Dang, dang, dang.
In the immortal words of manhattan:
I made a similar response to a poster, back in the AOL days.
The post was removed and people got warned.
This is the pit, of course. I do believe you feel my personal happiness is dependent upon my personal feelings. It is not. I am not bothered. Since this is the pit, I will rant more. If truly bothered, I would become a one trick pony, posting nothing but on this topic.
I will say no more about Manhattan, he has not bothered me, nor I him in quite awhile.
Your last sentence, however is out of line and not tolerated.
Hmm. Read that four times. Still can’t see what’s outta line about it.
Road Rash, you say how something repulses you, Anth asks why you stay if you are repulsed, (caused pain) and you say she is out of line? How have you managed to stay here this long with a skin that thin?
particlewill, it was really just a rant. Nothing more. That Anth read into it a reason for unhappiness and pain is unfortunate, but ridiculous. If all I saw on this board was heaps of gooey praise, I would consider it.
I will do the OP a favor and leave this thread. Not out of spite, but simply to curb this tangent.
I had a post closed for making this comment. Thus, I felt this was something that was not to be done.
Hey, that’s OK and all, I understand. You certainly don’t owe the likes of me any further explaination on that. I think you understand what I meant, but simply disagree. That’s fair, if that’s the case.
However, I’m not sure what the “not tolerated” phrasing means. I hope it’s not some sort of vague threat. I think perhaps you ought to at least return to the thread and clarify this.
Mangeorge the naive strikes again. I didn’t mean to stir up smoldering resentments. I just noticed that M the M was sometimes a little abrupt in dealing with wayward posters.
Upon reflection on my all-too-brief time in M the B, I realized that M the M actually typifies the average denizen of M the B. A little grouchy, maybe, but that doesn’t mean he/she won’t buy you a coffee and a couple doughnuts.
Make mine sugar and cream, and a bismark, please.
I’d drink a beer with him, M the M or M the B.
My guess: M the M - Manhattan the Moderator
M the B - Not yet sure
Manhattan the borough, is my guess.
::carefully noting revised count in moderator pit thread race::
::quietly rejoicing:: yoohooo!
Say what? Isn’t happiness a feeling? So wouldn’t wether or not you’re happy depend on wether or not you feel happy?
I’m all confuse-ed.
Opinions may be a better fit than feelings.
I kind of think the question is not “is manny grouchy,” but “why aren’t DrMatrix and bibliophage grouchier?” It seems to me that GQ may be the hardest forum to moderate - it seems to have the most OPs that are just in the wrong forum, lots and lots of threads that go completely off course, lots and lots of posts with people just posting information they pulled out of their asses but posting as if it were fact, etc.
Why do so many members and staff carry so much stuff around in their colons?
Should I start another thread?
Mostly it’s the Valium.
Two part question, actually.
Am I, personally, grouchier? Nope. I’m actually the least grouchy I’ve been in years. Dating a wonderful woman, got promoted with a nice raise, lost some baggage whom I thought was a friend, got nieces and nephews sprouting all over the place, I’m kicking David B’s ass in the Pit rankings, the Patch is mostly working this time, etc. Hell, I think if I could straighten out my damn slice everything would be perfect[sup]1[/sup].
Am I moderating grouchier? Yeah. GQ’s kind of in a dual-cycle low right now, with a bunch of folks not really interested in learning things popping in and a bunch of other people bringing their political beefs over. Normally, these two lows don’t occur at the same time. I’m trying to right the course by being more of a bad cop[sup]2[/sup]. I’m trying my best to sort out the clueless newbies from the terminally clueless newbies – I think I’m getting most of them, though I don’t discount the possibility that I’ve kicked the wrong ass once or twice. Lotta asses, you know.
[sup]1[/sup] Yes, I am aware that I will never straighten out my damn slice.
[sup]2[/sup] Long-time readers will remember that when I first came on and was learing the tricks from nickrz, I was the good cop. Go figger.
Manny:
Nicorrette, 4mg box, two or three pieces at a time. Works like a charm once you get over the hiccups and the gagging.
As for the slice, hit the ball further forward in your stance, bring your left foot back and your right foot forward.
Well you know what they say…
Time wounds all heels…
It took me a while to figure out why you (Manhattan) closed that Clockwork Orange thread. (I don’t want to link to it. Too much typing, you know what I mean? OK, here!) I thought I had joked one too many times (though I do tend to stick with non jocular discussion of things I actually know about in GQ, sometimes resistance is futile).
Then I noticed the obvious political statement at the bottom of the OP.
Sly. Clever. I rarely read sigs and this was right above a sig line.
Wow. What is up with that?
I don’t envy you your job. GD must be a bitch, too. (I know. The mods haved mildly reproved me there, too, for different reasons.)
Keep up the good work. I’ll keep out of your hair for a while and stick with the facts in GQ.
Really.
I mean it.
Why is everyone looking at me like that?
Well, I must admit, it isn’t grouchiness I was seeing. It was manny’s amazing powers of observation. After following NoClueBoy’s link, I went and looked at some more of the “offending” comments. I get it.
Now I gotta go think of some nice things to say.
I might even steal from some of you kiss-ass suckers above. 
Peace,
mangeorge
Not really, the trick is in figuring out how to ask political questions without bringing along the excess baggage.