Exactly this. I've just realised I'm autistic and have ADHD too, I've only just realised the impact they have on my life. And although there are some upsides, when I look back at my life: the negativity, the trauma, the Anxiety and the distress I've experienced due to being Neurodiverse, I can't joke about my because of this. I certainly can't talk about my "Autistic Superpower" whilst constantly getting facts wrong.
Jack Monroe #300 Fauxcialist
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Thank you!I’ve found a post with a link to it, from dear heart @Nottonightbabe
It looks like the website hosting the video is having a chaos at the moment thoughHopefully it will be back soon.
Jack Monroe #142 Honorary Unt
So I am assuming ig viewers either aren’t up to date or don’t show everything? Also is advices a word? 🤔tattle.life
And, Ah, bollocks!
If she goes to Paris on the 28th I will actually have the aneurysm
That will be the epitome of glory hunting.
Oh no squigg…. She won’t like to see this!
That will be the epitome of glory hunting.
Oh no squigg…. She won’t like to see this!
Looool what? Like the British armed forces are a marvel franchise, could anyone even name a “war hero” (problematic term) much less a local one? Who was he proposing, himself?
hero worship doesn’t feel very Christian either?!
I just experienced a huge wave of sympathy for Jack's mum.That made me, I can see where Jacksie gets her ideas of the 'big I am' from...!
Back in the mists of time (ok the 90s) I worked in…local government let’s say so as not to 
….anyway I remember an older colleague kindly taking the time to educate me in the way of local community relations and he was describing the phenomenon of the “local hero”. This is a person who aims to be well known and beloved in the community, is often a bit of an eccentric character and a bit of a pain…they do high profile local charity stuff, they’re always writing to the local paper, leading some local campaign against this that or the other (usually housing development), they turn up at council meetings and know every last bit of the proceedings and make a nuisance of themselves…they’re always the community spokesperson getting interviewed on local news…. 9 times out of 10 these people are well motivated and sometimes do a lot of good but oftentimes there is a bit of psychological quirkiness or some kind of narcissism that leads them to push themselves forward…this is the framework through which I understand Jacks background and how she first came to prominence locally (as she did through blogging on local politics).
….anyway I remember an older colleague kindly taking the time to educate me in the way of local community relations and he was describing the phenomenon of the “local hero”. This is a person who aims to be well known and beloved in the community, is often a bit of an eccentric character and a bit of a pain…they do high profile local charity stuff, they’re always writing to the local paper, leading some local campaign against this that or the other (usually housing development), they turn up at council meetings and know every last bit of the proceedings and make a nuisance of themselves…they’re always the community spokesperson getting interviewed on local news…. 9 times out of 10 these people are well motivated and sometimes do a lot of good but oftentimes there is a bit of psychological quirkiness or some kind of narcissism that leads them to push themselves forward…this is the framework through which I understand Jacks background and how she first came to prominence locally (as she did through blogging on local politics).
That’s really interesting. I bet Eve did all the hard graft with the foster kids while he goes out and grabs the medals and attention.Back in the mists of time (ok the 90s) I worked in…local government let’s say so as not to
Hopefully not too OT but reading Laurie Penny’s Autism AMA and seemingly she too had a ‘family member’ hide her childhood diagnosis from her and has to ‘smudge stories’ for privacy reasons 
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Just had a peek at his Facebook. Canny pic of him with Prince Charles there
And her face!That made me
Mmmmm I dunno maybe but Eve does really not seem averse to over sharing about her health and also local issues on SM so I think they are both a bit that way inclined, anyway I’m breaking my own rule about not speculating on the family so I’ll stop doing it now, it’s just the character type that interests me and gives some insight into our smol fearless justice warrior tbh
He wasn't so gauche as to put his name forward but 'Big Dave mbe' was very chest puffy in the way he wrote. He always is, his writing style is very similar to Jack's. He puts things like 'speaking as an ex paratrooper who served in the Falklands conflict and has served my local community ever since....'Looool what? Like the British armed forces are a marvel franchise, could anyone even name a “war hero” (problematic term) much less a local one? Who was he proposing, himself?
None of it is hidden or private and all of it is very gloating.
I wish I'd found Tattle earlier - I spent a lot of lockdown on MN because there was nothing else to do and duck me, they were so nasty about anyone daring to find forced isolation hard. Getting to experience all the chaoses live would have been a much more enjoyable use of the time.
I haven't been paying attention to Jack for long enough to know if she's getting worse but if so I don't know that it's necessarily a sign of getting more cocky, maybe the opposite. I mean, if any of us normal Fraus (signoras?
) discovered that random strangers had written literally hundreds of thousands of forum posts about how cringey and awful we were, we'd presumably be mortified and maybe scared away from the internet forever, but also take it as a sign that we were getting something seriously wrong and needed to re-evaluate our lives. (To be honest I'd be concerned if I found even two or three people criticising my posts here on another site, but I guess if you're minorly internet famous the bar is higher.) But narcissists don't do well with self-reflection and making changes, so perhaps for her the only possible response to increased scepticism is trying harder to deflect it - like, "oh no they're doubting me, time to write five long rants about how me and SB once had to survive on half a liquefied lettuce each to prove I'm a real pov", not understanding that this is only making things worse because it's her own behaviour that's causing the problem and not other people's response to it.
