# 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:** 5
**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 26, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/81 "2006-01-26T00:06:15Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > …then a man named Sigmund Freud wrote a few things… …the Einstein explained relativity… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/82 "2006-01-26T00:10:41Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > …the Einstein explained relativity… And a man named Hugh decided he didn’t want to ever grow up…he wanted to play as a boy his whole, looooong life… ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/83 "2006-01-26T00:13:17Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Not to mention a 20 year old who still thinks women piss from their vaginas. Christ. But there really are teeth in there, right? ---
**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 26, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/84 "2006-01-26T00:14:42Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Didn’t **andrewdt85** say, back before his suspension, that one reason he posted so many threads at once is because he had Internet access only on the weekends? He did, yes. Either **andrew** ’s Internet access has improved or he’s been on vacation the past couple of days. ---
**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 26, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/85 "2006-01-26T00:19:17Z")
Well, _now_ it’s closed, and not for the subject matter. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/86 "2006-01-26T00:20:59Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > : My point exactly- **Frank** refers to starting a controversial thread as ‘not being on best behaviour.’ Controversial does not neccesarily = bad behavior, especially since I asked the question out of a desire to learn, not to make waves. > > In fact, seeing controversial as = to bad behavior is a sick and dangerous way of thinking, one which I think this board should be lightyears ahead of. Nope, I ain’t exaggerating- you Mods seem like Fundies to me right now, or like the PC idiots in our society who don’t allow anything controversial. > > I mean, No Hate Speech and No Flirting is a good place to draw the line, I agree. But on this side of the line, everything should be fair game. In fact, I had a thought that it would be awesome if someone started a chat room in which absolutely anything was allowed (except talking of killing the president, or talking of specifically meeting to kill anyone). If I’m ever rich enough to start a vBulletin board on my own, you better believe that site will exist. Let the mods strike me down if I’m wrong, but I’ve read Frank’s admonishment and the rest of the mod comments about you as being a warning against posting the pages and pages of utter glurge that you’ve spewed out since your return, not the fact that you’ve posted a ‘controversial’ thread. As threads go, the anal sex thing is a legitimate question. The female fantasy thing, kinda legit but I can see where the mods want to cut that off. But you’ve been back from suspension for less than a week. Yesterday I was browsing and counted two pit threads from you, at least three or four cafe society threads, plus the infamous IMHO thread. I could not find any other poster in any of those three forums with so many threads on the top page at once. Now this is just a suggestion, and should be taken with a grain of salt, but I firmly believe if you’ve been sent on a one-month suspension for whatever reason then on your return you should possibly try to make as few waves as possible. Listen, instead of blather on. If that means starting only one thread a day, and spending the rest of the time responding to other people’s threads, or god forbid just reading and getting a feel for how the board’s going at the time, then that’s probably a good way to start. Also: > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Didn’t andrewdt85 say, back before his suspension, that one reason he posted so many threads at once is because he had Internet access only on the weekends? If my memory is correct, that would skew the average even more. He did indeed say that at one point. But these 15 or so threads have been started between monday/wednesday - so obviously he’s gotten mid-week access now. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/87 "2006-01-26T00:22:03Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Either **andrew** ’s Internet access has improved or he’s been on vacation the past couple of days. Or he’s full of shit. You decide. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/88 "2006-01-26T00:22:49Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > But there really are teeth in there, right? Vagina dentata…what a wonderful phrase… ---
**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 26, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/89 "2006-01-26T00:27:40Z")
[Did anyone catch this post:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7035500&postcount=55) I think I will take back my advise: \*\*Andrew \*\* just go away. You are a buffoon. This is a bad joke. Why would you say something like that about someones Mom anywhere, never mind in IMHO. Jim ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/90 "2006-01-26T00:29:18Z")
