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<Ahem> So would you use a WWYD topic?

44 replies

Greensneeze · 06/05/2009 16:35

I thought it might take some of the heat out of AIBU

that way people posting on AIBU would be choosing the more "robust" style of response

and WWYD would be a bit more neutral....

the old "MN Jury" idea fulfils two different briefs IMO - might be good to separate them

Yay or nay?

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TheGoat · 06/05/2009 16:37

can we have a 'what would jesus do?' section too?

gizmo · 06/05/2009 16:37

Oh, good thinking, Greensneeze.

Yay.

bigchris · 06/05/2009 16:38

good idea
I would definitely use it

GrimmaTheNome · 06/05/2009 16:40

yes - presumably intended to include WWYHD ie What Would You Have Done for when we've already bolloxed the person in the M&T parking space or whatever.

myredcardigan · 06/05/2009 16:42

I don't know really. WWYD is a very broad question and fits easily into the other topics. So WWYD about this situation with teacher, WWYD about DH coming home pissed etc.

Having said that, maybe if people justwant quick jury like answers then yeah, a separate topic fits but usually when these posts appear in 'parenting' or 'relationships' then they get a lot of responses anyway.

I think everyone knows what they're getting into on AIBU. Lets face it, even if you posted 'AIBU to be pissed of at DH for shagging my sister in my bed!'You'd still get people posting,'well I think you're being too hard on him!'

eatseverything · 06/05/2009 16:42

[snort] at "What would Jesus do?".

myredcardigan · 06/05/2009 16:43

pissed off

mollyroger · 06/05/2009 16:45

Think it's a little too similar to AIBU.

Snorts at WWJD

cornsilk · 06/05/2009 16:47

WWJD could be easily misinterpreted as what would Jordan do, which might skew things a bit really.

TheGoat · 06/05/2009 16:48

am loving the idea of what would jordon do?

Pepa · 06/05/2009 16:48

like the wwyd idea - AIBU is a scary (but fun) place!!

MerlinsBeard · 06/05/2009 16:56

To replace AIBU then yes but otherwise no...we don't need a diff topic for everything

MerlinsBeard · 06/05/2009 16:57

jordan would go to OK magazine about it

WowOoo · 06/05/2009 16:58

No, I wouldn't.
I would put it in relationships/good housekeeping/chat wherever.

snigger · 06/05/2009 16:59

Just have two strands :

Tea & Sympathy and Popcorn.

mollyroger · 06/05/2009 16:59

someone once told me they had a What Would Madonna Do mode, which the employed when they needed more inner confidence.

WWJD would be more limiting, I imagine. But only marginally so....

snigger · 06/05/2009 17:01

I'd love to see the WWJD topic, but it'd get a bit dull when every thread ends two lines in with "Turn the other cheek".

overweightnoverdrawn · 06/05/2009 17:22

but he would drink alot of wine lol

RumourOfAHurricane · 06/05/2009 17:28

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pointydog · 06/05/2009 17:37

WWYD and AIBU, I take it?

Yes, I;d go on both

Greensneeze · 06/05/2009 17:42

yes, both - in the hope that WWYD would be a bit less confrontational

AIBU invites a yes/no response IMO

and YABU has become one of the most terrifying four-letter conbinations in the language

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HelenMumsnet · 06/05/2009 18:06

Oops, we forgot to come back to you about this, didn't we?

Sorry

Can we have an extension till tomorrow morning, please?

FigmentOfYourImagination · 06/05/2009 18:07

No i wouldn't use it

pointydog · 06/05/2009 18:14

only real people can reply

Greensneeze · 06/05/2009 18:15

it looks like a bit of a lead balloon anyway Helen

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