# Welcome back. Now fuck off. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436 "2007-10-29T13:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/41 "2007-10-29T15:40:33Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] Who the hell is Magoo? If you mean Gazoo, then by definition he was a sock because he signed in under a second account. That’s not allowed. [/QUOTE] Yes, Magoo, Gazoo, whatever. I said in my first post in this thread if he was a sock puppet all bets were off. That’s what I was looking for, evidence that he was a sock. Jesus, was that too much to ask? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/42 "2007-10-29T15:45:16Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] He is being given a chance. Usually when someone is found with two accounts, both are banned. This time, only the second account was banned with a request to use the original account. People simply don’t get two accounts here. That’s how it is. [/QUOTE] For folks that claim to be free thinkers, a lot of people around here are obcessed with following rules. That’s pretty fucking pathetic. Try thinking outside the box, why don’t you? The guy used to post, probably forgot his password and figured “Fuck it. It’s just an internet message board. I’ll just create a new account and say hello. See if anyone there remembers me, see if maybe I’d like to post there.” And what does he get? Skip. I bring it up here, and what do I get? A bunch of fucking sheep bleating thoughtless jingoistic nonsense about “rules is rules”. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/43 "2007-10-29T15:57:23Z")
I don’t understand this shit either. I came here when the board was free. I signed up under one name. I posted a few times and then stopped. I came back later and the board had gone pay. Shit. I didn’t like it, but I ponied up. I got a new name. Nobody cared. I still post to this day. this morning I wonder why. If you can tell me that Magoo or Gamoo or whatever is a sock puppet, I will let it go. If he is just an old member looking to connect, well, then the admins are assholes. Which is it? ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/44 "2007-10-29T16:09:07Z")
[QUOTE=Abby\_Emma\_Sasha] I don’t understand this shit either. I came here when the board was free. I signed up under one name. I posted a few times and then stopped. I came back later and the board had gone pay. Shit. I didn’t like it, but I ponied up. I got a new name. Nobody cared. I still post to this day. this morning I wonder why. If you can tell me that Magoo or Gamoo or whatever is a sock puppet, I will let it go. If he is just an old member looking to connect, well, then the admins are assholes. Which is it? [/QUOTE] Maybe I’m just typing too quickly. **Gazooll** is a sock puppet because it was made by **Gazoo**. That’s the definition of a sock pupet. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/45 "2007-10-29T16:10:15Z")
[QUOTE=Abby\_Emma\_Sasha] If he is just an old member looking to connect, well, then the admins are assholes. [/QUOTE] And they’re assholes because they enforce the rules? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/46 "2007-10-29T16:10:55Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] Standard board policy is that if you were a member before the pay-to-post policy went into effect, you’ve had your trial period already – you know what the place is like; pay up or take a hike. I’m not sure it’s the wisest move, but it **is** Reader policy. [/QUOTE] Exactly. The mods have to enforce the rules, whether they agree with the policy or not. It’s idiotic to jump on **Skip** or any of the other mods for enforcing an unambiguous board rule. You want to jump on the Chicago Reader’s ass for having the policy they have? That would be more the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/47 "2007-10-29T16:11:00Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Kissing the mods asses doesn’t get you anywhere, Andy, _especially_ in the Pit. [/QUOTE] If anything, it just makes us madder. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/48 "2007-10-29T16:15:21Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] For folks that claim to be free thinkers, a lot of people around here are obcessed with following rules. That’s pretty fucking pathetic. Try thinking outside the box, why don’t you? The guy used to post, probably forgot his password and figured “Fuck it. It’s just an internet message board. I’ll just create a new account and say hello. See if anyone there remembers me, see if maybe I’d like to post there.” And what does he get? Skip. I bring it up here, and what do I get? A bunch of fucking sheep bleating thoughtless jingoistic nonsense about “rules is rules”. Bah. [/QUOTE] Well this pathetic sheep and busybody, decided to send a friendly Email and polite welcome to **Gazoo** II and let him have \*\*Tuba’s \*\* Email so he could straighten out whatever needs to be straightened out, instead of just bitching about it here. Why the Bee in your Bonnet? I agree, \*\*Skip \*\* could have handled it a little better, but this seems more like a “hey, maybe you mods should do something different, I think there is a hole in your business model” worthy subject rather than a pittable offense. Jim ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/49 "2007-10-29T16:17:10Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > ``` > In this thread a self-professed "old-timer" drops in to say hello. The first reply is Skip, who locks the thread, bans him and tells him to sign in under his original user name and click on "Subscribe". > > ``` > > That’s some Welcome Wagon you roll in, Skip. I’ll bet ol’ Gazoo can’t wait to break out his credit card. [QUOTE=What Exit?] The post: He says welcome back, explains the SDMB rules and asks him to sign back in. Over all not too rude at all. He probably should have included a contact Email to take care of the problem as the odds are Gazoo will have no clue what his password was and may not have his original Email account used to sign up as Gazoo. Perhaps someone has Emailed GazooII in the meantime with information to clear up this minor problem. I see \*\*Skip \*\* doing nothing more than enforcing a rule. I also think **AndyPolley** makes a good point, that it is possible for someone to troll the board by claiming to be “some poster from the past”. Jim [/QUOTE] Exactly. He wasn’t “banned”. Only the new user name was banned. He can still sign in under his old name. Had he actually been banned, he wouldn’t be able to sign in under any name at all. ---
