# Spongemom - cooling **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269 "2005-07-13T01:15:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/61 "2005-07-13T15:36:30Z")
Aha, I understand now. This was to deflect attention away from **Spongemom** and onto **Mynn**. Now we know who to truly Pit. What a whiny (whiney? whingny?) ass. Besides, discussions about moderator and administrator actions belong here in the Pit. So this thread is where it belongs. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/62 "2005-07-13T15:37:22Z")
Gaah. I hate it when I fuck up coding like that … ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/63 "2005-07-13T15:38:48Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > Ok, I read this post a couple times and I have no idea what you’re saying **Mynn**. Can anyone translate? Perhaps, like **Spongemom** , **Mynn** has not had her coffee yet. That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/64 "2005-07-13T15:39:54Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > How on earth is that pile up deserved? I felt the pile-on was deserved due to her refusal to accept any responsibility for what had actually happened to her cats. It does not matter that she was upset or down at the time. She felt the need to open a pit thread devoted to how evil her neighbor’s dog was for eating her cat, but simply could not see how her own actions had led to the unfortunate incident. Most people know that when you start a pit thread you have a 50/50 chance of it biting you in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/65 "2005-07-13T15:41:05Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > I’d like to continue in this thread, but I’ve got an appointment to get to, then I’ve got to head out of town to my mom’s. I’ll be back sometime this evening, and hopefully this whole mess can be resolved maturely. I don’t think there’s any need to carry on the discussion from the old thread. That thread got thoroughly thrashed-out, it’s done, and no need to drag it into around from thread to thread. Besides, that would be a hijack. As it turns out, this thread is a pitting of the Mods – who knew? (Certainly not me, even after reading the OP several times). ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/66 "2005-07-13T15:44:36Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Perhaps, like **Spongemom** , **Mynn** has not had her coffee yet. That’s all I got. Word. I read it again and only garnered one conculsion: **Mynn** takes messageboard life _wwwwaaaaayyyyyyyy_ too seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/67 "2005-07-13T15:44:39Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Will **Spongemom** be recanting her “fuck all of you” post? OOOooo! Fuck ME! Fuck ME! ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/68 "2005-07-13T15:44:40Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > I don’t think I’m welcome at this forum anymore. I’m just here because of an email I got about this thread. Everyone jumped to wild conclusions without asking any questions, no one knows every detail, and this issue will never be forgotten, no matter what I post about. I’m sure of it. I, for one, say welcome back **Spongemom**. To the rest, I think the “Fuck You All” statement was aimed at those who were attacking in a rude, cruel and outragious manner _in that thread, at that time_. If this is in fact the case, I don’t feel like any recanting is called for as the attacks were excessive and violent, even for the Pit. However, I think the right thing to do would be to just drop it, let it go and move on. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/69 "2005-07-13T15:45:58Z")
The Mods are both jackbooted and twee. How they accomplish this is a closely gaurded secret. (It has something to do with hats, clogs, and timeshifting DVRs.) ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/70 "2005-07-13T15:46:53Z")
**Ponder Stibbons** Yeah, i was unclear and not happy. I posted unclearly and out of haste. I was informed by a non admin-mod that it was moved to the pit and dumped. I was informed by a non admin-mod that it was opened so people could piss all over spongemom again. As there was no hope of rescue for this to stay a civil discussion, and after speaking directly with **Spongemom** herself, I went ahead and went off. If I’d wanted to pit them for being drooling monkeys laughing at feces flinging, I would have started my thread in the pit. **Slacker** Forgive me, dear sir, for causing such troubles to your mind. Let me put it at ease by translating in simpler words that may soothe your troubled thoughts. \*\*See post. See post locked. Locked, post, Locked! See post moved. Move, post, Move! _the mods determine: Spongemom has not been shat on enough, and we still aren’t deleting the kitten/dog thread, so let’s re open this thread even though we generally leave threads locked and let Spongemom back in! Mynn say’s she’s not going to check back, fuck bothering with a civil discussion regarding policies that pertain only to people we decide Do Not Please Us_\*\* ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/71 "2005-07-13T15:49:39Z")
I didn’t find Mynn’s explanation a lot more helpful than her OP. Just… longer. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/72 "2005-07-13T15:50:27Z")
Damn, **Scott Plaid** ’s got nothing on you. Colour me impressed. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/73 "2005-07-13T15:51:07Z")
As long as we’re recanting, **Slacker** , I recant the bits of post #70 that were an attempt to explain things to you, and replace it with a hearty “Fuck you running sideways with a rusty fucksickle twist”. Maybe on some message boards chatting about is “just the internet” but some people actually do make frienships on line, and some people do end up with bags of flaming dog shit on their door step. Simply because such connections and exchanges were made using the Internet as a medium for communication does not make such friends and enemies less real or valid. Again, I say to you sir, Fuck you running sideways with a rusty fucksickle twist that refreshes, and good day. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/74 "2005-07-13T15:53:45Z")
Obviously \*\*Mynn \*\* still hasn’t had enough coffee… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/75 "2005-07-13T15:54:21Z")
Ooh! Who else has tried the new FuckSickle Twists™? I like the cherry/banana. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/76 "2005-07-13T15:54:45Z")
Look **Mynn** , discussions of bannings, cooling off periods, and other jack bootery _started by posters_ go in the pit. Since you, a poster, started this thread, it got moved to the pit. Now that Spongemom is back and able to discuss the topic, the thread got reopened. There is no conspiracy here on the part of the moderators, nor any desire on their part to see Spongemom get kicked around. If you want to discuss the actions of the posters in the amtrack thread, go right ahead. The mods didn’t do anything wrong. And nice sig. Feel free to fuck off anytime. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/77 "2005-07-13T15:55:11Z")
Why is **Mynn** complaining about the rehash…she’s the one who brought the topic up. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/78 "2005-07-13T15:56:03Z")
So you’ve seen another board go bad, thought this one was okay, but now you’ve changed your mind. And instead of just leaving you decided to be cryptic and stir shit up. Nice. And on preview– **Mynn** , you were informed that it was re-opened so that people could dump on \*\*Spongemom \*\* again? Bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/79 "2005-07-13T15:56:50Z")
Actually, a lot of people have gotten off on the wrong foot, learned from their mistakes, even when the learning was painful, even when they’ve caused massive trainwrecks and wound up valuable and well-liked members of this community. Most folks will give you a second chance, _if_ you’re willing to take it. If not, you’re probably as well off without us as we are without you. You were given helpful advice in that thread, whether you see it that way or not. Whether you choose to follow it is up to you. CJ ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/80 "2005-07-13T15:57:31Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > Why is **Mynn** complaining about the rehash…she’s the one who brought the topic up. You obviously have not been paying attention. Mynn is clearly posting from yhr psych ward at Bellvue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269.md?page=5)