# Resolved: tomndebb is a poopy-head. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 9, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984 "2012-08-09T17:56:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/1 "2012-08-09T17:56:01Z")
[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661267) The jokers violated no rules other than the ones in **tomndebb** ’s mind. A mod has no right to impose “humor-control” on a thread that hasn’t become onscene or hateful. I propose **tomndebb** be sentenced to 3 years of modding MPSIMS as punishment for this blatant power-grab and stick-up-assedness. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/2 "2012-08-09T18:03:23Z")
I’m not sure I would have bothered with a mod note there, but it’s also true that posts 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 were jokes about **even sven** and Cameroon instead of answers to the OP’s questions. It was rather obnoxious and the thread got back on track after the mod note. And yes, we do have the right to do tell people to stop hijacking a thread, whether it’s with jokes or other behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/3 "2012-08-09T18:04:42Z")
tomndebb may be a poopyhead, but the jokes were getting a bit silly. Really, I just came in here to call him a poopyhead. Poopyhead! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/4 "2012-08-09T18:17:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not sure I would have bothered with a mod note there, but it’s also true that posts 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 were jokes about **even sven** and Cameroon instead of answers to the OP’s questions. Guess we don’t have much to learn from _them_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/5 "2012-08-09T18:22:04Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > If only we had someone on this board who knew about Cameroon. I had typed that exact response when I first saw the thread, but since no one else had posted yet, I figured I’d hold back. But I agree with the moderation. No one got a warning, and the joke had played itself out. Since it was a joke about an active poster, it probably made sense to chill on that. Maybe if folks were joking about someone not a member of this MB it might have been different. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/6 "2012-08-09T18:22:19Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661267) > > The jokers violated no rules other than the ones in **tomndebb** ’s mind. A mod has no right to impose “humor-control” on a thread that hasn’t become onscene or hateful. You did notice the threads was in Great Debates rather than in IMHO or MPSIMS, didn’t you? As **Marley** says, moderators have the right to to give instructions to keep threads on track an to prevent hijacks. A couple of jokes might have been humorous, but after that people were just being copycats. **tomndebb** had the authority to tell people to stop with the jokes in order to get back to addressing the OP. If that thread had been in General Questions, I probably would have done the same thing. As a participant in the thread, I found the continuing jokes pretty annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/7 "2012-08-09T21:15:52Z")
I support **tomndebb** ’s action in that thread. The **even sven** comments were taking over the thread, to the exclusion of any other discussion. In Great Debates. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/8 "2012-08-09T21:24:33Z")
Yea, seems like good modding to me. Ended a hijack. We have MPSIMS if people want to start a thread where everyone posts the same joke over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/9 "2012-08-09T21:25:05Z")
I think that even sven should be banned because of that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/10 "2012-08-09T21:25:35Z")
I have no opinion either way, but I love the word poopyhead, and so I quote my favourite poopoohead [song on Youtube.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FYb3Kdc-MY) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/11 "2012-08-09T21:48:58Z")
I think what happened was that tomndebb misunderstood the humor. He thought it was mean-spirited and anti-even sven. Maybe one or two posters were playing that angle, but they were missing the joke, too. The joke was one of those ‘rio’ jokes that we like here on the dope. (by we, I mean, some of us, for the love of god, don’t send me your hatemail). I kind of like that kind of humor, where at first, a couple posters say something at the same time, or miss that it was mentioned, and then people start adding on…just riffing. Colibri doesn’t seem to get it either. Those who are saying, “the first couple were ok” don’t seem to get it. The first couple mentions aren’t jokes. It doesn’t get jokey until everyone starts adding on. Didn’t seem all that intrusive to the thread to me. I think if it were just a matter of, “oh, this is getting a tad annoying with this repetitive joke thing” tomndebb wouldn’t have used all caps, like ‘ENOUGH, MUTHAFUCKAS!’. I think he got all hype like that because he misunderstood the joke and thought everyone was picking on even sven. