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As I see it, being someone who never got involved in the cross posts which kicked it all off (I think I was having a bad week at work at the time!)...
There were a number of posters who ‘discovered’ mumsnet and found a number of topics which were ‘interesting’ on a sexual topic, and other topics where there were the dregs of the female gene pool posting utter carp about men and cars. As a result there were a number of people who joined mumsnet and commented – there were also a few “Shall I post this up” type comments made here and others were egged on. A number of mumsneters joined here and commented and so it evolved over about 12-18 hours.
Then the people in charge of Mumsnet got their knickers in a twist as they found that there are a lot of very bright and sharp people on here who were tearing in to a number of topics and posts where people were saying some very misguided and ill-informed drivel. There were also a few minor trolls from people over here and vice versa.
The problem came when Mumsnet decided to pull the ‘I’m bigger than you’ card. The Mumsnet powers that be couldn’t handle the situation themselves and so basically got in contact with PH Towers wailing and moaning about how wrong and unfair it was of this minority interest site to attack such a bastion of truth, honesty and decency as their site and that it should be stopped. Oh and by the way we have the ear of a lot of very important people. I am not sure quite how blatant it was but I understand that there was a very clear inference as to what their next move would be and that it wouldn’t be good for Haymarket.
Therefore the Mumsneters who were as guilty as anyone from this site of what occurred were let off scot free and PH was left in a position where those in authority get twitchy rings every time they see the site’s name mentioned.
All very sad, but then what do you expect from people like those in charge at mumsnet who seem to think that because they run a website for mothers they can push their own personal political agendas, often based on poor and inaccurate information, and pass them off as the views of their X,ooo strong membership. But of course their website is at pains to point out that they don’t have a political agenda, just before it lists their political campaigns...
There were a number of posters who ‘discovered’ mumsnet and found a number of topics which were ‘interesting’ on a sexual topic, and other topics where there were the dregs of the female gene pool posting utter carp about men and cars. As a result there were a number of people who joined mumsnet and commented – there were also a few “Shall I post this up” type comments made here and others were egged on. A number of mumsneters joined here and commented and so it evolved over about 12-18 hours.
Then the people in charge of Mumsnet got their knickers in a twist as they found that there are a lot of very bright and sharp people on here who were tearing in to a number of topics and posts where people were saying some very misguided and ill-informed drivel. There were also a few minor trolls from people over here and vice versa.
The problem came when Mumsnet decided to pull the ‘I’m bigger than you’ card. The Mumsnet powers that be couldn’t handle the situation themselves and so basically got in contact with PH Towers wailing and moaning about how wrong and unfair it was of this minority interest site to attack such a bastion of truth, honesty and decency as their site and that it should be stopped. Oh and by the way we have the ear of a lot of very important people. I am not sure quite how blatant it was but I understand that there was a very clear inference as to what their next move would be and that it wouldn’t be good for Haymarket.
Therefore the Mumsneters who were as guilty as anyone from this site of what occurred were let off scot free and PH was left in a position where those in authority get twitchy rings every time they see the site’s name mentioned.
All very sad, but then what do you expect from people like those in charge at mumsnet who seem to think that because they run a website for mothers they can push their own personal political agendas, often based on poor and inaccurate information, and pass them off as the views of their X,ooo strong membership. But of course their website is at pains to point out that they don’t have a political agenda, just before it lists their political campaigns...
hora said:
I can't find the thread on pistonheads but heres what happened to me once..
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/the-mooncu...
Lol!!http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/the-mooncu...
Well well well, I thought i'd seen it all. Then I googled mooncup 
Mumsnet: A place for the mental to congregate and share their thoughts. Be very afraid.
Default thread:
"My DH just raised his voice at me because I drove into a shopping trolley"
"Call the police and get out now, have you got somewhere you can go? If not change the locks asap"
"It's just the beginning, next time he will beat/bum rape/kill you"
"It's your house, why should you have to leave"
"Be brave, think about your kids or they could end up being that shopping trolley"
etc etc
Mumsnet: A place for the mental to congregate and share their thoughts. Be very afraid.
Default thread:
"My DH just raised his voice at me because I drove into a shopping trolley"
"Call the police and get out now, have you got somewhere you can go? If not change the locks asap"
"It's just the beginning, next time he will beat/bum rape/kill you"
"It's your house, why should you have to leave"
"Be brave, think about your kids or they could end up being that shopping trolley"
etc etc
I have a look at mumsnet every so often out of morbid curiosity. I always end up in a state of disbelief mixed with mild infuriation. A lot of the people on there really do seem to live on a very different plane of reality to the one I do. I think the only place you'll find posts more mind meltingly ridiculous are the user comments on Youtube.
jj333 said:
Well well well, I thought i'd seen it all. Then I googled mooncup
Mumsnet: A place for the mental to congregate and share their thoughts. Be very afraid.
