# Comments on ATMB remarks from Tuba **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863 "2005-09-22T11:19:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/301 "2005-09-26T18:34:12Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > All I’m saying is that if you don’t think posts like that feed **Lib’s** persecution complex then you haven’t been paying attention. Screw that, dude. Did you see that asshole in that thread mock me because of my name? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/302 "2005-09-26T18:52:35Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > All I’m saying is that if you don’t think posts like that feed **Lib’s** persecution complex then you haven’t been paying attention. You’ve got to admit even a fluffy kitten that hisses at him would feed **Lib’s** persecution complex. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/303 "2005-09-26T19:08:00Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Oh, I got your joke. Very funny. And I didn’t single you out. The rest of the jokes against **Dio** and **Eve** were hardly pertinent to this thread. > > All I’m saying is that if you don’t think posts like that feed **Lib’s** persecution complex then you haven’t been paying attention. It’s cool then. The only reason I responded tho… that was from a completely unrelated thread. We’re all expected to tip toe around **Lib**? As someone said earlier in this thread, because the squeaky wheel gets the grease? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/304 "2005-09-26T19:34:45Z")
> [@if6was9](#): > > It’s cool then. The only reason I responded tho… that was from a completely unrelated thread. We’re all expected to tip toe around **Lib**? As someone said earlier in this thread, because the squeaky wheel gets the grease? Almost makes one wonder if the board keeps some sort of stats on how many times someone has hit the “report this post” button. After my 1000+ posts I’m pretty sure my number is something like three. I’ll bet we’d see some funny correlation. -Joe ---
**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:** [September 26, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/305 "2005-09-26T19:52:42Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Tom and Veb outrank me. You are a mere charter member and are, therefore, beneath my notice except when you do something annoying, like speak to me without being spoken to. Go polish my boots, varlet, lest I cuff you for you insolence! 😛 Forsooth, but I am not a mere charter member. Mere charter members don’t have staff mugs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/306 "2005-09-26T20:27:58Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You’ve got to admit even a fluffy kitten that hisses at him would feed **Lib’s** persecution complex. Fluffy kitten?!? Where? I loves fluffy kittens. Short attention span? Me? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/307 "2005-09-26T21:36:15Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Fluffy kitten?!? Where? I loves fluffy kittens. > > Short attention span? Me? [Here, then](http://community.webshots.com/photo/461633707/461635369MswwhO), if you insist. [She’s just a bit of a thing,](http://community.webshots.com/photo/461633707/461633656VEHKPX) but can be [quite demanding.](http://community.webshots.com/photo/461633707/461638683hJsXCr) ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/308 "2005-09-26T22:14:26Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Almost makes one wonder if the board keeps some sort of stats on how many times someone has hit the “report this post” button. > > After my 1000+ posts I’m pretty sure my number is something like three. > > I’ll bet we’d see some funny correlation. > > -Joe I’ve hit it exactly once. It was in a heartbreaking thread where a poster explained why he kept a picture of his stillborn child at his desk. A kid (I hope) came in and said the most chillingly calloused thing (something to the effect of “Your baby’s dead. Get over it.”) that I actually gasped when I read it. That poster was banned soon after. Good riddance. And that is the only time I’ve ever reported a post to a thread, IIRC. I’ve had posters call me unsavory names and I’ve even been pitted once (unfairly, I believe) but I never dreamt of running to a moderator to solve my conflicts. For one, I’m an adult and am more than capable of fighting my own battles, or, alternatively, walking away from a thread, without someone running interference on my behalf. And, face it, if someone is calling me names, I’ve probably gotten in a few jabs of my own. If I can’t stand the heat, I should stay away from the incinerator. Secondly, moderating is thankless and I don’t want to make their (unpaid) jobs any harder than they already are. This is just one of the many reasons that they adore me and send me expensive gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/309 "2005-09-27T03:16:58Z")
I’ve reported several posts, and a few times I’ve even gotten a thank you email from one of the mods of that forum. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/310 "2005-09-27T04:32:56Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > [Here, then](http://community.webshots.com/photo/461633707/461635369MswwhO), if you insist. [She’s just a bit of a thing,](http://community.webshots.com/photo/461633707/461633656VEHKPX) but can be [quite demanding.](http://community.webshots.com/photo/461633707/461638683hJsXCr) Kitties! Yay! Now this thread is going somewhere. Mods, would you please change the title of the thread to read: **Comments on ATMB remarks from Tuba (w kittie pics!)** ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/311 "2005-09-27T05:48:06Z")
> [@](#): > > **if6was9** : This is what half the people in this thread have been complaining about. I address concerns. You complain. He whines. ---
**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 27, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863/312 "2005-09-27T13:40:32Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > **Veb** , my longtime friend, I acted like a jerk earlier and let my sense of justice and fairplay, ossified when I was six, speak for me and I am still somewhat angry over your warning over what I saw as a trifle. Maybe I’ll ghrow up at some time but I’m more likely to just forget about it. I hope you can do the same. It’s only a matter of time before my native guilt will start eating me alive… **Veb** , I acted like a jerk and continued to act like a jerk. I am sorry for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-atmb-remarks-from-tuba/322863.md?page=15)