# Why didn't these posts in the Pit warrant any mod notice at all? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 28, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654 "2012-07-28T06:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/41 "2012-07-29T02:06:14Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > What difference does that make? You linked to the posts and the bit where you talked about being insulted in ATMB made it pretty obvious. **Colibri** ’s one word post seemed to be calling into question my motive for posting this thread; I was refuting that my purpose here had anything at all to do with the fact that the insults were directed at me. In fact, I never made any mention about who the posts were directed at; **Crazyhorse** and **Colibri** divulged that information (posts #2 and #5, respectively). In fact, until right now, I haven’t confirmed that, yes, they were directed at me (they were). As I said, who they were directed at is immaterial. I report posts when they seem to be breaking the rules, as we are advised to do. The reason I talked about being insulted in ATMB was because it was an example that I was able to readily remember of an instance when a Mod appeared to break a rule but was not admonished for it, as even a perfunctory reading of the OP shows: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Are mods excused from following the rules? > > It certainly seems so, as months ago, **samclem** was permitted to call me a jackass in ATMB, which then allowed others to pile on with insults, even tho there aren’t supposed to be any in ATMB. Why was it even necessary for me to bring that up? Because it leads to the very next sentence, where I state my intentions regarding this thread: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’m just trying to understand why these posts didn’t even get a note. Thanks. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/42 "2012-07-29T02:21:40Z")
Wow. You’re still doing your stupid catch phrase? ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/43 "2012-07-29T03:07:34Z")
Snowboarder Bo, you’ve made it abundantly clear you don’t care that others are annoyed by your catchphrase. Given that, I have a hard time getting worked up about you getting called out for it, especially as the mods have explained that what was posted wasn’t against the rules. Maybe nobody wants to go to bat for you on this issue because you’re wrong, and the catchphrase you’re defending is annoying? It’s worth asking yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/44 "2012-07-29T03:08:37Z")
“Hey, I’m acting like a jackass and people are calling me a jackass! How are they allowed to do this?” One of the great mysteries of the Universe. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/45 "2012-07-29T03:43:33Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > People have been throwing cunt around in the forums with abandon Figures, I haven’t gotten as much as a kiss. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/46 "2012-07-29T04:02:00Z")
In a Pit thread titled _Fuck Cacti,_ there’s a fair chance someone will be told to go fuck a cactus. If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the desert. This may be the stupidest thread ever. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/47 "2012-07-29T07:03:24Z")
(Sigh) Fuck you Ed. You cunt. Now it’s the stupidest thread ever. Five words. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/48 "2012-07-29T08:09:52Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Maybe nobody wants to go to bat for you on this issue because you’re wrong, and the catchphrase you’re defending is annoying? You know Bo you might want to consider this. You staunchly defended your right to continue using your catch-phrase even though your over-detailed reasoning was irrelevant. It is annoying as hell and it pisses people off. Soldier on if you will but it looks like you’re paying the piper. Sorry, I can’t get behind the OP either. Remember, the board is not a democracy. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/49 "2012-07-29T08:12:19Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > (Sigh) Fuck you Ed. You cunt. > > Now it’s the stupidest thread ever. Five words. Nah, the quarry thing is far more stupid, you should have gone with that. I agree though. I’d be embarrassed on behalf of my ancestors had I started this thread, its pretty retarded. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/50 "2012-07-29T15:38:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think that’s how the rule has been enforced, yes. **Gfactor** is not around today, but maybe **Miller** can confirm that when he has time. I have previously PMed **Gfactor** about the rule and he specifically told me “Screw you” and “Eff you” were permitted, along with other bowdlerized versions of the phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/51 "2012-07-29T15:51:35Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I don’t know how the mods don’t just blow their fucking brains out. Between trying to uphold rules of Ed’s that they know in their hearts are fruit-loops bananas and enduring the soul sucking pedantry of posters with a whine glass that is never empty, I don’t know how they just don’t eat a bullet. No shit. And the OP got off easy. Colibri shouldn’t have told him to go fuck a cactus, he should have banned him. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/52 "2012-07-29T15:57:20Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I don’t know how the mods don’t just blow their fucking brains out. Between trying to uphold rules of Ed’s that they know in their hearts are fruit-loops bananas and enduring the soul sucking pedantry of posters with a whine glass that is never empty, I don’t know how they just don’t eat a bullet. Simple. When we sign up, they send a team to our house, strip search us, take away all of our guns and sharp pointed instruments. I don’t even have scissors left in the place. That, and the duct tape holding my hands to the keyboard insure I can’t even make a fist. It’s discouraging, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/53 "2012-07-29T16:22:06Z")
Trapped in front of a keyboard but unable to make a fist? It’s just like that _Twilight Zone_ with Burgess Meredith… ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/54 "2012-07-29T16:40:56Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I don’t know how the mods don’t just blow their fucking brains out. Between trying to uphold rules of Ed’s that they know in their hearts are fruit-loops bananas and enduring the soul sucking pedantry of posters with a whine glass that is never empty, I don’t know how they just don’t eat a bullet. Remember last week when I was full of love and admiration for you? Still am. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/55 "2012-07-29T17:04:59Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Remember last week when I was full of love and admiration for you? > > Still am. Me too. It’s disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/56 "2012-07-29T17:09:31Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > “Hey, I’m acting like a jackass and people are calling me a jackass! How are they allowed to do this?” > > One of the great mysteries of the Universe. In my head, it sounds little more like Stewie Griffin: “Lois! Lois! The bad man told me to fornicate myself with a member of the family _Cactaceae_. I demand to know what you intend to do about it!” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/57 "2012-07-29T18:35:27Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > “Lois! Lois! The bad man told me to fornicate myself with a member of the family _Cactaceae_. I demand to know what you intend to do about it!” Stewie, mommy is a little busy moderating all the July2012 trolls and all the damned gun related threads people keep trying to hijack and insult each other in. Why don’t you throw yourself down the quarry until your father gets home. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/58 "2012-07-29T20:03:40Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > “Hey, I’m acting like a jackass and people are calling me a jackass! How are they allowed to do this?” > > One of the great mysteries of the Universe. This is a truly great post. I know I’ve butted heads with the mods on occasion and have often inadvertently done things to give them headaches, but damn I always feel for them when I see posts like the OP. The pit is supposed to be a free-for-all and if you can’t take insults in the Pit then you shouldn’t be there. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/59 "2012-07-29T21:02:54Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > …enduring the soul sucking pedantry of posters with a whine glass that is never empty, I don’t know how they just don’t eat a bullet. My method is a glass of single-malt scotch that I always keep full. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654/60 "2012-07-29T21:09:08Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > My method is a glass of single-malt scotch that I always keep full. Mine was a bottle of Tullamore Dew and a Crazy Straw. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-these-posts-in-the-pit-warrant-any-mod-notice-at-all/629654.md?page=4)