Default thread:
"My DH just raised his voice at me because I drove into a shopping trolley"
"Call the police and get out now, have you got somewhere you can go? If not change the locks asap"
"It's just the beginning, next time he will beat/bum rape/kill you"
"It's your house, why should you have to leave"
"Be brave, think about your kids or they could end up being that shopping trolley"
etc etc
Mumsnet: A place for the mental to congregate and share their thoughts. Be very afraid.
Default thread:
"My DH just raised his voice at me because I drove into a shopping trolley"
"Call the police and get out now, have you got somewhere you can go? If not change the locks asap"
"It's just the beginning, next time he will beat/bum rape/kill you"
"It's your house, why should you have to leave"
"Be brave, think about your kids or they could end up being that shopping trolley"
etc etc
That sounds very like a Disney forum called The DIBB which is a forum for people who love to holiday in Florida and go to the parks. Now its a good site if you want to get some info before your trip, but dont go to the 'Chat & News' section if you wanted to ask a real world question.
There was a recent thread whereby a woman who's dog had passed away was so upset that even two weeks after she was posting about it and how she couldnt cope and how she had been screaming at the top of her voice in emotional pain!! Mental!!
Rude-boy said:
As I see it, being someone who never got involved in the cross posts which kicked it all off (I think I was having a bad week at work at the time!)...
There were a number of posters who ‘discovered’ mumsnet and found a number of topics which were ‘interesting’ on a sexual topic, and other topics where there were the dregs of the female gene pool posting utter carp about men and cars. As a result there were a number of people who joined mumsnet and commented – there were also a few “Shall I post this up†type comments made here and others were egged on. A number of mumsneters joined here and commented and so it evolved over about 12-18 hours.
Then the people in charge of Mumsnet got their knickers in a twist as they found that there are a lot of very bright and sharp people on here who were tearing in to a number of topics and posts where people were saying some very misguided and ill-informed drivel. There were also a few minor trolls from people over here and vice versa.
The problem came when Mumsnet decided to pull the ‘I’m bigger than you’ card. The Mumsnet powers that be couldn’t handle the situation themselves and so basically got in contact with PH Towers wailing and moaning about how wrong and unfair it was of this minority interest site to attack such a bastion of truth, honesty and decency as their site and that it should be stopped. Oh and by the way we have the ear of a lot of very important people. I am not sure quite how blatant it was but I understand that there was a very clear inference as to what their next move would be and that it wouldn’t be good for Haymarket.
Therefore the Mumsneters who were as guilty as anyone from this site of what occurred were let off scot free and PH was left in a position where those in authority get twitchy rings every time they see the site’s name mentioned.
All very sad, but then what do you expect from people like those in charge at mumsnet who seem to think that because they run a website for mothers they can push their own personal political agendas, often based on poor and inaccurate information, and pass them off as the views of their X,ooo strong membership. But of course their website is at pains to point out that they don’t have a political agenda, just before it lists their political campaigns...
This^^^There were a number of posters who ‘discovered’ mumsnet and found a number of topics which were ‘interesting’ on a sexual topic, and other topics where there were the dregs of the female gene pool posting utter carp about men and cars. As a result there were a number of people who joined mumsnet and commented – there were also a few “Shall I post this up†type comments made here and others were egged on. A number of mumsneters joined here and commented and so it evolved over about 12-18 hours.
Then the people in charge of Mumsnet got their knickers in a twist as they found that there are a lot of very bright and sharp people on here who were tearing in to a number of topics and posts where people were saying some very misguided and ill-informed drivel. There were also a few minor trolls from people over here and vice versa.
The problem came when Mumsnet decided to pull the ‘I’m bigger than you’ card. The Mumsnet powers that be couldn’t handle the situation themselves and so basically got in contact with PH Towers wailing and moaning about how wrong and unfair it was of this minority interest site to attack such a bastion of truth, honesty and decency as their site and that it should be stopped. Oh and by the way we have the ear of a lot of very important people. I am not sure quite how blatant it was but I understand that there was a very clear inference as to what their next move would be and that it wouldn’t be good for Haymarket.
Therefore the Mumsneters who were as guilty as anyone from this site of what occurred were let off scot free and PH was left in a position where those in authority get twitchy rings every time they see the site’s name mentioned.
All very sad, but then what do you expect from people like those in charge at mumsnet who seem to think that because they run a website for mothers they can push their own personal political agendas, often based on poor and inaccurate information, and pass them off as the views of their X,ooo strong membership. But of course their website is at pains to point out that they don’t have a political agenda, just before it lists their political campaigns...
PH towers got the full "mental" that day.
