# Okay I lied....C K Dexter Haven I have a problem **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381 "2002-12-04T06:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/41 "2002-12-04T17:55:34Z")
I think **OpalCat’s** post is exactly what MPSIMS is all about. It pales in comparison to some TMI threads where taste is concerned. **Techchick68** I think your dead on but I suppose different mods have different standards of what constitutes bad taste. I agree that **Dexter’s** is a bit more distasteful but also not close-worthy. What bother’s me most about this is that I’ve seen posts closed by mod’s for completely irrational reasons, obviously because it touched a personal chord, and yet they refuse to admit they may have acted rashly after a cooling off period. And every other mod rushes to their defense and then all the sycophants jump on board looking to curry favor. I love to admit when I’m wrong and respect those who do as well. For the most part, however, mods do an outstanding job here. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/42 "2002-12-04T18:00:09Z")
I demand a refund. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/43 "2002-12-04T18:01:37Z")
> [@](#): > > I think OpalCat’s post is exactly what MPSIMS is all about. It’s about bowel movements? Gotta say that some days, I agree completely. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/44 "2002-12-04T18:02:58Z")
Cranky: well when the thread was started, one thread was closed, and the other opened after the fact, and it wasn’t closed. It has SINCE been closed. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/45 "2002-12-04T18:09:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cajun Man \* > \*\* As long as I’m a moderator here, I’ll close any thread that I feel is in bad taste \*\* That is one of the most depressing things I have ever seen a mod on this board say. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/46 "2002-12-04T18:10:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*It’s about bowel movements? Gotta say that some days, I agree completely. \*\* Maybe it isn’t actually. Bowel movements may be mundane but they certainly aren’t pointless. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/47 "2002-12-04T18:30:08Z")
Yes, they usually taper to a point on both ends _flee_ ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/48 "2002-12-04T19:17:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*Cranky: well when the thread was started, one thread was closed, and the other opened after the fact, and it wasn’t closed. It has SINCE been closed. \*\* Yeah, I saw that since techchick documented the timing. I think that makes the parody thread seem like more of a cheap shot. However, I don’t think a thread’s being locked precludes a member joking about it in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/49 "2002-12-04T19:34:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*Yes, they usually taper to a point on both ends > _flee_ \*\* Nice to see that you’re feeling better Opal… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/50 "2002-12-04T19:36:30Z")
Yeepers. **Unc** : didn’t **Dex** already cover that ground in his ill-fated OP? **Cajun Man** : good and bad taste are notoriously subjective concepts. While I realize that some gray area of “I know it when I see it” is unavoidable, I hope you will pardon me if I join the group who’d like a bit more understanding of what you mean by ‘in bad taste.’ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/51 "2002-12-04T19:41:02Z")
Here’s [one possible example](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147863), RT. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/52 "2002-12-04T19:51:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bdgr \* > \*\*That is one of the most depressing things I have ever seen a mod on this board say. \*\* Simply avoid threads about liver and onions and you’ll be in good shape. har har har ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/53 "2002-12-04T21:49:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > However, I don’t think a thread’s being locked precludes a member joking about it in another thread. Nah, but if the mods have closed Thread A for a specific reason, they _really_ grouse at members who open Thread B that’s all about Thread A and offends for the same reason that Thread A did. I’ve been on the receiving end of moderator ire for that, even when I thought I’d sufficiently distinguished my new thread from a simple continuation of the preceding closed thread. **Lib** - hmmm…that thread’s still open. So I assume it doesn’t qualify. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/54 "2002-12-04T22:10:36Z")
**RTF** I believe that **Lib’s** point is that it should. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/55 "2002-12-04T22:11:01Z")
Well, just for the record: I wasn’t trying to insult OpalCat, I was trying to have some fun, which is why I put it in MPSIMS instead of the Pit. This is not the first time that Opal has told us about her bodily fluids, after all. Most of her past comments about her excretions have been very funny and some have been pretty disgusting (although still usually pretty funny). I therefore thought she would get a kick out of a thread dedicated to bodily secretions throughout history, and I thought others would join in the fun. Like: “Betsy Ross originally wanted the flag to be all white, but she was having her period when she started sewing, and had a li’l accident, and thought the best way to hide it was to make it into a whole long red stripe or two.” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/56 "2002-12-04T22:13:34Z")
Let’s not forget that the original queen of TMI is Lynn Bodoni. 🙂 TMI has a long tradition on the SDMB. Ah, the clots and yeast of yore… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/57 "2002-12-04T22:40:06Z")
Dex wrote: > [@](#): > > Well, just for the record: I wasn’t trying to insult OpalCat, I was trying to have some fun, which is why I put it in MPSIMS instead of the Pit. I thought it was in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/58 "2002-12-05T00:09:37Z")
I don’t think **CK Dexter Haven** did anything wrong by opening his thread. I think **Cajun Man** did wrong closing the other. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/59 "2002-12-05T01:29:27Z")
IMHO, MPSIMS, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381/60 "2002-12-05T02:05:15Z")
OK, so what’s the score here? **Dex** is a good guy. **Cajun Man** , Nazi Stooge, should be tormented by all the demons of hell for doing his job. A job which, it should be added, is the very essence of subjectivity. Fuck, guys. He made a call. Y’all disagree with the call. That doesn’t mean he’s all of a sudden a bad person. This isn’t a moral issue, folks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381.md?page=4)