Are Gransnetters just vicious online trolls?

I actually think the cut and thrust of online forums is refreshing. Far better than the yucky sentimentalism of some forms of social media. At least people shoot from the hip on here, although it's generally pretty gentle compared to some sites.

I have a friend who writes the sort of stuff in the OP. She puts it all on FB, thinking she's clever and thought-provoking. She's not-she's tedious and self-deluded.

Yes, I did think the comments from the psychologist were rather odd. Perhaps only some of them were quoted?

I don't see that the thread was becoming "all about jings" but it does seem to contain some personal gripes that were sorted out long ago.

No need to make a mountain out of a molehill - anyone who posts often on a public forum, whether a blog, a forum or a chat site, is very lucky if they never meet any criticism, and only get responses congratulating them on their wisdom, insight and universal empathy for the sensitivity to all their readers. Joining Twitter is a salutary experience too.

The psychologists comments were very poor and completely conflated the personal attributes of people with ages ranging across several decades with only one thing in common -that they were female(probably). I suspect that if he is a serious scientist, he's pretty embarrassed to be as quoted out of context as we were.

Maybe yours weren't cholet but several were which does seem Rather sad on a support group.

As said whatever floats your boat there are a hardcore of rather nasty posters on gransnet i think mumsy said they wouldn't be so brave if not anonymous the reasons given by the psychologist in mail were rather good I felt,

It's what we do best roses

Accusations, broadsides, huffs, puffs, and now worms.

Just looked in........whaaat? A surreal thread if ever there was one!

Oh dear, trust someone to think of an up side

Low in carbs, though.....?

But are they high calorie? ( NOT envy!!)

Worms are a high protein food.

Celebgran you are entitled to your opinion and I am not getting into a war of words with you, except to point out that if my posts were against the rules of the site, they would have been removed – as several of your posts were. If you are unhappy about that, it is a matter for you to take up with the moderators.

Apology accepted madamecholet I will admit to be surprised at the broadside when I was not aware of complaining about lighthearted threads.
maggiemaybe seems to have interpreted my comments as such however, tant pis.
I still find this thread is in danger of going round and round in ever decreasing circles until like the jujub bird it flies up its own fundament. Conspiracies? Round robins? Threads about threads? Ganging up? Who on earth is taking online life so seriously? (When there is more than enough to worry about in RL)

How any normal person could joke about happenings in nice is incomprehensible

Totally unsurprised as some ie madamecholet to name but one too tired to think of more seem to enjoy posting nasty put downs whatever floats your boat I guess.

Seem to remember yourself and Katek posting extremely ill informed unecessary posts on the only thread I actually go on which admin had to remind people is a support thread to actually make people feel better not worse

Sorry can't remember other culprits

I read article while away and was as said unsuprised not first mention of then forum in the papers either sadly not in good way.

Apologies, Daphne, I see now you didn’t make the original comment re the events in France. Please don’t go and eat worms – I’m already heading for the norty step!

Meant to add, I have raised no objection to light hearted threads so please don't make me out to be a total killjoy.
Oh s*d it, I'll just go and eat worms or something it has to be less challenging than being shot down in flames at every turn.

Could we have less of an overreaction please?
All I said was, I thought this thread was about something entirely different.
I thought the reference to "sackcloth and ashes" was OTT but maybe I should retract that and just leave those who want to talk about threads/cliques/conspiracies or whatever to it.

A few days of lost tourism is not going to cripple Nice, it is a very expensive place to stay. All the Oligarchs on their yachts will still be moored and spending money like water. Tourists need to fly into Nice airport to reach certain parts of Provence too.

Hear, hear!

Daphne I certainly didn’t intend to be disrespectful to the victims of the terrible attack by posting lighthearted comments on this thread and I am sorry if that is how it appeared to you. Nothing we say on here will make the slightest different to the unimaginable hurt which must be felt by the victims and their families, but no amount of sympathy from us can begin to ease their pain. I heard on the news this morning that some of the injured children have no parents to comfort them, as their parents cannot be located, so are presumably among the victims themselves, and I can’t get the image of hurt, terrified children alone with strangers (however kind they may be) wondering why their parents are not coming to get them, out of my mind. However, the object of terrorism is to commit unpredictable acts of such obscene cruelty that they eventually break our spirit, so I think it is important for us to carry on as normal, however sad we may feel.

Or think even.

jings ((huggs)) you're always so chirpy we don't often thin of you being down.

Well, Daphne, there are quite a few light-hearted threads on here that need a stern warning then. I was chuckling earlier this evening about your quip re George Osborne wearing Galen's pearls, for instance.

Lead on, Wilma.

On another board we had a thread called the Norty Step to chat on after some of us kept getting told off on other threads. It ended up being where posters came to get away from the vitriol elsewhere on the board. It was a good laugh on the Norty Step.