# Really, samclem? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 25, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-samclem/604095 "2011-11-25T23:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 72
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-samclem/604095/72 "2011-11-26T03:45:23Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Well, then you’re letting a stupid decision stand, but that’s your prerogative, I guess. Sucks to know that now we have to determine the BAC of mods before we get cute, though. (I see in preview we’re beyond this now, but I’m going to post what I wrote anyways since it reminded me of it… A couple of months ago I got slapped (note, not warning) for making a joke in MPSIMS by Twix. Her note said > [@twickster](#): > > Not appropriate in this forum, or, if a joke, not funny. Either way, knock it off. To which I replied > [@Joey P](#): > > think you may have misunderstood. Being that this is the first time in 12 years (that I can remember) that I’ve had any kind of a warning, even a non-warning warning, could you show me why it wasn’t appropriate. I don’t think it’s fair of you to slap me for making what you consider to be a not-funny joke. She came back with > [@My tattoo appointment is tonight - please tell me everything is going to be all right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tattoo-appointment-is-tonight-please-tell-me-everything-is-going-to-be-all-right/579263/40): > > it seemed like there were two ways to read that particular post – my headache voted against the benign interpretation. I’ll tell my headache to STFU. > twicks It always bugged me that if I want to make a joke I first have to know if she has a headache or not. Now, when someone flat out insults another poster and it turns out to be a pop culture reference that the mod didn’t know was a pop culture reference, they can’t be expected to google ever phrase. I understand when they hand out warnings for that as long as they’re rescinded afterwords. I’ve been caught in the middle of that. (For example if I were to say AClockworkMelon is so effin special, I wish I was special, but I’m a creep) But mods really shouldn’t be modding based on they feel. > [@Samclem](#): > > It’s somewhat akin to asking the cop who pulled you over for driving 65 in a 50mph zone why he didn’t pull over the other drivers who were passing them. My favorite answer to this question… Driver:Why did you pull me over…what about everyone else that was speeding? Cop: Have you ever gone fishing? Driver: Yeah. Cop: Did you ever catch _all_ the fish. Driver: Oh. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-samclem/604095)._