# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/41 "2014-08-04T23:00:28Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Is banning posters akin to some kind of infanticide? Just asking the question … Nah, more like giving them up for adoption by YouTube comments or Yahoo answers. So kind of like parents in America sending their kids to an orphanage in Africa or Detroit or something. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/42 "2014-08-04T23:04:50Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Do I have to start a Pit thread to tell Dex that Siam Sam is looking at me? **Ranger Jeff** is touching me! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/43 "2014-08-05T00:30:51Z")
**Moderators are like parents to me.** [Scary and abusive?](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4090/5064615265_9100ccba9f_z.jpg) 😃 ---
**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 5, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/44 "2014-08-05T00:47:22Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Do I have to start a Pit thread to tell Dex that Siam Sam is looking at me? > [@Siam Sam](#): > > \*\*Ranger Jeff \*\* is touching me! That does it, you both get a time out. Go to your rooms, and leave your iPads here with me. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/45 "2014-08-05T07:16:47Z")
The mods are like the high school teacher who told me that 0.999… = 1 and totally didn’t get that they were wrong even when I pointed out that every digit was different. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/46 "2014-08-05T08:46:06Z")
When I was at high school my math teacher thought that Pi = 22/7 - but it is _approximately_ 22/7. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/47 "2014-08-05T11:18:38Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Do I have to start a Pit thread to tell Dex that Siam Sam is looking at me? > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > **Ranger Jeff** is touching me! > [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > That does it, you both get a time out. Go to your rooms, and leave your iPads here with me. He’s lying! I never touched him. :eek: But I will. :mad: :: holding a Louisville Slugger behind my back :: 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701/48 "2014-08-05T13:46:22Z")
My moderator just told me I’ll never amount to anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-are-like-parents-to-me/694701.md?page=2)