# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/41 "2003-01-20T22:36:08Z")
Moderator BAN Progressive\_left, we have no room this rudeness!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/42 "2003-01-20T22:37:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Read the OP of this thread, then read my reply to blowero > Hopefully then you will see that your post is based on a false assumption. Well, I know for sure she’s a latina, and I know for sure she’s a stripper, so I don’t see where the false assumption comes in. 😃 Uh, **Progressive\_left**? Please try to relax a little bit. This is actually a fun place for those who don’t take themselves too seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/43 "2003-01-20T22:39:06Z")
…and can I place a bet that this thread will be closed w/in 5 minutes? I bet 25 cents. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/44 "2003-01-20T22:42:15Z")
> [@](#): > > from _Zette_ > Oh Sauron…that’s priceless. Someone MUST have a song for that. Okay… Here it is. 😉 * * * **Rude Moderator** - (a tribute to **manhattan** ) **Progressive\_left** … made a post Asking about latina hotness to the Teeming Host. In wrong locale, he/she posted this. **manhattan** came and closed the thread and PL felt dissed. No place for newbies with sensitive hearts When reading the rules is left to chance But we know **manhattan** just thinks he’s so smart. No need to ask, He’s a rude moderator Rude moderator Rude moderator Rude moderator Post to post, GQ to the Pit, a nasty mod… Across the boards he rains on parades, and thinks he’s god. He’s got no class, we’ll Pit his ass… Til he owns up and begs for our for-give-ness. We’ll carry this on until it gets old Perhaps if we pressure one day he’ll fold But we know the truth, for his heart is cold! No need to ask, He’s a rude moderator Rude moderator Rude moderator Rude moderator * * * by **Monstre** \<— hoping **manhattan** isn’t heading straight for the “Ban” button. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/45 "2003-01-20T22:42:25Z")
\<\< My rant was prompted by the rude response of the moderator. \>\> If you thought that was a rude response, you might want to read some of Cecil’s columns. OK, next exercise: read the following statement: “Good morning” You can read it to be cheerful and welcoming. You can read it to be minimally polite and perfunctory. You can even read it to be a rude dismissal. (“Good morning!” snorted the duchess, meaning that the conversation was now ended.) In short, you bring as much (or more) to your reading than the moderator put into it. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/46 "2003-01-20T22:44:18Z")
There is no reason for you to be given a rude response, here or in any forum. However, it appears that this board has become yet another place where people can anonymously flex their “snarky” muscles and vent any pent-up anger that they don’t have the courage to do in real life. This charge is apparently being led by a few mods, though there are several caring, thoughtful ones who actual wish to further the purpose of this board (remember what that is anyone?) rather than stroke their silly egos. My advice: follow the rules and avoid those who feel that even the slightest authority affords lack of civility. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/47 "2003-01-20T22:44:21Z")
And this is what the Progressive Left has come to. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/48 "2003-01-20T22:47:30Z")
I bow to your genius, **Monstre**. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/49 "2003-01-20T22:51:04Z")
**Monstre** , that was positively Sade-istic! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/50 "2003-01-20T22:57:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > **There is no reason for you to be given a rude response, here or in any forum.** Certainly there is. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/51 "2003-01-20T23:00:26Z")
**Monstre** , simply _geeeeenius_! Call me strange, but I saw the thread title and imagined **manhattan** looking like Aaaaahnold: sporting a leather coat, slicked back hair, sunglasses, and a thread-killing shotgun. [Aaaahnold] Yaaahhh, da _Modaratahhh_. [/Aaaahnold] Tripler I’m really not sucking up. I swear. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/52 "2003-01-20T23:24:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > \*\*There is no reason for you to be given a rude response, here or in any forum. However, it appears that this board has become yet another place where people can anonymously flex their “snarky” muscles and vent any pent-up anger that they don’t have the courage to do in real life. This charge is apparently being led by a few mods, though there are several caring, thoughtful ones who actual wish to further the purpose of this board (remember what that is anyone?) rather than stroke their silly egos. > > My advice: follow the rules and avoid those who feel that even the slightest authority affords lack of civility. \*\* Maybe I just don’t get it, but the “snarkyness” was one of the things that kept me here. In case you haven’t caught on yet, Cecil is known, not just for his intelligence, but also his biting wit. Sarcasm, irony, he’s got the full boat. I would expect nothing less from the moderators at the Straight Dope Message Board. It may take some people awhile to develop a thicker skin, but this board does try to keep the example set by the Perfect Master. And to suggest it is a power trip, ego stroke, or pent up anger is just plain silly. Enjoy it, it’s part of the atmosphere here. If not, I hear there are openings over at the Miss Manners, or Dear Abby Message Boards. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/53 "2003-01-20T23:31:28Z")
**Monstre** dude, can I least touch the hem of your garment? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/54 "2003-01-20T23:35:35Z")
> [@](#): > > from _Sauron_ > She knows that if she persists, I’ll reveal that I was thinking about the new Sade song, “Rude Moderator.” And she’ll sprain her eyeballs from rolling them so hard. Well, now you can just show her that there _is_ such a song, and she can roll her eyes elsewhere. > [@](#): > > from _Mighty\_Girl_ > Monstre dude, can I least touch the hem of your garment? Just the hem? 😉 Can I use that as my new sig? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/55 "2003-01-20T23:37:01Z")
She didn’t say _which_ hem, **Monstre**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/56 "2003-01-20T23:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > However, it appears that this board has **become** yet another place where people can anonymously flex their “snarky” muscles and vent any pent-up anger that they don’t have the courage to do in real life. (Emphasis mine.) Apparently we’ve not been reading the same board during all these years - the SDMB has _ **always** _ been like that. It’s one of the things that makes it great! Sheesh. ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/57 "2003-01-20T23:51:13Z")
“You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. manhattan went surprising easy on you. If your feelings are so easily hurt, this place may be too rough-and-tumble for you. (And BTW your OP didn’t even come close to a rant.)” My feelings weren’t hurt, I’m just amazed at the childishness of some of the people on this thread. I have no intentions of leaving the board, I like it here. Most of the responses to my OP seem like they would be more at home in the back of a school bus. It’s a free country so your free to make fools of yourselves all you like, it’s quit entertaining, please continue. ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/58 "2003-01-20T23:59:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > \*\*There is no reason for you to be given a rude response, here or in any forum. However, it appears that this board has become yet another place where people can anonymously flex their “snarky” muscles and vent any pent-up anger that they don’t have the courage to do in real life. This charge is apparently being led by a few mods, though there are several caring, thoughtful ones who actual wish to further the purpose of this board (remember what that is anyone?) rather than stroke their silly egos. > > My advice: follow the rules and avoid those who feel that even the slightest authority affords lack of civility. \*\* Thank you for your kind words. ---
**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 21, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/59 "2003-01-21T00:01:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Progressive\_left \* > \*\*“You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. manhattan went surprising easy on you. If your feelings are so easily hurt, this place may be too rough-and-tumble for you. (And BTW your OP didn’t even come close to a rant.)” > > My feelings weren’t hurt, I’m just amazed at the childishness of some of the people on this thread. > I have no intentions of leaving the board, I like it here. Most of the responses to my OP seem like they would be more at home in the back of a school bus. It’s a free country so your free to make fools of yourselves all you like, it’s quit entertaining, please continue. \*\* Sorry for the typo quite not quit ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/60 "2003-01-21T00:03:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by **Monstre** \* > Can I use that as my new sig? 😃 Of course. And royalty-free to boot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849.md?page=4)