# Six Degrees of ... Moderation **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 6, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080 "2005-10-06T18:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/41 "2005-10-07T03:05:18Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > I request that hot wax be dripped on this post on the basis that **TYM** didn’t capitalise “American” and I’m case sensitive. [hotwax]Are you an AmeriCAN or an AmeriCAN’T?[/hotwax] ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/42 "2005-10-07T03:24:21Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Compare that to the cost of having someone to drip hot wax on your genitals… Reduce! Reuse! Recycle your ear candles and save on wax! ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/43 "2005-10-07T03:30:30Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > I am unemployed and my son lives with his mother. Thanks for reminding me of the lowest point of my life. What’s up? How come the SDMB community isn’t sending good thoughts to **rayh**? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/44 "2005-10-07T03:41:45Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > What’s up? How come the SDMB community isn’t sending good thoughts to **rayh**? Because he’s lying. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/45 "2005-10-07T03:56:48Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Because he’s lying. Ah, and there was I thinking it was because he was non-US and a newbie. Prime mugging material. And of course no other Doper lies on the Internet. Or in real life, naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/46 "2005-10-07T04:03:53Z")
You _lie._ ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/47 "2005-10-07T06:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > **Scumpup** > Does everything have to be about having hot wax dripped on your genitals? Oh the thrill! The remnants of T. Stearns Eliot, a hint of unadulterated de Beauvoir, the acrid wit of the post-modernists, and a blush of…? Oh, cursed scheme of things! I may die before I know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/48 "2005-10-07T11:29:08Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > What’s up? How come the SDMB community isn’t sending good thoughts to **rayh**? Because he posted it as a reply to a post in a pit thread in which he was getting his ass handed to him. If he wants sympathy, he can start his own thread. If he thinks it makes him less of a dumbass in _this_ thread, he’s mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/49 "2005-10-07T13:34:58Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > And of course no other Doper lies on the Internet. Or in real life, naturally. Of course they do. What’s that got to do with anything? He posted a stupid pit thread and now he’s trying to get everyone to back off by posting a sob story. I, for one, am going to call him on it. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/50 "2005-10-08T01:00:07Z")
Thanks for the clarifications and the manner in which they were done. As I said, I haven’t read the original thread. I guess my goat was got, and I waded in. Will happen again! Almost certainly - statistically speaking… ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/51 "2005-10-08T01:32:22Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Of course they do. What’s that got to do with anything? He posted a stupid pit thread and now he’s trying to get everyone to back off by posting a sob story. I, for one, am going to call him on it. 1. I am not lying. 2. I am not trying to get anyone to back off. 3. I was not after sympathy, my situation is my fault, no one elses. Bring it on wussy boy. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/52 "2005-10-08T01:44:13Z")
Then why bring it up? What relevance did it have to the thread? Just wanted to share a little nugget from your life with the rest of us? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/53 "2005-10-08T02:21:58Z")
The thought of having hot wax dripped on Giraffe’s genitals offends me. I request this thread be closed, opened, moved, deleted, resurrected, zombiefied, and Threadspotted. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/54 "2005-10-08T04:08:11Z")
Fuckin’ gerbils, man! It took **SkipMagic** 22 days to lock the thread after he announced that he was closing it, and you’re saying he was too quick with the trigger? You saying you weren’t prepared for what was coming? That’s like getting mugged by a guy with an muzzle-loader, sticking around while he loads it up, handing over your wallet, then bitching about it afterward. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080/55 "2005-10-08T04:40:35Z")
That thread turned really stupid and mean-spirited after a very short time. It probably should have been mercy-killed much quicker. My opinion, of course, but you’re welcome to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-moderation/325080.md?page=2)