# Welcome our newest moderator **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 18, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841 "2010-05-18T00:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/21 "2010-05-18T01:19:57Z")
Thanks…I always wondered about that. Not the goat entrails/hallucinogenics, as I assumed that is common among 'dopers, but the process you guys use. 😉 -XT ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/22 "2010-05-18T01:27:43Z")
Congrats on the promotion to the Mod Squad! Can I suggest ['Interior Crocodile Moderator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558766)’ as a title? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/23 "2010-05-18T01:54:09Z")
Here’s hoping you’ll be a good mod. We could use another one. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/24 "2010-05-18T02:03:00Z")
Now where did I put my fangs and talons? Oh well. They needed sharpening anyway. We hate to lose you to “them.” Be gentle with the elderly. Accept our bribes with grace. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/25 "2010-05-18T02:30:38Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I’m sure this has been asked and answered before, but what is the selection process for bringing in a new mod? Do the mods all vote on a list of people and then ask the top contenders if they would like to be mods? Or do people volunteer, and the mods vote on this group? Some combination of the two? > > -XT Combination. I once read a science fiction story about a young man who had just gotten his driving license and was driving down a highway with his girlfriend on a beautiful sunny day when a tragic accident occurred. His girlfriend was killed and he survived. It was a pretty elaborately described story. When he woke up, he realized that he had only been dreaming, and the authorities said something like…“and now you can get your drivers license.” He said “great” or something equivalent. They told him he failed the test. If, after seeing his girlfriend killed in the accident, he still wanted to get a drivers license, then he was unfit to get one. Epic Fail. We use something like this. If you still want to be a mod after reading all the abuse that mods take on this board, then you fail. We only accept those who turn us down. Sometimes. Or not. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/26 "2010-05-18T02:54:22Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > You do have a point; I’ve often wished for something shorter and snappier, but this is hardly the time to change it. Actually, this is a great time to change it, if you really think it needs changing. I think it’s just fine, but I reserve the right to call you Specs or Pithy or anything else I want to. Welcome. And how long are goats supposed to live, anyway? This one’s looking a little shopworn. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/27 "2010-05-18T03:00:24Z")
Huh. Good luck and Godspeed, **SoP** , but I must say, you’ve been here since 1999, and I can’t really recall your name around… Which may be a good thing 😃 So where do you start working? Which Forum gets him? _It’s like waiting for the Fantasy Draft! Oh the excitement!_ ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/28 "2010-05-18T03:03:20Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/29 "2010-05-18T03:38:43Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > So where do you start working? Which Forum gets him? MPSIMS. Because, like, it’s impossible for a new mod to get in trouble in MPSIMS, right? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/30 "2010-05-18T03:45:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > MPSIMS. Because, like, it’s impossible for a new mod to get in trouble in MPSIMS, right? > > :smack: Now that was funny, **Twicks**. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/31 "2010-05-18T03:53:44Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > You do have a point; I’ve often wished for something shorter and snappier, but this is hardly the time to change it. You could always revert to your previous name. In any case, welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/32 "2010-05-18T03:53:44Z")
I for one welcome our new **Spectre** overlord! Well, someone had to say it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/33 "2010-05-18T03:54:43Z")
Welcome, **Spectre** , congrats! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/34 "2010-05-18T04:03:48Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/35 "2010-05-18T04:06:48Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Spithy? So when he issues you a warning, does that mean you’ve been spithed upon? > [@](#): > > **SPECTRE** ( **SP** ecial **E** xecutive for **C** ounter-intelligence, **T** errorism, **R** evenge and **E** xtortion) is a [fictional](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction) global [terrorist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism) organization featured in the [James Bond](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond) novels by [Ian Fleming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fleming), the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games. [SPECTRE - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECTRE) > [@](#): > > The **Spectre** is a fictional cosmic entity and [superhero](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero) who has appeared in numerous [comic books](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book) published by [DC Comics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre\_%28comics%29](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_%28comics%29) > [@](#): > > **Java Man** is the name given to fossils discovered in 1891 at [Trinil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinil) - [Ngawi Regency](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngawi_Regency) on the banks of the [Solo River](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_River,_Java) in [East Java](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Java), [Indonesia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia), one of the first known specimens of _[Homo erectus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus)_. Its discoverer, [Eugène Dubois](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Dubois), gave it the [scientific name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_name) _ **Pithecanthropus erectus** _, a name derived from Greek and Latin roots meaning _upright ape-man_. [Java Man - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Man) So **Spithy** is either upright ape-man terrorist moderator or an upright ape-man superhero moderator, or something entirely different. Oh, yeah. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/36 "2010-05-18T04:40:41Z")
Warmest congrats, **Spectre** , on your ascension to the starry heights of being a Moderator Moderator. You aren’t from New York New York, are you are you? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/37 "2010-05-18T12:21:59Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Spithy? Pith on that! ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/38 "2010-05-18T12:27:36Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Here’s hoping you’ll be a good mod. We could use another one. Another one? You mean we had one to begin with? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/39 "2010-05-18T12:27:54Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > And how long are goats supposed to live, anyway? This one’s looking a little shopworn. Them’s the best kind. If it bothers you, just take him to the cleaners and get him Simonized. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/40 "2010-05-18T13:36:22Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > If it bothers you, just take him to the cleaners and get him Simonized. And Scotchgarded. And use some Woolite: he looks a little worn. Good to have ya, **SoP**! I like the username myself… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841.md?page=3)