# What is the Female:Male Ratio of the Mods Here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 19, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924 "2012-08-19T02:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/21 "2012-08-20T00:45:18Z")
4:14 surely isn’t right? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/22 "2012-08-20T00:56:00Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > 4:14 surely isn’t right? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/23 "2012-08-20T01:02:22Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > > [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > > > 4:14 surely isn’t right? > > Why? [This page](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php) lists 17 moderators. Unless one mod is two people – and **tomndebb** ’s name suggests that he/she/they is/are two people, but I think he’s just one – it can’t be 4:14. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/24 "2012-08-20T01:22:58Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Why? Doesn’t sound right. Tuba, Lynn, Elynn, Gwyn, Una and Twix - 6 females. Marley, Sam, Tom, Idle, Gfactor, and CK Dexter = 6 males So found 50% more than 4 in both sexes! No sensey-making! ---
**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:** [August 20, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/25 "2012-08-20T01:29:57Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > Doesn’t sound right. > > Tuba, Lynn, Elynn, Gwyn, Una and Twix - 6 females. > Marley, Sam, Tom, Idle, Gfactor, and CK Dexter = 6 males > > So found 50% more than 4 in both sexes! No sensey-making! Before someone comes in to get all cross about it, I’ll preempt by saying that the totals are incorrect. I do not work for the message board, I work directly for and with **Cecil**. I’m a scientist, not an enforcer. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/26 "2012-08-20T01:31:51Z")
Is xash no longer a mod or admin? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/27 "2012-08-20T01:35:59Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > Doesn’t sound right. > > Tuba, Lynn, Elynn, Gwyn, Una and Twix - 6 females. > Marley, Sam, Tom, Idle, Gfactor, and CK Dexter = 6 males > > So found 50% more than 4 in both sexes! No sensey-making! This isn’t a list of the mods and admins! See link above. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/28 "2012-08-20T01:51:15Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Is xash no longer a mod or admin? He’s no longer actively an administrator, but he retains admin powers, as do I. Generally I only use my powers to stop a spammer in mid-spam, in the middle of the night. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/29 "2012-08-20T02:02:57Z")
I think the SDMB mods are like those dead/undead quantum cats in boxes that only the cool kids can understand. Until you actually look in the box, it may not really be there. Then depending on if they are, or it isn’t, then a random moderator in a parallel universe finds their penis missing. And their cat dies. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/30 "2012-08-20T05:13:19Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Must have been quite a Christmas. Perhaps if we remind her of her Latin grammar and then ask her nicely she’ll change to **twickstrix** (or **twixtwix** : a female trickster with a speech impediment, bearing candy). -_ster_ is feminine in Middle English. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/31 "2012-08-20T06:06:07Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > -_ster_ is feminine in Middle English. Spoil my wordplay with facts, will you, you orix![sup]1[/sup] Do you think you’re some kind of auctrix[sup]2[/sup], you bōster?[sup]3[/sup] I can’t quite call you a leiƷster[sup]4[/sup], but why should I suffer the tongue of a conciontrix?[sup]5[/sup] Against you I shall send legions of balesters[sup]6[/sup] and barresters[sup]7[/sup], all male, until you need weilsters.[sup]8[/sup] Oh, there will be sleiƷster[sup]9[/sup], sister! This post brought to you with the help of the searchable [Middle English Dictionary](http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/) (PS: If you’re not a woman, would you mind pretending for the sake of this post?) [sup]1[/sup] a kind of bird similar to a guinea hen [sup]2[/sup] a woman whose opinion or statement is accepted as authoritative [sup]3[/sup] braggart, boaster, arrogant person [sup]4[/sup] a liar (female) [sup]5[/sup] a woman who harangues the people [sup]6[/sup] crossbowmen [sup]7[/sup] barristers, lawyers [sup]8[/sup] professional female mourner, ‘wailster’ [sup]9[/sup] slaughter ---
**Author:** ![cynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/32 "2012-08-24T23:31:37Z")
However one self-identifies. If someone is, say, a woman with an unfortunate appendage then she’s a woman. Same with those offended by having opposite sex chromosomes. OK? 🙂 > [@RedFury](#): > > The OP needs to break it down further as we don’t how many are trapped in a body of the wrong gender. Could alter the whole ratio… > > For instance, “G-Factor” is supposedly male. But he has a “g-factor”? Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![cynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/33 "2012-08-24T23:33:15Z")
Read “Omoo” yet? > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Spoil my wordplay with facts, will you, you orix![sup]1[/sup] Do you think you’re some kind of auctrix[sup]2[/sup], you bōster?[sup]3[/sup] I can’t quite call you a leiƷster[sup]4[/sup], but why should I suffer the tongue of a conciontrix?[sup]5[/sup] Against you I shall send legions of balesters[sup]6[/sup] and barresters[sup]7[/sup], all male, until you need weilsters.[sup]8[/sup] Oh, there will be sleiƷster[sup]9[/sup], sister! > > This post brought to you with the help of the searchable [Middle English Dictionary](http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/) > > (PS: If you’re not a woman, would you mind pretending for the sake of this post?) > > [sup]1[/sup] a kind of bird similar to a guinea hen > [sup]2[/sup] a woman whose opinion or statement is accepted as authoritative > [sup]3[/sup] braggart, boaster, arrogant person > [sup]4[/sup] a liar (female) > [sup]5[/sup] a woman who harangues the people > [sup]6[/sup] crossbowmen > [sup]7[/sup] barristers, lawyers > [sup]8[/sup] professional female mourner, ‘wailster’ > [sup]9[/sup] slaughter ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/34 "2012-08-25T16:03:13Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Show us your boobs! I would never have said that, but I knew it was coming. > [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > He’s no longer actively an administrator, but he retains admin powers, as do I. Generally I only use my powers to stop a spammer in mid-spam, in the middle of the night. You’re scary, Lynn! ---
**Author:** ![cynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/35 "2012-08-26T19:00:00Z")
You’re not using enough double negatives to be taken seriously. > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Spoil my wordplay with facts, will you, you orix![sup]1[/sup] Do you think you’re some kind of auctrix[sup]2[/sup], you bōster?[sup]3[/sup] I can’t quite call you a leiƷster[sup]4[/sup], but why should I suffer the tongue of a conciontrix?[sup]5[/sup] Against you I shall send legions of balesters[sup]6[/sup] and barresters[sup]7[/sup], all male, until you need weilsters.[sup]8[/sup] Oh, there will be sleiƷster[sup]9[/sup], sister! > > This post brought to you with the help of the searchable [Middle English Dictionary](http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/) > > (PS: If you’re not a woman, would you mind pretending for the sake of this post?) > > [sup]1[/sup] a kind of bird similar to a guinea hen > [sup]2[/sup] a woman whose opinion or statement is accepted as authoritative > [sup]3[/sup] braggart, boaster, arrogant person > [sup]4[/sup] a liar (female) > [sup]5[/sup] a woman who harangues the people > [sup]6[/sup] crossbowmen > [sup]7[/sup] barristers, lawyers > [sup]8[/sup] professional female mourner, ‘wailster’ > [sup]9[/sup] slaughter ---
**Author:** ![cynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924/36 "2012-08-26T19:02:54Z")
I was to get there when the facts were in. > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Show us your boobs! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-female-male-ratio-of-the-mods-here/631924.md?page=1)