This was a real post on my neighborhood listserv

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Anonymous wrote:

I just thought her post was super-wacky and pretty darn funny, and other people would enjoy a laugh.

It was funny, and didn't strike me as at all mean-spirited. After all, I can see a bit of pinecone mom in myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is the wife of the neighbor who got hit by a cone.

Shit. You figured it out.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the pine cone posse that has come to admonish OP about her mean girl ways whilst threatening her with cold shoulders and other mean girl retaliations!!

Cute gif but you realize you are referring to different pps, right?

Hence why I called them a posse... This was my first post to his thread, and the amount of outrage towards OP/hypocrisy was pretty epic. Bottom line is no one should be surprised when they post something on the internet that it is public and open for scrutiny. Maybe OP shouldn't have posted it and Pine Cone Mom should definitely have put things in perspective before posting. I think everyone shaming OP about "is that what we are teaching our children?" one of the things we should be teaching them in this digital age is that posting things without thought have consequences.... many people on this thread are guilty of that- the fact that some think they are above it all- is what I find comical...

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I wanna know two things - first, which neighborhood in Bethesda is this, so I never move there, and also, where the heck do people kind the hilarious pictures with even more hilarious captions?

[Anonymous]

We need a GIF tutorial. Come on, help a girl out.

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Anonymous wrote:I wanna know two things - first, which neighborhood in Bethesda is this, so I never move there, and also, where the heck do people kind the hilarious pictures with even more hilarious captions?

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Anonymous wrote:I love the pine cone posse that has come to admonish OP about her mean girl ways whilst threatening her with cold shoulders and other mean girl retaliations!!

If I discovered my neighbor took another neighbor's post from our listserv and posted it to a national forum and mocked it, I would definitely reconsider my relationship with that nieghbor. No violence, but I would keep my distance from someone so nasty and immature. That's not mean girl retaliation, that's common sense.

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I hafta say, but gentrifying, sometimes-not-so-safe neighborhood is looking better and better after this post. There may be bangers, homeless, and a lack of retail, but at least there aren't any flying pinecones. And apparently, there aren't nearly as many people who are stark, raving effin' crazy as there are in Bethesda. (I am referring to PCL and the pearl-clutching "OP is just terrioble/I know who you are" crowd, not OP of this thread.)

I'll stay in the 'hood, thanks. There's no way good public schools are worth this.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the pine cone posse that has come to admonish OP about her mean girl ways whilst threatening her with cold shoulders and other mean girl retaliations!!

If I discovered my neighbor took another neighbor's post from our listserv and posted it to a national forum and mocked it, I would definitely reconsider my relationship with that nieghbor. No violence, but I would keep my distance from someone so nasty and immature. That's not mean girl retaliation, that's common sense.

That I can understand, coming on that forum saying "we know who you are" and "expect a cold shoulder"...when in truth you all could be retaliating against someone totally innocent or at best making idol threats on said forum. That to me, is not common sense.

If you don't like what someone does, how does sinking to their level and getting your own hands dirty make sense? All while preaching you are better than that?

IF this were me, and that is a big IF- and I posted something that was mocked by a wider audience then I had originally intended, I would be hurt but I would also see that there was some census of me and my post being irrational. And even with my hurt feelings, it would probably open my eyes a bit. I don't post things that I wouldn't want shared further, this is the age we live in and I sorry that is scary for some but hopefully it is a lesson to you all....

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Anonymous wrote:I hafta say, but gentrifying, sometimes-not-so-safe neighborhood is looking better and better after this post. There may be bangers, homeless, and a lack of retail, but at least there aren't any flying pinecones. And apparently, there aren't nearly as many people who are stark, raving effin' crazy as there are in Bethesda. (I am referring to PCL and the pearl-clutching "OP is just terrioble/I know who you are" crowd, not OP of this thread.)

I'll stay in the 'hood, thanks. There's no way good public schools are worth this.

Not everyone behaves like Pinecone Mommas in the' burbs. This is one very special pinecone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hafta say, but gentrifying, sometimes-not-so-safe neighborhood is looking better and better after this post. There may be bangers, homeless, and a lack of retail, but at least there aren't any flying pinecones. And apparently, there aren't nearly as many people who are stark, raving effin' crazy as there are in Bethesda. (I am referring to PCL and the pearl-clutching "OP is just terrioble/I know who you are" crowd, not OP of this thread.)

I'll stay in the 'hood, thanks. There's no way good public schools are worth this.

+1! I have always thought Bethesda and some neighborhoods in NW DC were like this. This thread confirmed my suspicions. No thank you. I will stay in my neighborhood. I love it more now.

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This thread is seriously the Best Thread Ever. I can't believe I read all 23 pages. I don't know what's best, the original post, the inspirational pinecone quotes, the squirrel video, or the psychic mean girl pp's who will see that justice is done to OP for daring to shame Pinecone Lady.

Brava ladies. Brava.

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Anonymous wrote:That's hilarious!

How does the mother know "..accidentally hit a passing car with a pinecone he was removing from his car seat. "

Because she also says this "I did not see him throw the pinecone, and I would not have known otherwise."

That kid totally threw the pinecone on purpose. I can't believe she actually took the time to write that up and post it. She needs a hobby!

Agree. The mother must be a SAHM to have the time and interest to post this nonsense.

And the Yeats' quote is over the top!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is seriously the Best Thread Ever. I can't believe I read all 23 pages. I don't know what's best, the original post, the inspirational pinecone quotes, the squirrel video, or the psychic mean girl pp's who will see that justice is done to OP for daring to shame Pinecone Lady.

Brava ladies. Brava.

+100!