# Thank you, mods **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699 "2019-12-11T06:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/41 "2019-12-11T20:16:40Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > I always felt he was genuine since I know people exactly like him. On the SDMB, sincerity and trolling are not mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/42 "2019-12-11T20:23:27Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > I mostly agree with this and in doing so he reminded me of a lot of people I knew in the oil field. I don’t go to those right wing sites so I like having someone here who is willing to do so and act as their advocate even when they are dumb. I always felt he was genuine since I know people exactly like him. For fun, I’ll sometimes listen to CSPAN on my short commute. This morning a Trump supporter said the following: 1. Trump won by a landslide. 2. He turned the economy around from Obama’s administration. 3. He’s done everything he promised he would do. 4. He tells it like it is. I’ve no doubt he was genuine. A genuine delusional idiot. What purpose does it serve to defend the congenitally dumb who construct an alternative world that has no connection to facts and reality? Why is it good to represent the credulous and the gas-lighters? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/43 "2019-12-11T20:32:54Z")
When I saw the thread title, “Thank You Mods”, I immediately wondered what such a warm and fuzzy thread was doing in the Pit. Now, I know. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/44 "2019-12-11T20:39:01Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > What purpose does it serve to defend the congenitally dumb who construct an alternative world that has no connection to facts and reality? Why is it good to represent the credulous and the gas-lighters? Ehh, I found his genuine different point of view more enjoyable to read then Der Trihs and the crazy left that is allow to post here. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/45 "2019-12-11T20:39:28Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I find it sad. What do you want to talk about sad? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/46 "2019-12-11T20:55:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > What do you want to talk about sad? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/47 "2019-12-11T21:08:42Z")
> [@Unreconstructed\_Man](#): > > Zeke was a piece of shit and had to go. I was sorry to see BPC go. His posts were well thought out and elegantly written, and even when I didn’t agree with them I liked reading them. I’m also sorry to see Hurricane Ditka and Barack Obama go. I didn’t agree with 44 on much, and I didn’t agree with HD on _anything_ as far as I recall. But they made the place more interesting, and their alleged trollishness was, I thought, always wildly overstated. SamuelA never showed up on my radar so I don’t know about him. That;s pretty much what I came in here to say. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/48 "2019-12-11T21:10:14Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > What do you want to talk about sad? Are you trying to achieve the unique feat of having a pit thread moved to thread games? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/49 "2019-12-11T21:20:54Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > Ehh, I found his genuine different point of view more enjoyable to read then Der Trihs and the crazy left that is allow to post here. Of all the crazy, over the top things **Der Trihs** has ever posted, I never felt like he was trolling. I guess I find it easier to ignore the crazy than the intentional gaslighting and trolling. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/50 "2019-12-11T21:25:56Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Of all the crazy, over the top things **Der Trihs** has ever posted, I never felt like he was trolling. I guess I find it easier to ignore the crazy than the intentional gaslighting and trolling. YMMV. Of course you do. You are intellectually dishonest. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/51 "2019-12-11T22:00:23Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Of course you do. You are intellectually dishonest. You wouldn’t know intellectual dishonesty if it was staring you right in the mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/52 "2019-12-11T22:12:30Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Are you trying to achieve the unique feat of having a pit thread moved to thread games? What do you think about pit thread moved to thread games? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/53 "2019-12-11T22:19:12Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Of course you do. You are intellectually dishonest. You’re sounding kind of shrill at this point. How many warnings do you have? Are you worried they’re going to realize you’re mostly a troll too and kick you out? You try to play the oppressed much too hard. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/54 "2019-12-11T22:51:27Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > You’re sounding kind of shrill at this point. How many warnings do you have? Are you worried they’re going to realize you’re mostly a troll too and kick you out? > > You try to play the oppressed much too hard. I’m about to tell you more about how to find out how many warnings I have. Pm a mod and ask. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/55 "2019-12-11T23:08:13Z")
“Send not to know for whom the bell trolls…” OK. I’m Donne here. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/56 "2019-12-11T23:10:13Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Send not to know for whom the bell trolls…” > > OK. I’m Donne here. Reported. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/57 "2019-12-11T23:30:32Z")
Banned name! ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/58 "2019-12-11T23:57:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Banned name! You are bad and should feel bad. **octopus** too, but for _entirely_ different reasons. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/59 "2019-12-12T02:09:36Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Of course you do. You are intellectually dishonest. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You wouldn’t know intellectual dishonesty if it was staring you right in the mirror. Good one. Here’s another: **octoputz** , you wouldn’t recognize intellectual honesty if it stuck its dick in your ear and fuck-started your brain. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/60 "2019-12-12T03:08:26Z")
I think each of them had value or at least potential. Especially HD IMHO. And they crossed acceptable lines many times despite being warned about those lines. Their value did not offset the harm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699.md?page=4)