huge ramble ABOUT MNers...so fair game for being discussed by MNers, no?

We were talking about joyless people who ruin the joy for other people.
like this:
Yay, we've just got a puppy, he's really cute!
PO: tut, why do you want a puppy, they spread disease and shit everywhere.

Just a Van Gogh and a Monet, sadly.

Tufty, no that is not what we are talking about.

I think MN is much like any other forum, you have to be selective in what you read/post on.

There are some controversial posters and some controversial topics. I learnt that right from the start. If someone posts something that offends me I either hide the thread or take a break for a few days. At the end of the day it's just a website and if we were all glittery and popular we probably wouldn't be sat on the Internet on a Friday night, we'd be out downing gin with our equally glittery friends.

If there is bullying going on (and I'm not going to judge on whether or not there is) the best way to stamp it out is not to fan the flames- be the bigger person and walk away.

I don't understand the need to defend laQueen or her posts? She evidently doesn't care, so why do you?

Go over to the hilarious spoof thread and leave the po dickheads who are ruining your mumsnet experience over here.

landofsoapandglory

Objecting to disablist comments does not make you "professionally offended" FFS! Would you say the same about someone who objects to racism?

doesn't the call of 'po' just shut all discussion down though? If you have a different viewpoint or experience then 'po' can be called and that's that. Seems a bit silly.

And calling people 'dickheads' because they don't find certain things funny isn't very pleasant either.

So much anger though Randall. And intense dislike.

Seems odd to feel that way towards total strangers.

What we are talking about:
So you fucking hate puppies.
You buy cheap clothes and think,you look great.
You don't deserve a puppy as you have a crap house, a crap husband, and a crap life......

That's what we were talking abiut though Portofino.

Ooops posted to soon, landofsoapandglory

Was that to me? I was giving a example of what you can get called professionally offended for on here, I have been called PO many times for objecting to disablist comments. I have a disabled child.

Porto who has pm'd you and said they were being bullied? If that is true I bet you anything that it wasn't anyone on the other thread. Besides, why would they pm you?

Why on earth would I tell you who PMed me?

Woah. Hold on.

Morrisons? People don't like Morrisons?? Have none of you been to market street?

x post Portofino, i was still responding to your earlier post.

They have PMed me because of this thread.

McBalls it is clear you find it difficult to find anything funny so please consider yourself excused from any of my future comments including this one [busmile]

Must say I am loving the extreme use of the word po. I have never heard anyone use it in real life unless talking about the Teletubbies. It's a bit of an Enid Blyton word.