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[Ladyfat]

Thought some of you may find this amusing:

Did they really come up with FART? what idiots. I do quite like Mumchan though, that pretty much sums me up.

LOL at anti-vaxxers and LOL at young parents. I joined MN when I started trying to conceive in my early thirties, back before even penis beaker, hardly young.

I think anti-vaxxers and trans advocates have much in common.

Unfounded, unscientific and do enormous damage to the young.

Both groups live in their self reinforcing silos and reject any debate on their fundamentalist belief systems.

What is mumchan?

It's nothing yet, though I might start it 😁

Its a made up phrase that someone on twitter who does not approve of us made up, based on the internet image message boards 4chan and 8chan which have a reputatuon for anarchic/dodgy/hacker/robustetc discussions. But that's fine with the TRAs as they were invented by and are largely populated by men, a la Kiwi Farms

I remember a wokey blokey on my FB gleefully dancing around 'hahaha we can call them FARTs!' looonnnng before McKinnon came out with it. Think it's been doing the rounds in incel circles for some time.

I'm pretty sure they appropriated it (a different acronym) from feminists. It didn't catch on as well with women as it did with puerile males.

What is the "d" word in the name? Doof? Daemlich? Dumm?

"... und die AfD sind Nazis" so at least there's that. I'm not up on all the abbreviations, i know TERF but what's FART?

Boom25 It could catch on!

Calling other people "farts" makes you look like an immature, developmentally stunted idiot.
I hope more of them use it.

a fabric with a small print of repeating viper nests

You could make fabulous MN naice scarves out of that!

I so want FWR to have a flag (and possibly a coat of arms too) but I'm scared that instead of vipers/gin/PomBears/fishfingers/retro orange Tupperware on it, it'll be a big ruddy bowl of the notorious WBH...

I've had a go at designing the flag but can't seem to upload it. I did it in word and PowerPoint but MN seems to want a photo. Any suggestions?
I'm not an IT expert as you might have guessed.

Yeah I've seen a few trying to make FART happen (sorry not sorry).
Most guys will have the odd chuckle but in my experience (mother of 2 sons) fart jokes reach peak hilarity at around 8 years old.

Arrested development anyone?

The nest of vipers flag, first attempt!

As I remember, (Lurker since 2002, Member since 2005), MN started as a site for parents of young children, not for young parents.

And we are not a "self described nest of vipers". We were described as such by a journalist from The Spectator or somewhere like that. We have revelled in that description ever since.

If “TERF” is not a slur, as they claim, how come they try to find an offensive acronym to replace it?

They know it is and dont care?

However the actual words 'woman' 'man' and 'trans' are so dangerous they can literally erase whole swathes of the population. Fact.

Calling other people "farts" makes you look like an immature, developmentally stunted idiot.

I don’t see the term catching on with The Guardian, Telegraph, Times...

Hmm. His tweet is likely to be counterproductive - people reading it are just as likely to be curious as to avoid. And we all know what happens then. They read and are peaked.

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I had to Google but it was worth it

As for FARTS they always make me laugh with that one.

Very special blue haired person no. 1 " Fuck those evil T*RFS, hope they all die in a grease fire"

Very special blue haired person no. 2 " I prefer to call them FARTS"

Very special blue haired persons persons together " ha ha ha ha"

You see it all the time. It's like a little call and response, bless them.
I honestly think it's hilarious that they think anyone would ever be genuinely offended by being called a FART especially given they are getting called that because they understand biological sex.

Oh no, they called me a FART, oh heaven's, what shall I do. Snort.

Arrested development anyone?

That cohort is fairly well represented in the TRA/TRA ally population.

Of course us mums with our baby brains should not be allowed to talk about anything except teething, breastfeeding and knitting patterns.

Shut up women, know your place.

You can’t say breastfeeding . Triggering .

"Teething" is also upsetting for people who have lost their teeth.

And knitting . What about those with wool allergies or no hands?

Women just shouldn't speak.

I love the idea that their generic mum-bot idea would be offended by bring called a fart. My 7 yo is at peak toilet talk so being called a fart barely raises an eyebrow here. In case we needed evidence that not to much mum-ing is being done by the brave and stunning.