# Does TubaDiva not like flirting? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 28, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532 "2004-09-28T18:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/1 "2004-09-28T18:28:34Z")
The only reason I ask is because in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277112) thread she refers to it as “degenerating into flirting”. Now I have NO problem with her shutting down the thread, it was the inappropriate forum. I just think a little harmless flirting always lightens things up. Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/2 "2004-09-28T18:42:44Z")
I haven’t read the thread. But generally if an issue has been dealt with and the thread continues to attract meaningless or irrelevant posts (not saying that’s what happened) it is fair game for closure. Often threads get closed for perfectly innocent reasons. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/3 "2004-09-28T18:56:00Z")
Flirting is generally considered mundane and pointless, one’s humble opinion, or pretty hot and flamey. So, there are some fora where it is welcome, and others, not so welcome. This would be a not-so-welcome one. Plus, in this and GQ, the mods have been known to step in and close threads on their own discretion once the question has been answered, since that’s what that forum is specifically for. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/4 "2004-09-28T19:32:25Z")
Oh I know. Like I said, she had to shut it down. I was just curious. I haven’t had a reason to question a mod’s ruling yet. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/5 "2004-09-28T19:33:30Z")
Plus I was so darn proud of myself that I learned to make a link on the word. I had to test it, too. ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/6 "2004-09-28T19:35:36Z")
**Elenia28** I _did_ read the thread, and there was no discernible “flirting” in it. So, I conclude that Tuba simply wanted to close the thread because any discussion of Cecil stresses her out, but she didn’t want to say that in so many words. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/7 "2004-09-29T05:44:25Z")
**the first supraliminal** , there was [post=5287429]a bit of flirting[/post] in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/8 "2004-09-29T10:00:48Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > The only reason I ask is because in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277112) thread she refers to it as “degenerating into flirting”. Now I have NO problem with her shutting down the thread, it was the inappropriate forum. I just think a little harmless flirting always lightens things up. > > Just curious. My interpretation was that she meant it in the context of an ATMB thread. Flirting is probably best suited for MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/10 "2004-09-29T20:30:42Z")
Oh, I have no objection to flirting, per se. Y’all can play with yourselves as much as you like . . . it’s just not appropriate for About This Message Board. I don’t see the forum listed as “About This Message Board and Messing Around,” do you? As for you, “the first supraliminal,” what in the heck are you talking about? your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/11 "2004-09-29T20:39:05Z")
Just look at some of the “picture” threads going on now. Now _that’s_ flirting. But the Cecil thread was serious (at least somewhat) and it did kind of trail…off…in the later posts. So, **TubaDiva** …how _you_ doin’? 😉 I kid! Come on, you know somebody was going to… ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/12 "2004-09-29T20:53:57Z")
Heh. That’s cute. So are you. Now, everybody feeling better? your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**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 29, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/13 "2004-09-29T21:27:38Z")
> [@Jeff Olson](#): > > Perhaps there should be a ‘General Flirting’ forum. 😉 [Now what](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270196&highlight=libertarian)? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/14 "2004-09-30T06:11:21Z")
> [@](#): > > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator Y’know, there’s something sexy about official administratorial proclamations… ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/15 "2004-09-30T06:27:50Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Heh. That’s cute. So are you. > > Now, everybody feeling better? > > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator With that comment…Nightwatch Trailer kicks up his heels and his nose turns bright red as he leaps into the night sky…“I’m cuuute, she thinks I’m cute!” **feeling better?** I’d say one of us probably is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/16 "2004-10-01T19:52:14Z")
Re-reads thread. Pumps fist. In a hushed voice: “_Yes…_” ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/17 "2004-10-01T19:57:58Z")
Uh? TubaDiva puns Scuba Diver. Does it also pun Tuba Deva? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tubadiva-not-like-flirting/266532/18 "2004-10-01T20:28:45Z")
Okay, enough now. your humble TubaDiva Administrator