# The mods... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335 "2003-01-23T01:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/1 "2003-01-23T01:37:22Z")
Are a very easily pissed off bunch of people. I still hate the fact that they have the technological ability to have the last word. ( am an analy-retentive person who can always find fault with a mod’s last word) But I appreciate the (wageless) work they do. And love them deep down - despite any temporary annoyance about their power over me - a ‘member’. I am annoyed. But that is temporaty. What is permanent is my appreciation, ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/2 "2003-01-23T01:38:53Z")
I missed an ‘I’ in that. And I spelled ‘temporary’ incorrectly. I have been drinking - sue me. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/3 "2003-01-23T01:43:57Z")
…must refrain from goading drunk poster on into further bouts of anti-mod activity… ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/4 "2003-01-23T01:44:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*I have been drinking - sue me. \*\* Don’t worry … you’ll hate us when you sober up. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/5 "2003-01-23T01:45:25Z")
Link? ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/6 "2003-01-23T01:48:17Z")
In all seriousness, the mods here are pretty damn good. At the other board I frequent, there are no tastefullness standards, making it unsafe for work, but at the same time, the mods will delete posts, ban members, and edit things with no restraint at all. be grateful for the good work they do here. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/7 "2003-01-23T02:01:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joey G \* > Link? Probably [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157993). He got the answer to what song was in a particular trailer, and announced he was off to download it; **Manhattan** chewed him out. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/8 "2003-01-23T02:17:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferret Herder \* > \*\*Probably [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157993). He got the answer to what song was in a particular trailer, and announced he was off to download it; **Manhattan** chewed him out. \*\* Manhattan told me to “shut up” which would warrant a punch in a certain face if mine and manhattan’s physicallity were in roughly the same locality in space. Weither I would execute that punch is dependent on my level of audaciousness, which at the moment is quite low. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/9 "2003-01-23T02:36:41Z")
I like the mods okay. \*Reporter: Are you a mod or a rocker? Ringo: I’m a mocker.\* ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/10 "2003-01-23T02:41:10Z")
“What’s the name of that green, leafy, psychotropic, smokable drug? You know the one?” “That would be marijuana.” “Great, thanks! I’m off to buy some now!” _::SMACK::_ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/11 "2003-01-23T04:48:04Z")
\<\< Manhattan told me to “shut up” which would warrant a punch in a certain face if mine and manhattan’s physicallity were in roughly the same locality in space. \>\> Our Manny is 6’ 5" high, weighs 250 lbs and it’s all muscles. He eats railroad spikes for breakfast, and he can bench press 1500 lbs. He also knows judo and karate, and is often hired by demolition crews taking down buildings, when their wrecking ball isn’t available. You don’t wanna mess with Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/12 "2003-01-23T05:27:37Z")
[Bill Brasky] Manhattan made sweet love to my wife and gave me three beautiful children! [/Bill Brasky] ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/13 "2003-01-23T05:32:58Z")
“You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, You don’t spit into the wind, You don’t pull the mask off the ole’ Lone Ranger, and you don’t mess with **Manhattan**. Doh doh-dee-oh dwee dah ‘n’ dah dah dah…” [sub]With apologies to, well, everyone, actually.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/14 "2003-01-23T05:46:59Z")
I see how Manny got his post count up so high. See how he padded that post in the end? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/15 "2003-01-23T14:03:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > **But I appreciate the (wageless) work they do. And love them deep down - despite any temporary annoyance about their power over me - a ‘member’.** [Butthead Voice] You said Member [/Butthead Voice] [Beavis Voice] Yaaa Member [/Beavis Voice] ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/16 "2003-01-23T14:22:18Z")
Where would we be without the Mods? Waste deep in Sock Puppets and screaming for **Wildest Bill** to shut up. Thus, I like them. ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/17 "2003-01-23T14:47:56Z")
But, I mean…not to disrupt the mellow tone of this thread, and not to argue with a mod’s actions… BUT Couldn’t **Lobsang** be going off to download a song, to make certain that’s the one, and that he likes it, and then delete it in 24 hours and then go off to buy the album? Technically, this would be okay, wouldn’t it? This is just something to ponder. Responses aren’t really necessary 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/18 "2003-01-23T14:58:32Z")
MODS ARE WONDERFUL!!! imhO… ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/19 "2003-01-23T15:03:34Z")
Well… I’ve always thought **Eutychus** deserves to go down in history for being the one of the few people ever to have had an entire thread hijacked and devoted to people making up songs about him. What? I need to link to _that?_ ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335/20 "2003-01-23T15:50:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Harli \* > \*\*But, I mean…not to disrupt the mellow tone of this thread, and not to argue with a mod’s actions… > BUT > Couldn’t **Lobsang** be going off to download a song, to make certain that’s the one, and that he likes it, and then delete it in 24 hours and then go off to buy the album? Technically, this would be okay, wouldn’t it? > > This is just something to ponder. Responses aren’t really necessary 🙂 \*\* Couldn’t I steal a car, drive it around a while (then park it at the mall), then buy one if I like it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods/150335.md?page=2)