# What questions should be on the SDMB moderator application? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573 "2016-01-29T14:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/1 "2016-01-29T14:47:20Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=782269) which mentioned an application. What questions should be on the SDMB moderator application? My submissions: 1. Are you willing to swear to uphold the legend of the great Cecil and swear to never blaspheme his name? 2. Would you ever support making any vBulletin feature changes to the SDMB? (consider answer carefully) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/2 "2016-01-29T15:43:46Z")
1. Do you have a life? 2. Do you ever intend on having a life? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/3 "2016-01-29T15:45:14Z")
- What is 14 k in a p f d\*? - What three common words in English that end with -gry? - What is correct answer to every music question? 😉 \*or whatever the heck that stupid abbreviation is. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/4 "2016-01-29T16:34:05Z")
Do you prefer Scotch or chocolate for bribes? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/5 "2016-01-29T16:36:31Z")
Manny people ask me and now I wonder why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/6 "2016-01-29T16:37:54Z")
What size jackboot would you require? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/7 "2016-01-29T16:59:10Z")
“Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/8 "2016-01-29T21:52:13Z")
You see an “insult” in CS, e.g., in a Simpsons thread: “You couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had a electrified fooling machine.” Do you: A. Warn the poster. B. Giggle to yourself. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/9 "2016-01-29T21:55:41Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > You see an “insult” in CS, e.g., in a Simpsons thread: “You couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had a electrified fooling machine.” > > Do you: > > A. Warn the poster. > B. Giggle to yourself. Why can’t it be both?\* \*I am not a CS mod. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/10 "2016-01-30T00:22:08Z")
Paper or plastic? Does that refer to the bag type or payment type? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/11 "2016-01-30T03:36:14Z")
1. Are you banned? 2. Are you on a treadmill? 3. Hi, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/12 "2016-01-30T04:49:36Z")
What is your name? What is your quest? What is the capital Assyria? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/13 "2016-01-30T14:41:22Z")
“Are you now, or have you ever been, completely out of your mind?” ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/14 "2016-01-30T16:06:03Z")
1. Have you ever been denounced from the pulpit by a Bishop? If so, how’d you take it? 2. Snake handling? A thing with you? 3. Sleep. How much do you REALLY need, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/15 "2016-01-30T16:28:14Z")
Where did Noah keep the woodpeckers? What was the biggest lie you told? How many synonyms for ‘thesaurus’ can you think of? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/16 "2016-01-30T16:49:03Z")
“You’ve actually read the SDMB at some point, right?” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/17 "2016-01-30T17:50:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” No no, Moderators are Jacbooted Nazis, so it should be: Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/18 "2016-01-30T18:04:55Z")
Do you have time to respond to six pages of idiocy in the ATMB forum for giving someone a mod note (not even a warning) for some inconsequential issue that most sane people would brush off in a millisecond? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/19 "2016-01-30T18:51:46Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Do you have time to respond to six pages of idiocy in the ATMB forum for giving someone a mod note (not even a warning) for some inconsequential issue that most sane people would brush off in a millisecond? That one’s already on it.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-questions-should-be-on-the-sdmb-moderator-application/744573/20 "2016-02-01T15:06:19Z")
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