# I quit. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845 "2009-02-14T18:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/41 "2009-02-14T20:03:26Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > … Ed and I have some fundamental differences on what type of forum the Pit should be, and rather than enforcing rules I don’t agree with or providing inconsistent moderation … Can someone help a brother out, is the above about what’s going on in here [_Ed, WTF?_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503203)? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/42 "2009-02-14T20:06:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Perhaps now, at long last, we will not have to suffer any more interminable references to your foot long prehensile tongue! 18-inch prehensile tongue, actually. Sorry to hear it, **Giraffe** , but good to know you have a soul you’re not willing to part with for a coffee mug and some sharp-looking boots. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/43 "2009-02-14T20:11:14Z")
After basically ignoring the place for so many years, what suddenly set Ed off on this crusade to run the SDMB into the ground? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/44 "2009-02-14T20:11:22Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Can someone help a brother out, is the above about what’s going on in here [_Ed, WTF?_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503203)? > > CMC fnord! He did make [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10778179&postcount=242)post in the WTF thread. One can only speculate if there was anything more involved, although his explanation in the OP seems pretty straightforward. If you haven’t been in the Pit lately, you may have missed a lot of complaining from certain members about Ed’s moderating style. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/45 "2009-02-14T20:17:10Z")
**Giraffe** , you’ve been one of the best moderators this board has ever had. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/46 "2009-02-14T20:24:22Z")
Well that blows. I’m sorry you are making this decision though I think I understand why. You did a very good job **Giraffe**. Thank you for the thankless work. **Mr. Moto** that was a great post. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/47 "2009-02-14T20:24:48Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > “Giraffe reached out to the board and offered his name for moderator of the Pit. He was very clear throughout the interviewing process that despite past disagreements about policies, he would support, embrace, and move forward with the board’s agenda. Once it became clear that Giraffe was not going to be supporting some of the board’s key priorities, it became necessary for Giraffe and the board administration to part ways. We regret that he has had a change of heart”. Okay, you’ve got me giggling uncontrollably here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/48 "2009-02-14T20:27:36Z")
So, who gets the jackboots? Thanks, Giraffe! ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/49 "2009-02-14T20:27:44Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > He did make [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10778179&postcount=242)post in the WTF thread. One can only speculate if there was anything more involved, although his explanation in the OP seems pretty straightforward. > > If you haven’t been in the Pit lately, you may have missed a lot of complaining from certain members about Ed’s moderating style. His link in that quote above is more illuminating. In **Sapo** ’s [thread asking why **jesseesheeran** had been banned](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502463), **Sapo** soon chalked up a warning from Ed for the rhetorical slam to **Colibri** : > [@Sapo](#): > > Butthurt much? I look forward to mopping the floor with you sorry ass when you try to make a production of it. After the warning, **Giraffe** subsequently posted: > [@](#): > > I’m going to go on record here noting that I strongly disagreed (and still disagree) with this ruling. Ed and I went back and forth on email several times today over this. He listened to my arguments but in the end did not see my point of view. C’est la vie. > > I’m not trying to undermine Ed here, who is clearly trying hard to be fair and do what he thinks is best for the board. But I don’t feel this action is consistent with my moderation over the past four years, and thus want to avoid the appearance of tacit approval through silence. So this may have been the last straw. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/50 "2009-02-14T20:30:52Z")
Add my regrets, **Giraffe**. For a pig, you’re all right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/51 "2009-02-14T20:33:33Z")
Well… well… SHIT! This really sucks the fuzzy donkey choad, I must say. You’ve been my mostest favoritest mod EVAH and the only one with the chops to mod the Pit by a long shot. I’m really glad you aren’t leaving altogether, though, that would be way too much for one day. Your replacement is gonna have one huge set of fuzzy hoof covers to fill, just sayin’! You da man, **Giraffe!** ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/52 "2009-02-14T20:34:23Z")
I’ll be a Pit moderator. I’ll enforce whatever stupid ass rules they tell me to. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/53 "2009-02-14T20:36:26Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > **Giraffe** , you’ve been one of the best moderators this board has ever had. I agree. **Giraffe** , next time you’re in the Pacific Northwest, let me know. We can get together and have a knife fight. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/54 "2009-02-14T20:38:12Z")
> [@choie](#): > > His link in that quote above is more illuminating. Well, uh, yeah. I sort of assumed the reader would go there. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/55 "2009-02-14T20:43:18Z")
Fuck it. I will join in the mush fest. Giraffe and Tomndebb are my favorite mods ever. But only Giraffe has never posted anything that made me think, “WTF was _that_ all about??” ---
**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 14, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/56 "2009-02-14T20:45:15Z")
Henry Fonda used to say that you couldn’t see good acting. For what it’s worth (FWIW) I never noticed your moderating. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/57 "2009-02-14T20:45:56Z")
I too am sorry you are giving up the boots. Your warnings and smackdowns were the funniest. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/58 "2009-02-14T20:47:42Z")
Well there goes my little moderator crush. Thanks for all you’ve done here in The Pit. I hope you have fun being just a poster. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/59 "2009-02-14T20:53:09Z")
I see\*\* Sapo \*\*was banned, although I don’t see a notice yet in ATMB. I wonder if there’s a connection? Edit: Forgot to add that I always thought Giraffe was very fair in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/60 "2009-02-14T20:56:02Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I see\*\* Sapo \*\*was banned, although I don’t see a notice yet in ATMB. I wonder if there’s a connection? > > Edit: Forgot to add that I always thought Giraffe was very fair in the Pit. It seems likely. **Sapo** ’s Banning was done by \*\*C K Dexter \*\* and he indicated this is under review and may be just a suspension. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845.md?page=4)