# I need to be banned for being a terrible poster **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546 "2013-01-17T20:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546/1 "2013-01-17T20:13:01Z")
All I do is offend and hurt people and drag down the intellectual quality of the board. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546/2 "2013-01-17T20:15:35Z")
Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546/3 "2013-01-17T20:16:10Z")
My entire post history? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546/4 "2013-01-17T20:17:21Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > All I do is offend and hurt people and drag down the intellectual quality of the board. Jragon, you can request that the mods temporarily suspend your posting privileges. Try emailing TubaDiva. That said … the tenor of this and some of your other recent posts worries me. Please find someone in the real world – a friend, a therapist, a clergy, whatever – to talk to. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546/5 "2013-01-17T20:20:06Z")
How does that distinguish you? 😃 Just take a break. You’ll feel differently in a bit. If it helps, I can think of a dozen posters off the top of my head who actually do what you think you do. Seriously, you don’t do what you claim. There is no need for you to get banned. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546/6 "2013-01-17T20:31:15Z")
When you type up a post let it sit for 5 or 30 minutes before submitting. Take a break, then go back and look at it later and only submit then if it comes across as you’d like it to. If your dissatisfaction persists after that, then yeah, talk to TubaDiva or a professional if you think you need to. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546/7 "2013-01-17T20:31:27Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Jragon, you can request that the mods temporarily suspend your posting privileges. Try emailing TubaDiva. For a milder, self-imposed version of this (takes a little willpower, but has worked for me in the past); type some random characters into Notepad without looking at them. Copy to clipboard, then paste into both fields on the ‘change password’ screen. Log out - you won’t be able to log back in again until you go through the ‘forgot password’ procedure. A short break is more refreshing than you might think, **Jragon**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546/8 "2013-01-17T20:37:49Z")
I’m not sure what is going on here, but contact an administrator, **Jragon**. This is not a good idea or a good way to handle whatever is happening.