# C K Dexter Haven, Professional Hall Monitor! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 22, 2006, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432 "2006-10-22T10:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/21 "2006-10-22T17:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] This is _so_ not going to count in the mod pitting scores. [/QUOTE] I dunno. **CK Dexter Haven** scored two lame pit threads on a single act of moderating. That oughta count for bonus points… ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/22 "2006-10-22T17:39:35Z")
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] Skip, I had no idea what big bananas you mods had. Well worth the $14.95. [/QUOTE] Genetics. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/23 "2006-10-22T19:54:26Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Genetics. [/QUOTE] Yeah! Everyone knows Mods dove into the shallow end of the gene pool. . . . ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/24 "2006-10-22T20:21:59Z")
Having seen those pictures, you now understand why I never say “Moderator Hat On”… I have blown a whistle, banged a gavel, slammed the desk, etc. **Carnick** , if you’d like to send me a list of attention-getting ways to announce that I’m speaking as Moderator and that what follows is Official, I’d be pleased to use them and acknowledge your contribution. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/25 "2006-10-22T20:31:29Z")
If _I_ were a moderator, I would use a bazooka. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/26 "2006-10-22T20:36:11Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] Yeah! Everyone knows Mods dove into the shallow end of the gene pool. . . . [/QUOTE] Ah! But did we _pee_ in it? That’s the question. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/27 "2006-10-22T20:36:59Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] If _I_ were a moderator, I would use a bazooka. [/QUOTE] So, you read Terry Southern, too? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/28 "2006-10-22T20:42:21Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] If _I_ were a moderator, I would use a bazooka. [/QUOTE] **Moderator Bazooka Firing;** Now, now, piece of charred flesh - no personal insults in GQ. And it doesn’t help if the rest of you encourage him; i’m looking at you, blood spatter. ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/29 "2006-10-22T22:17:27Z")
For the love of fuck, when was the Pit NOT a place for lame rants? Just scanning the top page I see: three football threads, a phone book thread, an Escalade thread, two work sucks threads, one about “cow-orkers”, and one about supermarkets. Sure this OP is lame, but it’s not nearly as lame as the Pit average. But when I go after one of your precious mods all the sycophants crawl out from the woodwork. ::Carnick blows wet, used whiney Doper whistle:: \ You’re all a bunch of SUCK. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/30 "2006-10-22T22:59:48Z")
Yeah, but our hats be stylin.’ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/31 "2006-10-22T23:01:33Z")
Excellent comeback **Carnick**! You’re a damn good sport. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/32 "2006-10-22T23:04:37Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] Having seen those pictures, you now understand why I never say “Moderator Hat On”… I have blown a whistle, banged a gavel, slammed the desk, etc. **Carnick** , if you’d like to send me a list of attention-getting ways to announce that I’m speaking as Moderator and that what follows is Official, I’d be pleased to use them and acknowledge your contribution. [/QUOTE] Is “acknowledge your contribution” anything like “ban your ass”? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/33 "2006-10-22T23:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] So, you read Terry Southern, too? [/QUOTE] Yes, but it’s been a few decades. I must admit my inspiration was more Looney Tunes than literary. The image of an offending poster reduced to a smoking pair of sneakers is a pleasant one. Oh, and **Carnick**? Take a lesson from Wile E. Coyote - when you’ve dug yourself a hole, it’s a good idea to stop digging. A lamer-than-lame attempt at a riposte does not impress anyone. Continued attempts by you to defend the OP and insult other posters will gain you no traction at all. The die is cast; this thread will now inevitably alternate between ridicule towards you and jokes about the moderators’ parephenalia. ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/34 "2006-10-23T00:05:43Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Oh, and **Carnick**? Take a lesson from Wile E. Coyote - when you’ve dug yourself a hole, it’s a good idea to stop digging. A lamer-than-lame attempt at a riposte does not impress anyone. Continued attempts by you to defend the OP and insult other posters will gain you no traction at all. The die is cast; this thread will now inevitably alternate between ridicule towards you and jokes about the moderators’ parephenalia. [/QUOTE] How about _you_ take a lesson from Wile E. and keep your fucking mouth shut. Oh, and **Colibri**? No one is impressed by your condescending begin-your-response-with-a-question shit. Most of us grew out of angry teenager speak after high school. [QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Is “acknowledge your contribution” anything like “ban your ass”? [/QUOTE] Want some knee pads? Show me where I made a bannable infraction, please. This is the place for pitting mods, no matter how petty the reason. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/35 "2006-10-23T02:38:30Z")
