# The new modes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 3, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677 "2020-09-03T05:39:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677/1 "2020-09-03T05:39:58Z")

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I’m a bit sad. We’ve got new modes [congrats!], but some runner-ups got sadly shortlisted:

**Ultra Vires** - ATMB  
**BigT** - GD+P&E  
**DrDeth** - CS  
and last but certainly not least to take some load off **miller** in the Pit:  
**Octopus**

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**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677/2 "2020-09-03T06:27:11Z")

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Modes? I thought my username was one of them… 😑

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677/3 "2020-09-03T06:42:28Z")

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Shouldn’t that be _runners-up_?

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**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677/4 "2020-09-03T09:00:57Z")

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**kaylas “the white square” dad** for Site Feedback is such a lock I don’t understand why it didn’t happen.

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**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:** [September 3, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677/5 "2020-09-03T12:49:32Z")

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JFC, that gave me a start! Read it too fast and thought those were actually the new mods.

Fuuuuuckin’ell.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677/6 "2020-09-03T15:30:08Z")

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Fuck that. I wouldn’t be a mod on a bet.

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**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-modes/919677/7 "2020-09-03T18:03:29Z")

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I’m glad. The nomination of you was about as serious as the OP’s