# Just curious - question for the mods

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**Created:** [December 12, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862 "2012-12-12T21:27:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/1 "2012-12-12T21:27:48Z")

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When the mods “get together” to discuss dropping the ban hammer on someone’s head, do you do it via email/pm, or is there a mods-only room on the board where you post things like that?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/2 "2012-12-12T21:29:24Z")

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We have those discussions by email.

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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:** [December 12, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/3 "2012-12-12T22:04:58Z")

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**Marley’s** kidding. Actually we assemble [here.](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110622021842/smallville/images/6/68/Justice_League_Headquarters_by_trekguy1701.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/4 "2012-12-12T22:05:58Z")

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I didn’t say where we email _from._

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/5 "2012-12-12T22:20:33Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> **Marley’s** kidding. Actually we assemble [here.](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110622021842/smallville/images/6/68/Justice_League_Headquarters_by_trekguy1701.jpg)

Were there budget cuts since I left? What happened to the satellite and the teleporter?

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/6 "2012-12-12T22:36:55Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Were there budget cuts since I left? What happened to the satellite and the teleporter?

And the squid tank?

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**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:** [December 12, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/7 "2012-12-12T23:56:45Z")

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No Jedi Council with holograms? You guys disappoint me!

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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:** [December 13, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/8 "2012-12-13T01:45:36Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> No Jedi Council with holograms? You guys disappoint me!

Holograms! How pedestrian. We of course use astral projection.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/9 "2012-12-13T01:55:38Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Were there budget cuts since I left? What happened to the satellite and the teleporter?

We don’t even get the free mug and calender any more!

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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/10 "2012-12-13T10:55:49Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> No Jedi Council with holograms? You guys disappoint me!

Just in passing, in the latest UK census, the number of people listing Jedi as their main religion has halved.

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**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-question-for-the-mods/643862/11 "2012-12-13T13:32:40Z")

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Well, now that the Dark Side has cookies…
