# TubaDiva: Officially No Longer Humble **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350 "2005-09-25T17:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/1 "2005-09-25T17:25:02Z")
I would like to extend my gratitude to **TubaDiva** for finally recognizing what the vast majority of us have known all along, she isn’t [humble](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336564). Gone is the unintentionally ironic “your humble Tuba Diva” signature. I for one say Bravo! You never were, are not now and never will be humble. But at least you are no longer a hypocrite. your humble Creative\_Munster ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/2 "2005-09-25T17:33:06Z")
> [@Creative\_Munster](#): > > I would like to extend my gratitude to **TubaDiva** for finally recognizing what the vast majority of us have known all along, she isn’t [humble](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336564). Gone is the unintentionally ironic “your humble Tuba Diva” signature. I for one say Bravo! You never were, are not now and never will be humble. But at least you are no longer a hypocrite. > > your humble Creative\_Munster :rolleyes: I hear Home Depot has a sale on stepladders this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/3 "2005-09-25T17:37:43Z")
**TubaD** shares those characteristics that we have come to expect from our Mods: luminous intelligence, Solomonic judgement, and oceanic patience. To expect humility as well would exhaust our vocabulary of superlatives. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/4 "2005-09-25T18:01:15Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > I hear Home Depot has a sale on stepladders this weekend. Do they come with [antimacassars](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6619361&highlight=antimacassar#post6619361)? I hate it when I _just_ get a shiny new aluminum stepladder, and the first time I use it I nudge the roller tray and dribble paint all down the sides. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/5 "2005-09-25T18:42:26Z")
I’ve never understood the urge/need to sign off with a name identical to one’s username. It makes sense if your username is **Mr\_Fatty\_Chops** but you like to sign off as “Sam Slim” at the bottom. But when x=x, it doesn’t quite equate for me 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/6 "2005-09-25T19:16:06Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Do they come with [antimacassars](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6619361&highlight=antimacassar#post6619361)? I hate it when I _just_ get a shiny new aluminum stepladder, and the first time I use it I nudge the roller tray and dribble paint all down the sides. Hm, I don’t think I’ve heard that word before. Very interesting…enhance your word power. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/7 "2005-09-25T19:18:39Z")
What happened, **Creative\_Munster** , did you run out of tea leaves to read? ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/8 "2005-09-25T21:04:46Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > Hm, I don’t think I’ve heard that word before. Very interesting…enhance your word power. It smacks of “valance” and “pelmet” to me. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/9 "2005-09-25T21:15:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **TubaD** shares those characteristics that we have come to expect from our Mods: luminous intelligence, Solomonic judgement, and oceanic patience. To expect humility as well would exhaust our vocabulary of superlatives. Isn’t this the same mod that used her ability to look into a poster’s personal account information in order to illegally publish that information and encourage others to execute “justice?” It’s baffling that she’s even allowed to _post_ here, much less be a mod. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/10 "2005-09-25T21:20:38Z")
I say this out of love: let the Tuba Diva shit go. Move on. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/11 "2005-09-25T21:21:51Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Isn’t this the same mod that used her ability to look into a poster’s personal account information in order to illegally publish that information and encourage others to execute “justice?” It’s baffling that she’s even allowed to _post_ here, much less be a mod. No, this would be the poster who found the information in public forums, not using her magic admin ability. “Illegal” is such a technical word. Can you show me what was “illegal?” If you’re baffled, well, that’s beyond our ability to help. I find it baffling that many posters are allowed here, but, hey, we’re only human. Some of us. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/12 "2005-09-25T21:30:28Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > Hm, I don’t think I’ve heard that word before. Very interesting…enhance your word power. Me mum used to have antimacassars on all the armchairs. Why, I really don’t know. No one in our house even _used_ hair oil. ---
**Author:** ![Daisy\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daisy\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daisy_Mae)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/13 "2005-09-25T21:35:54Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > No, this would be the poster who found the information in public forums, not using her magic admin ability. > > “Illegal” is such a technical word. Can you show me what was “illegal?” > > If you’re baffled, well, that’s beyond our ability to help. I find it baffling that many posters are allowed here, but, hey, we’re only human. Some of us. YMMV. I’m no lawyer but there are laws surrounding the use of information regarding Megan’s Law. [http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/disclaimer.htm](http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/disclaimer.htm) A case could be made that she provided this information as a way to harass the offender. She made his personal information public, along with the link to his information on the Megan’s Law website and signed it as “your humble TubaDiva, Administrator, The Straight Dope” which pretty much (to me anyway) involves the messageboard in her personal crusade. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/14 "2005-09-25T21:53:16Z")
Must be a slow news week. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/15 "2005-09-25T22:20:00Z")
> [@Daisy Mae](#): > > I’m no lawyer but there are laws surrounding the use of information regarding Megan’s Law. > > [http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/disclaimer.htm](http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/disclaimer.htm) > > A case could be made that she provided this information as a way to harass the offender. Since you are not a lawyer, I take your post with a grain of salt. ---
**Author:** ![Daisy\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daisy\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daisy_Mae)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/16 "2005-09-25T22:33:03Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Since you are not a lawyer, I take your post with a grain of salt. And since you’re a Mod, I’ll take yours with a sense of excuses. Anyone with eyes could see what she did was against what Megan’s Law goes against. One doesn’t need to be a lawyer to know that but if you want to hide behind that and be obtuse, have a good time. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/17 "2005-09-25T22:38:48Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > Must be a slow news week. Amen. I’m waiting for one of them to bring up the O.J. Simpson trial. I’ll bet somehow TubaDiva was to blame. ---
**Author:** ![Daisy\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daisy\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daisy_Mae)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/18 "2005-09-25T22:55:14Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Amen. I’m waiting for one of them to bring up the O.J. Simpson trial. I’ll bet somehow TubaDiva was to blame. Because 10+ years and less than a year is exactly the same thing. Good comparison! By that brilliant deduction we should forgive and forget anything that happens by any of our leaders (messageboard, bosses, family members, Presidents) after a few months even if they don’t own up to their mistakes/apologize, etc? What she did was stupid and fucked up yet she’s still right here as a person “in charge.” She was gone for a month and came back with her same attitude after accusing someone of continued pedophelia without any proof. Shit, people around here want a cite if someone says the sky is blue yet you’re all ready to swallow her BS before it comes out of her mouth. Sorry if my taking offense to her poor Admin skills bothers you because it was SO long ago in PunditLisaLand. Time must certainly fly by there. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/19 "2005-09-26T00:24:27Z")
Yeah, this needed to be brought up again. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350/20 "2005-09-26T00:35:13Z")
Hardly worth a Pit thread but the whole “humble” thing does annoy me. Much less humble would be difficult to imagine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-officially-no-longer-humble/323350.md?page=2)