# What is WRONG with you mods??? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 4, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773 "2017-04-04T21:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/61 "2017-04-06T16:38:36Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Just curious, mods – how many times were you “modded” (warned, etc.) before you became a moderator? Never got a warning. I don’t recall any mod notes. Too damn dull. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/62 "2017-04-06T17:21:53Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > I didn’t get a mug - I may still be in the probationary period. Mine must be really long since I never got a mug. > [@jtur88](#): > > Just curious, mods – how many times were you “modded” (warned, etc.) before you became a moderator? Once and I’ll never forgive samclem. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/63 "2017-04-06T17:25:28Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever been warned here (certainly not since the formal Warning system was put in place), but I’ve been warned once on another message board. It’s not easy to miss, if you ever pay any attention to your private messages. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/64 "2017-04-06T17:37:24Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Hey, is that Earl Hickey? Can’t be. Earl always closes his eyes when he gets his picture taken. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/65 "2017-04-06T22:15:56Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > In the last year-ish we had quite a thread on how to handle this topic. I’m not finding it but maybe somebody else’s search-fu in stronger. IIRC the consensus answer was “Style guides vary. Follow yours or at least be consistent.” Inconsistency is my style guide. I contain multitudes. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/66 "2017-04-06T23:07:11Z")
The reason they were enticed into becoming moderators is because they were assured by Cecil that they would receive an extra 72 virgins in heaven upon their ultimate demise. However, once they signed on the dotted line and later read the fine print, they realized they would instead only be given a 72-oz bottle of Bertolli Extra Virgin Olive Oil. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/67 "2017-04-06T23:39:06Z")
Of course the solution is to become a SDMB moderator and get your 72-oz bottle of olive oil. Then, convert to Islam to assure your 72 virgins upon death. Then, when you get to heaven (a big “if” for some of y’all), slather the olive oil on your virgins and have a slippery orgy. Win/Win. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/68 "2017-04-06T23:58:09Z")
Why start new thread when you could have posted in this already ongoing and equally relevant thread here: [The thread title - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553826) Seriously though, I would only pay that kind of money if I had a mod in my back pocket AND your Hulu password… oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/69 "2017-04-07T03:27:32Z")
I’ve never gotten a warning on here before or as a mod. > [@White SIFL](#): > > Seriously though, I would only pay that kind of money if I had a mod in my back pocket AND your Hulu password… oh, wait… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/70 "2017-04-14T00:15:19Z")
I never knew there was an actual mug. As in, _that_ mug, not just any old idea of promised reward. Next thing you know my Rabbi will call me to tell me the Afterlife is no longer in stock. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/71 "2017-04-14T01:16:00Z")
Don’t worry. There is delicious cake at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/72 "2017-04-14T02:42:30Z")
Not to be a stickler, but I also always thought pie (as in “bring pie”) is a higher reward. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/73 "2017-04-14T02:49:22Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I got a mug. If you wear a scarf, nobody has to look at it, see. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/74 "2017-04-14T02:58:21Z")
Was that Cagney? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/75 "2017-04-14T03:07:19Z")
Sometimes I’m glad I’ve been suspended so many times I have no fear I would be offered the cup. However, I will prove it by offering my services for anything but MPSIMS (too depressing). With a note that my life prevents me from paying sufficient attention to much more complex than Cafe Society or IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/76 "2017-04-14T03:13:04Z")
Or The Barn House. Ed, we go way back, but did you really think that was a thing? Rule 1 in Publishing: Grab what you can up front. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/77 "2017-04-14T03:54:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > [Look on The Mug, ye mighty, and despair](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxSy7-8wZcmIMXo2alQ0S0VGR28/view?usp=sharing). I have two mugs. I got one when I became SDSAB, and one when I became a mod. Long long ago, I also received a few _Chicago Reader_ calendars. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/78 "2017-04-14T04:22:21Z")
I have a Reader backwards R on my courier bag. Close enough? ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/79 "2017-04-14T13:19:04Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I have two mugs. I got one when I became SDSAB, and one when I became a mod. > > Long long ago, I also received a few _Chicago Reader_ calendars. You know, you have my address. Anytime those mugs seem like they are taking up too much space 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773/80 "2017-04-14T13:22:49Z")
Hey, extra virgin olive oil is good stuff! And 72 ounces will last a while. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-you-mods/783773.md?page=5)