# fluiddruid is stepping down as Pit mod **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109 "2009-02-16T16:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/41 "2009-02-16T19:52:43Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Hmm. I could have sworn only **Ed** was listed when I looked. > > Must have been a bug in the software. Obviously, _I_ could never bee misteaken. > > Regards. > Shodan You might have caught it in mid-doings. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/42 "2009-02-16T20:06:29Z")
I like and respect Gfactor. He does a great job as a mod in GQ, and even better as a poster on legal questions. If he wants to moderate the pit, I think he can handle it. Zotti and Bodoni, not so much. They may be great people with many talents in other areas, but if they start seriously trying to mod the pit, they’re either going to end up banning a bunch of posters, or killing the forum. I’ll hoist a glass to \*\*Giraffe \*\*and **Fluiddruid** for a job well done. ---
**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 16, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/43 "2009-02-16T20:08:15Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Actually, I thought **fluiddruid** was a pretty lame Pit moderator, thinking particularly when he told someone not to insult someone in the Pit because he only used “a bunch of unoriginal, parroted joke-book insults”. > > But hey, if he was the enlightened warrior for free speech behind the scenes, I guess I had him all wrong. I think that was me! It was the effect I was going for. I enjoyed the compliment at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/44 "2009-02-16T20:13:49Z")
Will someone please think of the predicate nominatives! […weeping…copious tears…] ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/45 "2009-02-16T20:21:27Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Will someone please think of the predicate nominatives! > > […weeping…copious tears…] Me hardly ever do. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/46 "2009-02-16T20:41:35Z")
Thank you to both \*\*Giraffe \*\*and **fluiddruid**. I don’t post in the pit much, but I do lurk here often. I’ll miss you both. \*\*fluiddruid \*\*is still going to mod the Game Room right? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/47 "2009-02-16T21:19:14Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Zotti and Bodoni, not so much. They may be great people with many talents in other areas, but if they start seriously trying to mod the pit, they’re either going to end up banning a bunch of posters, or killing the forum. I think you might be overstating things a bit. Lynn modded the Pit for years and years. The Pit flourished under her. She’s not going to kill the forum or ban everybody. I’m actually happy to see that she’s back. Maybe we won’t have to deal with whiney-ass OPs that belong in MPSIMS anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/48 "2009-02-16T21:19:15Z")
You know, if you guys had paid your taxes on time, all of this could have been avoided. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/49 "2009-02-16T21:21:48Z")
Clearly, this is Bush’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/50 "2009-02-16T21:31:06Z")
So, now that she’s no longer modding in the pit, anyone else willing to come out and admit their Doper Crush on **fluiddruid**? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/51 "2009-02-16T21:35:25Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I think you might be overstating things a bit. Lynn modded the Pit for years and years. The Pit flourished under her. She’s not going to kill the forum or ban everybody. I’m actually happy to see that she’s back. Maybe we won’t have to deal with whiney-ass OPs that belong in MPSIMS anymore. Well, I watched her really blow a call a few weeks ago. Somebody said something she didn’t like about Planned Parenthood, and things got ugly. As I saw it, she let her personal involvement with that cause override her judgment as a mod. She’s still better than Zotti…but that isn’t saying much at all. Zotti is a horrible mod, and should never attempt to act as one. Really, the pit is unique enough that it ought to be off limits for all non-pit mods when it comes time to moderate something. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/52 "2009-02-16T21:44:06Z")
Gaudere is one admin who is also a good mod. There’s one other, but I can’t recall his name right now. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/53 "2009-02-16T23:15:09Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Gaudere is one admin who is also a good mod. There’s one other, but I can’t recall his name right now. It’s me, but on another board. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/54 "2009-02-16T23:45:39Z")
**Vote Fluiddruid** …to start playing mafia again! I always thought you were a great mod of the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/55 "2009-02-17T00:12:14Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Yes. You were the Druid we were looking for. Were you a Druid, or a Reformed Druid? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/56 "2009-02-17T01:09:54Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Maybe we won’t have to deal with whiney-ass OPs that belong in MPSIMS anymore. Seriously? I’d put my vote in for that. There have been too many “I’m a victim” threads here. But it doesn’t seem to go with the whole kinder, gentler motif to tell whiny, self-involved people to buzz off to MPSIMS. I was actually expecting more whiny, victim threads under the new administration. If that’s not the case, that could be a welcome change. It’s certainly not something I’ve noticed Ed changing. ---
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/57 "2009-02-17T17:05:32Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > **Vote Fluiddruid** > …to start playing mafia again! > > I always thought you were a great mod of the Pit. I’d second both sentiments. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/58 "2009-02-17T19:18:52Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > **Vote Fluiddruid** > …to start playing mafia again! > > I always thought you were a great mod of the Pit. I came in here to state this same thing. With your newly found free time, I expect to see you in more Mafia games, **fluid**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/59 "2009-02-17T20:17:06Z")
I’ll miss seeing you around here, **fluid** , but I’m glad you’re still moderating in other forums. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109/60 "2009-02-17T20:26:25Z")
I have to say, I’m a little scared at the direction the Pit is likely to take if both **Giraffe** and **fluiddruid** are bailing. The thing I liked best about this forum is that it _wasn’t_ like sitting around the Algonquin with Dorothy Parker and her fellow wits. Sometimes it’s satisfying to let your id run free. I’ll miss you as a mod here, **fluiddruid**. And had I known you were female, I’d have thrown many more sexist jokes and uses of the word “tits” into my interactions with you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109.md?page=4)