Reddit thread about us

[EternalLodga]

https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1m9hulw/should_we_be_reporting_mumsnet_to_ofcom_for/

This.

Mrs Thatcher famously said that if a person finds themselves on reddit past the age of 26, they can consider themselves a failure.

Now that isn't true. But a lot of redditors think it is.

Yes, the transgender UK one gives the impression of being a place to share news and discuss that news but no discussion is allowed really.

I don't know what telegram is but that's so funny that they screenshot posts. They've been trying for years to get Mumsnet taken down (or at least silence FWR). Props to Justine for not letting it happen. I think I might subscribe to premium to say thanks.

I expect the real problem the sweaty-palmed Redditers have is that on Mumsnet women have teamed up with women. With the result that the women of Mumsnet are being more effective than they are, and are refusing to be their service humans.

Fun fact- Miriam Margoyles (the gardening teacher in Harry Potter) also said it was "sad" for 40-something year olds to still be obsessed with a children's book series written 20+ years ago.

I also have a feeling people here don't like Reddit just because it won't stand for any transphobia (the r/gendercritical sub got the chop a while back, and the rules don't allow new subs set up to take the place of already banned subs). Would I be correct?

Could I also ask what actual purpose it serves to keep posting on here what reddit users post on trans support subs? I don't see any purpose other than malice IMHO.

I also have a feeling people here don't like Reddit just because it won't stand for any transphobia because it's an echo chamber against reality where no even mildly questioning views are allowed but they believe mumsnet is an echo chamber because they don't understand the concept of irony

fixed that for you Chris

I know what Miriam Margoyles means, I do a bit of an eye-roll at grown-ups only reading children's books - nothing wrong with reading children's books as well as grown-up ones, of course.

That said, I didn't perform in a film based on one of those children's books written 20+ years ago, so there's a touch of biting the hand that feeds you going on there with MM

I have never read a single word of a Harry Potter book, so my admiration for JKR is entirely based on her words and actions in support of women's rights, and her philanthropy.

She's also a highly successful author of children's books - and I believe grown-up ones as well but I haven't read any of them either - so good for her, but that's not why I admire her so much.

I don’t use Reddit. MN takes up enough of my time already. But I am intrigued by the idea of “polite hatred”. I don’t hate anyone - I don’t have the inclination or the emotional bandwidth - but if I did, I’d be polite about it.

I don't see any purpose other than malice IMHO.

Because hyperbole to that level is quite funny? We get a lot of crap from the TRAs and sometimes it's good just to laugh at the absurdity of their Reddit claims.

The world and other people exist outside the narrative TRAs project on to them, and saying "no" to someone who really really wants something that is not good for them or for society to get is not in fact hate, even if they feel it is.

And amazing though it may be to some, a celebrity's opinion on something I think doesn't sway my values or beliefs unless it's backed up by convincing arguments. Indeed I find it quite weird that some people apparently do place more weight on someone's opinion simply because they see them on TV a bit.

Reddit is a huge site with plenty of entirely reasonable people talking to each other as well. Like so much in life, the further you get from topics that carry social (including anti-social) cachet or opportunities to virtue signal, attack others or self aggrandise, the better the people typically are.

Where the dull folks are, that's where you find the best of humanity.

I deleted Reddit when they expelled the r/GC subreddit. Wasn't that the work of Aimee Challenor before he , in turn , got the chop?

But sometimes I'm directed there when I Google something random eg plumbing or mattresses. Havent bothered with it otherwise. What I like about MN is it's genuinely a broad church.

I read the first 5 iirc - to my children @MarieDeGournay . A bit over written after the third imo. But who's who going to tell her? Pretty damn good plotting though. And the films are faithful to the books.

@Christinapple I think it's quite ironic that you say that on a thread which is only in existence because someone on Reddit made a post talking about Mumsnet. Nothing about us without us!! That's how it goes, right? As Reddit is such an echo chamber none of us can post on there directly, here we are, discussing you discussing us.

Hahahahahahaha!

Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough.

I agree with this.

Reddit is fantastic for TTC and pregnancy loss subforums (which is why I originally started posting on there). That led me to join a baby bumpers group when I was pregnant with my first, a relationship which lasted almost 4 years, migrating to Facebook and later WhatsApp, before I got kicked out for saying I didn't agree that JK Rowling is a Nazi.

I don't bother posting anymore but I sometimes browse for advice about boring niche subjects such as piano technique and propagating flowers from cuttings.

I was always under the impression that it was more the TRA scene who were obsessed with Harry Potter? I enjoyed it hugely as a child, loved being able to read it to my children but that is the extent of it.

In my baby bumpers group there was a subgroup of Potterheads. About 20 American women in their 30s, all with babies born in the same month, who had a WhatsApp group dedicated to discussing Harry Potter (mainly about what Harry Potter merchandise they had recently purchased and what Harry Potter themed costumes they were dressing their children in, and otherwise just sharing Harry Potter memes) who by common consent do not discuss or acknowledge JK Rowling the hateful bigot because they don't see why they can't separate the art from the artist.

Completely fucking mental.

Grow up.

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Oh, dear. Poor things. Never mind.

Where the dull folks are, that's where you find the best of humanity.

I think this is true, but it sums up what a tragedy Reddit is. A lot of people on there are the sort who I think would, in the past, have happily pottered around on allotments or with love and dedication crafted model railway sets, ie, happily living their lives in ways that others might describe as dull.

Instead they are now on Reddit, obsessing about the latest cultural issue from the United States.

The founder of Kiwi Farms was invited on by Justine to do a webchat, by popular request. He was asked his favourite biscuit but refused to answer. He questioned the existence of Viennese whirls, Jammy Dodgers and pink wafers and a result was hounded off the site by MNers. He was so scarred by the experience you can no longer access KF from the UK without a VPN.

Sounds about right. I think Josh has a soft spot for MN

There's definitely something bizarre going on with these trans blokes on twitter.
They are obsessed with censoring real womens thoughts and opinions.
These men reek of misogyny

Even they notice we’re the polite ones. Do they notice they’re the ones frothing at the mouths?