YOU’RE the one who doesn’t want the thread to die. You’re the one who wants to know exactly how things were “handled privately,” even though you know what that obviously means (a private and “heartfelt” apology). You say that Twickster should be formally reprimanded yet in the thread itself your beef isn’t with the fact that she fucked up, but with the attitude of the mods in general. That isn’t going to change. You can’t just keep stamping your feet until they’re overcome with a change of heart and start respecting us more. Granted, if you and the others keep at it you might get more meaningless apologies. If that’s what you’re really after, have at it.
I agree with Rushgeekgirl. What was the point in starting this thread?
Interesting. I’ve never heard it as blind pigs and acorns, but as blind chickens and grains of corn. Must be a regional thing.
I’ll cop to that, although I wouldn’t say it’s that accurate.
Nope.
Twickster’s moderating is endemic of the adminstration’s opinion of us. If she was removed from a moderating position, I think a lot of people would see it as a good faith gesture on the part of TubaDiva and company.
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It’s very annoyong to have people refer to your posting as childish footstomping. I am voicing my displeasure with what I see as blatant unprofessionalism. But keep up with your childish contrarianism if it makes you happy.
Again, you’re either misunderstanding or misrepresenting my position.
If anyone cares, Twickster just helped me out of accidentally breaking one of the cardinal rules of the board.
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I rarely post here and I’ve never posted in these ‘Bitch about the Mods’ threads ever before, but here’s my take. This is supposed to be one of the smartest groups of folks on the net. The Mods are apparently, superior to us. “She should step down” vs. “She should step aside”. So, these are our leaders, the ones setting the direction and tone of the discussion. They, apparently, are just fine being judgmental, casually dismissive and insulting to someone that helped them do their jobs in the very way they’ve asked for help. This stupid, collective arrogance pisses me, and many others, right the fuck off.
If they can call us Pigs, we should be able to call them Cunts. Either typing at random internet strangers matters or it doesn’t. It’s fundamentally fucked up for them to circle the wagons and tell us not to be butthurt and not apply the same standards to themselves.
OK, that’s really funny. And sad. Both at the same time.
Concordantly. Vis a vis.
My God what a silly thread.
I think we all know that that’s not going to happen. What now, then?
(FWIW, I don’t want that to happen; its not happening makes me happy.)
I thought it was blind squirrels?
More to the point - why do any of you give a flying fuck what any or all of the mods think of you? Really. The only thing that matters to us about them in their role as mods is how they moderate. Their official actions not their thoughts. If twickster expresses some inappropriate discontent at picunurse’s being a better board citizen than many of us, but it does not impact her actual moderation (other than by the accidental cc) then why should any one, including picunurse care?
Seriously I do not get it. Okay, I could understand if someone had a sense of a relationship online with a someone who happens to be a mod … finding out that someone who you thought held you in some positive regard actually thought badly of you could sting, even if the relationship is only a MB one. But to a mod with whom such a relationship does not exist?
Get some lives people. This aint High School anymore.
I suspect it has less to do with this particular instance and more to do with the fact that this appears to be a pattern of behavior from her.
I don’t. I’m glad it was aired.** Twixter **is a human who makes mistakes like we ALL do. She can learn from this experience and so can the rest of us.
Maybe twickster apologized by showing picunurse the list of names she calls all the other posters and added “Compared to this, blind pig is practically a compliment.”
The multitude of insults and in-jokes this thread will spawn over the next 20 years is well worth the bullshit.
Thanks, Twickster!
True, I think the contempt many of the mods feel is pretty apparent from how they moderate.
Is anyone actually surprised that a moderator at this board contemns perfectly good posters?
That’s fine with me. If picunurse says it’s been resolved privately, it’s over as far as I’m concerned. I’m amazed at the number of people still getting their panties in a bunch over this. I’d dare even to call it RO.
What’s all the fuss about? I don’t know much about Twickster, but she sounds a bit curmudgeonly. You know, the adorable type who might respond to a morning hello and smile with a curt “FUCK YOU” and go back to her coffee and newspaper. There are insults, and there are insults. I think this belongs in the “letting off some steam”/ “don’t take personally” category.
It is. I came in to add this, so I’m glad someone else remembers the phrase same way I did.
I did a google on it, and “even a blind squirrel finds a nut/acorn” pops up quite often. Perhaps it’s a regional thing, with pigs and squirrels being substituted depending on where you are from.
As for the OP at hand, I think everything has been covered. I think **picunurse ** has a right to be appalled. **Twickster’s **apology seemed sincere, but I think the outrage she showed over the particular issue makes it hard for folks to understand, no matter how sorry she is. The anger is so out of proportion to the “offense”, it boggles the mind.
Do quit your day job.