# Moderators are like parents to me **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 3, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701 "2014-08-03T08:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/1 "2014-08-03T08:57:42Z")
It’s good they can set consistent boundaries - like ones the Supernanny would like. I’ve gotten a time out and stern talkings to. edit: not just parents. Good parents. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/2 "2014-08-03T10:36:17Z")
Wow, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/3 "2014-08-03T13:37:31Z")
Yeah, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/4 "2014-08-03T13:47:01Z")
You say that now, [but what if they take away your purse, with all your belongings in it?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730037) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/5 "2014-08-03T17:28:14Z")
In your analogy **JC** , who serves as CYS caseworkers, though? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/6 "2014-08-03T20:09:31Z")
Do they give you toys for Christmas? Do they take you to the zoo when you’re good? Do they feed you can care for you when you’re sick? DID THEY SEE TO IT THAT YOU GOT YOUR VACCINATIONS? ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/7 "2014-08-03T20:36:36Z")
Is it Regression Week around here or something? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/8 "2014-08-03T21:14:40Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Wow, thanks! Watch out, Dex, the OP’s about to ask if he can borrow your car and have twenty dollars to go to the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/9 "2014-08-03T22:38:57Z")
Dear Daddy, Could you co-sign on a new Ferrari for me please. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/10 "2014-08-03T22:45:45Z")
This is healthy. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/11 "2014-08-03T22:52:46Z")
Well _I_ haven’t had any stern warnings or talking-tos. The mods don’t love me as much as **JohnClay**. /pouts. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/12 "2014-08-03T23:03:58Z")
Act out. They’ll turn their attention to you then. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/13 "2014-08-03T23:13:42Z")
Yeah but **JohnClay** acts out in a more deeply weird and weirdly interesting fashion than I ever could. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/14 "2014-08-03T23:20:11Z")
All parents have a favorite child. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/15 "2014-08-03T23:26:32Z")
Go to your room. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/16 "2014-08-04T00:13:13Z")
Better yet, go to my room. I don’t have a TV, computer, and videogames in there. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/17 "2014-08-04T00:19:06Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > It’s good they can set consistent boundaries - like ones the Supernanny would like. I’ve gotten a time out and stern talkings to. > > edit: not just parents. Good parents. You’re adult, married, and talking about having a kid. It’s unclear to me why you are happy that the SDMB moderators are acting as parents to you. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/18 "2014-08-04T00:29:01Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > You’re adult, married, and talking about having a kid. It’s unclear to me why you are happy that the SDMB moderators are acting as parents to you. To help me stop getting out of control and being too unpopular. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/19 "2014-08-04T00:48:25Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > To help me stop … being too unpopular. They aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/20 "2014-08-04T02:29:32Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > They aren’t. Speak for yourself. I’m a JohnClay fan. His threads are fascinating. Often in a bizarre way, true, but I’ll always click on one if I see it. I discovered that he posts on a another board, and I read his threads there too. (I don’t post there.) People often tell him to “get a blog.” If he does, I’d read it. He’s also started a few interesting threads lately where he does not overshare about his personal life. In his thread about the phrase “you can be right or you can be happy,” I notice that [YOU are the one who brought up his wife](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17604132&postcount=9)! He didn’t take the bait, either. (Good on ya’, John) Then you pop in here just to tell him he’s unpopular. I love you to bits, **Ambi** , but you’re being kinda stinky. It wouldn’t kill ya to give the guy a break, and even a little support if you can manage it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701.md?page=2)