# The SDMB needs to have a banned words list **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 20, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494 "2023-01-20T04:55:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/181 "2023-07-29T02:40:38Z")
No we are saying that he is being mocked for not actually committing suicide. That is literally the “joke”. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/182 "2023-07-29T04:36:31Z")
Chiming back in to say that I made my comment in this thread because I initally interpreted the mod note to specifically mean that it was in bad taste bad enough to require a mod note to mock Thích Quảng Đức, in the “too soon” or “how dare you” sense. I was wondering how I should have known that the suicide of Vietnamese monks a half-century ago was a bridge too far for finding humor. It didn’t occur to me that the mod note was about literally wishing death on someone (which is already an established rule) because it didn’t occur to me that someone would make that weird (IMHO) leap. It probably should have occurred to me, [given past precident of the board’s grasp of humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-little-girl/789988). ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/183 "2023-07-29T08:35:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > But you support the use of karen as a pejorative. Isn’t that hypocritical? No. As I’ve argued at length, both here, and [the last time you rode this ailing pony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091/330), > [@DrDeth](#): > > Or was it just because I was the OP? I’d make the exact same arguments if it was any other poster. [And have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1317). ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/184 "2023-07-29T12:30:42Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > No we are saying that he is being mocked for not actually committing suicide. That is literally the “joke”. This. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I initally interpreted the mod note to specifically mean that it was in bad taste bad enough to require a mod note to mock Thích Quảng Đức, in the “too soon” or “how dare you” sense. I was wondering how I should have known that the suicide of Vietnamese monks a half-century ago was a bridge too far for finding humor. And sorry to be unclear. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/185 "2023-07-29T12:57:57Z")
Jeebus do we have some people who try their damnedest to misunderstand. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/186 "2023-07-29T13:02:26Z")
Not being amused by shitty jokes us not the same thing as “misunderstanding” We may be over sensitive but we are not being obtuse. The meaning is clear and your repeated explanations are making it more and more clear. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/187 "2023-07-29T13:47:40Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > But you support the use of karen as a pejorative. Isn’t that hypocritical? > > No. As I’ve argued at length, both here, and [the last time you rode this ailing pony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091/330), As excellently summarized in the linked thread, there’s a huge difference between judging someone for what they ARE, versus judging someone for whay they DO. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/188 "2023-07-30T01:35:58Z")
I’m unclear on why this needs a modnote. Ignore it or post a reply in the thread saying how you feel about it or PM the poster. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494/189 "2023-08-01T20:56:24Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It didn’t occur to me that the mod note was about literally wishing death on someone (which is already an established rule) because it didn’t occur to me that someone would make that weird (IMHO) leap. Humor is subjective, and when it is in written form, it can be misinterpreted because people will imbue their own tone to the words. That’s why I think clarification should be sought from the user who makes the post, and not be assumed as the worst that it could possibly be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-needs-to-have-a-banned-words-list/978494.md?page=9)