John Mace, did you get a promotion?

[ThelmaLou]

@ThelmaLou

In my comments that pissed everyone off, I told people what to post or not post on my thread, but even while doing it I knew, and everyone else knew, that I had absolutely NO WAY of enforcing it. No matter how strongly worded, if you’re not a mod, it’s only a request with no teeth in it. So I don’t see what the big deal is. The people reading the thread are free to agree to the request or completely ignore it, and I’m fine with that. Why? Because that is reality.

OTOH, when a mod says post/don’t post or “this is unacceptable,” a mod can warn you and eventually ban you. A mod is all-powerful in the SDMB world, and that is as it should be, as I said in this post. A board like this needs to be moderated or it deteriorates into chaos and 10,000 post threads that no one can navigate.

So, in practice, the difference between so-called “junior modding” and real modding is infinite, like the difference between 0 and 1.

@John_Mace

No. What you did in the Pit would and should be moderated as Jr Mod’ing had you done the same in GD. You were Jr Mod’ing, it’s just that we’ve decide that’s OK in the Pit.

We’ve decide[ed]? We who? Are you a mod now?

[Azeotrope]

Gosh, starting a whole 'nother thread to bitch about his pronoun usage will show him what for, you betcha. :rolleyes:

[Larry_Borgia]

The difference between 0 and 1 is 1.

[wonky]

@Azeotrope

Gosh, starting a whole 'nother thread to bitch about his pronoun usage will show him what for, you betcha. :rolleyes:

At least she’s not puling about passive voice in this one. I consider that a win!

[Azeotrope]

@jsgoddess

At least she’s not puling about passive voice in this one. I consider that a win!

She’s bothered by that?

[Bricker]

@ThelmaLou

We’ve decide[ed]? We who? Are you a mod now?

Oh, pish-tush. Of course, all he’s doing is attempting.

[wonky]

@Azeotrope

She’s bothered by that?

And fun was had by all, you betcha.

[Azeotrope]

@Bricker

Oh, pish-tush. Of course, all he’s doing is attempting.

If one is pishing out the tush, a doctor should be conshulted at once. (A dentisht would be preferred.)

[cochrane]

I think John Mace was using the royal “we.” As in, “We think this is an incredibly lame reason for pitting somebody.”

[ThelmaLou]

Or maybe he’s pregnant.

[John_Mace]

We are not amused.

[wonky]

@John_Mace

We are not amused.

I liked it the first way, Terpsichore.

[elucidator]

@Azeotrope

If one is pishing out the tush, a doctor should be conshulted at once. (A dentisht would be preferred.)

…at your Mom’s housh, Trebek…

[ThelmaLou]

@John_Mace

We are not amused.

Ba-da-bing!

As much fun as this is, after following the debate on the board… it’s all the fun I can handle for one day. Any more and my head will explode.

[John_Mace]

@ThelmaLou

As much fun as this is, after following the debate on the board… it’s all the fun I can handle for one day. Any more and my head will explode.

We can help you with that.

[ThelmaLou]

@John_Mace

We can help you with that.

See what a nice person I am? I deliberately handed you that straight line on a silver platter. Speaking of silver platters, here, have some cashew fudge.

[elucidator]

*He *gets the cashew fudge!?! Him!? Totally unfair!

[ThelmaLou]

@elucidator

*He *gets the cashew fudge!?! Him!? Totally unfair!

There’s plenty of fudge for everyone. Here, have some. I put a little bourbon in this batch. Hope that’s okay.

[elucidator]

“I gave up whiskey for weed in 1975. May be the only really smart thing I ever did.”

• Willie Nelson

[kayaker]

@Larry_Borgia

The difference between 0 and 1 is 1.

Don the x and y axes, but we’ve gone full out z here.