# 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:** 4
**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 21, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/61 "2003-01-21T00:46:36Z")
**Progressive Left** said: > [@](#): > > I’m just amazed at the childishness of some of the people on this thread. And might I say, Pot, Kettle, Black? You made a mistake, a mod corrected it, with a mildly snarky tone, and you go whining to the Pit-“He was mean to me!” Wah wah wah… ---
**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 21, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/62 "2003-01-21T00:50:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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. \*\* Hey! That was pretty snarky. Now you hurt my feelings. I’m gonna tell the principal on you and all my cowboy friends will ride their horses over you. Boohoohoohoo. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/63 "2003-01-21T01:45:53Z")
Here’s a clue, **Progressive Left** –when you are criticising someone for being rude, you lose all moral high ground when you are rude in return. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/64 "2003-01-21T02:14:08Z")
…so what if it’s on top of his head? _:::runs to the back of the bus:::_ ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/65 "2003-01-21T02:35:59Z")
I can see this is quickly going to turn into a “who can be ruder, nastier, more malicious” thread. Sad, really, that this is what it takes for some of you to feel better about yourselves. ---
**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 21, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/66 "2003-01-21T02:40:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > \*\*I can see this is quickly going to turn into a “who can be ruder, nastier, more malicious” thread. > > Sad, really, that this is what it takes for some of you to feel better about yourselves. \*\* That’s the spirit, **leander**!!! Good to see you can join us. It appears now that you understand and get my first post. Good. Welcome aboard. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/67 "2003-01-21T02:59:52Z")
Is anyone else digging the irony that **leander** is acting like the biggest prick in this thread to date? ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/68 "2003-01-21T03:13:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Is anyone else digging the irony that **leander** is acting like the biggest prick in this thread to date? \*\* Seriously, what is it about you guys that gets pleasure out of being rude and nasty? ---
**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, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/69 "2003-01-21T03:15:05Z")
I am confident that all who have participated in this discussion have been given a new outlook on the board and dare I say life. I will leave you now, but remember Progressive\_left will always be with you in spirit. [The voice of our Narrator] As a hush comes over the thread, Progressive\_left stands. He comes down off of the stage, the audience erupts into applause. He struggles to make his way to the exit past his adoring fans and converts. Finally reaching the exit he stops, turns and prepares to impart one more gem to enrich the lives of the masses. The crowd comes to an immediate silence. Progressive\_left surveys the thread and says, “Fuck you snot-nosed little elitist pricks”. With that Progressive\_left exits the thread, off to fight ignorance, intolerance, racism, bigotry and most importantly to hit on Latinas who he thinks are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hot. ---
**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 21, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/70 "2003-01-21T03:29:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > \*\*Seriously, what is it about you guys that gets pleasure out of being rude and nasty? \*\* You have learned well, young one. Let condescenation and irony be your tools. You shall be amongst the greats. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/71 "2003-01-21T03:31:11Z")
Somebody crack a window! It reeks foul of irony and simile. ---
**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 21, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/72 "2003-01-21T03:31:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Progressive\_left \* > \*\*I am confident that all who have participated in this discussion > have been given a new outlook on the board and dare I say life. > I will leave you now, but remember Progressive\_left will always be with you in spirit. > > [The voice of our Narrator] > As a hush comes over the thread, Progressive\_left stands. > He comes down off of the stage, the audience erupts into applause. > He struggles to make his way to the exit past his adoring fans and converts. > Finally reaching the exit he stops, turns and prepares to impart one more gem to enrich the lives of the masses. > The crowd comes to an immediate silence. > Progressive\_left surveys the thread and says, “Fuck you snot-nosed little elitist pricks”. > With that Progressive\_left exits the thread, off to fight ignorance, intolerance, racism, bigotry > and most importantly to hit on Latinas who he thinks are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hot. \*\* You’ll fit right in, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/73 "2003-01-21T03:53:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > \*\*Seriously, what is it about you guys that gets pleasure out of being rude and nasty? \*\* My job. I sell soup. Now go back to the end of the line! :wally ---
**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:** [January 21, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/74 "2003-01-21T05:26:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by leander_ > …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… > [@](#): > > [There are some mods]…who actual wish to further the purpose of this board … rather than stroke their silly egos. > [@](#): > > Sad, really, that this is what it takes for some of you to feel better about yourselves. And **I’m** the asshole? _An_ asshole, maybe, but at the very least, we’re in the same boat, **leander**. > [@](#): > > Seriously, what is it about you guys that gets pleasure out of being rude and nasty? \ Upbringing, I guess. My mom raised me with an acid wit and a sharp tongue. Family dinner used to play like a junior varsity Algonquin Roundtable. She also taught me not to suffer fools, hypocrites, and pompous gas-bags like yourself, nor semi-literate whiners like the OP. If it bugs you so much, I humbly offer you a gold-embossed, hand-calligraphied invitation to bite me. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/75 "2003-01-21T05:40:04Z")
So, **Miller** , how did the foster home work out. I mean, I’m just assuming since you said your mother wouldn’t suffer fools… ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/76 "2003-01-21T06:43:15Z")
How many times have you seen this type of post by a mod? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > **Welcome to the SDMB, Jessbuffalo, and thank you for posting your comment. > Please include a link to Cecil’s column if it’s on the straight dope web site. > To include a link, it can be as simple as including the web page location in your post (make sure there is a space before and after the text of the URL).** If someone entered _my_ house and made a mistake, this is how I would greet them. Not with rudeness. And if any of my “housemates” decided to tear him a new one, I’d be ashamed of them. That’s how _I_ was brought up. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/77 "2003-01-21T08:50:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by grendel72 \* > So, **Miller** , how did the foster home work out. > > I mean, I’m just assuming since you said your mother wouldn’t suffer fools… Well, she was kind enough to make an exception in my case. Twice over, in fact, as she overlooked my gasbaggery as well. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by leander_ > If someone entered my house and made a mistake, this is how I would greet them. Not with rudeness. And if any of my “housemates” decided to tear him a new one, I’d be ashamed of them. Ah, but this isn’t your house, nor is **manhattan** your housemate. You’re as much a guest here as **Progressive\_left** , and if you find your hosts’ behavior so shameful, I’m sure you can find some place more salubrious to spend your time. I’m sure we’ll all miss your contributions to the board. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/78 "2003-01-21T09:14:19Z")
Young **Miller** , I see you are still seeking your higher [education](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=156982) . I sincerely hope you stick it out and learn a few things. My point was that if it were my house, and my _guests_ behaved as you did towards a newbie, I would be ashamed of their behavior. As you get older, you will find that the brain and the mouth will form a new and more calculated relationship. At least, that is the hope. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/79 "2003-01-21T10:10:14Z")
I’m sure you’re a real swell host, **leander** , but as a guest, you leave a lot to be desired. Unless your mom brought you up thinking it’s okay to call your host an ego-stroking coward, as you circumspectly referred to **manhattan** , earlier in the thread. Yeah, you’re a regular Miss Manners, alright. And, incidentally, my _mouth_? Didja mean my fingers, perhaps? Unlike you, I don’t need to read the words out loud as I type them. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/80 "2003-01-21T10:16:48Z")
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