# Congratulations, Joe\_Cool on being made a SDMB Mod **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 12, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150 "2003-01-12T17:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/1 "2003-01-12T17:02:56Z")
Er…my mistake. Apparently, you only believe you’re a moderator here. That can be the only explanation for your deigning to tell people what threads they can and can’t participate in and what they can and can’t say, even in a Pit thread. I, of course, refer to the “For Christians a devotional” thread in GD & the “Unban Satan” thread in the Pit. At any rate, the real SDMB mods usually don’t admonish folks with as much cursing as you do. {Suitable pause whilst I wait for the inevitable unchristian cursing of me and my character from Joe\_notcoolatall\*.} \*This is not to be taken as my thinking that’s his username, but rather as my opinion of the poster so described. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/2 "2003-01-12T17:18:16Z")
Gosh I actually thought they had made **Joe\_Cool** a mod. Given as they haven’t, just passing on by. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/3 "2003-01-12T17:52:54Z")
**Monty** : given that both those threads you reference are pretty huge, could you point to specific posts to explain what you’re talking about? Instructions on how to link to specific posts are in the [Technical Issues FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103503), courtesy of **Arnold Winkelried**. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/4 "2003-01-12T18:26:45Z")
RT: Hope this works! Start with [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&postid=2816984](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&postid=2816984) for the “Unban Satan” thread and wend your way through a good number of those posts. I’ll do the other thread when I get back. Thread keeps timing out. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/5 "2003-01-12T19:18:33Z")
Gosh, Monty, maybe my reading comprehension is getting weak, but I don’t see in that post where I told anyone they weren’t allowed to participate in anything. In fact, I don’t recall ever telling anyone they weren’t allowed to participate in any thread at all. Maybe you can explain it to me. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/6 "2003-01-12T19:21:38Z")
May I say something here? ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/7 "2003-01-12T19:31:00Z")
For clarity’s sake, I’ll tell you exactly what I was saying in that post, sentence by sentence: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joe\_Cool \* > \*\*Of course, not being moderators, you and I don’t have any idea who has approached them with what, beyond what he told me (which is that he does want to come back). > > You don’t need to see the point.\*\* In response to audreyk telling me that she doesn’t see the point of my thread, because if he wanted to be unbanned, he should e-mail the moderators. This clearly says that, not being moderators, neither of us knew whether he had had that discussion or not. And since the thread in question was not a discussion of whom a banned poster should contact to petition for reinstatement, but a request for the administration to reconsider a banning in which, IMO, sufficient time had passed for the poster to be considered a low risk, it really wasn’t relevant whether audreyk saw the point of my thread. > [@](#): > > \*\*DDG, as this is a discussion of the administration’s decision, I thought it fairly evident that it is _directed_ to the administration, so thanks for your input. > > Did you think I was asking **you** to unban him? \*\* In response to Duck Duck Goose reiterating the thought that I shouldn’t have opened that thread - that I should have minded my own business since it’s between him and the administration. But I’m all ears. (seriously, I know you have a hard-on for me, but can’t you think up something REAL to complain about? I’m sure there are plenty of valid reasons to pit me…why you want to waste bandwidth on something as ridiculous as this is beyond me, but whatever makes you happy…) ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/8 "2003-01-12T19:35:46Z")
I suppose that was section by section, not sentence by sentence. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/9 "2003-01-12T19:38:00Z")
Geez people. I _really_ don’t like **Joe\_Cool** , but even I could see that if anyone was playing mod in that thread it was **DDG** for telling **Joe** he shouldn’t have opened the thread. ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/10 "2003-01-12T19:46:27Z")
I smell a dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/11 "2003-01-12T20:21:18Z")
I really thought he’d been made a mod too for a few seconds. Monty, you need to make your titles more nasty so they will be clearer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/12 "2003-01-12T20:33:30Z")
HAH! HAHAHAHAHA! I think Joe\_Cool being made a moderator is about as likely as Monty and Joe\_Cool sharing a glass of milk in a gesture of friendship. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/13 "2003-01-12T20:37:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*May I say something here? \*\* \ No. \ ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/14 "2003-01-12T20:41:48Z")
Yeah, everybody knows mod hats are made of folded newspaper! (I’ve seen Manhattan’s) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/15 "2003-01-12T20:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JerseyDiamond \* > \*\*HAH! HAHAHAHAHA! > > I think Joe\_Cool being made a moderator is about as likely as Monty and Joe\_Cool sharing a glass of milk in a gesture of friendship. \*\* And thats not THAT unlikely is it?😉 ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/16 "2003-01-12T20:52:22Z")
Wait a freaking minute! Where the hell are all the people jumping Monty for daring to call out another Doper in the Pit for something? I thought the happier, friendlier Pit inhabitants no longer approved of such actions. Monty, you really should have e-mailed Joe\_Cool about this. I am so disappointed. I’m certain more people will be along shortly to admonish you some more. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/17 "2003-01-12T21:17:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > \*\*Where the hell are all the people jumping Monty for daring to call out another Doper in the Pit for something? I thought the happier, friendlier Pit inhabitants no longer approved of such actions. :rolleyes: \*\* Jumping up & down on → ‘Monty’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/18 "2003-01-12T21:20:39Z")
Well, before I jump up and down on **Monty** , he’s going to have to buy me a beer and engage in some foreplay–I’m not THAT easy a lay! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/19 "2003-01-12T23:25:39Z")
Where do I send my boxtops? I wanna be a Junior Mod. I hear they have these cool decoder rings and you get a personal letter from Ed Z. With you name in it and everything! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/20 "2003-01-12T23:30:36Z")
I’m sorry, **Biggirl** , but they don’t allow New Yorkers to be Junior Mods. They’re born full-fledged, with a swastika tattooed on their arm. And, you get your very own combination inflatable pig/chocolate safe after the first time you warn someone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150.md?page=2)