# Every Step You Take, I'll Be Watching You! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569 "2018-12-04T22:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/1 "2018-12-04T22:28:31Z")
[https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AAS0ss7VXNtG93bqjULhb3\_h0R2S2XWAHqVijIfc\_5cis2EuvgqqCEYdxd8xacue4DeH\_S2OQsAQvhvwKJ88O1MJUmksyCf4JDhnjOUSLryZeSbgjShN9ls4q9SQf4p6BXemqyLH7E2jbCAXY56MtXR0-xv5S2Bi2u7Y8YkDJvwdRSENObjqT84Rs88jPP1rKoWLZ\_8DO-XoQtQrjG1oiIThDlJHCjLMHOq21woqHhunxA/p.jpeg?size=2048x1536&size\_mode=3](https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AAS0ss7VXNtG93bqjULhb3_h0R2S2XWAHqVijIfc_5cis2EuvgqqCEYdxd8xacue4DeH_S2OQsAQvhvwKJ88O1MJUmksyCf4JDhnjOUSLryZeSbgjShN9ls4q9SQf4p6BXemqyLH7E2jbCAXY56MtXR0-xv5S2Bi2u7Y8YkDJvwdRSENObjqT84Rs88jPP1rKoWLZ_8DO-XoQtQrjG1oiIThDlJHCjLMHOq21woqHhunxA/p.jpeg?size=2048x1536&size_mode=3) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/2 "2018-12-04T22:31:26Z")
You don’t have to put out the Red Light, walk the streets for money, sell your body to the night. What are we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/3 "2018-12-04T22:48:50Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > You don’t have to put out the Red Light, walk the streets for money, sell your body to the night. > > What are we talking about? I screwed up the image hosting, so I reported my own post (a first for me here). But ultimately, the thread is about the moderation of this website, and how they’re like always watching us, like jack-booted hall monitors amped on crystal meth. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/4 "2018-12-04T22:52:21Z")
Sounds cheery. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/5 "2018-12-04T23:15:07Z")
As it happens, _I_ am the fucking jack-booted hall monitor amped on crystal meth. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/6 "2018-12-04T23:18:55Z")
But I, apparently, don’t belong here… Where’s the ‘woe is me’ smiley? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/7 "2018-12-04T23:40:02Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > But\*\* I, apparently, don’t belong here… > \*\* > Where’s the ‘woe is me’ smiley? You’re not allowed to quote Radiohead while simultaneously talking about a stalker Police song. It’s in the rules, look for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/8 "2018-12-05T00:03:20Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > You’re not allowed to quote Radiohead while simultaneously talking about a stalker Police song. It’s in the rules, look for yourself. Whatever makes you happy d&r ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/9 "2018-12-05T00:17:52Z")
Whatever I want? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/10 "2018-12-05T00:24:30Z")
Catch me if you can. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/11 "2018-12-05T01:41:42Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Catch me if you can. I have been meaning to say this for awhile, but you’re so fucking special. I wish I was. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/12 "2018-12-05T02:11:38Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > … > But ultimately, the thread is about the moderation of this website, and how they’re like always watching us, like jack-booted hall monitors amped on crystal meth. Try a message board with lackadaisical moding, or no moding at all. It’s a pretty unpleasant place. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/13 "2018-12-05T02:25:23Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Try a message board with lackadaisical moding, or no moding at all. It’s a pretty unpleasant place. Like the back seat of a VW? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/14 "2018-12-05T03:02:51Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Like the back seat of a VW? I think it was Frank Sinatra who once said: if I can make it there, I can make it anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/15 "2018-12-05T03:06:49Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I have been meaning to say this for awhile, but you’re so fucking special. I wish I was. Ummm. Thanks?? I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/16 "2018-12-05T03:19:13Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > As it happens, _I_ am the fucking jack-booted hall monitor amped on crystal meth. Shame… a once prominent NY attorney doing drugs, ruining his life. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/17 "2018-12-05T03:44:18Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Ummm. Thanks?? I guess. It’s a partial Radiohead lyric. > [@Mars\_Horizon](#): > > Shame… a once prominent NY attorney doing drugs, ruining his life. 😃 Another shame is a formerly (and currently in his own mind) prominent NYC real estate developer turned politician acting like he’s doing drugs via his Twitter activity, ruining OUR lives by becoming President and all. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/18 "2018-12-05T03:45:45Z")
Shit. I unintentionally politicized my own thread. Hangs head, ready for chopping block… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569/19 "2018-12-05T04:28:31Z")
**Mod Hat On** OPs need to be more than a link. This also seems to be a moderation thread, so why don’t try again in ATMB and put some effort into explaining what you’re talking about.