# Some folks need to lighten up **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515 "2000-02-07T17:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/1 "2000-02-07T17:46:00Z")
As a newcomer to this particular forum but who administers message boards elsewhere, may I just say to everyone who’s not a forum staffer that posting little scolding messages to people who don’t follow forum etiquette from the moment they arrive here is not helpful? It seems like some people fall all over themselves to be the first to tell someone that they posted to the wrong board or didn’t post a link or didn’t do whatever other little thing is deemed proper by them. As this happened to me with my first post, I can assure you that the board moderator was very good about letting me know about board protocol. It’s also boring to wade through posts which serve no purpose but to tell someone else they screwed up (without even referring the “offender” to a FAQ or other resource). The next time you’re poised to rip out some newbie’s heart and show it to them before they die because they posted someplace you think they shouldn’t have, try relaxing and letting the people who are supposed to do this stuff do it. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/2 "2000-02-07T17:51:00Z")
I think this thread belongs in About this Message Board. Who’s with me? Where’s the lynch mob? * * * If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. -Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/3 "2000-02-07T17:52:00Z")
You mean like this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/4 "2000-02-07T17:52:00Z")
Y’know, I was going to respond to your post in the Silent Movie thread, suggesting that Eve have simultaneous sex with Ramon Navarro and Rudolph Valentino, by saying “I like the way you think, my man! Welcome abord, you’re gonna fit right in!” But I was afraid it would sound condescending. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/5 "2000-02-07T17:53:00Z")
I can’t get these damn torches lit properly. Who’s got a Zippo? ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/6 "2000-02-07T17:54:00Z")
I think it belongs in the Pit myself…what ya think? * * * “Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda - Senior Intern to El Presidente Self-Righteous Clique \* ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/7 "2000-02-07T17:58:00Z")
Otto, you’re right! I’ve been as guilty of that as anyone else. From now on, I’m Mr. Nice Guy. 🙂 (holding off the villagers run amuck) Run! Save Yourself! ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/8 "2000-02-08T06:09:00Z")
Oh, for crying out loud! **LIGHTEN UP, OTTO!!!** * * * I don’t have to do drugs to mess up my head. I went to Catholic school. ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/9 "2000-02-08T06:42:00Z")
Jeeeezzzz, I _hate_ self-righteous prigs! (Just kidding!) 🙂 * * * VB I could never eat a mouse raw…their little feet are probably real cold going down. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/10 "2000-02-08T06:42:00Z")
I most certainly do not! Sure, I work in a chocolate factory, but I exercised so hard this summer…oh wait. I thought you meant something else. * * * Ass-Toaster Extraordinaire, SDMBSRC ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/11 "2000-02-08T06:50:00Z")
I think that the OP is missing a few commas. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/12 "2000-02-07T19:47:00Z")
I would have replied to this earlier, but Rudolph Valentino and Ramon Novarro just walked off hand-in-hand, and I was looking for my valium . . . ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/13 "2000-02-07T21:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Y’know, I was going to respond to your post in the Silent Movie thread, suggesting that Eve have simultaneous sex with Ramon Navarro and Rudolph Valentino, by saying “I like the way you think, my man! Welcome abord, you’re gonna fit right in!” But I was afraid it would sound condescending. Actually I was suggesting that _I_ have simultaneous sex with Ramon Novarro and Rudolph Valentino. ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/14 "2000-02-07T22:00:00Z")
Otto: I like the way you think, my man! Welcome aboard, you’re gonna fit right in! Make of it what you will. * * * The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/15 "2000-02-07T23:13:00Z")
Fuckin’ Newby! ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/16 "2000-02-08T00:37:00Z")
Frankd6, No…He wants to be fuckin Navarro, not Newbie. * * * \>\>Being Chaotic Evil means never having to say your sorry…unless the other guy is bigger than you.\<\< —The dragon observes ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-need-to-lighten-up/13515/17 "2000-02-08T00:43:00Z")
I think that the OP is missing a few commas & paragraphs.