# Moderator **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650 "2001-08-29T03:57:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/1 "2001-08-29T03:57:32Z")
Ive got another complaint, may I be permitted to ask it? It concerns a thread of mine titled “Is this a stupid question?” in GD. This thread has been closed and yet I was trying to ask a genuine question ie: at what point does a question become an unreasonable one? Are all questions equally valid? If not, what are the criteria for deciding that a question has crossed the boundary into “stupid” territory? These were the kind of issues I was hoping to open up and therefore, I would say, a valid topic of conversation in GD. Wouldnt you agree? I apologise if my style of putting this question in some way offended you but, I assure you, no offence was intended. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/2 "2001-08-29T04:02:23Z")
Oh. It’s you again. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/3 "2001-08-29T04:04:09Z")
If you have to ask it was a stupid question. In fact, dingleberry, there was no question. Ugh, why did I reply to this I suddenly feel dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/4 "2001-08-29T04:23:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xanakis \* > **Ive got another complaint, may I be permitted to ask it?** I guess we can’t stop you, as here I am looking at it. \*\* > [@](#): > > It concerns a thread of mine titled “Is this a stupid question?” in GD. This thread has been closed and yet I was trying to ask a genuine question ie: at what point does a question become an unreasonable one?\*\* Maybe you should have actually posted that then instead of your OP consisting wholly of “?” You started no debate, you presented no issue or topic of conversation (and therefore took no side in the debate), and nobody knew what the hell you were getting at. A debate is two sides of an argument having a discussion, not some dingleberry posting punctuation and leaving everyone else to devine the meaning thereof. In GD, the OP should state what you plan to debate and your side of it. At best, the idea you put forth here, seems like it belongs in IMHO, the place for not-so-great-debates. How many times does one need to recommend you read the forum descriptions before you get around to actually doing so? \*\* > [@](#): > > These were the kind of issues I was hoping to open up and therefore, I would say, a valid topic of conversation in GD. Wouldnt you agree?\*\* Maybe if you had voiced your thoughts on the matter in the OP instead of here, you wouldn’t look like such an ass. You said nothing (literally) in your OP to suggest you had a point to make at all. GD is not the place for games. If you have something to say, it it outright. And it still sounds more like IMHO material, but that’s just MHO. Of course I doubt you’re going to learn from this either. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/5 "2001-08-29T04:31:14Z")
Doesn’t anyone use e-mail anymore? I’m not trying to be flippant. Oh hell, I’m trying to be flippant. Christ, e-mail the damn moderators already. I’ve done it. They respond. They like me, they really really like me. You’ll probably get a faster and more friendly response than you’re getting here. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/6 "2001-08-29T05:06:01Z")
Here are two actual questions for xan: [list=1][li]How long before you get your wish and are banned? Evidently, everything you do is directed towards that result.[/li]Why don’t you do the SDMB community a favor and just cease & desist? Cease with the stupidity or just go find another playground.[/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/7 "2001-08-29T05:22:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > Christ, e-mail the damn moderators already. I’ve done it. They respond. They like me, they really really like me. > You’ll probably get a faster and more friendly response than you’re getting here. This is an excellent idea otherwise Monty’s choices will also work. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2001, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/8 "2001-08-29T06:11:29Z")
[moderator underoos on]IMHO, it doesn’t belong in IMHO, either.[/moderator underoos on] ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/9 "2001-08-29T10:23:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xanakis \* > \*\*If not, what are the criteria for deciding that a question has crossed the boundary into “stupid” territory? > \*\* When the question has no words, or lanquage of any kind, and is asked by a complete tool. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/10 "2001-08-29T10:34:10Z")
This board is for communication. If you don’t communicate, you merely take up space. If you merely take up space, you make things more difficult for those who are actually participating. If you make things more difficult for those who are actually participating, you hinder their quest to Fight Ignorance. If you hinder their quest to Fight Ignorance, you _help spread_ Ignorance. You don’t want to be a promoter of Ignorance, now, do you, Xan? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/11 "2001-08-29T10:40:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*[moderator underoos on]IMHO, it doesn’t belong in IMHO, either.[/moderator underoos on] \*\* Well, given that it’s essentially a question **about this message board** , I’m sure an appropriate forum will eventually suggest itself… ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/12 "2001-08-29T10:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Are all questions equally valid? If not, what are the criteria for deciding that a question has crossed the boundary into “stupid” territory? > > These were the kind of issues I was hoping to open up and therefore, I would say, a valid topic of conversation in GD. Wouldnt you agree? Thank you so much for exploring this intriguing issue for us. You have once again forged into alien territory on your never-ending quest to embrace your inner arse. A phone call to Cleo this morning brought me to the sad realization that we will be saying goodbye to you very soon. But I, for one, will look back upon your unique topics after you become a knowledge-martyr and think, “what a putz.” ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/13 "2001-08-29T14:18:02Z")
I’m seeing double! Four threads entitled **Moderator**! okay, two, and by different people. how often has that hapened? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/14 "2001-08-29T16:46:11Z")
Ya mean [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=84283)? > [@](#): > > [moderator underoos on] That statement scares me. Just one more thing to be nagging my already over-worked brain (what colors and patterns?). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/15 "2001-08-29T17:15:35Z")
So, do they like have pictures of Cecil on them? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/16 "2001-08-29T18:48:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*[moderator underoos on]IMHO, it doesn’t belong in IMHO, either.[/moderator underoos on] \*\* Whoo hoooo! underoos, too! I can’t **wait** to get that moderator accessories catalog I’ve had on order for a year. I’d heard the tiaras were to die for, and the teddies were so _hot_! ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/17 "2001-08-29T21:48:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*[moderator underoos on]IMHO, it doesn’t belong in IMHO, either.[/moderator underoos on] \*\* Just to clarify my statement about it possibly belonging in IMHO. I don’t mean the “?” OP belonging there, but the statement he made in the OP here, “ **at what point does a question become an unreasonable one?** ” That question as worded (and not merely symbolized by a question mark) seems IMHO material to me, am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/18 "2001-08-29T22:04:13Z")
I was always taught at school never to use 50 words when 5 will do the job just as well. I thought my question was eloquently put, clear and concise. I didnt see the need for any further elaboration, evidently I was wrong. However since I have no wish to cause antagonism (or indeed to find myself banned) I will respecfully withdraw the question. But I dont think I need to apologise for this one since I thought it was a fair question (at least in its intention if not in its formation). ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/19 "2001-08-29T22:06:54Z")
:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650/20 "2001-08-29T22:23:45Z")
I was just working up to a fine indignant froth, and now I’m grinning bemusedly at the thought of Moderator Underoos, and thinking of offering cold hard cash for a photo. Damn you, **Czarcasm**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator/78650.md?page=2)