# Damn Sam **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656 "2004-12-02T04:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/1 "2004-12-02T04:45:25Z")
You RAWK dude! Keep QC clear! ---
**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:** [December 2, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/2 "2004-12-02T04:47:23Z")
😕 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/3 "2004-12-02T04:47:33Z")
QC??? GC. And you are doing a fine job. You just seem to be particularly closey tonight. Anything you need to get off your chest? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/4 "2004-12-02T04:49:20Z")
😕 GC? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/5 "2004-12-02T04:52:21Z")
General Questions. Sam closed three… Bam Bam Bam. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/6 "2004-12-02T04:55:24Z")
Something to do with sports? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/7 "2004-12-02T04:55:44Z")
So… It’s been renamed? **General Cwestions** ;j ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/8 "2004-12-02T04:59:09Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > So… > > It’s been renamed? > > **General Cwestions** > ;j I am humbled by your correctness. And stand in awe. It’s PBR’s fault you know. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/9 "2004-12-02T05:03:59Z")
WITITP? Why is this in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/10 "2004-12-02T05:09:47Z")
I’m craving **Lynn** ’s attention. But I’m most likely going to get **Tuba** ’s. Second place is good. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/11 "2004-12-02T05:12:07Z")
… 😕 **Reeder** , why are you ticked off that **samclem** closed the questions? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/12 "2004-12-02T05:15:13Z")
WTF?? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/13 "2004-12-02T05:15:46Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > … > > 😕 > > **Reeder** , why are you ticked off that **samclem** closed the questions? I’m not particularly. I just think any legitimate thread deserves to live out it’s life. As long as it’s not illegal. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/14 "2004-12-02T05:16:26Z")
Why did **samclem** close them? Normally a mod gives a reason when they lock a thread… _goes to see_ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/15 "2004-12-02T05:25:40Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > WITITP? > > Why is this in the Pit? This is where comments on moderator activity are supposed to go. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/16 "2004-12-02T05:28:14Z")
Is it just my imagination, or are there a **lot** more thread closings than usual lately? I certainly don’t remember seeing so many closings for the reason of the thread having evolved (or degenerated) into a string of jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/17 "2004-12-02T05:29:57Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > This is where comments on moderator activity are supposed to go. You know…I’ve often wondered about that. What if we wanted to praise one of them? Does it go in the pit too? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/18 "2004-12-02T05:36:42Z")
_comes back from reading threads (and yes, has brought pie)_ I guess **samclem** thought the threads were moot now that the subject had been exhausted. I mean, GQ is for questions, MPSIMS is for joke threads and such. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/19 "2004-12-02T05:43:57Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Is it just my imagination, or are there a **lot** more thread closings than usual lately? I certainly don’t remember seeing so many closings for the reason of the thread having evolved (or degenerated) into a string of jokes. The board’s evolving slowly, as such things do. When I first joined, it wasn’t any big deal to make joke posts to threads in GQ or GD. Now, it’s a big deal. As it should be! You bet! moving right along… nothing to see here… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656/20 "2004-12-02T05:51:01Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > \*I guess **samclem** thought the threads were moot now that the subject had been exhausted. I mean, GQ is for questions, MPSIMS is for joke threads and such. on a practical basis, there’s only so much space per page for threads. IIRC , GQ tends to go pretty fast, that is threads tend to fall off the first page pretty quickly. if there’s a GQ thread wherein the OP has been answered but folks keep posting jokes to it, that would tend to keep that thread on the top of the heap, on the first page, while other threads where the OP \*\*hadn’t \*\* been answered yet would continue to drop off. and since GQ is for, well, GQ, it would seem contraindicated to let a question fall to the bottom of the heap so folks can talk about what kind of pie they’d bring when they come back and all. just a guess, ya know. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sam/277656.md?page=2)