Can you kindly define “jerk?” I mean I think I see a bunch of them on the board. Do mods have special “jerk” training that makes them qualified to make a ‘jerk call’ or warning, if you will? It’s all so confusing because even some of the mods look like “trolls”, if not “jerks.”
It’s all very confusing. Well not so confusing but I do prefer denial.
Did I miss something in TOS?
If I get another subjective jerk warning from another mod does it mean I’m banned?
What is a non-jerk?
:smack:
[QUOTE=twickster]
Dear cynyc,
You have received a warning at Straight Dope Message Board.
Reason:
Being a jerk
I am giving you a warning for being a jerk. Your comments are completely out of line for an MPSIMS thread.
Yes, they go through a rigorous six week course so that when someone comes along and posts this:
to attack someone trying to cheer up the guy with Alzheimer’s in MPSIMS, they could use their highly honed skills of perception to realize that it is jerkish.
I don’t want a mod note or a warning, so I’ll just say I agree that was out of line for anything not posted in the Pit. Accept your warning. One is not a big deal. It’ll only come around to bite you if you keep making posts like that.
Only problem I have with the modding is I think it is way too lenient. I’d have given you an instaban for that completely over the top rant. However, I really doubt you’re going to be around here very much longer anyway, so buh-bye.
You don’t even need the jerk rule for this–you went for repeated personal attacks. And, what’s worse, it doesn’t even make sense. You don’t even say what you were mad about. And now you don’t even see what was wrong with that, let alone apologize for what appears to be something you posted while drunk?
The only reason I’m not mad is that it’s just so ridiculous.
Edit: and definite kudos to twickster. Heck, this is one case where I wouldn’t care how harsh your language was.
Damn right, I am. I googled it and got this thread. I did discover a website devoted to banjo jokes (of all things!). And this:
A guy enters a bar carrying an alligator. Says to the patrons, “Here’s a deal. I’ll open this alligator’s mouth and place my genitals inside. The gator will close his mouth for one minute, then open it, and I’ll remove my unit unscathed. If it works, everyone buys me drinks.” The crowd agrees. The guy drops his pants and puts his privates in the gator’s mouth. Gator closes mouth. After a minute, the guy grabs a beer bottle and bangs the gator on the top of its head. The gator opens wide, and he removes his genitals unscathed. Everyone buys him drinks. Then he says: “I’ll pay anyone $100 who’s willing to give it a try.” After a while, a hand goes up in the back of the bar. It’s a woman. “I’ll give it a try,” she says, “but you have to promise not to hit me on the head with the beer bottle.”
