# Please welcome our newest SDMB moderator, Spice Weasel **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030 "2017-12-09T17:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/101 "2017-12-11T14:53:25Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > A mod needs to establish authority. Speak clearly, like Marlon Brandon did in the Godfather. > > Here, an example from one of your posts above. Speaking in a classic language, of course. > > Your post;\*In Star Wars Sith Language… > > ny amzi. Pagal years iv experience vi zo poster, nu’m elgtija kia posting zo certain qo, ir nu’m suddenly visitina visa iv edoui defaults je'as falykas. Antai aras nie kietas ir arti rules ir visas mod handles zhol hevilasis. Nu zinot kia gvilden zo lot iv kitok dynamics nu didn’t negu. Kait tariam zhol buti perceived ar nu’m sufigentas kash zo thread ir then nu zinot kia mod anas thread? Nu’m abid fascinated by tave visas thing ir stresijas vi netvarka. \* > > We’d love to have some awesome creativity in our mods, and what did Ed give us? > Mods that: > > Tweeeet! > > Clears Throat > > Mod note > > The moderator speaks. > > Pffttttttt. Be a Seth or even a Yoda. Anything else is so 1950. This is your chance to fly girl, set the standard. > (Thank you [funtranslations.com](http://funtranslations.com), a site that should be on the admin toolbar here) I’m flirting with the idea of Sparkly Jackboots On. Or Knocking It Up a Notch! I could just write every mod note in Spanish. It’s a lot to think about. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/102 "2017-12-11T15:34:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Wouldn’t be _Dune_ without giant sandworms. Watch “Tremors” instead, it’s a lot more fun. Plus, sandworms! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/103 "2017-12-11T15:46:51Z")
I think I have an official take on the mod jokes now. While the mod jokes are funny, I think other posters pointing out that I’m a mod, particularly in threads where I’m arguing a certain side of an issue or trying to moderate, makes it even more difficult to appear unbiased in modding decisions. If you’re not breaking the rules, you shouldn’t have to think twice about disagreeing with me. AFAIC I’m on jury duty, it’s my responsibility to be as objective as humanly possible no matter my personal feelings about a subject or poster. In certain contexts, the jokes can undermine this. In places like Mini rants or other innocuous settings they seem harmless. I’m not going to mod any of the jokes, I’m just going to ask people to use their best judgment and try to consider to what extent such comments could impact others’ perception. Fair? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/104 "2017-12-11T16:00:52Z")
Are weasel jokes allowed? \*12 year old weasel walks into a bar. The bartender says, “I’m sorry. I can’t serve underage weasels.” The weasel says, “That’s fine. I don’t need something alcoholic. What else do you have?” The bartender says “Oh, we have lots! We have water, pop, tea, coffee, smoothies. What would you like?” “Pop,” goes the weasel. \* Found that on the internet while searching for an appropriate voodoo spell. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/105 "2017-12-11T16:13:55Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Are weasel jokes allowed? > > \*12 year old weasel walks into a bar. > > The bartender says, “I’m sorry. I can’t serve underage weasels.” > > The weasel says, “That’s fine. I don’t need something alcoholic. What else do you have?” > > The bartender says “Oh, we have lots! We have water, pop, tea, coffee, smoothies. What would you like?” > > “Pop,” goes the weasel. \* > > Found that on the internet while searching for an appropriate voodoo spell. You should be the recipient of **Spice Weasel** ’s first Mod Warning for that sad joke. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/106 "2017-12-11T17:56:37Z")
Now I know what a [Spice Weasel is](https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=Spice+weasel&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&fr2=sp-qrw-corr-top&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftheinfosphere.org%2Fimages%2F6%2F69%2FSpice_Weasel.png#id=0&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftheinfosphere.org%2Fimages%2F6%2F69%2FSpice_Weasel.png&action=click) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/107 "2017-12-11T18:07:01Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > Now I know what a [Spice Weasel is](https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=Spice+weasel&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&fr2=sp-qrw-corr-top&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftheinfosphere.org%2Fimages%2F6%2F69%2FSpice_Weasel.png#id=0&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftheinfosphere.org%2Fimages%2F6%2F69%2FSpice_Weasel.png&action=click) :eek: 😃 Across the internet, you will find pretty much every user name I have is some reference to _Futurama_. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/108 "2017-12-11T18:14:01Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Were there giant sandworms in the movie? Asking for a friend. Giant sandworms and Sting. (Gotta love IMDB’s obsession with “as…” - they report every time a song written by him is used in a movie, with the “as Gordon Sumner” tag) > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > 😃 > > Across the internet, you will find pretty much every user name I have is some reference to _Futurama_. Your original one here wasn’t 🙂 I know when your birthday iiiiiiiis! (It happens to be close to mine) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/109 "2017-12-11T18:23:41Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Giant sandworms and Sting. > > (Gotta love IMDB’s obsession with “as…” - they report every time a song written by him is used in a movie, with the “as Gordon Sumner” tag) > > Your original one here wasn’t 🙂 I know when your birthday iiiiiiiis! (It happens to be close to mine) Yeah, the original one was my AIM screen name (remember AIM?) assigned to me by my best friend when I was 18. It was chock full of personal information about me - that is, a dead giveaway if you knew me personally - and at the time I was weirdly paranoid my Mom would find out about this board. I don’t give a flying fig what she thinks anymore so I guess it’s no longer an issue. I like being a Weasel, though. I think it suits me. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/110 "2017-12-11T18:52:50Z")
Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/111 "2017-12-11T18:59:24Z")
Great choice. One of the more level headed people around here. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/112 "2017-12-11T19:07:09Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’m flirting with the idea of Sparkly Jackboots On. Or Knocking It Up a Notch! \*\* I could just write every mod note in Spanish.\*\* It’s a lot to think about. (Bolding mine) Except, I hate to point out, you’re not allowed to do that. Please don’t mod me for junior modding a mod. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/113 "2017-12-11T19:13:43Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Great choice. One of the more level headed people around here. [groucho]Well that bar isn’t very high is it? [/groucho] ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/114 "2017-12-11T19:48:52Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Great choice. One of the more level headed people around here. Plagiocephaly Is the medical term for this. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/115 "2017-12-11T20:56:53Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I don’t understand your point, **Melbourne**. I know I’m dense sometimes but I’m not sure what bothered you in that thread. > [@Melbourne](#): > > what I take to be friendly (though off topic) jokes welcoming a new moderator in an unrelated thread just spin me off: I don’t like it and I don’t want to be around it. Stuff like this: > [@And this is how sexism might affect your career guys.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-this-is-how-sexism-might-affect-your-career-guys/804024/12): > > Heeeeeeey, look who’s all grown up! Did you get shiny jackboots? > . ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/116 "2017-12-11T21:10:33Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I don’t understand your point, **Melbourne**. I know I’m dense sometimes but I’m not sure what bothered you in that thread. > [@Melbourne](#): > > what I take to be friendly (though off topic) jokes welcoming a new moderator in an unrelated thread just spin me off: I don’t like it and I don’t want to be around it. Stuff like this: > [@And this is how sexism might affect your career guys.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-this-is-how-sexism-might-affect-your-career-guys/804024/12): > > Heeeeeeey, look who’s all grown up! Did you get shiny jackboots? > . > [@And this is how sexism might affect your career guys.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-this-is-how-sexism-might-affect-your-career-guys/804024/6): > > Yeah, I think she would’ve went with the warning if she could have just found the button. 😃 I’m surprised it needs spelling out, but I always have that problem. So - It’s off topic - It’s trolling - It’s in the wrong forum - It’s commenting on moderation - It’s “just a joke” - It’s “alright to joke about this because they don’t mind” - It’s just hazing. - It’s a different set of rules for these people/this situation. I can’t pinpoint what it was that hurt me, but I think it is on that list. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/117 "2017-12-11T21:45:59Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > I’m surprised it needs spelling out, but I always have that problem. So > > - It’s off topic > - It’s trolling > - It’s in the wrong forum > - It’s commenting on moderation > - It’s “just a joke” > - It’s “alright to joke about this because they don’t mind” > - It’s just hazing. > - It’s a different set of rules for these people/this situation. > > I can’t pinpoint what it was that hurt me, but I think it is on that list. I think you’re seriously overthinking things. There was nothing wrong with any of those remarks. And now you’re hijacking this thread. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/118 "2017-12-11T21:53:57Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Stuff like this: > > I’m surprised it needs spelling out, but I always have that problem. So > > - It’s off topic > - It’s trolling > - It’s in the wrong forum > - It’s commenting on moderation > - It’s “just a joke” > - It’s “alright to joke about this because they don’t mind” > - It’s just hazing. > - It’s a different set of rules for these people/this situation. > > I can’t pinpoint what it was that hurt me, but I think it is on that list. Just my humble opinion, **Melbourne** , but I don’t have a problem with any of the comments in that thread. I, too, don’t get what you found offensive or offputting (your words) about them. And if **Colibri** (a mod) doesn’t, either, that’s good enough for me. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/119 "2017-12-11T22:05:08Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > A mod needs to establish authority. Speak clearly, like Marlon Brandon did in the Godfather. > > Here, an example from one of your posts above. Speaking in a classic language, of course. > > Your post;\*In Star Wars Sith Language… > > ny amzi. Pagal years iv experience vi zo poster, nu’m elgtija kia posting zo certain qo, ir nu’m suddenly visitina visa iv edoui defaults je'as falykas. Antai aras nie kietas ir arti rules ir visas mod handles zhol hevilasis. Nu zinot kia gvilden zo lot iv kitok dynamics nu didn’t negu. Kait tariam zhol buti perceived ar nu’m sufigentas kash zo thread ir then nu zinot kia mod anas thread? Nu’m abid fascinated by tave visas thing ir stresijas vi netvarka. \* > > We’d love to have some awesome creativity in our mods, and what did Ed give us? > Mods that: > > Tweeeet! > > Clears Throat > > Mod note > > The moderator speaks. > > Pffttttttt. Be a Seth or even a Yoda. Anything else is so 1950. This is your chance to fly girl, set the standard. > (Thank you [funtranslations.com](http://funtranslations.com), a site that should be on the admin toolbar here) I was going to start using [Listen Up You Primitive Screwheads!][/LUYPS] but the other mods convinced me it was too adversarial. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/120 "2017-12-11T22:26:31Z")
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