[QUOTE=Carnick] How about _you_ take a lesson from Wile E. and keep your fucking mouth shut. [/quote] By opening a Pit thread, you are asking for opinions from the entire SDMB. I offered mine. The general opinion so far has been that your OP was incredibly lame, and that you are a dipshit. I do not believe that the general opinion is likely to shift, especially considering the continued childishness of your responses. You certainly need to grow a much thicker skin if you are going to play around in the Pit. > [@](#): > > Oh, and **Colibri**? No one is impressed by your condescending begin-your-response-with-a-question shit. Most of us grew out of angry teenager speak after high school. I was mere offering some advice which would have been to your benefit. Take it or leave it, I don’t particularly care. If you don’t - and it’s pretty obvious at this point you are too dense to understand the extent of your mistake - I am certain there will be some entertainment to be had in seeing ridicule heaped on someone who evidently deserves it so well. > [@](#): > > This is the place for pitting mods, no matter how petty the reason. So you admit that your OP was petty? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/36 "2006-10-23T02:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=Carnick] This is the place for pitting mods, no matter how petty the reason. [/QUOTE] He’s right. No matter how monumentally, unbelievably, jaw-droppingly stupid the complaint, if it’s about the mods then this is where it goes. Sure, most people wouldn’t even bother starting threads on such a painfully trivial and unimportant pet peeve, figuring that a lame, weak-ass, should-have-died-on-the-table, couldn’t-be-less-important complaint of this degree of suckitude won’t be worth the time to read let alone write. But if such a thread is to be posted, it should be posted here. Yep, I agree with **Carnick** 100%. ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/37 "2006-10-23T03:12:59Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] By opening a Pit thread, you are asking for opinions from the entire SDMB. I offered mine. [/QUOTE] You offered your opinion? No shit? > [@](#): > > The general opinion so far has been that your OP was incredibly lame, and that you are a dipshit. I do not believe that the general opinion is likely to shift, especially considering the continued childishness of your responses. You certainly need to grow a much thicker skin if you are going to play around in the Pit. > > I was mere offering some advice which would have been to your benefit. Take it or leave it, I don’t particularly care. If you don’t - and it’s pretty obvious at this point you are too dense to understand the extent of your mistake - I am certain there will be some entertainment to be had in seeing ridicule heaped on someone who evidently deserves it so well. “The extend of my mistake”? Woah dude, who knew the Pit was such serious business? You falsely assume that I, or anyone else gives a shit. You need to leave your computer once and a while. > [@](#): > > So you admit that your OP was petty? Yes, I pretty much conceded that my OP was petty a few posts ago. Petty just like, oh, most or all of the OP’s here. The difference is I pitted a mod. Dex is a big boy, he can take a gentle bash. He responded well to my OP, and although he probably appreciates it, he doesn’t need his lap dogs to defend his honor. ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/38 "2006-10-23T03:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] Yep, I agree with **Carnick** 100%. [/QUOTE] Finally, some support! I was starting to get depressed. I think I’ll start a cow-orker thread next to get some sympathy points. Then everyone can respond with “Oh **Carnick** , how do you deal with those bastards?” Then I’ll feel good inside. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/39 "2006-10-23T13:52:59Z")
[QUOTE=Carnick] Most of us grew out of angry teenager speak after high school. [/QUOTE] We did? [QUOTE=Carnick] You’re all a bunch of SUCK. [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432/40 "2006-10-23T16:43:31Z")
[QUOTE=Carnick] “The extend of my mistake”? Woah dude, who knew the Pit was such serious business? You falsely assume that I, or anyone else gives a shit. You need to leave your computer once and a while. [/quote] You certainly appear to give a shit. If you don’t actually give a shit what I say, then why tell me to “keep my fucking mouth shut”? And telling someone to “leave the computer once in a while,” when you have no actual idea of what they do most of the time, is the lamest of lame insults. I’m quite sure I have a far more interesting life than you do. I can only laugh when losers like you imply that I should “get a life,” especially when they have taken the time out of their eventful and busy careers to pit someone for something they themselves admit is completely trivial. 🙂 > [@](#): > > Yes, I pretty much conceded that my OP was petty a few posts ago. Petty just like, oh, most or all of the OP’s here. The difference is I pitted a mod. Dex is a big boy, he can take a gentle bash. He responded well to my OP, and although he probably appreciates it, he doesn’t need his lap dogs to defend his honor. Except you evidently expected some kind of agreement with your OP. You obviously didn’t expect it to come back and bite you on the ass the way it has. Now you are whining because the thread didn’t go the way you expected it to. One doesn’t have to be a “lap dog” of the administration to disagree when a moderator is pitted for some completely trivial perceived offense. If you are going to be a crybaby when people disagree with you in the pit, you really should stay out of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-dexter-haven-professional-hall-monitor/377432.md?page=3)