# Rude moderators **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849 "2003-01-20T20:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Progressive\_left](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@Progressive\_left](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Progressive_left)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/1 "2003-01-20T20:10:34Z")
I’m new to the board and I asked a question in the general questions section that was closed by the moderator manhattan. I’m still not sure why the thread was closed, I think it was because my question was not factual. I found out that I had posted in the wrong board and that the thread was closed when I read this little helpful pearl of wisdom from manhattan the “moderator” * * * Why are forum descriptions sooooo hard to read? * * * -manhattan General Questions Moderator * * * Complaint - Is it soooo difficult to for some moderators to show even the slightest bit of common courtesy In case anyone is interest here is the thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157681](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157681) ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/2 "2003-01-20T20:14:32Z")
AWESOME! Manhattan SURGES ahead in the Mod with the most Pit Threads horse race. Surely, Phil, it must be the recent resurgance of new, wacky members to the board who choose not to read forum descriptions. I don’t know, Ken, could it be he’s just cranky? Let’s wait and see how the next round goes. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/3 "2003-01-20T20:14:48Z")
That Manhattan, he’s a rat bastard! ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/4 "2003-01-20T20:17:30Z")
So tell us, **Progressive\_left** , why _are_ forum descriptions so hard to read? And for **manny** , that was a pretty mild rebuke. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/5 "2003-01-20T20:17:35Z")
It’s common courtesy, when posting to a new message board, to read the rules and understand the customs before posting. Doing so saves the moderators unnecessary work. In other words, you were rude first. Haj ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/6 "2003-01-20T20:18:39Z")
Progressive\_left’s “question” was: > [@](#): > > Why are Latinas soooo hot? You really thought that was a question with a factual answer? Personally, I think Manhattan went easy on you. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/7 "2003-01-20T20:19:00Z")
Never trust anyone with three a’s in their name. I find it a good rule of thumb. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/8 "2003-01-20T20:19:50Z")
No, he’s a NAZICOMMIE, like all the other mods. D’uh. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/9 "2003-01-20T20:19:55Z")
so nyah ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/10 "2003-01-20T20:20:04Z")
Well, I think manny was WAY out of line closing it. The poster asked a factual question regarding the body temperature of Latino people. Surely there’s an answer to that! ---
**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:** [January 20, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/11 "2003-01-20T20:20:18Z")
I ain’t a Mod but heres my advice. Since there could be a million unique reasons why Latinas are or not hot, it doesn’t go in General Questions. Only questions with a non subjective answer should be asked there. If I were you, I might lurk for a bit, until you get a better feel for the boards. Hope this helped. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/12 "2003-01-20T20:21:19Z")
You’ll get over it. And lose the “sooooo” thing – we’re using a written medium here and we value good spelling, punctuation and usage, particularly in General Questions and the other factual forums. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/13 "2003-01-20T20:22:11Z")
Damn you people reply quick. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/14 "2003-01-20T20:22:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*That Manhattan, he’s a rat bastard! \*\* Funny – I’ve never seen him around [The Rat Bastard Web Site](http://pub56.ezboard.com/faquerrafrm29). I’d put my Rat Bastard Iron DM skills up against his any time! Daniel showing his geekside ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/15 "2003-01-20T20:23:08Z")
Well why _are_ Latinas soooo hot? Is it the beaf, been and cheese burritos they consume? ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/16 "2003-01-20T20:23:42Z")
The good news is, **Progressive\_left** has already figured out the forum descriptions well enough to post his complaint about **manhattan** in _exactly the right forum_! This bodes well for his future on the SDMB, yes it does! One thing, though, **p-l**. You should have posted a more profanity-laced rant; this is more likely to be noticed here in the Pit. Most regulars will probably read your post and think, “Ah, he’s not _that_ ticked at **manhattan**.” Whereas if you called him a ‘thrice-damned pus-ridden slime-spewing newt-brained prokaryote’, people will probably sit up and take notice. Or at least go look up ‘prokaryote’. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/17 "2003-01-20T20:29:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SCSimmons \* > \*\* Most regulars will probably read your post and think, “Ah, he’s not _that_ ticked at **manhattan**.” Whereas if you called him a ‘thrice-damned pus-ridden slime-spewing newt-brained prokaryote’, people will probably sit up and take notice. Or at least go look up ‘prokaryote’. \*\* He’s right – I find it difficult to work up a properly snarky response if I haven’t at least been invited to felch something diseased and non-human. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/18 "2003-01-20T20:40:24Z")
I thought all moderators had to do that during their initiation. ---
**Author:** ![Progressive\_left](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@Progressive\_left](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Progressive_left)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/19 "2003-01-20T20:45:35Z")
“You really thought that was a question with a factual answer? Personally, I think Manhattan went easy on you.” Is it so difficult for you to read the OP and figure out what transpired? Obviously the question is not factual, I failed to read the description for the general questions board and incorrectly posted my question there. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/20 "2003-01-20T20:48:35Z")
So then, you should have said, after realizing your mistake-“Mods, I posted this in the wrong forum-please move, my appologies.” :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849.md?page=2)