# When Good Mods Go Bad **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 13, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483 "2008-09-13T20:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/41 "2008-09-15T13:49:42Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > So she can turn into… a jellyfish? Hey, if I could just turn into a breathtakingly beautiful **human** , I wouldn’t need to be hanging around with you suckers. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/42 "2008-09-15T14:05:16Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Hey, if I could just turn into a breathtakingly beautiful **human** , I wouldn’t need to be hanging around with you suckers. You’re a moderator. Obviously human is right out. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/43 "2008-09-15T14:05:36Z")
> [@Stringer](#): > > You really should break all the mods into categories. > > Good Mods: > […] > \*\*Marley23 \*\* I’ll have to try harder. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/44 "2008-09-15T14:20:24Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You’re a moderator. Obviously human is right out. Hey, I wasn’t born a moderator. Though, I’ll note that we didn’t even have to send Marley his jackboots; upon selecting him as a moderator, the boots just appeared, having seeped through the skin from the inside. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/45 "2008-09-15T14:23:05Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Hey, I wasn’t born a moderator. > > Though, I’ll note that we didn’t even have to send Marley his jackboots; upon selecting him as a moderator, the boots just appeared, having seeped through the skin from the inside. 😉 Maybe that’s why he hasn’t gotten his mug yet- it just sort of appeared in his kitchen cabinet and he hasn’t noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/46 "2008-09-15T14:23:53Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Hey, I wasn’t born a moderator. Ah yes, just like Shakespeare said: Some are born moderate, some achieve moderateness, and some have moderation thrust upon them. You can see why he revised this later. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/47 "2008-09-15T14:34:35Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Ah yes, just like Shakespeare said: Some are born moderate, some achieve moderateness, and some have moderation thrust upon them. > > You can see why he revised this later. Due to the sinking realization that the message board would not be invented for several hundred years, presumably. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/48 "2008-09-15T14:50:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Due to the sinking realization that the message board would not be invented for several hundred years, presumably. Oh, it was around in his time. Mostly Pit threads about people who semaphore while operating a Hackney coach. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/49 "2008-09-15T16:51:48Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > There go all my points in the Mod Pitting pool… That’s only ONE person’s list. You still have a chance. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483/50 "2008-09-15T17:07:21Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Oh, it was around in his time. Mostly Pit threads about people who semaphore while operating a Hackney coach. And who can forget the meltdown when he added a forum to discuss _Hamlet_! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-mods-go-bad/463483.md?page=2)