# and you were BANNED because......? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597 "2001-09-04T01:02:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/41 "2001-09-06T14:00:16Z")
Wait, I’m so confused. **UncleBeer** is the antichrist? I thought it was **manhatten**. Or maybe **Coldfire** , I forget which one. You people need to be more consistent so I know where to direct my vitriol. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/42 "2001-09-06T14:14:12Z")
I almost responded to this in ATMB but decided it best to keep my mouth shut. Now that it’s in the pit I’m curious though. Why is Doz banned? Because he voiced an opinion about the moderating and cliques on the board in a somewhat aggressive manner in a ATMB thread? A thread that should have probably been in the pit to begin with? He seemed like a non-troublemaking poster to me so why the stiff punishment? I’m not trying to start an argument, Im just asking a question. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/43 "2001-09-06T14:14:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Lynn Bodoni \*\* > Most of what you feel needs to be commented on is the running of this message board. _And this message board is run simply for people who want to take potshots at the mods and admins._ Am I to read that as being directed toward the socks Board or should there be a “not” between “is” and “run” up there? Have I been doing this all wrong the whole time? (Or have I been Admin _whooshed_ by a facetious comment? :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/44 "2001-09-06T14:36:54Z")
**pezpunk** - **DoZ** made a personal insult in ATMB. Personal insults go in the Pit, not ATMB. Upon being told by a Moderator to take it to the Pit, DoZ chose to argue with the Moderator and impugn\* his motivations. Such actions belong in the Pit, not ATMB. So what we had here was a poster who did not follow the forum rules, and showed no interest in following the forum rules. And quite frankly, we _are_ biased against posters with low post counts. If a poster has a low post count but spends most of their time complaining about the administration, the moderators, or the board, we’re not going to think twice about booting them. _Especially_ if said poster uses a spoofer to try and hide their connection. _Especially_ if, upon tracing, said poster comes from one of the two cities that an amazing 90% of our problem children (definied as- people who post to this board mostly to complain) come from. Posters with low post counts but who actually _contribute_ something- say, answering a question in GQ, discussing things in GD or CS, etc.- should have no fear. \*I knew that word before Clare used it. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/45 "2001-09-06T14:44:56Z")
Fair enough. Thanks chief. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/46 "2001-09-06T14:54:11Z")
Look, if you have only 10 posts and every post is a complaint about how the board is run, then something is wrong. If you just joined but can’t stand how the board is run, then why in hell did you join? Why not go somewhere else where things are run according you your wishes? There’s a whole big internet out there. But of course, the truth is that most of these low-count whiners are simply socks. Not all, perhaps…some are just troublemakers and chronic assholes. But if a guy joins and immediately starts complaining about cliques and mods and how unfair everything is, well, that person probably has some sort of history on the SDMB. It is as simple as that. There are thousands of members who have less than a dozen posts. The mods don’t even notice these people unless all they do is complain or cause trouble. Good gravy, don’t you sock puppets have anything better to do? I know, the internet is a fun place. But why can’t you have your fun somewhere else? What’s up with this obsession with the SDMB? It’s pathetic is what it is. ---
**Author:** ![home\_schooled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@home\_schooled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/home_schooled)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/47 "2001-09-06T15:00:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > \*\*No, fuckmallet. \*\* I think UncleBeer/Slip Mahoney is the fuckmallet here. Have you noticed that Slip not only sounds exactly like Beer, and always posts in his defense, and only appears on forums where UncleBeer has been warned to mind his manners. Funny, huh? ---
**Author:** ![home\_schooled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@home\_schooled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/home_schooled)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/48 "2001-09-06T15:04:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nymysys \* > \*\*Wait, I’m so confused. **UncleBeer** is the antichrist? I thought it was **manhatten**. Or maybe **Coldfire** , I forget which one. You people need to be more consistent so I know where to direct my vitriol. \*\* Most socks don’t care about manny. He only annoys people who’s threads are moved, and theirs aren’t. They know which forum to post on. UncleBooze, Coolcock, and Alanon are the creeps here. ---
**Author:** ![home\_schooled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@home\_schooled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/home_schooled)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/49 "2001-09-06T15:05:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lemur866 \* > \*\*Look, if you have only 10 posts and every post is a complaint about how the board is run. \*\* See, that’s the lie. It wasn’t true. Lynn lied. Now do you get it? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/50 "2001-09-06T15:07:31Z")
**You Be The Judge!** Candidate A: **John Corrado** Having gone to the dentist this morning to have fillings placed in his front teeth, he is now attempting to eat a Snickers bar despite not having regained any feeling in his upper lip. Candidate B: **home schooled** Has just accused a moderator of having a sock puppet. Which is the idiot? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/51 "2001-09-06T15:12:12Z")
Hey look! Another martyr for the pyre. C’mon fellow mods, fire up the torches! Braid some rope for the gallows! Strop the blade on the guillotine! Sterilize the needle for the lethal injection! Check the purity of the hydrogen cyanide for the gas chamber! Put a new fuse in the electric chair! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/52 "2001-09-06T15:13:21Z")
Slip Mahoney is brand new here, you whiny asshole. Good God. Can’t you whiners find _anything_ on this board besides your masturbatory persecution complex? There’s literary discussion, flirting, political and religious argumentation, music…hell, you name it. Why must you pop out of the woodwork with the same old less-than-profound analyses on SDMB social cliques? Go post something that doesn’t make you look like a baby with a dirty diaper. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/53 "2001-09-06T15:14:30Z")
I _still_ want to know why you get such a thrill out of this, pal. I honestly just don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/54 "2001-09-06T15:16:11Z")
I judge that **John** will get caramel disolved in sputum on his tie in the very near future and that **Home** already resembles a caramel and sputum soaked tie, ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/55 "2001-09-06T15:17:01Z")
Home schooled, huh? Who’dda thunk it. Listen, dipstick, all I know about Uncle Beer is that he is a mod here. We’ve never exchanged a word. And I post all over the board, dummy, but you wouldn’t know that. We sometimes use big words in GQ and GD. Here’s two _little_ words for you: Fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/56 "2001-09-06T15:23:09Z")
Jesus Christ on a pogo stick!! How the fuck (this is in the pit now right? I can’t keep track) did this end up with someone getting banned? The WHOLE IDEA was to show new 'dopers what NOT to do. Is it me or does this seem ridiculous? I wasn’t trying to start an argument on what is and what is not “Bannable” (screw it, I’m making up my own words now)That’s not up to the dopers. It’s at the **Moderators** discretion. Like it or not, that’s how it works. Follow the rules. You don’t have to agree with it, but don’t screw with it. I don’t like that I have to sit at a red light at 3AM when there aren’t any other cars on the road, but it doesn’t mean I’m going to just drive through the intersection. I don’t think I’ll start any more question like threads ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/57 "2001-09-06T15:26:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Is it me or does this seem ridiculous? No, that’s a fair assessment. This is quite ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/58 "2001-09-06T15:30:49Z")
2 people banned in a thread about how not to get banned. Aint that a kick in the ass. Nothing makes me look stranger at work then a nice dose of Irony on the SDMB. Must . . .stop . . .giggling . . . Dalovin’Dj ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/59 "2001-09-06T15:31:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss Creant \* > \*\*I don’t think I’ll start any more question like threads > ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH \*\* **MC** , I’m giggling like mad over this. I’ve been trying to work up the nerve for days to ask why we’re not allowed to talk about chat (not associated with the SDMB, standard boilerplate, yackity-schmackity) even though we can discuss canine anallingus. I’m afeared as to the consequences, though, and am keeping my mouth shut as a result. Wanna sit in the corner with me and tremble? 🙂 [sub]Disclaimer: This is not a poke to the mods, note to the mods, nor a mote in the mods’ eyes. Just a shared giggle about how threads with good intentions can go horribly, horribly wrong.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597/60 "2001-09-06T15:40:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*\*a nice dose of Irony on the SDMB. \*\* No, he was already banned. Wait–that was **Inor**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-were-banned-because/79597.md?page=4)