**Author:** ![cynical313](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cynical313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynical313)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/50 "2007-10-29T16:29:27Z")
Well, I’ll probably be banned as well, as I’m in the same boat as the guy described in the OP. So I might as well get this question in while I still can. I don’t remember my old password, and I don’t have the same email address as I did then. I would love to use my old name, but right now I don’t have any way to sign on under it. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/51 "2007-10-29T16:32:24Z")
[QUOTE=cynical313] I would love to use my old name, but right now I don’t have any way to sign on under it. [/QUOTE] Send an email to **TubaDiva** : tubadiva AT aol DOT com. She can reset your password for you. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/52 "2007-10-29T16:34:20Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Kissing the mods asses doesn’t get you anywhere, Andy, _especially_ in the Pit. [/QUOTE] **Winston** …You’re a dick. Your post stands as a shining example of ignoring a post’s content. Is there something I said that was even vaguely inaccurate? > [@Winston Smith](#): > > The guy used to post, probably forgot his password and figured “Fuck it. It’s just an internet message board. I’ll just create a new account and say hello. See if anyone there remembers me, see if maybe I’d like to post there.” This is pure speculation on you’re part. Even if true, he’s been instructed on what to do next. There are plenty of things the mods do that I don’t agree with, but this isn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/53 "2007-10-29T16:35:35Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Well this pathetic sheep and busybody, decided to send a friendly Email and polite welcome to **Gazoo** II and let him have \*\*Tuba’s \*\* Email so he could straighten out whatever needs to be straightened out, instead of just bitching about it here. Why the Bee in your Bonnet? I agree, \*\*Skip \*\* could have handled it a little better, but this seems more like a “hey, maybe you mods should do something different, I think there is a hole in your business model” worthy subject rather than a pittable offense. Jim [/QUOTE] Well, what’s that, then? Trying to take the wind out of my sails, are you? Skip’s a lousy salesman, and a worse moderator. This board is suffering because there isn’t enough new blood, it’s idiotic to chase away potential customers, and Skip’s a twat (in general). And if I’m off-base criticising the mods, why is there a whole forum dedicated to that enterprise? Most sincere regards, Winston ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/54 "2007-10-29T16:41:38Z")
[QUOTE=cynical313] Well, I’ll probably be banned as well, as I’m in the same boat as the guy described in the OP. So I might as well get this question in while I still can. I don’t remember my old password, and I don’t have the same email address as I did then. I would love to use my old name, but right now I don’t have any way to sign on under it. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Send an email to **TubaDiva** : tubadiva AT aol DOT com. She can reset your password for you. [/QUOTE] Yep, do this. **TubaDiva** will either reset the password/email, or help you register under a different name. For now, I’ve got to ban this username. Don’t take it personally. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/55 "2007-10-29T16:49:09Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] Maybe I’m just typing too quickly. **Gazooll** is a sock puppet because it was made by **Gazoo**. That’s the definition of a sock pupet. [/QUOTE] No, sorry. The definition of a sock puppet is one who tries to use two or more user names on the board. I have yet to see anyone prove to me Magoo is a sock puppet. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/56 "2007-10-29T16:52:54Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Send an email to **TubaDiva** : tubadiva AT aol DOT com. She can reset your password for you. [/QUOTE] Dear Sir, You are an even worse moderator than Skip. Please shut up. Thank you, Everyone ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/57 "2007-10-29T16:59:19Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] Yep, do this. **TubaDiva** will either reset the password/email, or help you register under a different name. For now, I’ve got to ban this username. Don’t take it personally. [/QUOTE] Well, hell, you might as well fucking ban me too. Keep in mind I paid the fifteen fucking dollars. I 'll fucking sue to get it back. Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/58 "2007-10-29T17:00:04Z")
Entering under a different user name with intent to deceive is one thing- when you announce in your first post under your new name who you are and what your old name was, I think is quite different. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/59 "2007-10-29T17:00:40Z")
[QUOTE=AndyPolley] **Winston** …You’re a dick. Your post stands as a shining example of ignoring a post’s content. Is there something I said that was even vaguely inaccurate? [/QUOTE] No, you. I didn’t refute the accuracy of you post, I told you not to kiss mod ass. Which you were. Duh. > [@](#): > > This is pure speculation on you’re part. Even if true, he’s been instructed on what to do next. There are plenty of things the mods do that I don’t agree with, but this isn’t one of them. Speculation, schmeculation. He was chased away by that numbskull, Skip. Or maybe he wasn’t. Maybe Jim’s outreach program will bring him back. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436/60 "2007-10-29T17:01:29Z")
[QUOTE=Abby\_Emma\_Sasha] Well, hell, you might as well fucking ban me too. Keep in mind I paid the fifteen fucking dollars. I 'll fucking sue to get it back. Trust me. [/QUOTE] What? 😕 You’re fine. We’re just banning guests today. And only while they sort things out through the proper channels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-now-fuck-off/424436.md?page=4)