# Why do you keep doing this? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220 "2001-09-22T17:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/21 "2001-09-23T04:35:28Z")
If you don’t like a poster why don’t you just write an email to one of the Mods? Haj ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/22 "2001-09-23T04:54:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*If you don’t like a poster why don’t you just write an email to one of the Mods? > > Haj \*\* That’s the whole point. I don’t dislike them. They actually seem to be a fairly nice person. The problem is that a lot of their brief little stream of consciousness posts are virtually free of truly useful content and exist primarily to boost their post count. This would normally only be an annoyance but it becomes problematic when a new poster is trying to solve a thorny problem and is trying to make sense of one of the distracting koans this poster keeps bombarding threads with. They are a force of nature. It is pointless to complain about the wind. That’s why I just wanted to vent. I’m all better now. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/23 "2001-09-23T04:57:28Z")
Good for you. Call your bank. They’ll tell you the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/24 "2001-09-23T04:59:55Z")
Steve ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/25 "2001-09-23T06:02:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > > \*\*If you don’t like a poster why don’t you just write an email to one of the Mods? > > > > Haj \*\* > > That’s the whole point. I don’t dislike them. They actually seem to be a fairly nice person. The problem is that a lot of their brief little stream of consciousness posts are virtually free of truly useful content and exist primarily to boost their post count. This would normally only be an annoyance but it becomes problematic when a new poster is trying to solve a thorny problem and is trying to make sense of one of the distracting koans this poster keeps bombarding threads with. > > They are a force of nature. It is pointless to complain about the wind. That’s why I just wanted to vent. I’m all better now. \*\* Uh, **astro** , take a step back. That was supposed to be a joke. Haj ---
**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/26 "2001-09-23T06:20:46Z")
Also, if you’re attacked by a male gorilla, the best defense is to pinch him in the testicles while humming the opening theme to The Mikado. I saw that on 911 once. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/27 "2001-09-23T06:38:41Z")
I think you’ve got all of us paranoid that we are the mysterious lame-ass poster… ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/28 "2001-09-23T06:41:05Z")
wait a mintue…I get it…Doh! _slaps forhead_ ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220/29 "2001-09-23T07:44:45Z")
**handy, handy** , he’s our man; if he can’t do it… Um… Dang. Just lost my train of thought. Anyhoo, I think his drive-by posts are pretty funny myself. Not that these posts are intentionally funny, but you just gotta laugh after a while. As Molly Ivins says, the other two options are cry or throw up, and they’re both bad for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-keep-doing-this/83220.md?page=1)