Why are some people so flipping cross?

Now now MawBroon!!

Looks as though that comment came from Soop's Kitchen - no idea whereabouts. Must have been some trawling going on...

Maybe it was Durhamjen's own opinion. Absence of links though, makes me wonder....

kitty started the thread as light relief.
Posters are increasingly getting stiff necked about everything under the sun.

The comment you write dj ....where did that come from, certainly not this thread.

dj, if you read my OP, I wasn't actually having a go at anyone at all and I think you would be really hard put to say that it was aimed at anyone at all. In fact, it was a reflection of how a lot of people seem to be at the moment in RL and on GN.

But, Rigby's comments (or insults) prove that some people do seem to always be cross.

And, I was taking the piss out of myself by signing it Polyanna - it's called irony (possibly!) because I know that I can be irritatingly upbeat. Or as my mother put it 'You are too bloody cheerful to be true!'

It's light relief criticising people, is it, roses?

"Welcome on board ... even if I say so myself, our company in the kitchen is well worth having. We leave that lot to hiss, spit and be really nasty to each other. I no longer waste my time reading what they write."

If only you did. Of course, this is said in a nice, pleasant way, isn't it?

This thread is just a bit of light relief dj and goodness knows we need it.

At least one can avoid them if you see what I mean.

Of course you do dj!

Strangely enough, I find the political threads quite safe, much safer than ones like this.

Sorry, missed that. Did someone speak?

Elegran, can't count the number of times I have been criticised on here for not always voting for the same party. Which party do you mean?

And I missed an "n" out of your name.
Mamma Mia!!

Dio Mio, so sorry MB. I'll slap my own wrist! ???????

bellanona you omitted the ??after At the risk of enraging etc etc c
Big harrumph

Some of that should have been in italics:-

. . . this post "Gfery is short for goaderyfuckery, or posting a deliberate attempt to goad someone into reacting aggressively so that you can then attack them for rising to the bait. Not the same thing as feroomery, or starting a fight in an empty room, which is one of the favourite ways for a poster with chronic aggression syndrome to find an outlet by reacting volcanically to a peaceful or "frivolous" post."

Thank you!

Too late! As usual ?

Kitty at 13.23 yesterday Elegran explained it to me on News and Politics "At the risk of enraging present company" thread. Apols to anyone who minds, if I havent quoted the thread title correctly.

kitty Gfery is a term used often on Mumsnet. I answered a question like yours on another thread with this post ^"Gfery is short for goaderyfuckery, or posting a deliberate attempt to goad someone into reacting aggressively so that you can then attack them for rising to the bait. Not the same thing as feroomery, or starting a fight in an empty room, which is one of the favourite ways for a poster with chronic aggression syndrome to find an outlet by reacting volcanically to a peaceful or "frivolous" post.^"

After reading Tricia's post I might replacing "Chronic Aggression Syndrome" ( a made-up term) with "a need to displace their anger at something else"

BTW, I've googled it and still don't know.

Elegran, good post!

Please can you explain 'gfery'. I know not knowing emphasises how thick I am but I would really like to know.

dj "What about when it is directed at groups of people, with no names?" If I wanted to be gfery I could turn the question back to you and ask "Like towards everybody who chooses to vote differently from the speaker/poster?" but that would just start another political-type argument, so ignore it.