Hallelujah. I have found my people.
I CANNOT stand MN. I used to rage-read but find myself unable to even do that now.
They are:
- As mentioned, obsessed with class. And their stupid use of the words 'naice' and 'vair' to go along with their class talk. And all the little hallmarks of class that they love to throw in too - the old Barbour jackets and the beat-up Land Rover and the muddy wellingtons and their 'very rural' home and their chocolate Labs.
- Misandrists. Everything is a man's fault. Everything! I can write a dissertation on this one.
- Hypocrites. It's family money when earned/inherited by the husband but the woman's money when earned or inherited by her.
- Mum shaming. They always shame other women but they think they're so subtle in doing so. Sugar, fruits, baby formula, screentime, sleep schedules, etc etc...they're all sticks to beat other mums with for their horrific parenting.
- Stupid terms like 'ducks in a row' or 'picky bits' (WTAF?) words like 'chocs' and 'jammies'. Give me strength
- LTB. This is an actual serious one. I can't imagine how many impressionable and emotional women looking for advice or a listening ear at a low point, may have been encouraged and pushed into breaking up with their spouse or partner over some minor infraction or non-issue. If a man has a good female friend, it's an emotional affair. If he spends some money on a hobby, it's financial abuse. If he goes to the pub, he's a deadweight and useless father. If he gets annoyed, he's an abusive narcissist. If he watches porn, he's a misogynistic pervert who wants to harm all women. This is genuinely destructive and malicious behaviour that most of the MN posters would not apply to their own lives but live for the drama of witnessing it in other people's lives.
- Forever inconvenienced by their in-laws and elderly parents. As someone from a South Asian/ West Indian background, I find their attitudes really insensitive.
- Fantasists. I have a professional, average-paid job and I can't find the time to devote 2 hours daily to MN so how, pray tell, can the 100k earners devote upwards of 6 hours daily to arguing on a keyboard? What high-flying job would allow that much free time on a regular basis?
There's so much more but I'll stop now. It's just nice to know I am not the only one who wants to break something when they venture on there.
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I don’t know that much detail, I want to be invited to a safari supper though. No teenagers, they have grown up, escaped and run free from light up sheep.
