# the moderators are far too triggerhappy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106 "2006-09-25T18:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/161 "2006-09-27T06:33:59Z")
IMHO **Wildfire** is just an arrogant besserwisser… ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/162 "2006-09-27T08:31:45Z")
[QUOTE=Wildfire\*\*MM] I see my self as an adequate contributor [/QUOTE] [‘Know Thyself’ — Easier Said Than Done](http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2005/pr051028.cfm) > [@](#): > > In “Flawed Self-Evaluation: Implications for Health, Education, and the Workplace,” investigators David Dunning (Cornell), Chip Heath (Stanford), and Jerry M. Suls (University of Iowa) summarized current psychological research on the accuracy (or rather inaccuracy) of self-knowledge… People’s opinions of themselves, their abilities, and their health outlooks are generally skewed quite strongly in a positive direction. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/163 "2006-09-27T13:34:30Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] You’ve got to remember: not all of us heard it in the original. [/QUOTE] _Ouch_. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/164 "2006-09-27T13:56:01Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Nah, it’s the lou-sers. [/QUOTE] In spite of the insult, I must respectfully say, “Oooh, good one.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/165 "2006-09-27T14:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] In spite of the insult, I must respectfully say, “Oooh, good one.” [/QUOTE] Glad you liked it. Of course, I meant nothing personal, but it was just too good to pass up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/166 "2006-09-27T22:59:40Z")
OK, in-gang, who’s are next target? ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/167 "2006-09-27T23:00:42Z")
Can it be me? ^^ are=our ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/168 "2006-09-27T23:39:46Z")
[QUOTE=Jayrot] Can it be me? [/QUOTE] You’ll have to change your name to **Jayrotlou.** ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/169 "2006-09-27T23:40:40Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] [‘Know Thyself’ — Easier Said Than Done](http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2005/pr051028.cfm) [/QUOTE] In a similar vein: [Unskilled and unaware of it: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments](http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf#search=%22%22and%20unaware%20of%20it%22%22) One of my favorite articles! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/170 "2006-09-28T00:43:49Z")
Hey Qad: [nudge nudge](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7810912&postcount=111). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/171 "2006-09-28T00:48:31Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] You’ll have to change your name to **Jayrotlou.** [/QUOTE] Sorry - it’s a very exclusive club. Can’t just let any riffraff in, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/172 "2006-09-28T00:56:21Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Hey Qad: [nudge nudge](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7810912&postcount=111). [/QUOTE] What can I say? Great minds and members of the exclusive insider cabal think alike! IIRC, someone here at the SDMB pointed me towards that article well over a year ago. Was that you? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/173 "2006-09-28T07:21:45Z")
Apparently David Dunning was involved with both studies. Also, I think Cervaise’s link is the one I saw before on the SDMB as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/174 "2006-09-28T10:45:11Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] What can I say? Great minds and members of the exclusive insider cabal think alike! IIRC, someone here at the SDMB pointed me towards that article well over a year ago. Was that you? [/QUOTE] I believe that I sent you the link. However, I got it from someone else’s posting. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/175 "2006-09-28T14:29:19Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Was that you? [/QUOTE] Doubtful. It was the link o’ the moment a year or two ago. I don’t recall exactly when it appeared or who brought it to our attention; more like, one day, it suddenly started appearing in everybody’s posts, as if it had sprung fully formed from Cecil’s forehead, or thigh, or duodenum, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/176 "2006-09-28T22:16:31Z")
The article won an Ig Nobel, which is probably where it started circulating. I know that’s where I first heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/177 "2006-09-28T23:52:29Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] I believe that I sent you the link. However, I got it from someone else’s posting. [/QUOTE] “Another great mind/fellow member of the popular clique” episode! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/178 "2006-09-29T02:27:48Z")
So… does this contribute to _my_ Pit thread count? I know **Wildfire** MM\*\* was spreading the love around in his OP, but it did seem like the thread I closed prompted this poor man’s manifesto of complaints. I don’t want to appear too eager, but I haven’t been a mod for as long as others; I have to catch up, you know. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/179 "2006-09-29T02:51:06Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] So… does this contribute to _my_ Pit thread count? I know **Wildfire** MM\*\* was spreading the love around in his OP, but it did seem like the thread I closed prompted this poor man’s manifesto of complaints. I don’t want to appear too eager, but I haven’t been a mod for as long as others; I have to catch up, you know. [/QUOTE] If you have to ask, you can’t be accorded it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/180 "2006-09-29T04:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] If you have to ask, you can’t be accorded it. 😉 [/QUOTE] That seems fair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106.md?page=10)