# Mods, can't you tell Snowboarder Bo to shut up? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 14, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483 "2012-01-14T05:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/301 "2012-01-17T17:27:15Z")
What I want to know is, YNOTPAM? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/302 "2012-01-17T18:04:55Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Wasn’t it a little long? Did it seem too rehearsed? I thought it sounded a little too rehearsed. Not at all, dude. It has a certain _je ne sais quoi_, Though we all reserve the right to ignore any other poster, does Bo or any other poster really need reminding of this? Bo is fully aware that people who might find his posting style annoying might also opt to not read his posts anymore. But he’s a big boy and a grown up and can decide that for himself regarding how he posts. It really shouldn’t be anyone’s place to shake a finger at him, or any other poster who’s posting style they do not happen to prefer. If you don’t prefer someone’s posting style, whether it be for a phrase they use or whatever your own personal reason might be, just put them on ignore, or scroll - and be done with it. Why is that so difficult? If there was ever a problem (if you deem it a problem) that could solve itself this is it. It is truly bizarre that so many people are on such a high horse as to be asking that someone stop using a phrase such as this, insisting how annoying this is, as though their own opinion was the only one that matters, and that this poster please stop what they are doing - when they have the power to take matters into their own hands and avoid this overbearing approach, an approach more obnoxious than any phrase, however annoying. You overbearing people are worse than this phrase, and all the other bad phrases put together. Get off your high horses, see the bigger picture, and use your scroll button and ignore feature judiciously. Personally, I don’t like any of the memes or phrases. Guess what? Who gives a darn? It’s easy enough to handle on my own and not be telling someone else how to post to my liking, or what to do in general. After all, who am I to do that? Who is anyone? [sup]It does mean LOL, right? Or am I doing it wrong…[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/303 "2012-01-17T18:10:15Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > [sup]It does mean LOL, right?\*\* Or am I doing it wrong\*\*…[/sup] 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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/304 "2012-01-17T18:12:32Z")
Okay, is YPAM the same as [YJPAM](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yjpam)? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/305 "2012-01-17T18:41:08Z")
Mods, can’t you tell this thread to shut up? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/306 "2012-01-17T18:46:02Z")
Well damn it, I read most of this thread. **Conclusion** : Forced memes are generally not a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/307 "2012-01-17T18:49:04Z")
The forced meme hath said in to our heart, here is the funny. The forced meme is corrupt, has done abominable works, there is none that doeth any humor. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/308 "2012-01-17T19:12:51Z")
> [@j666](#): > > In my case it’s “something like that”. My struck nerve is that people are trying to get Authority to Stop Snowboarder Bo, over something only mildly annoying, with no concern of the precedent it will create. Yes, the precedent of stopping someone from trolling even if they claim they aren’t trolling is so horrible. Yes, somehow the severity of the troll has anything to do with whether or not it’s trolling. And, yes, we SHOULD set the precedence that it’s okay to intentionally annoy people and admit it as long as I claim to have had a stupid reason for it before. BTW, I personally think the :smack: emoticon is hilarious, and I want to start a meme of ending every post with 500 of them. It’s hilarious and it’s in context because I say it is. Oh, wait. People have already said they find too many smileys annoying. Well, I’m not going to troll you, even if I disagree with you. Laughing at people because I made them angry just isn’t my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/309 "2012-01-17T19:41:20Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > The forced meme hath said in to our heart, here is the funny. The forced meme is corrupt, has done abominable works, there is none that doeth any humor. From now one, I’m going to use this instead of “IIRC:” “The forced meme hath said in to our heart, here is the funny. The forced meme is corrupt, has done abominable works, there is none that doeth any humor, the Enterprise carries two hundred photon torpedoes, not three hundred.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/310 "2012-01-17T20:00:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > From now one, I’m going to use this instead of “IIRC:” > > “The forced meme hath said in to our heart, here is the funny. The forced meme is corrupt, has done abominable works, there is none that doeth any humor, the Enterprise carries two hundred photon torpedoes, not three hundred.” The forced meme hath said in to our heart, here is the funny. The forced meme is corrupt, has done abominable works, there is none that doeth any humor, the number of torpedos carried by the Enterprise is three. Four it shall not have, neither two (excepting that it continues to load three). Five is right out. 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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/311 "2012-01-17T20:19:36Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Try FAFFH for the Gold Doughnut. Fuckety-Ass FUCK Fucking Hell? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/312 "2012-01-17T20:35:33Z")
Did we ever learn what now-banned SDMBer [TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)’s name meant? I asked him/her once well before his/her banning & got no response. (S)He started a trend here, silly acronyms as user names. Or should we go the other way, using long-winded almost-sentences as names which are really anagrams or acronyms for something else altogether in disguise? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/313 "2012-01-17T20:42:25Z")
TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW = To Long Didn’t Read I Don’t Know Just Kidding Laughing Out Loud For The Win ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/314 "2012-01-17T20:48:27Z")
Yeah, I thought of that. I was hoping there was more to it than just 5 cliches tacked end-to-end. Buts odds are you’re correct. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/315 "2012-01-17T20:55:25Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Fuckety-Ass FUCK Fucking Hell? More poetic than that: [FAFFH](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=faffh) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/316 "2012-01-17T21:15:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yeah, I thought of that. I was hoping there was more to it than just 5 cliches tacked end-to-end. Buts odds are you’re correct. He wasn’t exactly the brightest crayon in the box, so I’m pretty sure that’s all there was to it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/317 "2012-01-17T21:43:19Z")
I weighed in on **Bo** ’s use of his (?) new meme back on page 2. I’ve since been thinking & rethinking my attitude. Dangerous, I know … I’ve now decided that henceforth whenever you see me write “LOL”, you should infer that it’s actually a stand-in for “Let’s go to the quarry and throw shit down there.” Which in turn is actually a stand-in for “LOL”. Which in turn stands for “laughing out loud.” Or “lots of luck.” You get to decide which. This way I can be subversive, but only fellow subversives will notice. The others can be content that LOL just means LOL. … Or does it? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/318 "2012-01-17T21:53:03Z")
I think **Snowboarder Bo** has gone beyond the mere **meme** and has created the first 21st century **me me me meme** - a deliberately annoying interjection that serves no purpose other than to draw attention to yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/319 "2012-01-17T22:03:31Z")
I understand the impetus behind a thread like this. The perception is that **Snowboarder Bo** was deliberately being annoying, essentially trolling. Given that _perception_, it is completely acceptable to ask the moderators to do something about it. I also understand that **Snowboarder Bo** doesn’t feel his intent was annoying other board members. He finds the meme funny and wishes to popularize it. Moderating something just because it annoys some/many people but doesn’t violate rules and isn’t done as intentional trolling seems wrong. There are other, user directed responses for dealing with a poster you personally feel is annoying that does not require moderator action. So it comes down to an interpretation of the situation, and the intent and the consequences of the actions. I’m inclined to accept **Snowboarder Bo** ’sdescription of his intent, and to thusly decide that moderator action is not required, and anyone finding his posting annoying is free to use the Ignore function or to post in The Pit. And the same for anyone else generating cryptic phrases to signify a personal in joke. I do agree the point of moderation is to aid keeping the board a pleasant place and keep out the trolls, spammers, and rude gits. But there’s a line to parsing between trolls and one group who find something funny that another group finds annoying. > [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Absolutely. And the thing is that this ATMB thread has backed **Bo** into a corner. He _can’t_ back down now. If it was just the pit thread, he could back down and quit posting it and admit it’s a bad joke he’s overly fond of. However, now he’s being called a troll in ATMB. If he backs down over that accusation it is tantamount to admitting he’s trolling. There is no way he is going to do that. Nonsense. He can certainly deny being a troll, but admit that the line isn’t getting the play he hoped it would, and decide to be the bigger man and give up his lame joke. There’s no reason that he has to remain obstinate just because someone else doesn’t understand his intent or misinterprets his behavior. > [@](#): > > The people who are complaining in ATMB about this have guaranteed we will hear this lame ass joke again. We will probably hear it a lot. Hell, I _hate_ memes, but I’m tempted to use it myself. It wasn’t funny when it started, but as the controversy grows and grows it gets funnier and funnier. No, it doesn’t. But you are correct that the complaints just give the meme more attention and thereby ensure it will get repeated more. > [@Gagundathar](#): > > Just wanted to interject here with this: the use of the word “y’all” is not a freaking meme. > It is correct usage in the US Southern dialect. > That is all. Yes, it is a meme. It is also a correct dialect usage in the US south. Those aren’t mutually exclusive. > [@FinnAgain](#): > > Does it actually derail threads? No. Except when people interject in threads where it is used to complain about it. Then it derails threads. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Just pointing out that it seems 'ol \*\*Bo \*\*has struck a nerve of near historic proportions. Or something like that. I think you mean “histrionic” proportions. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/320 "2012-01-17T22:04:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I weighed in on **Bo** ’s use of his (?) new meme back on page 2. I’ve since been thinking & rethinking my attitude. Dangerous, I know … > > I’ve now decided that henceforth whenever you see me write “LOL”, you should infer that it’s actually a stand-in for “Let’s go to the quarry and throw shit down there.” Which in turn is actually a stand-in for “LOL”. Which in turn stands for “laughing out loud.” Or “lots of luck.” You get to decide which. > > This way I can be subversive, but only fellow subversives will notice. The others can be content that LOL just means LOL. … Or does it? Recursive subversive? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483.md?page=17)