# twickster's "knock it the fuck off" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 11, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624 "2013-11-11T05:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/1 "2013-11-11T05:43:15Z")
I just wanted to say I didn’t like the tone of [twickster’s note](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16829777#post16829777) and wanted to make a personal plea to the administration and moderator team that telling people to “knock [whatever] the fuck off” is not conducive to the tone we want to foster on the SDMB or especially MPSIMS. I am not at all opposed to the note itself and the reason it was given, just the verbiage and the tone. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/2 "2013-11-11T05:51:23Z")
I don’t know. They really did need to knock it the fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/3 "2013-11-11T06:53:25Z")
“Knock it the fuck off” sounds perfectly reasonable to me. If you don’t fucking like the language we use around here, then you can fuck off too. Since when did **you** become the arbiter of what ‘the tone’ of the SDMB should be? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/4 "2013-11-11T07:29:24Z")
I’ve got nothing against fucking foul language, snark, etc. But in a mod note, an official action by a moderator, I don’t think it’s appropriate and wanted to share my opinion. That’s all. I had a comment about a moderator action so I brought it up here in the appropriate forum. And in true Straight Dope form, someone built a straw man and used it to attack me (I never claimed I was an arbiter of language) within minutes of my comment. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/5 "2013-11-11T07:37:39Z")
Eh, as far as I know, I don’t think **Twickster** has a habit of doing this. So I’m inclined to shrug this one off. I do, however, agree with **Drew** , that a certain level of professionalism (Even though they do this job for free.) should be maintained when the mod hat is on. The key words here being “When the mod hat is on.” When it’s off; that’s a completely different story. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/6 "2013-11-11T11:32:41Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I just wanted to say…telling people to “knock [whatever] the fuck off” is not conducive to the tone we want to foster … Who’s we? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/7 "2013-11-11T11:51:28Z")
**Twickster** ’s note seemed perfectly in line with the other “verbiage and tone” in that thread, so I don’t see a problem. If she’d responded in that way in a memorial thread you might have a point, but her response seems appropriate to the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/8 "2013-11-11T11:59:21Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > But in a mod note, an official action by a moderator, I don’t think it’s appropriate Why? ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/9 "2013-11-11T12:02:09Z")
I think this was a judicious use of the word in question. The term adds a forcefulness to the admonition and I suspect it was just this forcefulness that **twickster** wished to convey. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/10 "2013-11-11T12:27:48Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > the tone we want to foster on the SDMB You’re fucking joking, right? What the fuck kind of tone do you think that might fucking be? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/11 "2013-11-11T12:49:14Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I think this was a judicious use of the word in question. The term adds a forcefulness to the admonition and I suspect it was just this forcefulness that **twickster** wished to convey. Plus it was a parallel construction to the sentence she was moderating. It was riffing off of it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/12 "2013-11-11T13:35:29Z")
I agree with Drew overall, but _in context_, **twickster** was riffing on the offending posts, using cursing to great effect. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/13 "2013-11-11T13:57:56Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Plus it was a parallel construction to the sentence she was moderating. It was riffing off of it. What he said. Or she. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/14 "2013-11-11T14:07:33Z")
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being her usual level of unprofessionalism, this is maybe a two. Just let it slide. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/15 "2013-11-11T14:17:50Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > What he said. Or she. She. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/16 "2013-11-11T15:12:51Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > “Knock it the fuck off” sounds perfectly reasonable to me. > > If you don’t fucking like the language we use around here, then you can fuck off too. > > Since when did **you** become the arbiter of what ‘the tone’ of the SDMB should be? > > 😉 I know you’re joking, but even joking, these posts shouldn’t be made…because it can become a “Well, they got away with saying an insult just because they added a smiley face. Does that mean I can call someone an asshole in IMHO and it’s okay as long as I add a wink smile?” really fast. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/17 "2013-11-11T15:13:40Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > “Knock it the fuck off” sounds perfectly reasonable to me. > > If you don’t fucking like the language we use around here, then you can fuck off too. > > Since when did **you** become the arbiter of what ‘the tone’ of the SDMB should be? > > 😉 I know you’re joking, but even joking, these posts shouldn’t be made. Because it can become a “Well, they got away with saying an insult just because they added a smiley face. Does that mean I can call someone an asshole in IMHO and it’s okay as long as I add a wink smile?” really fast. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/18 "2013-11-11T15:20:26Z")
Nothing in that was an insult. If kambuckta’s post is not appropriate than neither was Twickster’s. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/19 "2013-11-11T16:18:51Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Nothing in that was an insult. If kambuckta’s post is not appropriate than neither was Twickster’s. I really can’t find a way to not agree with this. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624/20 "2013-11-11T16:35:22Z")
It _does_ seem poor form for a mod, when, in fact mod’s most common actions would seem to be telling posters to, ‘dial that tone down’, or for having, ‘crossed a line’. Off putting in a mod, in my opinion. But I very much doubt Twix, or any other mod, much care about our opinions on such things. But I agree with the OP, very poor form. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624.md?page=2)