# Tasteless jokes in IMHO now merit "moderator notes"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 8, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273 "2012-05-08T12:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/1 "2012-05-08T12:57:15Z")
[This response](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15042776&postcount=44) from **Ellen Cherry** seemed unnecessarily harsh and, what’s more the point, unnecessarily _personal_ considering it’s official status as a **moderator note**. I may well have a reputation on this board as a fool, and may in fact _be_ a fool (because, I mean, if I am, how would I know?). I certainly seem to be a great many ignore lists. I don’t see, though, why someone needs to put their business hat on to tell me my wisecrack was unwelcome and unfunny. It doesn’t appear to be a warning, and I’m not assuming it is, but it’s one thing when a police officer tells you to move along and it’s another when the officer unsnaps her sidearm while doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/2 "2012-05-08T13:05:03Z")
I was trying to tell you not to threadshit. I did not mean to be overly personal. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/3 "2012-05-08T13:17:12Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I was trying to tell you not to threadshit. I did not mean to be overly personal. Wouldn’t that be threadpee in this case? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/4 "2012-05-08T13:54:16Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Wouldn’t that be threadpee in this case? More of a threadshart. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/5 "2012-05-08T13:55:55Z")
In the spirit of nailing it down, how about threadbarf? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/6 "2012-05-08T14:00:23Z")
Seemed like a harmless joke to me. How was is thread-whatever-ing? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/7 "2012-05-08T14:02:14Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Wouldn’t that be threadpee in this case? Believe me, I resisted the temptation to say just this. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/8 "2012-05-08T14:13:08Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Seemed like a harmless joke to me. How was is thread-whatever-ing? 😛 Saying something tasteless in a thread discussing tampons and urination. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/9 "2012-05-08T14:22:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 😛 Saying something tasteless in a thread discussing tampons and urination. Heh. Yes. We prefer to keep our discussions about peeing around a vagina-wad strictly above board and _classy_, thankyouverymuch! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/10 "2012-05-08T14:25:41Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Believe me, I resisted the temptation to say just this. You should have given in to the dark side. According to a poster here, they have cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/11 "2012-05-08T14:40:33Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I was trying to tell you not to threadshit. I did not mean to be overly personal. Can you explain why you think it was threadshitting? KtK didn’t have anything negative to say about the OP, he was just commenting on how incovenient the subject of the OP must be. Terrible call, Ellen. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/12 "2012-05-08T14:48:33Z")
It was kind of threadshitting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/13 "2012-05-08T14:55:00Z")
Overzealous, IM[H]O. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/14 "2012-05-08T15:46:24Z")
Eh, perhaps I was a bit pouncy. But it’s tiresome for women, a class of people here at SD, to have to endure this sort of moaning and gagging from men when we discuss the monthlies. So perhaps possessing a V colored my decision to post a mild rebuke. Thanks for the feedback, all. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/15 "2012-05-08T15:55:20Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > So perhaps possessing a V colored my decision to post a mild rebuke. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a mild rebuke - but there wasn’t any reason to slap a mod hat on while doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/16 "2012-05-08T16:04:56Z")
The old “my vagina made me do it” excuse. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/17 "2012-05-08T16:16:39Z")
You laugh, but one day you’ll find yourself caught in one’s grip. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/18 "2012-05-08T16:24:40Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You laugh, but one day you’ll find yourself caught in one’s grip. [Not necessarily a FUNNY thing!](http://photobucket.com/images/vagina+dentata/) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/19 "2012-05-08T16:29:23Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a mild rebuke - but there wasn’t any reason to slap a mod hat on while doing so. Hm. I can’t see myself going, “Shut _up_, girlfriend!” without the mod hat. Certainly I posted some comments of this sort before I became a moderator, but somehow I think now I shouldn’t be critical at all unless it’s in a moderaterly capacity. What do you think? How would you (all of you, not just **Munch** ) interpret my remarks if they were rebuking but without the “Moderator Note?” **KneadtoKnow**? How about you? ETA **Darth** , you made me _snort_. _fans self_ ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273/20 "2012-05-08T16:38:10Z")
I don’t think this was a big deal. And I think it was the right call to ask/tell folks to knock off with the crude jokes. However, I think mods should never insult posters when modding. Even in the slightest way. Okay, maybe when said posters argue back or insult the mod after the initial warning. And it should be crystal clear when they are modding or just being another snarky poster and whether this an official warning, or a mod note, and whether its an “okay guys tone it down a bit” or an “knock it all off now” sorta thing. Ever had a person in power/authority insult you just because they could and you get the vibe you sure as hell better not mouth back? Kinda sucks doesnt it? Particularly where its a minor offense and a “knock it off please” would have sufficed? Just sayin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273.md?page=2)