# What are you babbling about? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 18, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888 "2020-06-18T05:50:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/21 "2020-06-18T18:04:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I shall use this for my sig line, forever more. > I now have proof I ain’t crazy. You’ve been tested. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/22 "2020-06-18T22:52:36Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > But yes, Deth, you are again needlessly obsessing over minutiae of moderation. As we’ve always said, a great deal of moderation is context dependent and we have very little incentive to provide hard and fast rules. You’re just going to have to learn to live with uncertainty. This is a terrible piece of moderation. DrDeth is fond of using the phrase. He has used it a number of times in the past without penalty. Now we have recently seen someone get a Warning for using the exact same phrase. Many people have questioned why it was even a Warnable action in the first place. And no answer has been forthcoming. It is perfectly reasonable for him to ask if he needs to stop saying those words. This is not minutiae, and the question is far from needless. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/23 "2020-06-24T15:03:32Z")
Any mods willing to actually answer the question? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/24 "2020-06-24T15:21:40Z")
I think they’re willing but not available right now. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/25 "2020-06-24T17:31:30Z")
How to make babbly? This is just a first test post. Ignore ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/26 "2020-06-25T01:32:29Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I think they’re willing but not available right now. What are they busy doing? More than baseline real world lives that is. You think the mods are debugging our new home’s software maybe? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/27 "2020-06-25T14:43:06Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > DrDeth is fond of using the phrase. He has used it a number of times in the past without penalty. And I was fond of the term _wypipo_, and used it a bit. Then they made me stop. Wow, imagine that - the mod’s tolerance for abrasive shit-talk _changed_. What a world! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/28 "2020-06-25T18:14:10Z")
That IS the question isn’t it? Has the mod tolerance for that commonly used, mostly felt to be benign, phrase changed? Is it now considered “abrasive shit-talk”? Or is it only such sporadically, with context being nothing more than momentary moderator whims, selectively applied to a poster that the mod would like gone, but safe for the rest of us to use without note let alone warning. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/29 "2020-06-25T18:26:50Z")
Use it in GQ or the QZ and see… Be sure to flag your post so Colibri sees it ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/30 "2020-06-25T18:36:05Z")
“What the fuck are you talking about?” has been used in QZ without comment. Admitted (and reported) threadshitting has been used there without comment. But sure, next time I experience someone in QZ indeed babbling, responding not even tangentially ti the discussion in progress, with clear intent to threadshit, I will intentionally use the phrase and report myself as an experiment, given that we cannot otherwise get a straightforward response to the question. If that is what it takes. Out of curiosity - when told to stop were you warned right off for wypipo or given a note or just guidance? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/31 "2020-06-25T20:08:20Z")
And both used and reported on myself in the Sweden thread. I’ll take a warning to get the clarity if that is what it takes. Oh. On search I had forgotten I had started an ATMB to clarify wypipo! You were warned but as a part of a group of insults and getting clarity on that phrase was also hard! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/32 "2020-06-25T20:58:52Z")
Things we need to do get simple things answered. Yes warnable. Yea! An answer! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/33 "2020-06-25T21:30:16Z")
Wow, who would’ve thought the mods were busy a few days after moving to a completely new board? ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/34 "2020-06-25T23:43:58Z")
> What are they busy doing? More than baseline real world lives that is. well, I edited this after realizing what forum I was in 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/35 "2020-06-26T00:29:47Z")
[what are you babbling about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888) Does it _have_ to be about something? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/36 "2020-06-26T02:07:09Z")
What is your understanding of what is within the moderator job description that increases with the change of venue? To my understanding nothing. If I am missing something I am open to being corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/37 "2020-06-26T03:02:42Z")
Nothing’s changed in their job description. However, right now they’re dealing with a new system, users who don’t understand it, and users that can’t get in. It’s not the time to be demanding immediate answers. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/38 "2020-06-26T03:03:56Z")
I’m a little confused between thread notifications and PMs. They look the same! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/39 "2020-06-26T06:16:30Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Things we need to do get simple things answered. **Colibri** had already answered this in this thread. _You_ just didn’t believe him. This has nothing to do with the mods’ response times, and everything to do with you trying to count coup on the mods on something that didn’t need proving. You weren’t being some kind of heroic martyr, you were being exactly what you were modded for. You did realise my post and challenge was rhetorical, right? I _already knew_ what the answer was going to be. Because **Colibri** _told us_ what it would be. So that little charade was both unneccessary and yet, simultaneously, hilarious.. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888/40 "2020-06-26T06:58:17Z")
“Don’t poke that dog. It will bite!” _(DSeid pokes the dog. It bites him.)_ “I have martyred myself for the sake of knowledge, but now at least I’ve got clarification.” 🤣 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888.md?page=3)