# Can I get a clarification re: "inappropriate for this discussion" in MPSIMS? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 13, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867 "2013-06-13T01:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/1 "2013-06-13T01:19:01Z")
There is a thread in MPSIMS about [Prince Harry defending a gay soldier from an imminent bashing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16374927#post16374927), to which I posted a pretty lighthearted and barely even vulgar reply and got this moderator response from **Idle Thoughts** : > [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Moderator Note > > > [@jayjay](#): > > > > If he wants suggestions for more he can do for us gays, letting more naked pics be taken would go a long way… > > This is inappropriate for this discussion, so keep these type of comments out of it. I’ve been posting here for 13 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone Mod Noted for something like this in MPSIMS. I can see it in GQ, but MPSIMS is the forum most like a bunch of conversations, with diversions and such all through them. So what’s the actual rule here? “No diversions whatsoever”? “No diversions that a mod might possibly be uptight enough to consider vulgar despite practically being suitable for Sunday School discussion”? “Zere vill be no fun een MPSIMS!”? Help me out here. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/2 "2013-06-13T01:24:58Z")
It seems to me you got caught in Misogyny-gate. See, objectification of women is bad. And equal rights means objectification of men is _also_ bad. Therefore comments like yours need to modded. Obviously there are holes in that you can drive a truck through, but I bet that was what happened anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/3 "2013-06-13T01:25:27Z")
Have you been hiding under a rock? Sex jokes in serious threads aren’t allowed anymore. There was a big brouhaha about it when it happened. It’s a good idea to pay attention to what happens on the board. Because now we’re going to have yet another thread that’s going to have to be locked. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/4 "2013-06-13T01:29:14Z")
Somehow I missed all of that. Not reading the right threads, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/5 "2013-06-13T02:01:47Z")
I’m sure someone be along to explain the whole sordid thing with links to the umpteen threads it spawned but it started here: > **[Guys, Y U no listen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687837)** > > So I’m spectacularly good at attracting men I have no interest in. If you ever need a clan of 23 year old boys or beta males, send me out into the wild and I’ll come back with, like, 20 of them. So when I met an adult male, I thought that was pretty... IMO, it is too widely applied (as I suspected it would be). You just got caught up in the [del]witch-hunt[/del] dragnet. But yeah, the upshot is no fun WRT sex remarks. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/6 "2013-06-13T06:38:36Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > I’m sure someone be along to explain the whole sordid thing with links to the umpteen threads it spawned but it started here: > [Guys, Y U no listen? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687837) > > IMO, it is too widely applied (as I suspected it would be). You just got caught up in the [del]witch-hunt[/del] dragnet. But yeah, the upshot is no fun WRT sex remarks. And you’re _especially_ not allowed to suggest that anyone post pictures! Strange, though, there was a discussion of women’s panties a while back, in which I was treated to a photo without even asking. (In [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14874076&postcount=20), except the page at the link there doesn’t have the picture any more.) And nobody made a fuss then. (Later in that same thread, though, the drooling lechers showed up.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/7 "2013-06-13T11:10:25Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > I’m sure someone be along to explain the whole sordid thing with links to the umpteen threads it spawned but it started here: > [Guys, Y U no listen? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687837) > > IMO, it is too widely applied (as I suspected it would be). You just got caught up in the [del]witch-hunt[/del] dragnet. But yeah, the upshot is no fun WRT sex remarks. Careful… I’m not so sure your choice of words was an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/8 "2013-06-13T11:37:12Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > I’m sure someone be along to explain the whole sordid thing with links to the umpteen threads it spawned but it started here: > [Guys, Y U no listen? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687837) > > IMO, it is too widely applied (as I suspected it would be). You just got caught up in the [del]witch-hunt[/del] dragnet. But yeah, the upshot is no fun WRT sex remarks. That’s what _she_ said. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/9 "2013-06-13T11:43:49Z")
I thought the whole no-misogyny thing was just for that month. You mean it’s a permanent thing??:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/10 "2013-06-13T13:27:52Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > I’m sure someone be along to explain the whole sordid thing with links to the umpteen threads it spawned but it started here: > [Guys, Y U no listen? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687837) > > IMO, it is too widely applied (as I suspected it would be). You just got caught up in the [del]witch-hunt[/del] dragnet. But yeah, the upshot is no fun WRT sex remarks. Sweet fancy Moses! I was off the boards for a few months and missed it all. Seeing as how the boards are almost unusable for regular activity at the moment anyway, I put on some knee high boots and waded through that shitstorm of a thread just for something to read - but 18 pages later I still had no idea why the OP here got a mod note for this joke. If anyone else missed the memo and is interested, and wants to save themselves the same wild goose chase, I found the answer [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=690178). I would argue that jokingly expressing a desire to see a public figure nude isn’t even in the realm of what people were complaining about originally, off topic, sexual, or not. It would be a terrible thing if all off-color humor was branded sexual harassment. I have no dog in the fight though and I’m a little late to the discussion but it seems like a bit of an overcorrection. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/11 "2013-06-13T15:04:59Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > If anyone else missed the memo and is interested, and wants to save themselves the same wild goose chase, I found the answer [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=690178) And that 13-page thread was only the final(?) chapter of that [del]little[/del] massive shitstorm! There were a whole passel of Pitworthy threads (mostly but not all in ATMB, and many of them lengthy) in the weeks prior to that, as well as a few other truly jaw-dropping mod calls (including one Zombie from several years ago that got resurrected just to add to the argument). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/12 "2013-06-13T16:04:21Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Because now we’re going to have yet another thread that’s going to have to be locked. Oh the horror! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/13 "2013-06-13T16:28:23Z")
I sure am glad Misogyny-gate taught me I’m supposed to be offended by **jayjay** ’s joke, or else that shit would have flew right under my radar. Thank you Misogyny-gate! Learning is fun! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/14 "2013-06-13T18:04:05Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > If anyone else missed the memo and is interested, and wants to save themselves the same wild goose chase, I found the answer [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=690178). Mods: Since the above-linked thread by **Ellen Cherry** announced a new board policy (and in particular, after an extended and acrimonious debate), and since the current thread makes clear that not everybody got the memo: Should not that thread be made sticky? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/15 "2013-06-13T18:26:47Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I sure am glad Misogyny-gate taught me I’m supposed to be offended by **jayjay** ’s joke, or else that shit would have flew right under my radar. None of us who advocated for a less misogynistic culture wanted no jokes at all. The strict mod calls are a direct result of pissy posters complaining that other people are getting away with something when they’re not allowed to go into threads and post LOL BOOBS. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-clarification-re-inappropriate-for-this-discussion-in-mpsims/660867/16 "2013-06-13T18:38:49Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Have you been hiding under a rock? I hope that the irony was intentional.