# Moderators' hats **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447 "2003-08-29T16:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 30, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/21 "2003-08-30T06:33:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*No, **Arnold** ’s is a shiny metallic gold color. > > And **Czarcasm** ’s underpants are actually a [brown loincloth](http://www.cheezey.com/thundercats/gallery/slythebushes.jpg). \*\* Damn it, you said you _burned_ those photos! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/22 "2003-08-30T11:34:29Z")
But, but… Who wears a tinfoil hat? One would think it would be necessary in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/23 "2003-08-30T14:09:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Gaspode \* > \*\*But, but… > Who wears a tinfoil hat? > \*\* I can think of several Dopers, but none of them have any chance of becoming Moderators. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/24 "2003-08-30T19:50:45Z")
Zigging off on a tangent: as someone pointed out, two moderators have recently turned in their hats. Does that mean two more are needed? Clearly they must be promoted from the myriad ranks of junior moderators, but how are they to be chosen? I’m thinking a Demolition Derby would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/25 "2003-08-30T20:05:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StarvingButStrong \* > **Clearly they must be promoted from the myriad ranks of junior moderators, but how are they to be chosen?** I believe there are a few Modeators-in-Waiting to choose from. I know there’s at least one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doc\_Nickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Doc\_Nickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/26 "2003-08-30T21:11:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > **xash** , of course, has a turban – rumored to generate 1.5 megawatts when in full operation. -Wow, a Turban turbine? Or would that be a Turbo Turban Turbine? > [@](#): > > **Dr Matrix** ’s hat has never been described – it’s reputed to bring instant death to those who see it. -Unfortunately, no one can tell you what the Matrix Hat looks like, you must see it for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/27 "2003-08-30T21:14:51Z")
Gee, I always thought the Moderators wore centurion helmets, with bright crimson horse-tail plumes cascading down the back. Oh, wait – Roman centurions’ plumes ran side to side. It was the legionary grunts whose plumes ran front to back. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/28 "2003-08-30T21:29:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doc Nickel \* > \*\*-Unfortunately, no one can tell you what the Matrix Hat looks like, you must see it for yourself. \*\* When will you realize _there is no hat_? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doc\_Nickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Doc\_Nickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/29 "2003-08-30T22:48:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tusculan \* > \*\*When will you realize _there is no hat_? 😉 \*\* The Matrix Hat is all around us, everywhere, even right here in this very room. It surrounds us. It is with you when you turn on your television, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is a prison for your mind, a prison that you cannot see or taste or touch. … That’s one hell of a Hat! ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/30 "2003-08-31T00:15:05Z")
It’s a hatwithinahatwithinahatwithin… And it’s clear and shiny and blue and wireframe. So it is TEH LEET! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/31 "2003-08-31T00:39:17Z")
::: shudders at the metaphysical turn the mention of the Matrix Hat has given this thread ::: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Gee, I always thought the Moderators wore centurion helmets, with bright crimson horse-tail plumes cascading down the back. > > Oh, wait – Roman centurions’ plumes ran side to side. It was the legionary grunts whose plumes ran front to back. Never mind. \*\* [Only on the UnaBoard!](http://65.69.77.33/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=191)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/32 "2003-08-31T00:46:41Z")
:Whimper: Polycarp… ☹ … they wouldn’t let me in. They said I wasn’t a member at that site. :mad: They wanted me to join, but I was… afraid. :eek: Please, please: Whatchasayin’ here, Master of Ten Thousand Posts? The humble acolyte awaits enlightenment. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/33 "2003-08-31T15:05:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*:Whimper: Polycarp… ☹ … they wouldn’t let me in. They said I wasn’t a member at that site. :mad: They wanted me to join, but I was… afraid. :eek: > > Please, please: Whatchasayin’ here, Master of Ten Thousand Posts? The humble acolyte awaits enlightenment. 🙂 \*\* For privacy reasons non-members are forbidden from viewing profiles or e-mails of Members on my site. I wondered why the Board sent us a security alert from about 100 hits on a forbidden link… To assist you, I put the link in question in a place where you can see it. The first link is the avatar of Sparteye, a Moderator on my Board. This is the one that Polycarp tried to link to: [http://65.69.77.33/files/MichState.jpg](http://65.69.77.33/files/MichState.jpg) The second is an example of an Admin hat - that of a teeny little bespecaled lady named Soulcatcher who kicks legal ass and takes down names as the part-time security Administrator of my Board: [http://65.69.77.33/files/Soulcatcher2.jpg](http://65.69.77.33/files/Soulcatcher2.jpg) Finally, here is me wearing MY Admin hat (courtesy of **Fenris** ): [http://65.69.77.33/files/una.gif](http://65.69.77.33/files/una.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/34 "2003-08-31T16:59:59Z")
My sincere apologies, **Anthracite** – if I’d ever known that member profiles are accessible only to members, I’d completely forgotten it. :o I can easily imagine your reaction to a security alert to an apparent attack on your server! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/35 "2003-08-31T17:10:15Z")
Thank you, Anthracite! Your Moderator hat is indeed fetching, but I’d say Sparteye’s avatar is what I’d pictured the Mods’ as – or is that the Administrators’ sole prerogative? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/36 "2003-08-31T18:47:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Thank you, Anthracite! Your Moderator hat is indeed fetching, but I’d say Sparteye’s avatar is what I’d pictured the Mods’ as – or is that the Administrators’ sole prerogative? \*\* Naw, people can wear any hat they want to, except for Syracuse Orangemen hats… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/37 "2003-08-31T19:20:23Z")
A wise policy – I’m sure Mods would just hate having to wear a hat that didn’t fit them – in all senses of the word. Have youse guys ever considered expanding your wardrobe to another item of apparel (besides Coildfire’s clog) which might come in handy, especially in the wake of unpopular decisions? May I suggest: > **[Webshots - Wallpaper / Screen Savers](https://webshots.com/weekly)** > > Webshots, the best in Wallpaper, Desktop Backgrounds, and Screen Savers since 1995. ---
**Author:** ![Sparteye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Sparteye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparteye)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/38 "2003-09-01T00:08:52Z")
Sometimes, I don the moderator’s black lace teddy … after all, my forum _is_ “Diversions and Distractions” … ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/39 "2003-09-01T00:31:02Z")
For some reason, the word “ASSHAT” keeps coming to mind here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447/40 "2003-09-01T00:45:50Z")
**Manhattan** also had spats, but I forget if he took those with him or not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-hats/198447.md?page=3)