# Why was Seven banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610 "2009-07-28T22:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/441 "2009-07-30T01:24:07Z")
> [@Xploder](#): > > Did you actually READ and try to comprehend what I said? You only need a punch line if you are NOT already in on the joke. > > If ya have to explain it, it ain’t a joke. We agree. It most certainly was not a joke. All sorts of jokes have punch lines. Or funny bits at the end. Being “in on it” has piss-all to do with whether a punch line is _required_. I have no idea where you came up with this strange idea. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/442 "2009-07-30T01:24:32Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I guess I’m not clear on how an admin warning a poster in a PM that, “You have nothing meaningful to contribute and only post at this site to snipe, attack, and annoy,” makes that admin a jerk. Instead of taking the warning to heart, **Seven** was _proud_ of it. > > How would you have preferred that **TubaDiva** phrased that warning? Well, she could have just asked him: “Seven, lately your posts appear to be sniping and attacking. You used to post about a range of things. Could you please explain the change? We’re reviewing your posting privileges.” Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/443 "2009-07-30T01:28:12Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > We agree. It most certainly was not a joke. > > All sorts of jokes have punch lines. Or funny bits at the end. Being “in on it” has piss-all to do with whether a punch line is _required_. I have no idea where you came up with this strange idea. sigh…fine… **Invisible Wombat** was represented as male earlier in the thread. Someone came along and said they thought IW was female. IW says no, he’s male. I make a throw away joke like I did and you didn’t get it. See? I told you a joke don’t work if ya gotta splain it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/444 "2009-07-30T01:29:58Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > All sorts of jokes have punch lines. Or funny bits at the end. Being “in on it” has piss-all to do with whether a punch line is _required_. I have no idea where you came up with this strange idea. Heh. I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/445 "2009-07-30T01:30:57Z")
> [@leander](#): > > Well, she could have just asked him: “Seven, lately your posts appear to be sniping and attacking. You used to post about a range of things. Could you please explain the change? We’re reviewing your posting privileges.” Well, that would have been more tactful, certainly. Since we’re not (and will not be) privy to the exchanges between them, it’s possible that the time for tact had passed. The quote does not, after all, have context. Given his behavior on the board for the past few months, I’m going to give the benefit of doubt to the administration. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/446 "2009-07-30T01:32:47Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I guess I’m not clear on how an admin warning a poster in a PM that, “You have nothing meaningful to contribute and only post at this site to snipe, attack, and annoy,” makes that admin a jerk. Instead of taking the warning to heart, **Seven** was _proud_ of it. > > How would you have preferred that **TubaDiva** phrased that warning? Well, asides from the fact that TubaDiva knew that what she was saying wasn’t fully true, because she and Seven were working out a plan to help put the archives into a readable format? :dubious:That sounds like quite a useful contribution to me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/447 "2009-07-30T01:33:55Z")
> [@Xploder](#): > > sigh…fine… **Invisible Wombat** was represented as male earlier in the thread. Someone came along and said they thought IW was female. IW says no, he’s male. I make a throw away joke like I did and you didn’t get it. > > See? I told you a joke don’t work if ya gotta splain it. No, I understood all that. I am aware of the misunderstandings about his gender. Still wasn’t funny. ---
**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 30, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/448 "2009-07-30T01:51:54Z")
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