# Is Giraffe on vacation? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 23, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794 "2005-07-23T14:01:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 24, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/21 "2005-07-24T13:16:52Z")
Speaking of cats, I regret to inform you all that I’ve discovered why our beloved (well, at least beliked) **Giraffe** has been absent, and it ain’t pretty. Seems he’d been inveigled into working for a cat toy company, little realizing their [nefarious plans for him.](http://www.pathpetproducts.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=84) After a barrage of complaints and threats (“I can lick any man in the house!”) he was promoted to [a new position](http://www.petdiscounters.com/customer/product.php?productid=1036077&cat=301&page=), which has its plusses and minuses – no more emergency room visits but constant headaches. Still, his current career has one bright spot – [he’s found the love of his life.](http://www.murnis.com/onlineshop/woodencats2/giraffecatsofa.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/22 "2005-07-24T13:49:11Z")
He’s never gonna live this down. First he gets the [fluffiest pitting](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318547&highlight=Giraffe) a mod has ever gotten. Now posters are saying that _they miss him_. Dude’s gonna lose his jackboots fer sure. Poor, poor bastard. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/23 "2005-07-24T16:57:34Z")
Just as a general comment, we tend not to tell y’all when we’re on vacation, for a number of reasons. Primary among these is the notion that some persons take that the mice can play when the cat’s away. But other factors, like what the hell business is it of yours?, come into play as well. I’m neither confirming nor denying **Giraffe** ’s situation, mind you, I’m just sayin’. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/24 "2005-07-24T17:29:07Z")
But **Lynn** and **Veb** are still on duty, right? So the sword of Damn!-Oh-Please! still hangs over all Pitizens. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/25 "2005-07-24T17:34:32Z")
We got mice? ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/26 "2005-07-24T17:42:08Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > …But other factors, like what the hell business is it of yours?, come into play as well. I’m neither confirming nor denying **Giraffe** ’s situation, mind you, I’m just sayin’. Nice to see that we are held in such high regard. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/27 "2005-07-24T20:02:39Z")
Honestly, **Binarydrone** , what business is it of ours whether one Mod or another goes on vacation for a bit? It’s not like the board is ever unmoderated. Maybe **Giraffe** just had to give his tongue a break, or sumthin’. Geez. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/28 "2005-07-24T20:34:28Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > Honestly, **Binarydrone** , what business is it of ours whether one Mod or another goes on vacation for a bit? It’s not like the board is ever unmoderated > > Geez. geez indeed. didn’t know **Giraffe** ’s status was classified. there’s been announcements other times mods/admins were off for various reasons. why suddenly is it suspect/wrong to ask? ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/29 "2005-07-24T20:38:05Z")
All part of the treat you like you are still a freeloader while taking your money school of thought, I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/30 "2005-07-24T20:45:26Z")
Jesus fucksicle twist! What the hell didfference does it make whether one mod out of a dozen or more is here? If you have a hatred for a certain thread that you think is misplaced, report it! If you want some flame ass fucked up trainwreck backfires of Pit threads (and who doesn’t? 😉 ), then fucking make one! Quit flopping around like a lame ass sick monkey dick whining about it! BTW, this thread is too lame for the Pit. I vote we move it. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/31 "2005-07-24T20:57:51Z")
The difference is that Giraffe seems to be the moderator that was giving a shit about the very thing that I am complaining about (in the right forum, by the way). As far as reporting threads, my experience leads me to believe that the report function must secretly lead to some Internet black hole. For the most part, it seems that moderation by capriciousness is the rule of the day. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/32 "2005-07-24T21:05:55Z")
A giraffe in capris would be an interesting sight. While I agree that there have been far too many MPSIMS rants allowed in the Pit over the past few months, I don’t think the Long Necked One is the Chosen One Super Mod to fix it all in one fell swoop. Like I said in post #2, these things go in cycles. Even before we came here, Dopers were lamenting the pitiable state of the Pit they saw. Cycles, man. Cycles. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/33 "2005-07-25T01:05:54Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Cycles, man. Cycles. Bah! Back in the day, we didn’t **have** cycles. We had to walk! Uphill! In the snow! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/34 "2005-07-25T05:27:44Z")
Correction: five miles uphill, in both directions! In the snow. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/35 "2005-07-25T05:38:25Z")
Barefoot! Carrying 50-pound bookbags full of rocks because we were too poor to have real books and had to chisel our own out of slabs of granite. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/36 "2005-07-25T05:44:54Z")
I love it when a thread devolves into old folks “and we were happy for what we had” nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/37 "2005-07-25T07:15:28Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > We got mice? What do you think runs the server? Used to be a hamster, but **Cecil** and the mods blew all the money for hamsters on hookers and blow, so we had to get mice. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/38 "2005-07-25T07:42:38Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > As far as reporting threads, my experience leads me to believe that the report function must secretly lead to some Internet black hole. Mine too. Best to email all the mods of the relevant forum en bloc. > [@](#): > > For the most part, it seems that moderation by capriciousness is the rule of the day. The best mods are the ones who don’t really want to be doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/39 "2005-07-25T08:19:44Z")
In my experience, it differs from one forum to another. Arnold, Dex, Gaudere, and Tuba are all very good about checking and responding to reports of posts. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794/40 "2005-07-25T15:29:39Z")
I’ve lost track - are we sucking up to **Giraffe** , or flaming him? Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-giraffe-on-vacation/313794.md?page=3)