# Where Do Moderators Come From?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-moderators-come-from/364988>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 18, 2006, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-moderators-come-from/364988 "2006-07-18T11:00:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-moderators-come-from/364988/21 "2006-07-20T01:10:04Z")

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What I heard is…

:: looks around furtively ::

… they’re cloned using the DNA of tissue secretly extracted from the bodies of Lizzie Borden and John Wilkes Booth.

The moderators, that is; the administrators? Catherine the Great and Napoleon.

:eek:

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-moderators-come-from/364988/22 "2006-07-20T02:24:18Z")

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[QUOTE=rayh]  
Two Mods for the Elven-kings under MPSIMS  
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In a recent e-mail, Lynn did say that I wear a Crown of Twee; so really, that’s quite fitting of you to write. 😛

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**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-moderators-come-from/364988/23 "2006-07-20T03:19:32Z")

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[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven]  
Lynn, however, was sprung from Zeus’s head, fully armoured.  
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This made me laugh so loud I scared the cat.

> [@fluiddruid](#):
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> Snips, and snails, and puppy dog tails… ?

No. No. No. That’s what Mods are \*made \*of. The OP wants to know where they come from.

I know. But if I told you I’d have to kill you.

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**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:** [July 20, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-moderators-come-from/364988/24 "2006-07-20T05:36:15Z")

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[QUOTE=SkipMagic]  
In a recent e-mail, Lynn did say that I wear a Crown of Twee; so really, that’s quite fitting of you to write. 😛  
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Didn’t I also say that I didn’t want it? 😉

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-moderators-come-from/364988/25 "2006-07-20T11:08:30Z")

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Bah. Sour grapes. _Everyone_ wants a crown like that.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-moderators-come-from/364988/26 "2008-07-07T21:15:09Z")

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Seriously now – if you would like a moderator application, please send me an email. [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com)

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