# Why the hell wasn't I banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191 "2007-03-16T13:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/21 "2007-03-16T13:59:28Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] The issue here, unless you disagree, is wether it’s reasonable to ask staff to do this, and if so whether it’s reasonable for them to do it. I say that it is. [/QUOTE] The staff says it isn’t, and they’re the ones who would have to fulfill it. I think it’s an unreasonable request because it’s obviously a waste of time, even if it’s not a lot of time. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/22 "2007-03-16T13:59:40Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] The issue here, unless you disagree, is wether it’s reasonable to ask staff to do this, and if so whether it’s reasonable for them to do it. I say that it is. [/QUOTE] DNFTT ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/23 "2007-03-16T14:08:00Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] Who gives a damn if you think my request is silly? Only thing that matters is that I don’t think it’s silly. The issue here, unless you disagree, is wether it’s reasonable to ask staff to do this, and if so whether it’s reasonable for them to do it. I say that it is. [/QUOTE] While I realize you are the center of the universe, let me try to explain what the mods and admins are facing. There are 322,000 threads, 7,00,000 posts and 67,000 members on this board that they are responsible for. Now, while you don’t think it is silly that they should take two hours of their time to respond to a request you made to play at being banned, they might feel their time is better spent, especially when you consider that as was suggested above you just pretend to be banned by yourself. That way you don’t have to waste anyone else’s time. > [@](#): > > I don’t expect this kind of hostility. It’s the pit. Get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/24 "2007-03-16T14:08:58Z")
Hey Cryptoderk, words to live by _Yelling at the mods is like shaking your fist at God. There’s no one there. And if there is someone there they’re not listening. And if they are listening, all you’re doing is pissing them off_ ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/25 "2007-03-16T14:10:26Z")
> [@Cryptoderk](#): > > The issue here, unless you disagree, is wether it’s reasonable to ask staff to do this, and if so whether it’s reasonable for them to do it. I say that it is. > [@Cervaise](#): > > DNFTT PALATR is more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/26 "2007-03-16T14:12:20Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Besides, we might “forget” to reinstate you. [/QUOTE] Your point being? ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/27 "2007-03-16T14:22:03Z")
[QUOTE=Uvula Donor] PALATR is more appropriate. [/QUOTE] _Why_ do you want to allow lions at the roundabout? 😕 They can’t drive, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/28 "2007-03-16T14:25:29Z")
[QUOTE=Nancarrow] _Why_ do you want to allow lions at the roundabout? 😕 They can’t drive, you know. [/QUOTE] To keep traffic moving. Are you going to bewilderedly slow down when there’s a hungry lion gazing at you from two feet away? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/29 "2007-03-16T14:25:52Z")
This is got to be one of the silliest requests I have ever heard. You want a mod to waste their time to ban you for two hours, so you can “see how it feels?” Wouldn’t knowing that you haven’t done anything to get banned, and knowing that you’re not really banned, kind of negate any “banned feeling”? What a strange request. Oh, by the way, I’ll take a sammich and a footrub, too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cryptoderk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cryptoderk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptoderk)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/30 "2007-03-16T14:31:10Z")
They put children in prison for a day to see how it feels, and it seems to work. It isn’t the same thing, but it’s a good simulation. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/31 "2007-03-16T14:33:39Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] But I ask perfectly civiliy to get banned for two hours and get told effectively to fuck off. [/QUOTE] OK, I just read [the thread in question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=412536), and I don’t get your problem. You were not told to “fuck off”; in fact, everyone was quite polite, although they did joke about it, undoubtedly because it was such an odd request. Frankly, Crypto, I think you’re making up outrage where there is none. And if you can’t handle this level of easy-going joking, I suggest you stay off the internet. [QUOTE=Nancarrow] [QUOTE=Uvula Donor] PALATR is more appropriate. [/QUOTE] Why do you want to allow lions at the roundabout? They can’t drive, you know. [/QUOTE] OK, now that was funny. 😃 Also, as long as sammich and footrubs are being given out, I want in on it! Unless the sammich has bologna, I hate bologna. And if you have sweaty hands, I’ll pass on the footrub. You know what? Maybe I’m better off without the sammich and footrub. Forget I ever said anything. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/32 "2007-03-16T14:34:34Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] Who gives a damn if you think my request is silly? [/QUOTE] What, you started a thread about it here and expected us not to comment on it? ---
**Author:** ![Cryptoderk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cryptoderk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptoderk)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/33 "2007-03-16T14:34:49Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] OK, I just read [the thread in question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=412536), and I don’t get your problem. You were not told to “fuck off”; in fact, everyone was quite polite, although they did joke about it, undoubtedly because it was such an odd request. Frankly, Crypto, I think you’re making up outrage where there is none. And if you can’t handle this level of easy-going joking, I suggest you stay off the internet. [/QUOTE] I didn’t mean anyone was rude, I was just swearing becasue this is the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Cryptoderk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cryptoderk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptoderk)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/34 "2007-03-16T14:35:52Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] What, you started a thread about it here and expected us not to comment on it? [/QUOTE] No, I don’t mean you shouldn’t care, care about whatever you like - I mean it’s not germane to the discussion ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/35 "2007-03-16T14:36:15Z")
What the hell kind of sammich is a DNFTT? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/36 "2007-03-16T14:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] They put children in prison for a day to see how it feels, and it seems to work. [/QUOTE] If I gave you money to cover the costs of seeds and fertilizer, would you stuff them in your ears and try to grow a brain? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/37 "2007-03-16T14:38:29Z")
Why would the lights be on if nobody is home, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/38 "2007-03-16T14:38:32Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] They put children in prison for a day to see how it feels, and it seems to work. [/QUOTE] We like to operate under the illusion that our members are responsible adults. Please don’t shatter our hopes and dreams - we couldn’t take it. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/39 "2007-03-16T14:39:17Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Oh, by the way, I’ll take a sammich and a footrub, too! 🙂 [/QUOTE] Certainly, madame! Oh, I see you’re not a _Charter_ Member. Well, I’m afraid you don’t have gold clubhouse privileges, and you won’t be able to throw rotten tomatoes at **Giraffe**. However, we do have some fresh lettuce leaves that you may throw at him instead. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/40 "2007-03-16T14:42:23Z")
This has to be a whoosh. Either that or he’s actually either a) sufficiently self-involved that his own ego forms a gravitational pull and is, even as we speak, altering the orbit of the Earth, Sun and other members of the solar system or b) far too dumb to function in a rational sane, society. Not sure I care which of the three options it is, though. Well maybe a little bit about column A - but that’s only because I don’t relish the prospect that the gravitational field from his ego might actually do some damage. P.S. I’d love a nice chicken-salad sandwich, if you’d be so kind 🙂 I even promise to bake cookies to go with it and offer reciprocal foot rubbing. Aren’t I sweet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191.md?page=3)