# Thread Game Mod **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 28, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972 "2017-11-28T19:19:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/1 "2017-11-28T19:19:53Z")
Since Idle has departed us, who is the Moderator for Thread Games now? If it appeared someplace, I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/2 "2017-11-28T19:26:07Z")
**Asimovian** continues to be a moderator assigned to the Thread Games forum. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/3 "2017-11-28T19:35:49Z")
FYI, if you’re using the old **Straight Dope v3.7.3** style, you’ll see a list of the mods for a forum at the bottom of the forum pages. That doesn’t display with the new theme. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/4 "2017-11-28T22:24:12Z")
Okay, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/5 "2017-11-29T00:24:20Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > **Asimovian** continues to be a moderator assigned to the Thread Games forum. He really should’ve read the terms of his enlistment more carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/6 "2017-11-29T00:34:16Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > He really should’ve read the terms of his enlistment more carefully. There were terms? They just gave me a pointy hat and told me to sit on this stool. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/7 "2017-11-29T00:36:36Z")
Yes, that phrase “or for the duration” is probably taking on new meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/8 "2017-11-29T02:53:54Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Yes, that phrase “or for the duration” is probably taking on new meaning. And “other duties as assigned.” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/9 "2017-11-29T03:12:00Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > There were terms? They just gave me a pointy hat and told me to sit on this stool. Eww. I can’t believe you went for that. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/10 "2017-11-29T12:34:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > And “other duties as assigned.” We use “operational requirements” around here. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/11 "2017-11-29T14:46:30Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > There were terms? They just gave me a pointy hat and told me to sit on this stool. > [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Eww. > > I can’t believe you went for that. I hope that stool was at most a 2 on the [Bristol scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_stool_scale)\*; otherwise you’re less sitting “on” it and more sitting “in” it. \*Mad props to our illustrious **Qadgop the Mercotan** for teaching us about that. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/12 "2017-11-30T02:54:07Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > There were terms? They just gave me a pointy hat and told me to sit on this stool. Thread Games mods don’t even get gently used jackboots. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-game-mod/802972/13 "2017-11-30T03:01:59Z")
If you’re gently using jackboots, you’re doing it wrong.