# Frank, you're such a tool (for closing my thread, etc.) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609 "2006-12-02T19:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/61 "2006-12-03T16:01:41Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] I never said I’ve never been warned [/QUOTE] Stupid lying troll, do you think your own words vanish? > [@Aeschines](#): > > I’ve never been threated by moddom with suspension, much less banning > [@TVebelen](#): > > You’re acting like a troll. Knock it off or we will dispense with your presence. Dumb troll. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/62 "2006-12-03T16:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] **Aeschines** , do you not know how quote tags work, or are you just messing with us? This whole ‘respond to each poster with a separate post’ is really damn annoying. It’s not that hard: [q uote=Poster1]I think A.[/quo te] whatever you want to say. [qu ote=poster 2]Cite?[/quot e] Google is your friend. Remove the spaces and you can do the whole thing in one post. [/QUOTE] Aw, leave the guy alone, he’s just having a post-padding party for himself. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/63 "2006-12-03T16:10:17Z")
[QUOTE=Unregistered Bull] Best moderator response ever. Should be a sig line. [/QUOTE] No, no, a thousand times, no. That honor belongs to (I believe **manhattan** ’s), “As it happens, I am the fucking hall monitor.” ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/64 "2006-12-03T16:29:51Z")
[QUOTE=FinnAgain] Stupid lying troll, do you think your own words vanish? Dumb troll. [/QUOTE] Chill dude. You are getting SOOO worked up over nothing! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/65 "2006-12-03T16:31:08Z")
One nice feature of threads like this is that it can reveal which folks are allied with and allied against the OP’s views and aims. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/66 "2006-12-03T16:32:20Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Frankly, **Guin** your postcount is an obscenity. [/QUOTE] Hey, can we make it a new addition to the Godwin’s Law, that anyone who insults me by commenting on my post count automatically loses? Seriously, if THAT’S the best you can do, that’s sad. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/67 "2006-12-03T16:37:03Z")
I have never before agreed with those who said that post counts should be hidden. “Who would be so nonsensical,” I thought, “to attack someone for their post count, be it high or low?” Good to know my question has been answered. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/68 "2006-12-03T17:06:41Z")
OK, I’m taking the advice offered above and putting TWO responses in one post. The reason I haven’t done so is that it’s a pain. But I’m easy. [QUOTE=Guinastasia] Hey, can we make it a new addition to the Godwin’s Law, that anyone who insults me by commenting on my post count automatically loses? [/QUOTE] No, you’re not that important. And if the best you can do in life is post here, then, yes, that IS sad. [QUOTE=Helen’s Eidolon] I have never before agreed with those who said that post counts should be hidden. “Who would be so nonsensical,” I thought, “to attack someone for their post count, be it high or low?” Good to know my question has been answered. [/QUOTE] Yep, I’m the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/69 "2006-12-03T17:11:29Z")
[QUOTE=Helen’s Eidolon] I have never before agreed with those who said that post counts should be hidden. “Who would be so nonsensical,” I thought, “to attack someone for their post count, be it high or low?” Good to know my question has been answered. [/QUOTE] I think you’re drawing the wrong conclusion. What you’re seeing is not evidence in favor of hiding post counts, but evidence in favor of banning for jerkish behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/70 "2006-12-03T17:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=Brainiac4] What you’re seeing is not evidence in favor of hiding post counts, but evidence in favor of banning for jerkish behavior. [/QUOTE] IMV, banning campaigns themselves are jerkish behavior, but YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/71 "2006-12-03T17:47:13Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] IMV, banning campaigns themselves are jerkish behavior, but YMMV. [/QUOTE] True, but there’s no doubt you enjoy being the front-runner. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/72 "2006-12-03T17:50:19Z")
[QUOTE=FaerieBeth] True, but there’s no doubt you enjoy being the front-runner. [/QUOTE] Who else is left? I’m the last of the “New Agers Who Speak Their Minds” here. ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/73 "2006-12-03T18:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Who else is left? I’m the last of the “New Agers Who Speak Their Minds” here. [/QUOTE] Well, I was with you in the beginning of the thread. You just lost me on this one. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/74 "2006-12-03T18:09:12Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Who else is left? I’m the last of the “New Agers Who Speak Their Minds” here. [/QUOTE] Yeah, if by “Their Minds” you mean “Totally Batshit crazy Bullshit”… ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/75 "2006-12-03T18:10:13Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] Yeah, if by “Their Minds” you mean “Totally Batshit crazy Bullshit”… [/QUOTE] Ya gotta work with what ya got. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/76 "2006-12-03T18:12:38Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Chill dude. You are getting SOOO worked up over nothing! [/QUOTE] **Pot** , meet **kettle**. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/77 "2006-12-03T18:42:34Z")
It seems familiar, somehow… 1. Open trolling non-Pit thread and wait for inevitable closing 2. Open shit-stirring Pit thread to feign confusion and dismay over #1 and bask in inevitable pile-on 3. Profit! And in contrast with the Underpants Gnomes’ plan, nobody can accuse the **Aeschines** plan (or its creator) of lacking #2. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/78 "2006-12-03T20:26:53Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Just had to let you know what a tool you are, Frank the Mod, in the “appropriate forum.” [/QUOTE] Just out of curiosity **frank** what kind of tool are you ? Sledgehammer, tackhammer , or perhaps a jackhammer ? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/79 "2006-12-03T20:32:14Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] Just out of curiosity **frank** what kind of tool are you ? [/QUOTE] I’ve never been asked that question. If I were a tool, what kind of tool would I be? Hmm… I am an [adze](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adze). Yes, I occasionally hit my foot. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609/80 "2006-12-03T21:20:15Z")
Adze, adze, adze, as much as I like. _Really_ ancient doper humor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609.md?page=5)