# Seriously, you guys should just ban people before you apply stupid restrictions to them. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457 "2015-12-27T13:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/1 "2015-12-27T13:42:56Z")
Honestly, I don’t know how you guys keep up with it all. And it’s a little irritating to be enjoying a thread and then have it closed because some poster dared to talk about his wife’s mustache. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/2 "2015-12-27T15:11:31Z")
Kill the patient before u amputate his leg!! Otherwise, I agree. Its weird the stuff the mods find weird while embracing other weirdness. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/3 "2015-12-27T15:14:25Z")
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**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/4 "2015-12-27T15:16:17Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Honestly, I don’t know how you guys keep up with it all. And it’s a little irritating to be enjoying a thread and then have it closed because some poster dared to talk about his wife’s mustache. Yes, given your extremely informative contribution to that thread, it was obvious you were “enjoying” it. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/5 "2015-12-27T15:41:34Z")
If you’re really interested in the topic of facial hair on women, you could open a thread about it yourself to discuss it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/6 "2015-12-27T16:23:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If you’re really interested in the topic of facial hair on women, you could open a thread about it yourself to discuss it. Or, he could just shift to this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=779254), it has more potential. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/7 "2015-12-27T17:58:00Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Honestly, I don’t know how you guys keep up with it all. And it’s a little irritating to be enjoying a thread and then have it closed because some poster dared to talk about his wife’s mustache. The thread wasn’t closed because some poster dared to talk about his wife’s mustache. Wife mustaches is not a banned topic. Generally speaking, if anyone wants to talk about their wife’s mustache, feel free. It’s not a topic that I personally find enjoyable, but hey, to each his own. The thread was closed because it was started by a particular poster and concerned a topic (his wife, not the mustache) that this particular poster has been problematic with, so much so that a topic ban was given to this poster. Topic bans in general aren’t put in place just because we think a topic is weird. Topic bans are generally used when a particular poster has a problem with a particular topic. Also, generally speaking, topic bans work. I can think of several people who currently have topic bans in place, and as long as they avoid those topics, their posts on the SDMB are generally perfectly acceptable and their contributions are welcome here. Banning them seems excessively harsh. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/8 "2015-12-27T18:53:16Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > The thread wasn’t closed because some poster dared to talk about his wife’s mustache. Wife mustaches is not a banned topic. Generally speaking, if anyone wants to talk about their wife’s mustache, feel free. It’s not a topic that I personally find enjoyable, but hey, to each his own. > > The thread was closed because it was started by a particular poster and concerned a topic (his wife, not the mustache) that this particular poster has been problematic with, so much so that a topic ban was given to this poster. > > Topic bans in general aren’t put in place just because we think a topic is weird. Topic bans are generally used when a particular poster has a problem with a particular topic. Also, generally speaking, topic bans work. I can think of several people who currently have topic bans in place, and as long as they avoid those topics, their posts on the SDMB are generally perfectly acceptable and their contributions are welcome here. > > Banning them seems excessively harsh. I understand all this. It just seems like it’s more work than it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/9 "2015-12-27T19:17:38Z")
Bahhhh… I’ll take poster specific restrictions on posters with specific posting style/topic problems rather than problems that are never addressed. I take it you don’t remember the poster that derailed/thread shitted/got closed more threads and got pitted more times and with more volume than any other poster in history. The powers that be COULD have imposed some rules on his ass that would have stopped that shit. But instead they let it fester for years before the actual banning that had little to do with his actual “style” (kinda like Al Capone getting it for tax evasion). I’ll take targeting problem posters for their particular problems rather than wringing their hands about some sort of ideal of not trying to ban a poster and just letting it bug the shit of everyone for years any damn day. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/10 "2015-12-27T19:30:55Z")
Billfish…if its who I think it is not only wasnt he banned but he posted as recently as the last couple days. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/11 "2015-12-27T19:34:07Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I understand all this. It just seems like it’s more work than it’s worth. My guess is that it isn’t too taxing. I modded a board once, and generally once you told someone off you’d have someone else reporting every single time they messed up again. There’s probably been one of those guys everywhere I’ve ever been, come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/12 "2015-12-27T19:35:13Z")
Nope, I’m thinking of Dio the you know who. Who he had pictures of fucking gawd knows what I can only guess. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/13 "2015-12-27T20:05:29Z")
It’s hard to get behind a member and their “right” to post weird stuff when that member shoves a warning back in the face of the mods like he did with his “toys and girls” video. So yes, the mods played this one according to Hoyle. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/14 "2015-12-27T20:50:12Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Bahhhh… > > I’ll take poster specific restrictions on posters with specific posting style/topic problems rather than problems that are never addressed. I agree. In this particular case, I’d be in favor of more topics being banned, not less. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/15 "2015-12-27T21:16:57Z")
It’s not so bad once you get used to it. For example, I can’t talk about ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/16 "2015-12-27T22:02:56Z")
What thread are you all talking about? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/17 "2015-12-27T22:29:27Z")
We can’t say. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/18 "2015-12-27T23:11:02Z")
I don’t suppose the mods are open to _suggestions_ as to poster-specific topic bans? ---
**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:** [December 27, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/19 "2015-12-27T23:27:05Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > I don’t suppose the mods are open to _suggestions_ as to poster-specific topic bans? I think that such a suggestion would best be handled by PM. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457/20 "2015-12-28T00:47:18Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > What thread are you all talking about? 😕 Best solutions for female moustaches? > **[Best solutions for female moustaches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=779168)** > > My wife thinks that trying to get rid of it would make it come back worse. I think shaving would do that but not waxing or plucking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-you-guys-should-just-ban-people-before-you-apply-stupid-restrictions-to-them/741457.md?page=2)