# tapu, banned, now unbanned? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253 **Category:** About This Message Board **Created:** [July 4, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253 "2012-07-04T23:32:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid) #### Post date: [July 4, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/1 "2012-07-04T23:32:35Z")
So I see that **tapu** , recently banned (allegedly for being a sock), is now unbanned? Just curious. (I actually liked **tapu** for posting an approving post about something I posted. What can be more likable than that?) šŸ™‚ ---
### Author: ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu) #### Post date: [July 4, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/2 "2012-07-04T23:42:14Z")
I think I meant that approval for someone else. (Haha! Haā€¦ Ha?) šŸ˜ƒ Mods mistook me for someone who was here long ago. They did further research and found out it wasnā€™t me. Thatā€™s all. Sā€™okay. I appreciate that they took another look into it. Most places donā€™t, I wouldnā€™t think. ---
### Author: ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/3 "2012-07-05T00:15:43Z")
Iā€™m pretty sure discussing \*\*tapu[/p] is prohibited. ---
### Author: ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/4 "2012-07-05T00:16:18Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > Iā€™m pretty sure discussing \*\*tapu[/p] is prohibited. Yeah, I tried it once. :eek: ---
### Author: ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/5 "2012-07-05T00:31:01Z")
Well, one of the meanings for tapu IS ā€œprohibitedā€ā€¦ ---
### Author: ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/6 "2012-07-05T00:42:36Z")
Hmm, you seem pretty bright. Iā€™d tap u. šŸ˜‰ ---
### Author: ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/7 "2012-07-05T00:47:11Z")
Always the tapper, never the tappee. ---
### Author: ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/8 "2012-07-05T00:50:36Z")
Itā€™s a deal! ---
### Author: ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/9 "2012-07-05T01:24:49Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > Iā€™m pretty sure discussing \*\*tapu[/p] is prohibited. While he was banned, that is, I suppose. Now that heā€™s unbanned, we can talk about him again? ---
### Author: ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/10 "2012-07-05T01:30:13Z")
I think heā€™s a she. And **tapu** is deinitiely taboo. ---
### Author: ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/11 "2012-07-05T01:37:00Z")
Sorry, SixSwordS, but we had a deal. No, ha ha, tapu really is a she. See profile pic. Thatā€™s the real tapu. Itā€™s sort of . . . _tapu unplugged_. ---
### Author: ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/12 "2012-07-05T01:37:39Z")
DAMN! That should be definitely. (Whereā€™s an editor when you need one?) ---
### Author: ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/13 "2012-07-05T01:46:37Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > Sorry, SixSwordS, but we had a deal. Iā€™m not a reneger. Prohibitions were meant to be broken. ---
### Author: ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/14 "2012-07-05T02:43:49Z")
Where did you go when you were banned? Did you just float around the interwebs or were you stuck behind the monitor like that little girl was behind the TV in Poltergeist? ---
### Author: ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/15 "2012-07-05T02:52:27Z")
> [@manila](#): > > Where did you go when you were banned? Did you just float around the interwebs or were you stuck behind the monitor like that little girl was behind the TV in Poltergeist? More like Kirk when he was caught in the transporter beam from the disintegrating ship, I imagine. ---
### Author: ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/16 "2012-07-05T15:22:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > More like Kirk when he was caught in the transporter beam from the disintegrating ship, I imagine. I just have to say, that was a really disturbing experience for me :eek: **CAPT** ---
### Author: ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/17 "2012-07-05T15:36:00Z")
> [@manila](#): > > Where did you go when you were banned? Did you just float around the interwebs or were you stuck behind the monitor like that little girl was behind the TV in Poltergeist? During that time, I simply ceased to exist. Well, in your world anyway. Glad Iā€™m back? \>:-D ---
### Author: ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/18 "2012-07-05T17:59:48Z")
I hadnā€™t seen many of your posts, and, due to the timing, thought maybe theyā€™d connected you with the whole **umkay** thing. Glad thatā€™s not true. ---
### Author: ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/19 "2012-07-05T18:05:44Z")
Iā€™m glad youā€™re back. You should be very proud, you have been singled out in a way that Iā€™m not sure any other doper has been. You, my girl, have been through the ether and back. Was there a bright light? Did you see your Gran? Youā€™re like a zombie but not. Please donā€™t start eating flesh! ---
### Author: ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu) #### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253/20 "2012-07-05T19:08:44Z")
Wow, Iā€™m sounding ever so much more important than I was before I got here! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253.md?page=2)