She might not even realise she's doing it. Someone on a previous thread said that in her own mind she probably does think she's doing tireless work for the poors, the VBI really will be made when she's less BUSY and so on. I think that's likely, especially if she really does have ADHD. I don't think she's the sort of grifter who wakes up and thinks "how can I scam the squigs today?", more likely she starts out with the genuine intention to do things and then procrastinates for months or years and they don't happen. (Not that this is acceptable either when you're supposedly a professional and taking people's money.) And I think perhaps the lies are the same - after ten years of repeating similar things dozens of times a day, it would almost be more surprising if she hadn't convinced herself that her constructed narrative was mostly true. She probably knows that not everything she says is totally accurate, but I'd be entirely unsurprised if in her own mind she's just exaggerating slightly like we all do sometimes, and isn't even consciously aware of just how far she's strayed from reality. Never mind understanding how ridiculously unbelievable it all looks from the outside.
I haven't been paying attention to Jack for long enough to know if she's getting worse but if so I don't know that it's necessarily a sign of getting more cocky, maybe the opposite. I mean, if any of us normal Fraus (signoras?
) discovered that random strangers had written literally hundreds of thousands of forum posts about how cringey and awful we were, we'd presumably be mortified and maybe scared away from the internet forever, but also take it as a sign that we were getting something seriously wrong and needed to re-evaluate our lives. (To be honest I'd be concerned if I found even two or three people criticising my posts here on another site, but I guess if you're minorly internet famous the bar is higher.) But narcissists don't do well with self-reflection and making changes, so perhaps for her the only possible response to increased scepticism is trying harder to deflect it - like, "oh no they're doubting me, time to write five long rants about how me and SB once had to survive on half a liquefied lettuce each to prove I'm a real pov", not understanding that this is only making things worse because it's her own behaviour that's causing the problem and not other people's response to it.She might not even realise she's doing it. Someone on a previous thread said that in her own mind she probably does think she's doing tireless work for the poors, the VBI really will be made when she's less BUSY and so on. I think that's likely, especially if she really does have ADHD. I don't think she's the sort of grifter who wakes up and thinks "how can I scam the squigs today?", more likely she starts out with the genuine intention to do things and then procrastinates for months or years and they don't happen. (Not that this is acceptable either when you're supposedly a professional and taking people's money.) And I think perhaps the lies are the same - after ten years of repeating similar things dozens of times a day, it would almost be more surprising if she hadn't convinced herself that her constructed narrative was mostly true. She probably knows that not everything she says is totally accurate, but I'd be entirely unsurprised if in her own mind she's just exaggerating slightly like we all do sometimes, and isn't even consciously aware of just how far she's strayed from reality. Never mind understanding how ridiculously unbelievable it all looks from the outside.
I know nothing of this person, other than the fact she was the one who kicked off the Hopkins libel case, wasn't she? Because KH got her and Jack confusedHopefully not too OT but reading Laurie Penny’s Autism AMA and seemingly she too had a ‘family member’ hide her childhood diagnosis from her and has to ‘smudge stories’ for privacy reasons
Yes, and given we know she reads here, she knows full well that her parents’ Facebook pages are wide open. It’s bizarre that she doesn’t advise them to go private, or that they don’t mind??
Yup, that's right. Also claimed to have CPTSD triggered by some recent less-than-kind book reviews. You can kind of see how KH got a bit mixed up.I know nothing of this person, other than the fact she was the one who kicked off the Hopkins libel case, wasn't she? Because KH got her and Jack confused
Like some crazy maverick mofo, I'm back from doing the shopping where the sole purpose was browsing the ice cream aisle and now I've got a whole hour to myself before I need to be BUSY. I've decided to have half a mint Vienetta and settle down with #thread 31. I've bought Mrs ST a Solero as it seemed appropriate and Frank's got a Judes (dog friendly) gelato ice cream.
#beautiful.
#beautiful.
We really need a ‘what the duck’ emoji response. Laughter doesn’t cover it. Shock doesn’t cover it. There needs to be a face for when you just don’t know what to do with the information found on these threads.
Happy 300th to us all! I started following Jack years ago, I remember one of the first things that struck me as a bit off was when she lost a Pandora necklace that was absolutely packed with charms and was asking for help to track it down, saying she’d had it for years. I remember thinking ‘wouldn’t you sell your Pandora charms rather than your lightbulbs?’ 
she used to get right on my nerves but I didn’t discover you guys until the infamous Sali Hughes ‘thing’. When I realised I wasn’t alone in being sceptical about Jack I breathed a sigh of relief. I’ve had a couple of breaks (from her & here) when I’ve had stuff going on with my MH but you guys are a constant source of pleasure 
she used to get right on my nerves but I didn’t discover you guys until the infamous Sali Hughes ‘thing’. When I realised I wasn’t alone in being sceptical about Jack I breathed a sigh of relief. I’ve had a couple of breaks (from her & here) when I’ve had stuff going on with my MH but you guys are a constant source of pleasure He bigs up all his other kids too. There was the infamous public letter he wrote to the headmaster of the eldest sons school. He was calling for him to join some sort of alumni thing because he had some medals from the RAF. I mean I can understand being proud of your son but to be in your 30s and your dad writes to your old school to request they engrave your name onto some plaque? I'd die of the cringe.
He also has posted things about the younger daughter, iirc it was the local paper FB but memory hazy. She'd won some sort of challenge at school and Big D wanted it recognised.
I've never seen him write anything about Jack though.
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