# So I was checking my User Control Panel and I notice I have an infraction **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-checking-my-user-control-panel-and-i-notice-i-have-an-infraction/633472 "2012-09-02T20:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-checking-my-user-control-panel-and-i-notice-i-have-an-infraction/633472/1 "2012-09-02T20:01:14Z")
I’m sure others can see it. Shouldn’t it go away by now? I mean, the whole thing was obviously a joke on **Colibri** ’s part, given that I was clearly referring to (and therefore ‘insulting’) myself. Isn’t it time for the humor to have been fully mined from this one? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-checking-my-user-control-panel-and-i-notice-i-have-an-infraction/633472/2 "2012-09-02T20:11:33Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I’m sure others can see it. Shouldn’t it go away by now? I mean, the whole thing was obviously a joke on **Colibri** ’s part, given that I was clearly referring to (and therefore ‘insulting’) myself. Isn’t it time for the humor to have been fully mined from this one? Have you IMed the mods about this? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-checking-my-user-control-panel-and-i-notice-i-have-an-infraction/633472/3 "2012-09-02T20:34:05Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I’m sure others can see it. Shouldn’t it go away by now? I mean, the whole thing was obviously a joke on **Colibri** ’s part, given that I was clearly referring to (and therefore ‘insulting’) myself. Isn’t it time for the humor to have been fully mined from this one? Only you and the mods can see it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-checking-my-user-control-panel-and-i-notice-i-have-an-infraction/633472/4 "2012-09-02T21:19:28Z")
On review of the thread, I see that I evidently misinterpreted your remark. It looked to me like it was directed at **HeyHomie** (since it didn’t make much sense for you to be insulting yourself). I didn’t see your subsequent post saying it was a joke on yourself. I’ll reverse the warning. I’m surprised that you weren’t aware of the warning until now, since I posted it in the thread. It would have been better to have contacted me by email (fastest way) or PM in order to insure I saw your explanation. (Also, if you’re joking it’s best to make the joke a bit clearer.) ETA: As **runnerpat** says, only you and the moderators can see your infractions in your profile. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-checking-my-user-control-panel-and-i-notice-i-have-an-infraction/633472/5 "2012-09-02T21:25:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’m surprised that you weren’t aware of the warning until now, since I posted it in the thread. Of course I saw it. I was just convinced it was a joke until now. Why would I email you over a dumb joke? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-checking-my-user-control-panel-and-i-notice-i-have-an-infraction/633472/6 "2012-09-02T21:35:54Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Of course I saw it. I was just convinced it was a joke until now. Why would I email you over a dumb joke? Your response in the thread didn’t indicate you thought I was joking. As I said, it wasn’t clear that your previous post was directed at yourself, since you had already complained about the “Sent from” tag in **HeyHomie’s** posts. It looked like you might be annoyed at him for not bothering to fix it.