# The time has come for elected moderators **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 22, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415 "2008-07-22T21:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/81 "2008-07-23T00:38:02Z")
I am dissatisfied with the moderators. I am dissatisfied with my job. Most of all, though, I’m dissatisfied with my sex life. Which leads me to a proposition: **danceswithcats** , if you blow me, and pay me for it, I will vote for new moderators. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/82 "2008-07-23T00:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Naw, too complicated; let’s just vote for the ones with the prettiest cats. [/QUOTE] I hereby submit [Duffy](http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj247/modrico/duff1.jpg). I win. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/83 "2008-07-23T00:40:21Z")
**Boyo Jim** , you REALLY don’t want to make that kind of offer to **danceswithcats** – he’ll do it! You know he will! ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/84 "2008-07-23T00:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I’d like to propose a white ballot of the following nominees: \*\*bibliophage Cajun Man C K Dexter Haven Colibri Czarcasm fluiddruid Frank Gaudere Gfactor Giraffe InvisibleWombat Marley23 MEBuckner Rico samclem SkipMagic tomndebb TubaDiva Ukulele Ike \*\* [/QUOTE] Great list. These guys would make _much_ better mods than those jackbooted bastards we have to deal with right now. I would like all nominees to know that my vote can be bought. Cheap. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/85 "2008-07-23T00:53:50Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] No, _I_ vote for myself! Who’s with _me_? [/QUOTE] “Big bucks! Romantic walks! Big bucks! Romantic walks!” That can be your slogan. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/86 "2008-07-23T01:04:50Z")
The time has come for no moderators. Look at the tardboard sometime. Obviously some long-term, good-guy, newcomer and wannabe posters have axes to grind. I think we need an anonymous forum here. No holds barred. Pure kumite of snark. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/87 "2008-07-23T01:05:03Z")
This is not a democracy. You are not a Citizen of the Straight Dope. If you do not feel that you are given your money’s worth, vote with your dollar and go somewhere else, please. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/88 "2008-07-23T01:05:34Z")
Better yet, we should ALL be moderators. If poster A is being an asshat, poster B can give an official warning. Then poster C can move the thread while poster D closes it entirely. Whereupon poster E will reopen the thread simultaneously with poster F banning poster A entirely. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/89 "2008-07-23T01:07:31Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] I hereby submit [Duffy](http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj247/modrico/duff1.jpg). I win. [/QUOTE] [Wanna bet?](http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/silenus_/?action=view¤t=P1010096-2.jpg)😃 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/90 "2008-07-23T01:07:48Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Better yet, we should ALL be moderators. If poster A is being an asshat, poster B can give an official warning. Then poster C can move the thread while poster D closes it entirely. Whereupon poster E will reopen the thread simultaneously with poster F banning poster A entirely. [/QUOTE] Yes! Yes! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/91 "2008-07-23T01:10:12Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Shit on by bears, probably. I like the mods. All of them. In fact, Congress could totally use moderators. “You’re not even _pretending_ to discuss the bill on the floor, are you?” “Well, no, I’m filibustering.” “No, you’re House-shitting. Don’t make me put on my jackboots” [/QUOTE] I had a Summer job house shitting once. Turned out there was a typo in the want ad. Boy, was my face red! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/92 "2008-07-23T01:13:10Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] I hereby submit [Duffy](http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj247/modrico/duff1.jpg). [/QUOTE] That cat is clearly evil. Or Kryptonian. Or both. Probably both. And trying to give you testicle cancer with his X-Ray vision. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/93 "2008-07-23T01:20:49Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Naw, too complicated; let’s just vote for the ones with the prettiest cats. [/QUOTE] [In that case, I want Cafe Society](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/pepperlandgirl4/taraprettycat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/94 "2008-07-23T01:37:23Z")
Screw elections. I think we should have a gigantic Death Race to determine the victor. I am really good at Mario Kart, so I assume that I will win this easily. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/95 "2008-07-23T01:46:03Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Better yet, we should ALL be moderators. If poster A is being an asshat, poster B can give an official warning. Then poster C can move the thread while poster D closes it entirely. Whereupon poster E will reopen the thread simultaneously with poster F banning poster A entirely. [/QUOTE] Don’t be silly. You need Admins to ban. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/96 "2008-07-23T02:08:02Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] **Boyo Jim** , you REALLY don’t want to make that kind of offer to **danceswithcats** – he’ll do it! You know he will! [/QUOTE] Oh… er… **danceswithcats** is a _he_??!! Well, the price is certainly going up! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/97 "2008-07-23T02:08:43Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Naw, too complicated; let’s just vote for the ones with the prettiest cats. [/QUOTE] Wait, wait - can you choose not to be a [moderator](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff114/Timur_photo/IMG_3592.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/98 "2008-07-23T02:15:56Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Oh… er… **danceswithcats** is a _he_??!! Well, the price is certainly going up! [/QUOTE] Yes, he is, and I know for a fact that he doesn’t swing that way, so you’re safe. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/99 "2008-07-23T02:23:56Z")
[QUOTE=Tamerlane] Wait, wait - can you choose not to be a [moderator](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff114/Timur_photo/IMG_3592.jpg)? [/QUOTE] No, I’m sorry, but I think you are now the moderator of Comments on Cecil’s Columns. Can’t be helped. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415/100 "2008-07-23T02:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] Yes, he is, and I know for a fact that he doesn’t swing that way, so you’re safe. [/QUOTE] Well, I was dreading the feel of cat tongue on my penis anyway… I just realized… with comments like this, I ought to be a shoe-in for election to public office. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-has-come-for-elected-moderators/457415.md?page=6)