# MODs closing threads **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853 "2007-07-15T13:14:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/61 "2007-07-17T16:45:25Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] It’s not a contest, you know. 😛 [/QUOTE] It’s a snooze-fest. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/62 "2007-07-18T05:22:09Z")
Of the first sixty posts to this thread, thirteen of them were by seven different mods and an administrator: samclem Frank (2) Giraffe (4) tomndebb (2) Rico C K Dexter Haven (2) Czarcasm Can’t breathe! Can’t breathe! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/63 "2007-07-18T05:25:42Z")
Jeeze, with all the heavies concentrated here, I bet there are crimes aplenty going on in all the other threads. Excuse me. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/64 "2007-07-18T05:28:27Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] Can’t breathe! Can’t breathe! [/QUOTE] Oh, relax. We’re not after you. Yet. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/65 "2007-07-18T05:46:14Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Oh, relax. We’re not after you. Yet. [/QUOTE] Did we decide to do this alphabetically, or by join date? I forget. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/66 "2007-07-18T05:52:37Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] Can’t breathe! Can’t breathe! [/QUOTE] Well, no wonder! [**Giraffe**](http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2591471690000735275ypJGJH) is sitting on you, and he’s been overdoing it on the desserts lately. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/67 "2007-07-18T07:32:33Z")
_Moderator, get me Gen’ral Questions Gen’ral Questions, Get me Hu-u-um-bllle Opinions Humble Opinions Get me Ce-e-e-e-ci-i-il!_ ---
**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:** [July 18, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/68 "2007-07-18T12:53:08Z")
So, let me get this straight: when I said we don’t close threads just because they’re uninteresting, you’ve found ONE counter-example? My comment was obviously a generality, I apologize for not having said “In 99.9984% of cases…” ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/69 "2007-07-18T13:02:21Z")
Very well, then. See that you keep your wits about you in the future. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/70 "2007-07-18T13:58:05Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] So, let me get this straight: when I said we don’t close threads just because they’re uninteresting, you’ve found ONE counter-example? My comment was obviously a generality, I apologize for not having said “In 99.9984% of cases…” [/QUOTE] Actually, it was the other way around. At post #29 I commented on one of my threads being closed for being uninteresting, and then in response to this in post #46 you made your statement about threads not being closed just because they are uninteresting. No apology necessary, for as I also said in post #29, “remember that the mods kindly volunteer a great deal of time, and that for the most part they are pretty level headed and do their best to keep everyone happy. Don’t sweat the small stuff.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/71 "2007-07-18T14:48:17Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] So, let me get this straight: when I said we don’t close threads just because they’re uninteresting, you’ve found ONE counter-example? My comment was obviously a generality, I apologize for not having said “In 99.9984% of cases…” [/QUOTE] You want to be accurate here at Nitpicker Central. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/72 "2007-07-18T19:21:25Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] You want to be accurate here at Nitpicker Central. 😃 [/QUOTE] Isn’t there a line about that in “Rio” by Duran Duran? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/73 "2007-07-18T21:01:41Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] So, let me get this straight: when I said we don’t close threads just because they’re uninteresting, you’ve found ONE counter-example? My comment was obviously a generality, I apologize for not having said “In 99.9984% of cases…” [/QUOTE] Actually, based on the current number of threads listed, that should be “In 99.9999970096583% of cases…” Just to be precise. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/74 "2007-07-18T21:25:06Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] You want to be accurate here at Nitpicker Central. 😃 [/QUOTE] As a Charter Member I abhor the implication that the Straight Dope is a haven for nitpickers. It is well known that we now have the problem relatively under control, and that it is that other board who now suffer the largest nitpicks in this area. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/75 "2007-07-19T13:37:55Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Isn’t there a line about that in “Rio” by Duran Duran? [/QUOTE] Probably - who could understand anything those guys were banging on about? **Zakalwe** - sorry, my bad. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853.md?page=3)