# Ughh! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 29, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446 "2002-12-29T01:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/1 "2002-12-29T01:54:10Z")
Great Coldifre. That was the equivalent of saying your bit and then slamming the door! It is quite fucking annoying! hence ANOTHER PIT THREAD! WHICH I WOULDN"T HAVE HAD TO DO IF YOU HADN"T CLOSED THE OTHER ONE really! give threads a chance to be worth closing before you close them! you are most definately abusing your power as a MOD. In my defense for creating another pit thread - I was VERY annoyed. especially as I tried to be so diplomatic inthe other one. Close this one. Go on. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/2 "2002-12-29T02:03:29Z")
Take a break. Don’t tempt fate. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/3 "2002-12-29T02:04:37Z")
Well, that’s that, I guess. Buh bye Haj ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/4 "2002-12-29T02:06:44Z")
**Lobsang** , just walk away. Now. Shut the fuck up, and walk away. You are wrong on this one, and the sooner you realize that the sooner you will avoid getting your ass canned. You really need to get a thicker skin about this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/5 "2002-12-29T02:08:55Z")
**Lobsang** , the question was answered - what good would it have done to leave it open? So people can yap about who was banned fairly/unfairly/whatever? So banned folks can make sock puppets and blather on about the fascist mods? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/6 "2002-12-29T02:09:45Z")
Link? Linkitylinklink? Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/7 "2002-12-29T02:11:15Z")
[Link-a-roonie.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=153152) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/8 "2002-12-29T02:11:52Z")
**Lobsang** , the fastest way to get banned is to keep opening threads about threads that have been closed. **Coldfire** warned you once. What do you think is going to happen if you keep this up? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/9 "2002-12-29T02:13:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > **you are most definately abusing your power as a MOD.** Yeah, yeah, yeah. Heard it all before. > [@](#): > > \*\*Close this one. Go on. \*\* I think I’ll abuse my powers some more and leave it open whilst the staff discusses your posting privileges, **Lobsang**. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/10 "2002-12-29T02:14:33Z")
I am going to jump up and down, scream and holler, in my role as a common poster, without any godlike Mod, powers, on this… > [@](#): > > If you have a question about bannings / banned users, the staff prefer that you e-mail a staff member (administrator or moderator) rather than asking publicly on the board. The Mods. are **not** being jerks in insisting on this. Every time they’ve ever left one of these threads open, somebody walks in and starts making trouble. They’re volunteers, giving a lot of time in an effort to make this board fun for everyone – **Give them a break**. You have freedom of speech, yes – but not on the Chicago Reader’s dime. If you want to discuss something this board doesn’t want discussed (and there’s very little that is verboten for discussion here), get ahold of Jetsoft and buy a copy of vBB and start your own board. Or hang out here, enjoy the community and the spirited discussions, the word play, and everything that makes this place enjoyable, and abide by the few and sensible rules here. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/11 "2002-12-29T02:14:38Z")
I believe I am not wrong on this. But whatever. I am just one person. I believe a person/post has a right to continue, even if people ‘think’ it will get bad. And if they are proved right - _then_ post it. And I believe far worse people than me have been banned, and while I have had my annoying moments, and even some stuff worth banning me for in the past, I am an otherwise law-abiding and sincere doper. Fenris - [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=153152) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/12 "2002-12-29T02:15:33Z")
You have almost 1200 posts and have been around long enough to be part of the family. Insisting on having the last word is not always the best strategy for getting your point across. Coldfire is a mod and sometimes he has to make decisions that you don’t agree with. I have felt roughly handled by mods a time or two, but in the end this is just a messageboard and being a mod is a largely thankless task so it’s generally better to simply move on to another forum or flick it off and move on. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/13 "2002-12-29T02:15:54Z")
> [@](#): > > believe a person/post has a right to continue, even if people ‘think’ it will get bad. And if they are proved right - then post it. Sorry, meant to say - then close it, (not “then post it”) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/14 "2002-12-29T02:19:26Z")
astro - what can I say - I am stubbourn. I respect Coldie and the other mods for the thankless task. I thank them. but doing something for free does not mean you are automatically right. I can at least recognise that no amount of trying can stop this kind of thing from descending into madness. so I humbly (and very reluctantly) make this my last post to this thread (it will be hard to resist. especially as some dopers are very good baiters) ---
**Author:** ![45\_70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/5f9b8f/32.png) [@45\_70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/45_70)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/15 "2002-12-29T02:19:42Z")
You better be thankful that they are considering your priviledges. Been me you would have been history after your second post in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/16 "2002-12-29T02:22:16Z")
> [@](#): > > **_From the OP_:** > really! give threads a chance to be worth closing before you close them! > **_From the linked thread_:** > Coudln’t you have waited until it **did** attract the wrong crowd before you closed it? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/17 "2002-12-29T02:26:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*astro - what can I say - I am stubbourn. \*\* Very. And it’s not helping your credibility when you say you “respect the mods” in your next sentence. Pick a side, be a pain in the arse, or cooperate. Either way is fine with me. The last option will last longer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/18 "2002-12-29T02:27:59Z")
Patterns start to show up after 2.6 million posts Lobsang. The mods know what they’re doing, and opening thread after thread isn’t the proper way of having your say in this case. You should let it go man. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/19 "2002-12-29T02:31:16Z")
It seems **Lobsang** missed the memo about “banning” threads, and their magnetic qualities. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446/20 "2002-12-29T02:39:06Z")
Maybe we could have a new forum: “SDMB Darwin’s” For nominations and discussion of those posters who have self-destructed on a manner above and beyond the simple criteria of being a jerk? [sub]or should this go in ATMB?[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ughh/145446.md?page=2)