Has MN lost its sense of humour?

[ConnieDescending]

with offense being taken at all manner of inconsequential things?

I think posting on antenatal is a good way of starting out on MN, people who have gone through this route seem to 'know' posters better.

I'm farkin hilarious wot you on abarrrrrrrrrt?

are you Rhubarb?

Twig, it wasn't directed at anyone in particular. Just how I'm feeling atm.

What's moggelling? Is it pimping your cat out to appear in catalogues, wearing frilly bonnets?

Muinbrum

wot Twig sed

wot Northerner said

Ive just spent last half hour on a thread that says youve flounced.

I think it was decided yesterday that CD wasn't HunkerMunker.

not all A/N thread posters go nowhere else, i go all over the boards but i started out as, and still am, an A/N club member.

for what it's worth, i don't think they are done to annoy the rest of you, one of my thread titles caused offence a while ago, and we did try to make sure it wouldn't upset anyone, just sometimes our pg brains don't work so well and we failed

this kind of inward thread never helpos wnayone

It's all the aIBU threads, turning everyone into moaners!

Twig's right, a bit of fucking consideration for the other users of the site and their sensitivities wouldn't go amiss. i wouldn't start an OP talking about my lovely friend who's just had the worst childbirth in history and her boy is damaged as a result, would i? i'd think 'no, that might frighten some of the pregnant ladies, i'll keep it to myself'.

and am still smiling at rowan's genital fear. she's so right, you know. fanjo's not funny any more. all mimsy were the borogroves...

ellie, actually what was completely, completely different about that was that you ladies were surprised by the response, went 'yikes, sorry' and changed it accordingly. on the other thread someone had pointed out that the title might upset people long before my thread was started and they had refused to change it. and i did actually put a question in the OP, it wasn't just a moan, but most people didn't answer it.

anyway, cod's right, it's probably not a good idea to go over it all again. looks like connie's just stirring the shit again...

I didnt really have the antenatal threads in mind if you must know....I was thinking more innocent food threads going pyscho.

'course you were...

uh...yes I was

oh shite ... were you thinking about my food thread going psycho?

that was just one of those things and it was only a few posters who have incredibly strong feelings about food that objected .. water under the bridge .. d'ya hear it lapping

oh that was one of many Twig

have I missed a food row?

sigh

I like rolling out "everything in moderation" or seeing how many times it is posted

then someone says "would you have heroine in moderation" completly overreacts and then it combusts

Twig i think i love you.

You seem to have reached enlightenment, but are still kind of tough. Maybe like bulletproof monk?

Without it all kicking off again AitchTwoOh...

The only comment we received before your post yesterday was.....

By Tutter on Mon 30-Apr-07 14:08:39
lol, you antenatalers do like to risk having the MN finger wagged at your thread titles don't you

Not exactly a damning indictment of the title is it or a request for us to change it and as there was no request to change it, we could hardly be accused of refusing to change it....and for the record we did apologise and we have started a new thread.

Everyone trying to out PC the next person and everyone stomping off over this of that being said.

If thats not funny i don't know what is.

fair enough, daisybump, i do think it made a point which was obviously ignored. also, in all sincerity if you mean the 'make something up to take offence at' thread title, that doesn't exactly shriek of penitence.
there's a weird 'us and them' thing with the ante-natal threads, i think. the idea, surely, is to be part of an online community, not a fortress that assumes any question on grounds of taste comes from 'twunts' with no sense of humour. i have a cracking sense of humour, for the record. i'm happy that people have been luckier having children than i have, but i know how very upsetting i'd have found that title once. i'd never have said anything then, though, i'd just have felt sick every time it came up on active convos.

daisybump, tbh i was v careful about the wording of my post as i wanted to avoid any defensive backlash

with hindsight i plain wimped out