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An observation behaviour online

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magpie123 Tue 28-Apr-15 17:55:41

I have noticed recently (although it has probably been happening for a while) certain posters who vehemently condemn a post or poster then their so called followers join in the tirade as well.

It seems to me like childhood bullying, sad really in my opinion.

I have noticed a few names missing who used to post quite frequently.

rosequartz Thu 30-Apr-15 10:30:24

There is obviously a 'biscuit clique' for those in the know grin

I'm not in it sad

Ana Thu 30-Apr-15 10:39:01

dragon

tbusmile

tbuconfused

Ana Thu 30-Apr-15 10:40:07

and shamrock for good measure!

soontobe Thu 30-Apr-15 10:44:15

rosequartz. You just do the brackets thing as usual, but put in the word biscuit.

[bunny] bunny
shamrock shamrock
[three leaf clover] three leaf clover
dragon dragon

ok, am going to see which works.

soontobe Thu 30-Apr-15 10:45:15

!!
Two out of four!

Soutra Thu 30-Apr-15 10:45:43

This thread has taken too serious a turn for me to cope with
biscuit cupcake brew

Ana Thu 30-Apr-15 10:46:59

daffodil daffodil daffodil

rosesarered Thu 30-Apr-15 11:08:16

Does this mean we can put ANY word in brackets and a pic will pop up?Let's see then, this could be fun.

rosesarered Thu 30-Apr-15 11:10:55

biscuit

Ana Thu 30-Apr-15 11:11:12

No, I think it's got to have been used before on here at some time!
I wonder how long it'll take GNHQ to restore order and possibly confiscate the biscuit?

According to Mumsnet, the biscuit means 'no comment' or 'I don't know what to say'. Couldn't open your link, Elegran.

rosesarered Thu 30-Apr-15 11:11:30

Awww, darn it, only biscuit worked .

Rosannie Thu 30-Apr-15 11:22:56

Well magpie I thought you had opened a can of worms here on this thread but it appears to have turned into a tin of biscuits! sunshine

Elegran Thu 30-Apr-15 11:34:24

There has to be a pic associated with it to display. Maybe the biscuit one is on Mumsnet and that is how it shows up?

ana The link wasn't a link, it was a typo - I put two [[ ]]s around the biscuit instead of one [ ] so it turned into a link instead of a smiley.

annodomini Thu 30-Apr-15 12:13:26

biscuit

annodomini Thu 30-Apr-15 12:13:42

Oh! It worked....

Ana Thu 30-Apr-15 12:17:33

tchsmile tchshock tchgrin

harrigran Thu 30-Apr-15 12:41:47

biscuit well there was a surprise, thought I was an outsider grin

soontobe Thu 30-Apr-15 12:42:29

Ha! They are not gone, just hidden!
I cant remember all the words to put in the brackets though. Never mind.
Do you really remember them all Ana? What a memory.

Ana Thu 30-Apr-15 12:44:56

Can't remember the Halloween ones though!

Nelliemoser Thu 30-Apr-15 13:26:34

Come on please tell me! Where you are getting your symbols from to post on here. How do you do it?

(Or for the pedants) From where are you getting these new symbols to post?
Are they cut and pasted from another icon site?

Nelliemoser Thu 30-Apr-15 13:39:24

Got it! biscuit dragon daffodil shamrock [haloween]

Nelliemoser Thu 30-Apr-15 13:42:56

Whoops posted too soon! I can't remember the "code" for all the more seasonal ones.

rosesarered Thu 30-Apr-15 13:44:27

shamrock dragon daffodil biscuit that's all I could do.sad

Ana Thu 30-Apr-15 13:45:09

tcrsmile

Ana Thu 30-Apr-15 13:45:55

(found that by accident!)