Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 21:55     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:The only forum that was never a problem was the explicit one.


Honestly? This. That forum was exactly what it said it was, all the time. Generously.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 21:43     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:Disabled Kids forum can be really mean too

Please report any mean posts. Jeff really likes to keep that shot out of there.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 21:13     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Relationships/Family Relationships/Eldercare

If the OP doesn’t start out with a take of evil conduct and cries of “Narc!” then the blood is in the water and sharks attack OP. Eldercare was much better before it was split.

Also, it really sucks not to have a spot for midlife- not everything is menopause related.

I think the chief misogynist troll resides in Relationships and sock puppets. It’s ghastly.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 21:05     Subject: Re:Meanest DCUM Forum
No. It used to be pretty local, then when Trump became Prez, it was clear that it was no longer local.


You are unhinged if you think Trump being Prez had an impact on this site with the exception of LWNJ losing their minds in the political forum.

I have been on this site for more nearly two decades and the funny snark of the past has dissolved into mean spirited, at times borderline sociopathic behaviors.

For me, the lacrosse forum makes me very happy that I have no lacrosse players. Not always mean spirited, but definitely some unhinged comments.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 20:59     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think real estate is pretty mean. If your "budget" is $1.5M you are made to feel like a pauper.


Every thread has its constant refrain: you are a bad parent/feel sorry for your children/your children have some deficit and it’s your fault (this one spans many fora); you should divorce; your relationship problems are your fault; you are fat; your clothes are ugly and you must shop at Talbot; you are a terrible pet owner; you are one of the poors, etc etc.

Only a few fora are 99% safe. I’m not naming them so they stay that way

And all of them say more about the person doing the insulting than anything else.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 20:49     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Entertainment. Mainly inhabited by troglodytes.


What? No way. Outside of the royals threads, Entertainment is a welcome respite to the bickering in other forums, especially the ones dedicated to schools.


The constant analysis celebrity appearances in entertainment is really rough.. More difficult to read than the snark debating ideas in other forums


Yup. The post shaming that one woman's arms was truly bizarre! Gossip forums are always toxic.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 20:39     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
The "Parenting - Special Concerns" has always been awful towards single moms.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 20:28     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Entertainment and Politics.

Because people say the nastiest things about public figures, celebrities and politicians who aren't even there to defend themselves.

In the other forums, we just fight each other.


The meanest bothers me the least in Entertainment because it is people who have chosen to be in the public eye with all that entails.


No, their chosen profession happens to have brought them into the public eye. It's the other way round. It is massively unfair and cruel to think you're allowed to bully someone just because you think they wanted the attention or started out in their job knowing it would lead to this.

You aren't allowed to bully anyone. Start with that rule of thumb.


You don’t know what the word bully means. Hint, it’s not posting mean things on the mommy board they will never read.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 19:59     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Entertainment and Politics.

Because people say the nastiest things about public figures, celebrities and politicians who aren't even there to defend themselves.

In the other forums, we just fight each other.


The meanest bothers me the least in Entertainment because it is people who have chosen to be in the public eye with all that entails.


No, their chosen profession happens to have brought them into the public eye. It's the other way round. It is massively unfair and cruel to think you're allowed to bully someone just because you think they wanted the attention or started out in their job knowing it would lead to this.

You aren't allowed to bully anyone. Start with that rule of thumb.


Hi, Hilaria!
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 19:56     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Entertainment and Politics.

Because people say the nastiest things about public figures, celebrities and politicians who aren't even there to defend themselves.

In the other forums, we just fight each other.


The meanest bothers me the least in Entertainment because it is people who have chosen to be in the public eye with all that entails.


They chose a job to match their talents/ strengths. Those jobs happen to be in the public eye - they don’t have a choice in that respect. They are literally just still people, and so many others forget that. They are people that are good at singing, acting, making art. And art is something that makes humanity better. But so many people feel entitled to comment on everything about them because they have a particular job. That’s pathological.

Being cruel because they’re in the public eye is a very weird sense of entitlement.


I’m going to have to disagree with all on all of this. No one is tearing apart Cate Blanchett on DCUM.

That stupid B=== is the worst! I'm kidding, she really is amazing and lovable.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 19:53     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Entertainment and Politics.

Because people say the nastiest things about public figures, celebrities and politicians who aren't even there to defend themselves.

In the other forums, we just fight each other.


The meanest bothers me the least in Entertainment because it is people who have chosen to be in the public eye with all that entails.


No, their chosen profession happens to have brought them into the public eye. It's the other way round. It is massively unfair and cruel to think you're allowed to bully someone just because you think they wanted the attention or started out in their job knowing it would lead to this.

You aren't allowed to bully anyone. Start with that rule of thumb.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 19:47     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Relationships is bad (“why did you even marry him? Are you that stupid?”) but Diet and Exercise has to be the worst. Anyone trying to lose weight is called a fat pig, and anyone who loses weight using a semaglutide is called a lazy slob who will become a fat pig again one day.


Those people are equally matched with the people insisting everyone who cares about health has an eating disorder or is an almond mom.


Yes true.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 19:47     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Entertainment. Mainly inhabited by troglodytes.


What? No way. Outside of the royals threads, Entertainment is a welcome respite to the bickering in other forums, especially the ones dedicated to schools.


The constant analysis celebrity appearances in entertainment is really rough.. More difficult to read than the snark debating ideas in other forums
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 19:46     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Anonymous wrote:Relationships is bad (“why did you even marry him? Are you that stupid?”) but Diet and Exercise has to be the worst. Anyone trying to lose weight is called a fat pig, and anyone who loses weight using a semaglutide is called a lazy slob who will become a fat pig again one day.


Those people are equally matched with the people insisting everyone who cares about health has an eating disorder or is an almond mom.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 19:43     Subject: Meanest DCUM Forum
Relationships is bad (“why did you even marry him? Are you that stupid?”) but Diet and Exercise has to be the worst. Anyone trying to lose weight is called a fat pig, and anyone who loses weight using a semaglutide is called a lazy slob who will become a fat pig again one day.