# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/21 "2003-01-12T23:34:34Z")
Dear (insert name here) Bigirl, Congratulations on being made a moderator/administrator. I’m sure you will do very well in the job and we welcome you to our little Straight Dope family. Sincerely, Ed ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/22 "2003-01-13T00:16:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*I hear they have these cool decoder rings and you get a personal letter from Ed Z. With you name in it and everything! \*\* D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E??? What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/23 "2003-01-13T00:56:47Z")
my junior moderator ring is making my hand itchy and red ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/24 "2003-01-13T01:51:40Z")
Mine turned my finger green. And I specifically asked for the Moderator Hat[sup]TM[/sup] with the propeller on top. I want my money back. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/25 "2003-01-13T01:58:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E??? > > What the hell? \*\* BWAAAHAAAHAAAAHAAA!! (snif) Jesus, I’ve missed this place. I love you guys. Thanks for the rib breaking laughter! [sub] This post brought to you by SilkyThreat, survivor of housefire. Any humorous posts are welcome and well-received. Brought to you by the “Let’s Make Silky’s Day” Committee for rib-breaking threads.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/26 "2003-01-13T02:13:05Z")
In a classless society we’d all be moderators. Or else none of us would be. Either way, here’s to being no-class. Cheers! _burrrrrrrrp_ Happy ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/27 "2003-01-13T14:26:31Z")
A Junior Mod? Isn’t that like a Junior mint? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/28 "2003-01-13T15:27:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*A Junior Mod? > Isn’t that like a Junior mint? \*\* Not at all. Only the _real_ mods get coated in chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/29 "2003-01-13T15:29:01Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/30 "2003-01-13T16:08:26Z")
Unless they also com in _mint_ chocolate, I’m not havin’ any! [huff] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/31 "2003-01-13T16:18:25Z")
Yeah, I’d like a box of chocolate mods. Whaddya mean you only have them in Jawbreakers? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/32 "2003-01-13T18:04:02Z")
Chocolate mod jawbreakers? Is that some new Japanese candy, like Pocky? ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/33 "2003-01-13T18:48:39Z")
**Monty** Get help, dude. **Joe\_Cool** is cool. While I don’t agree with all he says, he in no way played mod in either thread. I have to agree with **grendel72**. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/34 "2003-01-13T18:56:33Z")
Wait til you all get a load of my “Unban Perkydan!” thread. Mwahahahaahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/35 "2003-01-14T01:05:09Z")
I agree with **Monty** - in both threads I read the same snarky attitude into **Joe** ’s comments, i.e., “_you’re_ not supposed to post in here.” But that’s just IMHO - YMMV. I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a “junior mod,” but the attitude of there being supposedly “the right people” who can only post in a thread (i.e., only people involved) seems rather ridiculous when the forum in which we are participating is a public message board. I learned a long time ago that if you post it, they will respond. But, maybe it’s just me… Esprix ---
**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 14, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/36 "2003-01-14T08:44:35Z")
Well, Exprix, you can read whatever you want into whatever you want, but that doesn’t make it so. I didn’t realize snarkiness, in response to a comment from a junior moderator telling me I’m not allowed to post on whatever topic I choose, is typical junior moderator behavior. I don’t care a whit if you like me or not, but don’t make crap up. If you think I was an ass for telling DDG and AudreyK that I’ll post whatever I want about whatever I want, and anybody who’s not a moderator should keep comments of that sort to themselves, that’s fine. But I don’t have any interest in DDG’s or AudreyK’s opinions regarding whether my thread was appropriate. THAT is junior mod-wannabe behavior. ---
**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 14, 2003, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/37 "2003-01-14T08:46:45Z")
For crying out loud, grendel72 can’t stand me (understandably), and as much as I’m sure he’d love to jump on the bandwagon and agree with what a jerk I am, even he sees that it wasn’t what I was doing. Come on. Dislike me all you want. But at least be honest about the things you’re accusing me of. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/38 "2003-01-14T12:24:51Z")
**Joe\_Cool** In my first post to that thread, I finished a sentence by saying that I “didn’t see the point”. The point I didn’t see was what you hoped to gain in soliciting opinions. You took it as me questioning your right to start threads. Now, I wouldn’t deny anyone the right to start whatever threads they want. At the time, I wasn’t thinking in terms of “whether **Joe\_Cool** should have started this thread”; it was more “I don’t see what **Joe\_Cool** thinks might be accomplished in this”. I’m not sure I can accurately describe the difference I see between these two points of view, but I certainly didn’t mean to come across as the way I evidently came across. For what it’s worth, I did kinda feel like you were telling me I couldn’t participate in that thread since I “didn’t need to see the point”. But, eh, whatever. Second, in hindsight, I think that my ‘zero business’ remark, though provoked, went over the line… _my_ line, at least, if not the staff’s. I apologize for the junior-modding. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/39 "2003-01-14T13:18:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*May I say something here? \*\* I’d certainly be interested to know how many atomic reactors women of the 1970s will use for styling their hair. ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150/40 "2003-01-14T13:46:42Z")
Tell you what - why don’t we all accuse each other of being Communists when we’re all done here? If Dopers continue to attack each otherfor nood good damn reason, then the Junior Mods have already won. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-joe_cool-on-being-made-a-sdmb-mod/148150.md?page=3)