# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/81 "2019-12-12T13:21:09Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Which would be fine if there wasn’t a double standard where mentioning Clinton’s cankles risks a lecture and a banning. How do you feel about Clinton’s cankles? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/82 "2019-12-12T13:34:22Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > How do you feel about Clinton’s cankles? As quickly as possible, before the Secret Service grab you. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/83 "2019-12-12T15:22:36Z")
> [@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? Hey! Hurtful! ☹ ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/84 "2019-12-12T15:43:21Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Hey! Hurtful! ☹ Fuck their feelings! 😛 ---
**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 12, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/85 "2019-12-12T21:05:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > As quickly as possible, before the Secret Service grab you. bDOOM _kssh_ ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/86 "2019-12-12T22:08:50Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Wishing for death for political figures is pretty far from sane. I tried to convince FDR and Churchill of the wisdom of your position but they just wouldn’t listen, clearly they were not sane either. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/87 "2019-12-13T14:35:20Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > On the subject of BPC I’ll just say this. > > He had seventeen warnings from seven different mods in many fora. He had two suspensions and endless mod notes as guidance. > > How much is the board supposed to tolerate? And how many warnings and suspensions earned by the others? ---
**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 13, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/88 "2019-12-13T14:52:21Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I tried to convince FDR and Churchill of the wisdom of your position but they just wouldn’t listen, clearly they were not sane either. > > CMC fnord! You think Trump is Hitler? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/89 "2019-12-13T14:57:34Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > You think Trump is Hitler? He certainly admires him. He thinks he’s a very fine person. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/90 "2019-12-13T15:01:31Z")
I am _totally_ certain that Trump knows that Hitler is dead. OK, make that “pretty sure”. ---
**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 13, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/91 "2019-12-13T15:04:38Z")
No. For all his faults, Hitler was more competent. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/92 "2019-12-13T15:28:22Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > You think Trump is Hitler? Nooo. But, “Wishing for death for political figures is pretty far from sane.” would include Hitler, et al, by default. Maybe instead of just trying to score points with your posts you could try thinking through their logical implications. CMC fnord! ---
**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 13, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/93 "2019-12-13T15:31:38Z")
Octo is trolling, pure and simple. It is how he has his fun. Nothing would make him happier than if a poster got angry enough to post something that earned him a warning. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/94 "2019-12-13T15:58:20Z")
Agree the board is a better place without these troublesome posters. I too will miss BPC’s contributions as I felt they far outweighed his occasional reckless outbursts, but I understand the reasons. HD was completely useless. Nothing he argued was in good faith. Or if it was good faith, he was incredibly misinformed and/or ignorant. The only value in his posts was an example of a generic conservative response to every political event. Also agree octopus is just a basic troll at this point, who carefully stays on the polite side of the line. Don’t see much more value in his posts than HD. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/95 "2019-12-13T17:11:48Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > {…} Also agree octopus is just a basic troll at this point, who carefully stays on the polite side of the line. {…} And who is desperate to have that line brightly defined so he can go right to it’s edge. CMC fnord! ---
**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 13, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/96 "2019-12-13T17:14:24Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Octo is trolling, pure and simple. It is how he has his fun. Nothing would make him happier than if a poster got angry enough to post something that earned him a warning. You are in the Pit. Post away! > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > And who is desperate to have that line brightly defined so he can go right to it’s edge. > > CMC fnord! I’m afraid of edges. I like consistency and fairness. ---
**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 13, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/97 "2019-12-13T17:22:30Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I’m afraid of edges. I like consistency and fairness. Do you understand how blatantly you’re contradicting yourself here? I’m not sure if it’s a failing of reason or a failing of English comprehension, but feel free to make an irrelevant non-sequitur almost-quip in response. ---
**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 13, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/98 "2019-12-13T17:26:39Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Do you understand how blatantly you’re contradicting yourself here? I’m not sure if it’s a failing of reason or a failing of English comprehension, but feel free to make an irrelevant non-sequitur almost-quip in response. You are entitled to your opinion. 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/99 "2019-12-13T17:33:41Z")
Well, at least you render condescension moot because you’re genuinely childish. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699/100 "2019-12-13T17:34:20Z")
It’s a neat technique he has. 1. Post things that offend or rile up a large number of people. 2. Claim that the large number of people responding proves that the board is a “hive mind” and that any mod action taken in response is due to the “howling of the mob” rather than having any valid basis. That way, **octopus** gets to 1) avoid taking any responsibility for things he posts; 2) claim to be the real victim here; and 3) demand more leeway because the majority are picking on him. It’s a win-win-win for him, because if he doesn’t get away with any of them he just whines louder about how terribly conservatives are persecuted here. So much for “consistency and fairness”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699.md?page=6)