# "Banned" threads and Schadensfreude **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907 "2002-12-19T21:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 20, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/21 "2002-12-20T02:08:41Z")
There are a few people whose banning I am looking forward to, and I shall feel not shame but satisfaction at their removal. A past thread on banning did allow me to make a wisecrack which inspired the Winkelriedism quoted in my rarely-used signature line. ---
**Author:** ![owlofcreamcheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/22 "2002-12-20T05:23:23Z")
its not misfortune we are takeing joy in, misfortune is bad luck… luck doesn’t get people banned… being a jerk does. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/23 "2002-12-20T05:54:03Z")
such is human nature. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/24 "2002-12-20T06:09:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*I admit to opening **pugluvr** ’s [thread in the Cafe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2742973#post274) so I could laugh at her for not being able to make decent cole slaw. > \*\* **Uke** , I clicked that link and got denied permission to access it. That must be one _heinous_ cole slaw. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/25 "2002-12-20T14:15:35Z")
Most of the people who get banned have been nothing grievous pains in the ass. The thread about their booting is often the highlight of their short membership. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/26 "2002-12-20T14:27:44Z")
I’d like the record to show that although I started the WSLer thread, all I was doing was inquiring as to what caused the banning. I should have specified that my reason was twofold: 1. Since I don’t frequent GD or GQ, where many bannings originate, this was one of the first bannings where I had seen the individual on many occasions. 2. I had seen him receive many warnings and didn’t know what the specific event was that finally dropped the hammer. Now, I’ll admit that he bugged me on occasion, but so have many people. I wasn’t trying to take delight in his banning, I was genuinely curious as to what caused it. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/27 "2002-12-20T14:32:15Z")
Was **december** banned? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/28 "2002-12-20T14:40:31Z")
I have always wondered how many emails per day the mods/admins get about various banning/unbanning/complaints/problem issues. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907/29 "2002-12-20T14:47:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by istara \* > \*\*I have always wondered how many emails per day the mods/admins get about various banning/unbanning/complaints/problem issues. \*\* Well, that’s why they get the big bucks. (Which Arnold would give up for a walk on the beach with me, apparantly.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-threads-and-schadensfreude/143907.md?page=1)