# "Insulting a mod gets you kicked out of the thread" ?

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**Created:** [October 13, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-a-mod-gets-you-kicked-out-of-the-thread/822916 "2018-10-13T23:08:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-a-mod-gets-you-kicked-out-of-the-thread/822916/32 "2018-10-15T02:11:52Z")

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> [@BlankSlate](#):
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> Racist? Really? Like saying the Irish eat a lot of potatoes is racist.
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> Highly offensive ethnic joke? Is today silly hyperbole day?

> [@Why do Asian women tend to lack muscle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-asian-women-tend-to-lack-muscle/822886/3):
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> Tapeworms. Thanks to all the raw meat they eat, Asian Asians are 30% parasites by mass.

To review, this was the hilarious and clever “joke” in question. Yeah, that’s different than saying that the Irish eat a lot of potatoes, and I think saying an ethnic group is a mass of parasites is pretty offensive.

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