I'm an avid reader of the feminism forum as the best comedy writers in the world couldn't come up with half the stuff in there. For example...
mental said:
I supervise my DC's TV viewing quite carefully because I worry about media portrayal of women and the way in which society is presented in general. I hate advertising so we tend to stick to CBeebies/CBBC/laptop. I turned on CBBC this morning, thinking state-subsidised broadcaster, high ethical standards, etc. So imagine my horror when their Young Dracula programme was introduced with the presenter promising "not to scream like a girl"
Have just emailed a complaint.
Have just emailed a complaint.
Rawwr said:
I'm an avid reader of the feminism forum as the best comedy writers in the world couldn't come up with half the stuff in there. For example...
mental said:
I supervise my DC's TV viewing quite carefully because I worry about media portrayal of women and the way in which society is presented in general. I hate advertising so we tend to stick to CBeebies/CBBC/laptop. I turned on CBBC this morning, thinking state-subsidised broadcaster, high ethical standards, etc. So imagine my horror when their Young Dracula programme was introduced with the presenter promising "not to scream like a girl"
Have just emailed a complaint.
Have just emailed a complaint.
barking.
On the odd occasion I that I get an earbashing from Mrs Pints for the time I spend on here, I suggest she joins Mumsnet and shares her concerns with them.
Over her dead body, she claims, will she be associated with that bunch of sad, hormonal, and very angry women who give all mothers a bad name.
She's a keeper.
Over her dead body, she claims, will she be associated with that bunch of sad, hormonal, and very angry women who give all mothers a bad name.
She's a keeper.
ascayman said:
Rawwr said:
I'm an avid reader of the feminism forum as the best comedy writers in the world couldn't come up with half the stuff in there. For example...
mental said:
I supervise my DC's TV viewing quite carefully because I worry about media portrayal of women and the way in which society is presented in general. I hate advertising so we tend to stick to CBeebies/CBBC/laptop. I turned on CBBC this morning, thinking state-subsidised broadcaster, high ethical standards, etc. So imagine my horror when their Young Dracula programme was introduced with the presenter promising "not to scream like a girl"
Have just emailed a complaint.
Have just emailed a complaint.
barking.
.Rude-boy said:
Oh and by the way we have the ear of a lot of very important people. I am not sure quite how blatant it was but I understand that there was a very clear inference as to what their next move would be and that it wouldn’t be good for Haymarket.
So basically PH Powers that be caved in to a bunch of either:a) bullies?
or
b) bullies?
I wonder what Mumsnet think if their little Tarquin, Jeremy or Shahnice gets bullied?
Comedy Gold
AIBU (Am I being unreasonable) to have just realised that I have been sexual assaulted many times
"I had extremely large breasts as a young teen. I was a 30DD at 13 and my size 8 hour glass figure was very popular with the boys.
At 19 I had my breasts reduced on the NHS because my head was f
ked.
It is only with many years of hindsight (I am 36) thanks to Mumsnet and a recently developed feminist perspective that I realise that all the 'incidents' that happened to me were sexual assaults/grooming and not my fault.
I have fb'd one of the cu--nts--lprits tonight"
AIBU (Am I being unreasonable) to have just realised that I have been sexual assaulted many times
"I had extremely large breasts as a young teen. I was a 30DD at 13 and my size 8 hour glass figure was very popular with the boys.
At 19 I had my breasts reduced on the NHS because my head was f
ked.It is only with many years of hindsight (I am 36) thanks to Mumsnet and a recently developed feminist perspective that I realise that all the 'incidents' that happened to me were sexual assaults/grooming and not my fault.
I have fb'd one of the cu--nts--lprits tonight"
hora said:
kelk said:
So basically PH Powers that be caved in to a bunch of either:
a) bullies?
or
b) bullies?
I wonder what Mumsnet think if their little Tarquin, Jeremy or Shahnice gets bullied?
TBH hormonal women are best placatated.a) bullies?
or
b) bullies?
I wonder what Mumsnet think if their little Tarquin, Jeremy or Shahnice gets bullied?
I still remember mrshora (8 months pregnant and constantly angry) phoning the Police as I wouldn't let the dog back in.
kelk said:
Rude-boy said:
Oh and by the way we have the ear of a lot of very important people. I am not sure quite how blatant it was but I understand that there was a very clear inference as to what their next move would be and that it wouldn’t be good for Haymarket.
So basically PH Powers that be caved in to a bunch of either:a) bullies?
or
b) bullies?
I wonder what Mumsnet think if their little Tarquin, Jeremy or Shahnice gets bullied?
In fact we get on well with the MN team, and I've even been over there for a brew to see how their forums work. All that happened in the past was a late night posting spree on MN spawned by a thread on PH. We acted and stopped the posts being made when it went too far and that was that.
To be fair, they have a lot of media clout these days so good on them for getting on high profile TV like News Night and BBC News.
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