# John Mace, did you get a promotion? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 27, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011 "2016-09-27T00:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/1 "2016-09-27T00:46:48Z")
> [@Is this considered Junior Modding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-junior-modding/766907/35): > > 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.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19652437&postcount=49) 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. > [@Is this considered Junior Modding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-junior-modding/766907/37): > > 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? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/2 "2016-09-27T00:52:43Z")
Gosh, starting a whole 'nother thread to bitch about his pronoun usage will show him what for, you betcha. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/3 "2016-09-27T00:53:41Z")
The difference between 0 and 1 is 1. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/4 "2016-09-27T00:53:54Z")
> [@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! ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/5 "2016-09-27T00:55:17Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > At least she’s not puling about passive voice in this one. I consider that a win! She’s bothered by that? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/6 "2016-09-27T00:56:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > **We’ve** decide[ed]? We _who_? Are you a mod now? Oh, pish-tush. Of course, all he’s doing is attempting. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/7 "2016-09-27T00:58:24Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > She’s bothered by that? And fun was had by all, you betcha. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/8 "2016-09-27T01:01:36Z")
> [@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.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/9 "2016-09-27T01:03:25Z")
I think **John Mace** was using the royal “we.” As in, “We think this is an incredibly lame reason for pitting somebody.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/10 "2016-09-27T01:50:59Z")
Or maybe he’s pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/11 "2016-09-27T02:02:14Z")
We are not amused. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/12 "2016-09-27T02:07:06Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We are not amused. I liked it the first way, Terpsichore. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/13 "2016-09-27T02:35:08Z")
> [@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… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/14 "2016-09-27T03:05:08Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/15 "2016-09-27T03:10:26Z")
> [@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. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/16 "2016-09-27T03:15:42Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/17 "2016-09-27T04:28:55Z")
\*He \*gets the cashew fudge!?! _Him!?_ Totally unfair! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/18 "2016-09-27T04:52:08Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/19 "2016-09-27T05:43:41Z")
“I gave up whiskey for weed in 1975. May be the only really smart thing I ever did.” - Willie Nelson ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/20 "2016-09-27T10:44:29Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > The difference between 0 and 1 is 1. Don the x and y axes, but we’ve gone full out z here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011.md?page=2)