# Czarcasm is stepping down as a Moderator. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377 "2010-06-08T01:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/61 "2010-06-09T21:33:24Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Kudos to you sir. Enjoy normalcy~ You hush about ‘normalcy’ now! We want him to _stay around_, remember?? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/62 "2010-06-09T21:39:31Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > You hush about ‘normalcy’ now! We want him to _stay around_, remember?? > > 😛 I was raised on a steady diet of Tom Lehrer, Harlan Ellison, Hunter Thompson and Robert Heinlein-I need a spellchecker to _spell_ “normal”. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/63 "2010-06-09T22:25:13Z")
I look forward to the tell-all behind the scenes book! Thanks for everything we don’t know about. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/64 "2010-06-10T04:58:30Z")
You will leave a scarchasm in the fabric of the Dope forever and ever. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/65 "2010-06-10T05:41:38Z")
Ummmmm, was my post containing the image of Snoopy from Peanuts dong the “Happy Dance” removed? I know I have a problem with short-term memory, but I _looked_ for that image because I was so happy that **Czar** is staying, and went through all the motions to link y’all to it and now I can’t find it in this thread. Be that as it may, and given the fact that I may be prone to post in threads unrelated to the subject, here it is again: [![](https://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/snoopy.jpg) ](https://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/snoopy.jpg) If, for any reason, that post was removed, I am used to seeing a _reason_ for that _within_ the thread, and I will not take offense. And if I screwed up and posted that mistakenly, I apologize but still am very happy that our **Czar** is staying with us.🙂 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/66 "2010-06-10T06:54:34Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Heh. Like that’s ever gonna happen. > > Many thanks for all your help to me, **Czarcasm** , in addition to all your hard work for many, many years. > > And thanks also for letting me snag the best custom title for a mod. 😛 “Chicken of Bristol” is better than yours 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/67 "2010-06-10T07:22:14Z")
Thanks, **Czarcasm** ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/68 "2010-06-10T12:04:47Z")
Yes, most excellent. Soon, all the mods will “retire” and my reign of terror will be… oh, sorry. Uhm, just ignore all that. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/69 "2010-06-10T14:50:55Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I look forward to the tell-all behind the scenes book!\ OOOooooh! Tales of mod in-fighting, back-stabbing, drunken debauchery, what really happens to the squid and goats… ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/70 "2010-06-10T14:59:50Z")
Thanks for all the modding! Do you have to give back your coffee cup though? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/71 "2010-06-10T20:41:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > OOOooooh! Tales of mod in-fighting, back-stabbing, drunken debauchery, **what really happens to the squid and goats…** (Bolding mine) When the mods are, ummmm, recruited, they sign (in blood!) a contract swearing that if they ever reveal secrets about the goat and the squid, the rest of the mods and the admins can descend upon their homes at night, and kill them in cold blood. Mod in-fighting, back-stabbing and drunken debauchery are all fair game, though. So be of good cheer! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/72 "2010-06-10T20:45:43Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Thanks for all your modding, **Czarcasm** – you put in one of the longer modding stints in board history, I believe, and have been pretty integral in making the board what it is today. > > Now you can sit back and let other people do the work. (It’s pretty sweet, I recommend it, in fact.) You are a bad person. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/73 "2010-06-10T20:46:10Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Thanks for all the modding! Do you have to give back your coffee cup though? Coffee cup?? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/74 "2010-06-10T20:52:57Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > (Bolding mine) > When the mods are, ummmm, recruited, they sign (in blood!) a contract swearing that if they ever reveal secrets about the goat and the squid, the rest of the mods and the admins can descend upon their homes at night, and kill them in cold blood. Why should _I_ care if they kill the goat and the squid? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/75 "2010-06-10T20:52:59Z")
Hang on, I didn’t get mine till about 8 months later. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/76 "2010-06-10T21:04:18Z")
Thanks for everything you’ve done for the boards, **Czarcasm**. Rain or shine, every morning you woke up, donned your cape and tights, hollered a clarion call and joined the battle against evil. We tried to tell you that wasn’t really necessary, that the cape and tights were a little creepy and all the hollering was scaring the children, but you did them every morning just the same. I guess what I’m trying to say is, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/77 "2010-06-10T21:17:33Z")
Czar You were one of the best, right up there with Gaudere. You brought strong and sharply focused attacks against views with which you disagreed, and yet — in matters of judgment regarding moderation, you were fair and evenhanded almost without fail. All the best to you, old friend and nemesis. With the greatest respect, Lib ---
**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:** [June 11, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/78 "2010-06-11T14:47:16Z")
You have risen in my estimation to the level of George Washington, who gave up his powers and the possibility of becoming King of America voluntarily. I can understand that after a while, the bullshit can get pretty tough to wade through. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/79 "2010-06-11T20:56:03Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Thanks for all your modding, **Czarcasm** – you put in one of the longer modding stints in board history, I believe, and have been pretty integral in _ **making the board what it is today** _. So _ **that’s** _ why it’s been so crappy, lately! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377/80 "2010-06-11T23:02:51Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You have risen in my estimation to the level of George Washington, who gave up his powers and the possibility of becoming King of America voluntarily. Well, yeah, there was that unpleasantness a few years ago when **czarcasm** _thought_ about becoming a combination of James Randi and Cecil and taking over the Boards. But, cooler heads prevailed. Also, the choke hold initiated by Manny worked wonders. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377.md?page=5)