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/12 "2012-08-09T23:54:49Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I think what happened was that tomndebb misunderstood the humor. > > He thought it was mean-spirited and anti-even sven. Maybe one or two posters were playing that angle, but they were missing the joke, too. You’re probably right, but one problem is that there are more than a few people on this board who seem to take great delight in making snide comments to or about **even sven** whenever the opportunity presents itself. I don’t know if any of those people posted in the thread in question, but **sven** is one person who seems to attract a disproportionate share of asshole-type behavior on these boards. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/13 "2012-08-10T00:07:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I think that even sven should be banned because of that thread. I’m noticing a pattern with your posts: I frequently LOL (not to be confused with quarry related activities) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/14 "2012-08-10T00:28:27Z")
The thread doesn’t even belong in GD. He could have easily kicked it over to MPSIMS, but nooooooo. Mr. Buzzkill had to stomp in with Mod Boots on. Still a poopy-head, he is. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/15 "2012-08-10T00:32:45Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I think what happened was that tomndebb misunderstood the humor. :rolleyes: Note that I did not say that the comments were humorless or even failed humor. (I certainly did not leap to a conclusion that they were mean-spirited. It is a Great Debates thread that was running off the rails because of the off-topic comments. Nothing worse; nothing more. > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I think if it were just a matter of, “oh, this is getting a tad annoying with this repetitive joke thing” tomndebb wouldn’t have used all caps, like ‘ENOUGH, MUTHAFUCKAS!’. Actually, since there was some whining over the use of “Tweeeeeeet!” to indicate that I wanted the attention of all posters, “ENOUGH!” is how I generally open general calls to modify behavior. It indicates nothing more than that I want a particular behavior to stop without any judgment of the behavior. It might be outside the rules; it might have just gone on too long or threatened a hijack. The “ENOUGH!” is nothing more than a call to order. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/16 "2012-08-10T01:41:47Z")
Ok. I thought you misunderstood what was going on, that’s all. I was trying to let you know that if you were thinking it was a pile on even sven thing, you were probably mistaken about that. I cannot for the life of me figure out why you had to go and use that rolleye smiley. I hate that smiley more than you will ever know, tomndebb. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/17 "2012-08-10T01:50:03Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > The joke was one of those ‘rio’ jokes that we like here on the dope. (by we, I mean, some of us, for the love of god, don’t send me your hatemail). I kind of like that kind of humor, where at first, a couple posters say something at the same time, or miss that it was mentioned, and then people start adding on…just riffing. I think you’re just very easily amused. 😉 > [@](#): > > Colibri doesn’t seem to get it either. Those who are saying, “the first couple were ok” don’t seem to get it. The first couple mentions aren’t jokes. It doesn’t get jokey until everyone starts adding on. Sure I get it. But jokes that depend on pure inanity are better suited to MPSIMS than to GD. I wouldn’t have objected to that kind of joke if the thread was in some other forum. But in GD it was a hijack that was interfering with the subject of the thread. > [@](#): > > Didn’t seem all that intrusive to the thread to me. You weren’t even participating in the thread. Your opinion on this is hardly relevant. [QUOTE=silenus] The thread doesn’t even belong in GD. [/QUOTE] It might have gone in GQ, or in the Game Room, or possibly even in IMHO, but it wasn’t a MPSIMS thread, nor should it have turned into one. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/18 "2012-08-10T02:03:22Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Yea, seems like good modding to me. Ended a hijack. We have MPSIMS if people want to start a thread where everyone posts the same joke over and over again. Threads have been shut down in MPSIMS for being too P when it’s basically just that. A closing I don’t support in that case. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/19 "2012-08-10T02:40:31Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It might have gone in GQ, or in the Game Room, or possibly even in IMHO, but it wasn’t a MPSIMS thread, nor should it have turned into one. In what world is “What’s so bad about Cameroon?” GD territory? Time to stop smoking your running socks, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984/20 "2012-08-10T02:57:08Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I think you’re just very easily amused. 😉 This, I cannot deny. > [@](#): > > Sure I get it. But jokes that depend on pure inanity are better suited to MPSIMS than to GD. I wouldn’t have objected to that kind of joke if the thread was in some other forum. But in GD it was a hijack that was interfering with the subject of the thread. Understood. > [@](#): > > You weren’t even participating in the thread. Your opinion on this is hardly relevant. I hope my opinion matters as a reader of threads that I don’t post to. I rarely post in GD, but I read it often. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984.md?page=2)