> [@Walter Windchill](#): > > I don’t think it’s appropriate to have public discussions asking people graphic details about their sex lives. At least not here. I am sure there are forums that support that, and the young man is old enough to go to those websites. > > I’m no prude, but I generally don’t expect people to behave any differently here than they would in normal company. Among my social milleu, people do not enquire of one another what they think about while waxing their tadpole, or whether or not they “stem the rose,” if I can borrow a phrase from a recent movie. Nor did this seem to be the sort of web board that encouraged such discussions, which are pretty far removed from fighting ignorance. > > Just my opinion as a customer, of course. Whatever the admins decide to do is their business. The internet is not the same as real life. NO ONE here thinks of it the SD as ‘normal society;’ here you are free to ask questions that you’d be embarassed to ask in real life. Your post is complete bull, and you must know that. > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > He did, yes. Either **andrew** ’s Internet access has improved or he’s been on vacation the past couple of days. No, what I said back then was that I only posted on weekends because of my schedule. I changed that rule right now because I haven’t been on here for a month, and I’m taking fewer credits. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/91 "2006-01-26T00:32:57Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Vagina dentata…what a wonderful phrase… Ow…I think I snorted my tonsils out my nose at that. \>\_\> ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/92 "2006-01-26T00:33:20Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > [Did anyone catch this post:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7035500&postcount=55) > I think I will take back my advise: \*\*Andrew \*\* just go away. You are a buffoon. > This is a bad joke. Why would you say something like that about someones Mom anywhere, never mind in IMHO. > > Jim I did. I reported it. Also, I’d like to answer this post from that thread: > [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > Either I am being Whooshed, or you are. I said this: > [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > The post is so insanely ridiculous, it cannot be addressed in this dimension. …because it is quite obvious that andrew is melting down at Chernobyl levels. Despite the fact that our credo is to fight ignorance, there aren’t enough Dopers in the universe to solve this kid’s problems. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/93 "2006-01-26T00:34:26Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hey, **andrewt85,** why were you suspended? > [@andrewdt85](#): > > 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. And just posted over in the IMHO thread > [@andrewdt85](#): > > Well maybe if my mother had been a street prostitute like yours I would have known all that stuff already! > > Sorry, I am obligated to insult you back for insulting me like that. You jump on me like that, when I already admitted my ignorance back on page one. You may know more about the pussy than I, but how about learning how to fucking read a thread? Anyone notice a trend? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/94 "2006-01-26T00:35:35Z")
Or, what he said 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/95 "2006-01-26T00:35:44Z")
> [@Walter Windchill](#): > > Nor did this seem to be the sort of web board that encouraged such discussions, which are pretty far removed from fighting ignorance. We encourage frank discussion of virtually any topic, barring the illegal and the inane. Well, illegal, anyways. Which is why I did not close the thread. Had not insults occured, it would have remained open. It was possible that despite the puerile start, the thread could have informed and educated the TM. Didn’t happen, but it could have. Can I interest you in a thread about what happens when you [pan-fry semen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=198659)? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/96 "2006-01-26T00:39:33Z")
But [orange semen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=286416) was too much to swallow :o ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/97 "2006-01-26T00:41:34Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > [Did anyone catch this post:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7035500&postcount=55) > Jim Yeah, that’s the one where I turned to ElzaHub and said “Yeah. The backdoor’s about to be closed.”. It would help if he read the Dope so he knew WTF I was talking about 😃 . E. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/98 "2006-01-26T00:51:56Z")
No, I’m not in ‘meltdown’- you exaggerate too frequently about people ‘melting down.’ I firmly believe that the only thing wrong I’ve done in the past 24 hours was insulting **Ink a dink a dink** with that comment- I apologize. It was just that he was the 11th person (literally) to respond to that quote; I admitted my incredible ignorance on page one right after I made the comment. But then the rule of The Echoing Insults (or in this case, mostly Criticisms) took effect, which states that people on message boards don’t care how many times their point’s been made, they make it again and again. So Ink a dink was 11th to bat, and he said the EXACT SAME THINGS I’d just heard 10 times before, and I had already internalized the information and admitted my embarassment at being so ignorant of the human anatomy. I apologize, Ink a dink, but I have a firm policy of eye for and eye, and I felt you had insulted me; but you hadn’t (except for an ‘idiot’ or too), you were just aggravating in an Echoing Insults kinda way. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/99 "2006-01-26T00:53:20Z")
And indeed, the level of ‘censorship’ here is quite nice. If I ever am able to start the vBulletin I spoke of before, that’ll be even nicer. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575/100 "2006-01-26T00:54:22Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > And indeed, the level of ‘censorship’ here is quite nice. If I ever am able to start the vBulletin I spoke of before, that’ll be even nicer. By that I meant that the censorship wasn’t too much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575.md?page=6)