# The Warning I got in the Bond thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 15, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116 "2019-07-15T07:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/1 "2019-07-15T07:02:21Z")
The mod instruction said then you don’t need to be spreading your disinterest. Do not return to this thread. Don’t spread my disinterest. I didn’t! I apologized, stated my lifelong interest in the Bond movies, and agreed with Andyii that perhaps this change will work out. I’m willing to give the movie a chance. I didn’t continue any criticism of this new movie at all. I thought that was the mod’s instruction. Drop my argument, don’t pursue it further. Otherwise stay out of the thread. That’s what I did. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/2 "2019-07-15T08:27:44Z")
**Ace** it said “Do not return to this thread.” 2 posts later you returned to the thread. It did not say, “Drop this argument.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/3 "2019-07-15T09:00:31Z")
That’s right. Read the last six words of **Chronos’** instructions. You returned to the thread, anyway. That’s why you got warned. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. BTW, [the warning in question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21750617&postcount=64) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/4 "2019-07-15T09:01:27Z")
I think the Mods were very patient with you. I felt like you needed a Mod note after your first post. It was a total thread shit. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/5 "2019-07-15T09:15:47Z")
Sorry. I wouldn’t have addressed that post to you if I’d realized you were instructed not to return to the thread. I missed the warning too. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/6 "2019-07-15T09:23:17Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Sorry. I wouldn’t have addressed that post to you if I’d realized you were instructed not to return to the thread. I missed the warning too. …yeah, I missed the explicit warning for aceplace57 not to return to the thread as well, and if I had seen it I wouldn’t have responded to ace’s post either. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/7 "2019-07-15T10:40:05Z")
I was under the impression that my returning to the thread required dropping my argument. Which I was willing to do. I’ve seen similar situations in other threads. I wouldn’t intentionally ignore a mod note. I tried to follow his directions. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/8 "2019-07-15T10:44:37Z")
Here is the warning in its entirety: > [@007 will be played by a Black actress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-will-be-played-by-a-black-actress/837078/43): > > **[Moderating]** > > OK, this thread needs some attention. First of all, **aceplace57** , if you’re so disinterested in the topic that you’re not willing to read beyond one headline, even when the information you’re missing was already posted in the thread before you, then you don’t need to be spreading your disinterest. Do not return to this thread. > > Second, to everyone else, if you have any issues with **aceplace57** , especially issues that stem from any thread other than this one, you need to take it to the Pit. Further discussion of **aceplace57** is likewise out of line in this thread. > > Violation of either of these directives will result in a Warning. If **ace** had not replied to the thread after the warning, but rather only returned to read what others had posted, how would his return have been detected? What if he shares his computer with his family and one of them had returned and was reading the thread? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/9 "2019-07-15T10:45:56Z")
Your ‘impression’, is unfortunately completely at odds with the explicit instructions you were given. I’m not seeing how you don’t understand that, to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/10 "2019-07-15T10:57:46Z")
The Warning said not to spread my disinterest and do not return to thread. I thought he was giving conditions to return. The argument in that thread needed to end. It was worded oddly. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/11 "2019-07-15T11:14:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Warning said not to spread my disinterest and do not return to thread. > > I thought he was giving conditions to return. The argument in that thread needed to end. > > It was worded oddly. “…you don’t need to be spreading your disinterest. Do not return to this thread.” Two separate statements, one telling you that what you were doing was totally unnecessary, and the other telling you your penalty for doing it. Seems clear to me. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/12 "2019-07-15T11:17:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > “…you don’t need to be spreading your disinterest. Do not return to this thread.” Two separate statements, one telling you that what you were doing was totally unnecessary, and the other telling you your penalty for doing it. > Seems clear to me. However, if he returned to the thread and read new posts _without being warned_, can you understand how he might have been confused? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/13 "2019-07-15T11:19:06Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Warning said not to spread my disinterest and do not return to thread. > > I thought he was giving conditions to return. The argument in that thread needed to end. > > It was worded oddly. It could not have been more clear. I am baffled that you couldn’t manage to understand that. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/14 "2019-07-15T11:22:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > However, if he returned to the thread and read new posts _without being warned_, can you understand how he might have been confused? What do you mean? How could they detect if he read it or not? “Do not return to this thread” can only be interpreted as “do not return to this thread as an active participant”. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/15 "2019-07-15T11:33:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What do you mean? How could they detect if he read it or not? “Do not return to this thread” can only be interpreted as “do not return to this thread as an active participant”. If you were [del]told[/del] ordered not to return to _this_ thread, then you returned to read new posts, you’d have violated the order, verdad? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/16 "2019-07-15T11:35:44Z")
But _what if he never left_??? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/17 "2019-07-15T11:40:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > If you were [del]told[/del] ordered not to return to _this_ thread, then you returned to read new posts, you’d have violated the order, verdad? That has to be the most unusual interpretation of “do not return to this thread” I have ever seen. Do you actually believe the moderators can tell if you are reading something or not? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/18 "2019-07-15T11:44:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That has to be the most unusual interpretation of “do not return to this thread” I have ever seen. Do you actually believe the moderators can tell if you are reading something or not? First, think: “If a tree falls in the forest…” Then read **kayaker’s** post again. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/19 "2019-07-15T11:56:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That has to be the most unusual interpretation of “do not return to this thread” I have ever seen. Do you actually believe the moderators can tell if you are reading something or not? They can tell when you are sleeping. They can tell when you’re awake. They know if you’ve been bad or good. So be good for goodness sake. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116/20 "2019-07-15T12:36:23Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Warning said not to spread my disinterest and do not return to thread. > > I thought he was giving conditions to return. The argument in that thread needed to end. > > It was worded oddly. There was no “and”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warning-i-got-in-the-bond-thread/837116.md?page=2)