# Explain why you must, sadly, decline the opportunity to be the new Pit moderator **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992 "2009-02-15T21:05:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/21 "2009-02-15T23:35:34Z")
[moderator hat on] Yo, did you miss where **SnarkyPoster** dissed you 3rd post from the top on pg 3? You just gonna let that _sit there_ like that? :: pulls up lawn chair with Da Moderator airbrushed onto the back :: This is the PIT, goddammit! I wanna see some action or I am so tossing this loser thread into MPSIMS! [/hat off] ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/22 "2009-02-15T23:40:05Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > I had thought that conjugating _fuck_ would be redundant, but checking the dictionary, I see that this is only the case if you are a bacterium or an algae. Woo-hoo! I am conjugating like a… gah, what’s the point? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/23 "2009-02-15T23:45:03Z")
There’s no such thing as a good raisin. _What? What do you mean I missed the point? Raisins are icky!_ ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/24 "2009-02-15T23:45:18Z")
I’d ban \*\*Ed, \*\*or at least take away his moderating powers in the Pit. Seriously **Ed** - if one guy says it, he has a problem, if two or three people say it, they’re ganging up on you, if _everyone_ says it, it’s you, babe. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/25 "2009-02-15T23:55:45Z")
I think Ed is a raging Editor who isn’t quite reconciled to the fact that moderators and members and guests are not on the payroll. There are people who do not suffer fools gladly, and then there is Ed, who does not suffer fools. The Pit is filled with fools. That and I don’t want the Pit cleaned up more than it is. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/26 "2009-02-16T00:20:37Z")
I’m inclined to believe that the people who mentioned “FOAD” upthread are threatening each and every one of us reading this thead. Of course, now I’m threatening you too, so I’m obviously a poor role model. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/27 "2009-02-16T00:25:07Z")
They don’t make jackboots in my fitting. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/28 "2009-02-16T00:27:25Z")
I’m holding out for that Secretary of Commerce position that just opened up. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/29 "2009-02-16T00:48:08Z")
I really really can’t be bothered. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/30 "2009-02-16T01:08:46Z")
I’m afraid - make that I _know_ - that I would happily take the opportunity to unleash my inner Cheney and ban everyone who got on my nerves. Yes, that means you. So knock it off already or else! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/31 "2009-02-16T01:43:46Z")
My brother already works for a jackbooted government agency of repression. If I were a mod in the pit, he’d then have to top me by taking over Mexico or something. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992/32 "2009-02-16T01:57:22Z")
Considering the subject and recent Pit threads, I think it was a foregone conclusion that this would end up as a criticism of the board or staff. I also don’t think **Skald the Rhymer** meant for the thread to turn out that way, so I’m going to close this and suggest to **Skald** that he maybe start a new thread like it in a few days after things have settled down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-must-sadly-decline-the-opportunity-to-be-the-new-pit-moderator/485992.md?page=1)