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can we have a pitchforks and general witch burning topic please?

40 replies

SheherazadetheGoat · 20/01/2009 15:19

so people have somewhere to be shrill

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follderol · 20/01/2009 15:20

I like this idea and another fabulous name if I may say so

SheherazadetheGoat · 20/01/2009 15:20

you certainly may!

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Petrovia · 20/01/2009 15:22

Yes. How come every thread I have been on lately has turned into a weirdy fight type scenario? Is the moon in Aries or something?

It's all kicking orf left right and centerparcs.

Agree fab name

mrsseanbean · 20/01/2009 15:25

While we're at it, can AIBU be split into two:

  • a simple 'yes' or 'no' button select option for those who would simply like the majority view; and
  • a 'BMU' (beat me up) thread for those who are feeling masochistic?
SheherazadetheGoat · 20/01/2009 15:26

just get rid of aibu it is thoroughly unpleasant

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mrsseanbean · 20/01/2009 15:29

I find comments along the lines of - (and I quote a loose amalgam of examples) - 'ffs get a life, don't be stupid, why do you care about that...' particularly odious.

AmIOdetteOrOdile · 20/01/2009 15:30

YY - I will bring popcorn

HecateQueenOfGhosts · 20/01/2009 15:30

MrsS - I have long said AIBU should be chucked in the bin and replaced with a Ranting section and a section where people ACTUALLY want your opinions on their dilemma and promise not to spit out their dummy if you don't agree with them

Nobody ever listens to me.

Sparkletastic · 20/01/2009 15:33

We could have a 'Fight Club' section reserved for those with pent-up aggression - it would need special black eye / nose bleed emoticons of course....

mrsseanbean · 20/01/2009 15:35

Yes Hecate. It is one thing giving an opinion, but another to throw insults around. And sometimes the most innocuous threads can erupt into an all-out slanging match! Amazing.

mrsseanbean · 20/01/2009 15:35

at sparkle's emoticon ideas!

HecateQueenOfGhosts · 20/01/2009 15:40

Yes. I've noticed it can go a bit funny. I saw a post about MANGOS turn into a massive bun fight. Who'd have thunk it?

I ignore fights.

I am a very good Ignorer of Fights.

HecateQueenOfGhosts · 20/01/2009 15:41

Although I did make things worse during Mangogate by making silly jokes and stuff.

Cynosure · 20/01/2009 15:46

The mango thread was hilarious though.... these ones are not so funny.

BouncingTartan · 20/01/2009 15:46

We could turn Tech into the Witchsmeller Pursuivant

mrsseanbean · 20/01/2009 15:46

What was the concensus Hecate, was the Mango deemed palatable or not?

mrsseanbean · 20/01/2009 15:47
HecateQueenOfGhosts · 20/01/2009 15:49

I think the mistake the poster made was to ask .... on MN .... what she could do with a couple of mangoes.

Let's face it, that was never going to end well.

Cynosure · 20/01/2009 15:50

I believe it was 3 mangoes....

mrsseanbean · 20/01/2009 15:53

Shall I start a thread entitled 'Help me deal with my glut of fruit'?

BouncingTartan · 20/01/2009 15:54

The Aubergine thread looked a bit scary to me

siriusmewsaysochayethenoo · 20/01/2009 15:57

I liked posting pictures of willie shaped peppers on the aubergine thread! For cheering up purposes!

mrsseanbean · 20/01/2009 15:57

Although, really, a thread entitled 'Help me deal with my gut' would be more productive.

HecateQueenOfGhosts · 20/01/2009 18:24

ahh, yes, you are right. It was 3.

What was op name? Something beginning with F? I've not seen her around for yonks.

Cynosure · 20/01/2009 21:38

I think she had a really ordinary name.... cannot remember for the life of me, sorry Hecate- like a rl name IYSWIM- Fiona or Florence maybe?
Nah- no idea now....

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