# What do the mods do to relieve the stress caused by the job of moding the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 13, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435 "2003-04-13T15:13:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/1 "2003-04-13T15:13:40Z")
Primal scream therapy? Doing unspeakable things to kittens and puppies and chicks and baby ducks? Stand on street corners smoking cigarettes and harassing old people? Uncontrollable sobbing? Get blindingly drunk? Strip Twister? Egg the neighbors house and then blame it on _those damn teenagers?_ Slip Crazy Glue into random car door and house locks in their neighborhood? Just hold all that seething rage inside until one day their head explodes? Go postal? Go up to random strangers on the street and demand to know, “\*What is the third word that ends with \* **gry**?” Buy lots of lottery tickets? Just sit quietly, knowing that, "_Soon, soon, it will all be mine._ Mine, _I tell you!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/2 "2003-04-13T17:14:23Z")
Stress? what stress? … when I feel stressed, I usually write up a Staff Report or two. (Hey, you other Mods reading this, y’all might take that as a hint.) Or paint. Or work in the garden (weather permitting). Or stick pins in li’l wax dolls that have changable nametags. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/3 "2003-04-13T18:21:29Z")
Not that I’m paranoid or anything, but I kinda figured a few of them are responsible for the phone calls in the middle of the night that are nothing but heavy breathing. It’s just a hunch, as my Caller ID just displays _Not Cecil_… ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/4 "2003-04-13T18:53:32Z")
I know that UncleBeer is a pretty good shooter, and does a lot of target practice. Always training to be good enough to hunt the most dangerous animal of all - MAN. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/5 "2003-04-13T22:31:37Z")
If you must know, I’ve found that there is no better stress reliever than my motorcycle. [sub]Well, there is. But let’s just say the motorbike is always parked outside.[/sub] 😉 Although it has to be stressed (ha!) that it’s usually not the SDMB that gets me worked up. In the grand scheme of things, this board is a wonderful diversion, but not enough to get a heart attack over. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/6 "2003-04-14T09:24:10Z")
You know all those high-post-count posters who just stop posting and disappear forever? I know where they are. Well, parts of them. They wouldn’t all fit into the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/7 "2003-04-14T15:34:45Z")
I dunno 'bout the rest of the mods, but I go down to the animal shelter, pick up a gross or two of puppies, take 'em home see if I can kick 'em clean over the rooftop. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/8 "2003-04-14T17:43:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Not that I’m paranoid or anything, but I kinda figured a few of them are responsible for the phone calls in the middle of the night that are nothing but heavy breathing. It’s just a hunch, as my Caller ID just displays _Not Cecil_… \*\* Really? Oh…phew…I mean…Yeah! Yeah, you’re right. It’s probably those nasty mods! Would this be an appropriate time/place to say thank you, once again, to Coldfire? I feel like I’ve gotten more than my fair share of his attention, and he’s always been really nice about it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/9 "2003-04-14T17:55:08Z")
It involves a live python, getting naked & smearing Canola Oil all overthemselves, & readings from the _Congressional Record_… what? ;j ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/10 "2003-04-14T17:56:19Z")
I left out the Albino Touch-Typist. DAMN! Must remember to Preview! ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/11 "2003-04-14T19:35:00Z")
I kill kittens. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/12 "2003-04-14T22:19:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*Would this be an appropriate time/place to say thank you, once again, to Coldfire? I feel like I’ve gotten more than my fair share of his attention, and he’s always been really nice about it. \*\* All in a day’s work, sir. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gus28)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/13 "2003-04-14T23:39:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*In the grand scheme of things, this board is a wonderful diversion, but not enough to get a heart attack over. \*\* That should really be a sticky somewhere. Way too many people take this place way too seriously. This isn’t life or death people… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/14 "2003-04-15T02:50:54Z")
A masturbation reference and the word “sticky” in the same thread about relieving stress… hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/15 "2003-04-15T19:24:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophage \* > \*\*You know all those high-post-count posters who just stop posting and disappear forever? I know where they are. Well, parts of them. They wouldn’t all fit into the freezer. \*\* When come, bring Poster Pie 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/16 "2003-04-15T19:41:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*A masturbation reference and the word “sticky” in the same thread about relieving stress… hmmm… \*\* What masturbation reference? I really do kill kittens! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/17 "2003-04-15T20:34:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*What masturbation reference? I really do kill kittens! \*\* Oh… well _that’s_ alright then ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/18 "2003-04-16T12:21:41Z")
You never saw the dartboard in the Mods Clubhouse, with the picture of the Troll Du Jour on it? Or the punching bag with a life-size picture of Serlin silkscreened onto the cover? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Summertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Summertime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Summertime)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/19 "2003-04-16T13:44:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*What masturbation reference? I really do kill kittens! \*\* you’re supposed to **look** before you sit down!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435/20 "2003-04-16T19:02:37Z")
I like to putter around in the SD Staff Kitchen. I’ve done all kindsa tasty things with those freshly-skinned rabbits **Euty** and **Unc** keep bringing in. Gosh knows where they get them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-mods-do-to-relieve-the-stress-caused-by-the-job-of-moding-the-sdmb/168435.md?page=2)