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.

Just for the record, PO doesn't mean Professionally Offended, that's a wanky phrase. It means Po-faced, as in a bit humourless.

As you were.

I don't know who any of these people are but that post was really quite nasty. Far too much thought has gone into it to make it funny iyswim, it just comes across as a bit ott and vicious.

And I'm 26 and definitely not beige yet .

I don't know what you mean by 'wannabees' TSC. Are you saying they wannabe an important poster?

Sorry Port. Cross post.

(rarely offended)

All the things the poster wrote about the typical "po", doest make ay sense. She has absolutely no idea that ay of that stuff is true. Its as though there are only two types of people, her and people who disagree with her who are the "po". Its bizarre to make up a person who had this sad poor little life, with her old(?!) car and aldi shopping, as if those things make you a drab sad little person.

I feel that those who protest so loudly, those who declare undying love for their dps every 5 minutes and feel the need to make others less fortunate feel so tiny and worthless have some huge issues. Confident, happy people do not belittle others. Successful people get there by building others up and not putting people down to make themselves look better.

I imagine they wannabee in with the big,popular girls.

I don't think Justine is a wannabe important poster. I think she is the co-owner and co-founder of the site.

It is effective though isn't it, as a silencing technique?

It keeps people who disagree from posting as they don't want to be accused of being PO.

What alcazar said.

Sheesh, parts of that description are me, boring ish lifestyle, part time admin job and Xsara Picasso and yes, I've switched to shopping at lidl / Aldi. Oh yes, and clever and not very popular at school. I probably don't have glitter or sodding sparkle either. and we do need another bedroom, thanks for that too

Well, if I didn't feel shit already about having no real social life and a few close friends, I certainly feel lousy now. Fuckit, think I'll go back to MSE. I thought everyone was welcome here, especially intelligent women who enjoy a good laugh.

Funnier I'm glad you quoted that post, at least I know what certain posters think of my car, home, choice of supermarket and school experience.

Just read your second post. No I have accused, inferred or stated you have any sort of agenda. Just expressed concern that your thread could result on behaviour that you yourself then pointed out you thought inappropriate.

I am sorry but it was obviously la queen from the style.
Surely it was irony though? She is hardly chairwoman of ICI herself! All about Mrlequeen innit.
I very much doubt she meant that seriously, or maybe she was pissed?
There are plenty on mn and in rl who are like this.

Very tempting TSC. Could take the summer off.

Why don't you have this conversation on the thread in question?

It's got 1,000 posts, Ginslinger.

It's full I think gin.

Has anyone actually read the whole thread? I only walking because if you had you'd see that the whole thread was about joking, larking about, not taking things seriously.

Plenty of people actually on that thread fit the majority of the criteria in that post. I do. It was a joke, for fun, not to be taken seriously.

You'd also see that she followed up many times saying that it wasn't about that lifestyle being shite, it was about the people who were miserable living it.

If you don't get the sense of humour, fine. We don't all share the same sense of humour and life would be pretty boring if we did. But those posts were made way before the thread got full so there was plenty of time to say something on the thread.