# For those that reported the "misheard lyrics" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393 "2006-12-23T23:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/1 "2006-12-23T23:55:51Z")
…get a fucking **life**. I posted there instead of starting a new thread because I knew there were dozens of threads on the subject and didn’t want to add to the pool (because inevitably, when someone DOES make a new thread, two or three people will come in and post links to the OLD threads, giving the hint that the OP should have just added to the other discussions instead of making a new thread), and just went for the most recently active thread to post in. **C K Dexter Haven** indicated that a few people had reported the thread; why? Because I posted something extremely vulgar? Because I posted some sort of illegal information? NO. Of course not. Because some people have sticks so far up their ass that they watch and wait for someone to post in an older thread so they can fire off a report to the mods. OH NOES!!! SOMEONE WILL POST IN AN OLD THREAD THAT I DON’T HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO EVER OPEN AND READ! GET OVER IT. Go report something _worthwhile_, assholes, like someone spamming the forums or advocating child porn or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/2 "2006-12-24T00:08:34Z")
You ire is misplaced. It doesn’t matter how many people report a thread for whatever reason; it’s NOT going to get closed unless a moderator decides that it should be. Reporting a thread only has the effect of calling a moderator’s attention to a possible problem. What action is taken or not take is entirely at the discretion of the responding moderator. Get over it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/3 "2006-12-24T00:33:49Z")
There’s a rule against thread bumping. Some people reported what could reasonably be considered thread bumping. I think you’re the one who needs to get over it. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/4 "2006-12-24T00:38:28Z")
[QUOTE=Cuckoorex] OH NOES!!! SOMEONE WILL POST IN AN OLD THREAD THAT I DON’T HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO EVER OPEN AND READ! GET OVER IT. Go report something _worthwhile_, assholes, like someone spamming the forums or advocating child porn or something like that. [/QUOTE] Linky McSplinky? Or would that be asking too much? It’s not really a rule, and it is clear that rules are the burr under your saddle, but it is more or less expected. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/5 "2006-12-24T00:46:15Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Linky McSplinky? Or would that be asking too much? It’s not really a rule, and it is clear that rules are the burr under your saddle, but it is more or less expected. [/QUOTE] [Found it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364447). Took me a while because I was looking for, y’know, a _locked_ thread. Apparently, this bonehead’s only beef is that a couple people felt the thread should be reported, because **no action was taken at all**. Sheesh, “get a life,” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/6 "2006-12-24T00:53:40Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] [Found it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364447). Took me a while because I was looking for, y’know, a _locked_ thread. Apparently, this bonehead’s only beef is that a couple people felt the thread should be reported, because **no action was taken at all**. Sheesh, “get a life,” indeed. [/QUOTE] Dayum! It sure don’t take much to rile some folks. I’m guessing this is a rant. Surely the OP is not questioning Mod behavior? [I’ll give it a 1.5. Moderate vitriol, negative substance.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8081457&postcount=1) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/7 "2006-12-24T00:57:53Z")
Here’s a [Linky McSplinky](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697100&postcount=4) to the rule(s) in question. In this particular case, **Cuckoorex** did nothing wrong in reviving the old thread. But to get so upset over people reporting it, well, I think that falls under “If that’s the worst thing that’s happened to you lately, you must have a pretty good life.” ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/8 "2006-12-24T01:10:36Z")
I wouldn’t get too upset over it, though, you’re right: People who reported that thread are being turds, in the classical sense. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/9 "2006-12-24T01:11:50Z")
“Are” should have been “were” in that last post. Sorry. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/10 "2006-12-24T01:15:20Z")
“In the classical sense”? Now I’m intrigued. In what different senses can one be a turd? ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/11 "2006-12-24T01:42:20Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] “In the classical sense”? Now I’m intrigued. In what different senses can one be a turd? [/QUOTE] Trust me, you don’t want to be a turd in the baroque sense. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/12 "2006-12-24T01:46:38Z")
I’ve once or twice done what **Dex** did there - explained my reasoning for leaving a thread open or unmoved - to stem a flood of reports. We very, very, very, very, very much appreciate reported threads, though, even if we do nothing. None of us have the time to read everything that gets posted, and an alert posterdom is a tremendous help to us. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/13 "2006-12-24T02:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] … an alert posterdom is a tremendous help to us. [/QUOTE] I had one of them-there alert posterdoms once, but the damn fool run in front of a gravel truck and got squished flat! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/14 "2006-12-24T02:44:12Z")
[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars] I had one of them-there alert posterdoms once, but the damn fool run in front of a gravel truck and got squished flat! [/QUOTE] They’re thought to be extinct now, but I hear one’s been sighted in Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/15 "2006-12-24T03:22:24Z")
[QUOTE=Wilson] Trust me, you don’t want to be a turd in the baroque sense. [/QUOTE] Exactly, which is why I made sure to clarify my meaning. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/16 "2006-12-24T03:44:27Z")
[QUOTE=Wilson] Trust me, you don’t want to be a turd in the baroque sense. [/QUOTE] I would think the rococo sense would be even worse. And I don’t want to even **think** about what “a turd in the romantic sense” might imply. :eek: I was among those who reported it – not because of any offense but because there’s a tendency among moderators to dislike the resurrection of ancient threads without an amazingly good reason for it. And also because I got to make perhaps the all-time classic Mod Report on it: “Lady Mondegreen is a zombie.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/17 "2006-12-24T04:09:55Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] I was among those who reported it – not because of any offense but because there’s a tendency among moderators to dislike the resurrection of ancient threads without an amazingly good reason for it. [/QUOTE] Well I, for one, would be absolutely cool with it if somebody resurrected some SDMB threads from the 1920’s. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/18 "2006-12-24T04:12:47Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Well I, for one, would be absolutely cool with it if somebody resurrected some SDMB threads from the 1920’s. [/QUOTE] Pffft. Back then it was all about the newfangled Death Rays that just came out. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/19 "2006-12-24T04:18:36Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] I was among those who reported it – not because of any offense but because there’s a tendency among moderators to dislike the resurrection of ancient threads without an amazingly good reason for it. [/QUOTE] OK…but it’s a misheard lyrics thread…in Cafe Society. Not an “evolution versus creationism” thread in GD or something that is in serious milk-the-chimp territory. Unless someone posts something that has some amazing double meaning, “Da Vinci Code” style, exactly how is there supposed to be some “amazingly good reason” for posting the in the thread AT ALL?? If I had just posted, “I miss this thread, someone post more here,” then THAT would have been “bumping” a thread. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393/20 "2006-12-24T04:20:57Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Pffft. Back then it was all about the newfangled Death Rays that just came out. [/QUOTE] OK, you’re on the list, pal. As soon as I get a fresh sheet of paper. And a new crayon. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-reported-the-misheard-lyrics-thread/385393.md?page=2)