# A slight complaint about the Moderators **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 25, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575 "2006-01-25T17:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/21 "2006-01-25T19:05:25Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=355733](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=355733) > > The [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=355713) I started was a legitimate one, but I can understand the question about the masturbation fantasies being too much. Are you certain **Tuba** was referring to you and that thread? She mentions a closed thread, which yours is not. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/22 "2006-01-25T19:08:03Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Wow. Return from suspension, post 15+ threads, then pit the Moderators the next day. You’re on a roll. What’s next? going to Disneyland? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/23 "2006-01-25T19:10:31Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > By ‘more appropriate behavior’, you mean > > a.) Never asking _any_ questions which involve sex or any other topic that Big Brother decides doesn’t exist > b.) Never throwing out controversial ideas for consideration, because doing so isn’t politically correct; remember Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard, and how he was ostracized for suggesting for consideration that women may inherently be less able at science than men? That’s the kind of ship (on second thought, replace the ‘p’ with a ‘t’) that you Mods run here. a.) If we let you talk about sex, next thing you know you’ll want to talk about _dancing_. And everyone knows that dancing is a one-way ticket to hell. b.) You might simply too controversial and cutting-edge for us, I’m afraid. Just like the president of Harvard, or that guy at the bus station who knows the truth about the Department of Agriculture’s secret satellites. I mean, asking what women think about when they masturbate? That, like, totally blew my conventional little mind. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/24 "2006-01-25T19:10:47Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > The Moderators here are biased, overbearing, and often condescending group. True, but you’re an idiot so I side with them. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/25 "2006-01-25T19:12:46Z")
Hey, **andrewt85,** why were you suspended? ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/26 "2006-01-25T19:21:55Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hey, **andrewt85,** why were you suspended? Because of a pit thread I started, which was linked to above by FinnAgain, in which I’m trolling and seem to be in meltdown mode. Read the last post. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/27 "2006-01-25T19:25:08Z")
Well at least you are not abusing the fonts and colors this time. But do you really think that this many threads this quickly is a good idea. Bashing the Mods definitely seems like a bad idea. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. **Andrew** , keep yourself out of the pit. Email \*\*Tuba \*\* directly next time if you have a question or just go, well that was a very minor reproach, I think I’ll accept it and move on. (Tuba, I am sorry in advance if this advise causes you any headaches, just seems better than a pit thread) Jim ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/28 "2006-01-25T19:40:07Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I mean, asking what women think about when they masturbate? Can’t remember which comedienne said it but the answer akin to _“A man… painting my house.”_ ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/29 "2006-01-25T19:42:24Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Can’t remember which comedienne said it but the answer akin to _“A man… painting my house.”_ thought it went “man told a woman ‘I’ll do anything you want me to… for $500.’ She said ‘fine, paint my house’” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/30 "2006-01-25T19:42:57Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Are you certain **Tuba** was referring to you and that thread? She mentions a closed thread, which yours is not. She also refers to a new member, which **andrew85** is not. Dude, you really need to think before you post. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/31 "2006-01-25T19:55:12Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@fluiddruid](#): > > > > Wow. Return from suspension, post 15+ threads, then pit the Moderators the next day. You’re on a roll. What’s next? > > You’re a Moderator. I think what’s next is pretty clear. Do it. You heard the man. Go get the trebuchet, and I’ll get the goat, and we’ll meet over at you-know-where … ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/32 "2006-01-25T20:02:14Z")
I don’t understand why everyone is surprised. —He’s a 20-year-old virgin —He’s started 15 threads in three days Makes perfect sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/33 "2006-01-25T20:13:12Z")
Is one of the mods sending out resumes again? Do we all have to be on good behavior because of someone’s resume? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/34 "2006-01-25T20:18:31Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Is one of the mods sending out resumes again? > > Do we all have to be on good behavior because of someone’s resume? What in the name of Og are you babbling about? ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/35 "2006-01-25T20:27:08Z")
andrew85, you twit, the moderators, and in particular Frank, went out of their way for you. Your butt sex thread deserved a smackdown, not because of the subject matter, but because it dealt with that subject matter in such a juvenile manner. Maybe you’re really young, or maybe you’re really dim, or maybe you’re really both, but if you’ve been on a recent suspension I have to think that you would be treading more carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/36 "2006-01-25T20:37:00Z")
**catsix** is not babbling, rather she is referring to an event that really happened that you seem to not be familiar with [linkypoo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=128450). That said, your point about just shitting out every idea that comes into one’s head is well made. It is especially on point, coming from such a credible source. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/37 "2006-01-25T20:39:05Z")
If this subject is of interest to you, may I suggest a book? Nancy Friday’s _My Secret Garden_\* --it will tell you everything you want to know about women’s sexual fantasies. But wait! There’s more! Also get her _Women On Top_ --not to be confused with _Women On Tap_ by a College Freshman at a Large Midwestern University. \*and even this will only tell you about the women interviewed in the book. My fantasies, such as they are, are not yours for the asking. To quote the hooker from _Risky Business_, “Go to school, Joel. Learn something.” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/38 "2006-01-25T20:44:54Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Is one of the mods sending out resumes again? > > Do we all have to be on good behavior because of someone’s resume? Of course not. We’ve never allowed Penthouse forum type threads. (The thread linked to in the ATMB thread linked to is, by the way, the thread **Tuba** thought I had closed. If that makes things less confusing for anyone.) However, one would have hoped that **andewdt85** , having been back for only a day, would realize that _he_ needs to be on best behavior for a while. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/39 "2006-01-25T20:47:32Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > …snip… > However, one would have hoped that **andewdt85** , having been back for only a day, would realize that _he_ needs to be on best behavior for a while. Boy, You guys really hoped for too much. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/40 "2006-01-25T20:48:55Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > … one would have hoped that **andewdt85** , having been back for only a day, would realize that _he_ needs to be on best behavior for a while. Maybe he thinks he _is_ on his best behavior! :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575.md?page=3)