# Mod note in the joke thread

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**Created:** [June 17, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637 "2019-06-17T09:55:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/29 "2019-06-17T17:41:41Z")

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Note that **Emiliana** specifically asked for the moderation in question [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21700744&postcount=3). IMHO she was within her rights to do so.

If you’re going to tell a joke involving rape, you have to be careful: know your audience, or at least provide some kind of context or warning. The OP of a “tell the funniest joke you know” thread did neither.

As **engineer comp geek** said when modding the lawn mower thread:

> [@I did a nice gesture.....we'll see if it's appreciated or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-nice-gesture-well-see-if-its-appreciated-or-not/835515/123):
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> Apparently quite a few of you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years and haven’t heard that we are trying to make this place less squicky for our female members.

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