# Just curious: Why is this thread closed for review? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112 "2022-04-01T16:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/41 "2022-04-03T02:07:12Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > Safer just to stay away from such issues altogether That’s a perfectly fine option, too. There are topics i often avoid because i don’t “get” how other people react to them, and risk upsetting others. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/42 "2022-04-03T04:16:07Z")
You seem to think intelligent and diverse conversation is the goal of those tut-tutting. You couldn’t be further from the truth. The goal is nothing but ideological and tonal conformity using social ostracism and institutional capture as tools. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/43 "2022-04-03T07:24:59Z")
Playing the “hive mind”/victim again? How droll and utterly expected. It’s not that it’s a hive mind, @octopus. But let me just say that, when the majority of posters disagrees with you and your perspective on things, it’s probably _not_ everyone else in the wrong. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/44 "2022-04-03T08:15:15Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Right, Jonathan Swift didn’t actually get into recipes or methods of meat grading. You had to read the epilogue to get the recipes. A lot of people miss that part. > [@JohnT](#): > > No problem. > > And it wasn’t you, it was some other… doper. Nice apology after accusing someone of being a racist. Could have been an interesting discussion if **Roger\_That** had thought it out a bit. He probably could have even used the underage sex thing if he wasn’t so graphic about it. However, his further posts in tis thread suggests he should probably just drop it altogether. > [@octopus](#): > > institutional capture How does this apply here? > [@Superdude](#): > > It’s not that it’s a hive mind, @octopus. But let me just say that, when the majority of posters disagrees with you and your perspective on things, it’s probably _not_ everyone else in the wrong. This is a poor argument and I wish people would stop using it. If I went to Fox news and posted Trump lost the election, everyone would think I was wrong. That doesn’t mean I am wrong. It’s a surprise to nobody that a left leaning board would think left ideas are best and a right leaning board would think right ideas are best. There are many reasons **octopus** is wrong, but this isn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/45 "2022-04-03T08:18:34Z")
I was responding mostly to his “hive” comment, and got carried away. I’ll withdraw the rest of my analysis. ETA: upon rereading his comment, I see that “hive” wasn’t used. I’ll stand by it, thought, as he’s parroted it before, and used similes this time rather than the actual word. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/46 "2022-04-03T22:51:11Z")
Did you even read the post that caused this ruckus? It was so over the top that I didn’t even bother reporting it because I knew the mods would have already seen a million reports. It was nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/47 "2022-04-05T17:40:20Z")
I did but I’m not sure that in a board where prison rape jokes and fried semen were a thing that offensive language directed at off board members is forbidden. Obviously standards have evolved without being codified aside from expanding what it means to be a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/48 "2022-04-05T17:41:48Z")
For someone who used to complain so much about people cursing in the Pit, this is certainly an odd take. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/49 "2022-04-05T17:51:13Z")
There is a difference between choice and compulsion with regards to communication. I can dislike style, word choice, and even the overall content of a post without feeling that it needs to be prohibited by fiat. Especially when the enforcement is very inconsistent and biased. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112/50 "2022-04-05T17:56:33Z")
I guess we’ll agree to disagree. The post in question basically made me nauseous, and was completely out of place given the thread topic. I suppose reading about fried semen recipes would also make me nauseous, but I wouldn’t even open that thread. This thing came out of nowhere. And, the rules are different for GD/P&E than they are for the Pit and Cafe Society (which is where I assume a fried semen thread would go). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-is-this-thread-closed-for-review/962112.md?page=2)