# Why was the Twickster ATMB thread closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 10, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543 "2012-05-10T19:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/101 "2012-05-11T23:38:59Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > Then why did YOU repost it again? Living\_in\_hell was taken to task by several posters here. She has given an apology for using that particular post. You could have snipped the quote in your reply. Hell, you could have just addressed her by name, but not quoted the post. Why repost it now? I’m sorry. I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong. I do apologize. And I didn’t know there was an apology. I’m sorry. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/102 "2012-05-11T23:52:34Z")
I didn’t say you did anything wrong, I asked why you felt the need to quote the post again when you’re asking people not to throw your words up in Twickster’s face? Perhaps instead of quoting the whole post, you might want to report your post to a mod and ask it to be edited down to just address living\_in\_hell, not to quote the whole, red and bolded thing. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/103 "2012-05-11T23:53:11Z")
> [@living\_in\_hell](#): > > I could have handled this better and will attempt to be more sensitive in the future. I don’t think being more sensitive is going to help you. > [@Cicero](#): > > The mocking, sarcastic culture of some of the Mods needs to be addressed by Ed or Dex. Indeed, the SDMB is no place for sarcasm. > [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > And I agree, the people in charge should be held to a higher standard. Or at least to the same standard as the rest of us. After reading this thread, it is my opinion that the mods should get to call people cunts, just for having to read some of this drivel. Thank god it’s not my job to read all these threads because after 3 short pages, I need a stiff drink. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/104 "2012-05-11T23:54:23Z")
Lord have mercy! How many bullets do we need to shoot? Let’s get this fucking thing settled once and for all. And move on. Who’s hurt, and who needs a “Band-Aid”?🙂 And let’s let that be it, because I need to go to bed with my pretty wife! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/105 "2012-05-11T23:55:27Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > I didn’t say you did anything wrong, I asked why you felt the need to quote the post again when you’re asking people not to throw your words up in Twickster’s face? Perhaps instead of quoting the whole post, you might want to report your post to a mod and ask it to be edited down to just address living\_in\_hell, not to quote the whole, red and bolded thing. I have forgotten a lot of how this thing works. Sorry! Q ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/106 "2012-05-11T23:56:29Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Additionally, which one of you wants to step up and take on this shitty job? > > Quasimodem I thought they were serving out community service as their punishment for crimes against humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/107 "2012-05-12T00:01:02Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Coupled with the usual pile-on on **twickster**. > > What a fucking fiasco. Can’t _anyone_ handle a mistake with some kind of grace? > > Y’all are setting me a bad example for the next time I fuck up. > > Regards, > Shodan “Usual pile-on”. “Handle a mistake”. Think about it. **twicker** has a long history of this kind of “mistake”. She keeps getting away with this kind of thing – why do you think it’s a “usual pile-on”? It’s not just a “mistake”. It’s a long pattern. If a regular poster kept up with this shit, we’d get banned. Yet she’s never even warned, and still stays a mod. WTF? Shouldn’t mods actually be held to a higher standard than posters? “Oh, she had a bad day and just snapped, cut her a break, she had a headache, blah blah blah.” Maybe then she’s not cut out to be a mod. As for “less snarky”, please. It’s like we have to tip-toe around here not to offend anyone anymore, but it seems like the mods can do as they please. It’s insane. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/108 "2012-05-12T00:05:44Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I thought they were serving out community service as their punishment for crimes against humanity. **TriP** , Why don’t you have your own show???😃 You crack me up with your sarcasm/satire, and I thought **I** was the king of that! Thanks, my friend, for the smiles and chuckles. Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/109 "2012-05-12T00:14:29Z")
I don’t know, y’all. Work this one out on your own, okay? Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/110 "2012-05-12T00:26:50Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I thought they were serving out community service as their punishment for crimes against humanity. That would explain **Czarcasm**. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/111 "2012-05-12T00:31:36Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > That would explain **Czarcasm**. I hope you’re not serious, **BR**. Just sayin’🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/112 "2012-05-12T01:42:41Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > A possible solution for everyone is the Post-Note pattern, for example: > I post “You are a twat” > > But my “signature” has me covered: > > [Guest Note] > RaftPeople, c’mon, you know you can’t post what you just posted in this post, don’t do it again. > [/Guest Note] Heee! I’m dying. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/113 "2012-05-12T05:13:55Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > Wow. Gave herself a Mod Note and everything. That’ll learn her. > > Jesus fucking Christ. OK, I’m sensing a little frustration towards **Twickster**. I have no dog in the fight etc, but for some reason, the quoted post here has had me laughing since yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/114 "2012-05-12T05:20:04Z")
You must be exhausted! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/115 "2012-05-12T05:28:18Z")
Not continuous laughing, just on and off! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/116 "2012-05-12T05:55:26Z")
Prolonged Intermittent Laughter. There’s probably a medication for that. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/117 "2012-05-12T06:01:58Z")
Yes, a PIL pill! ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/118 "2012-05-12T06:06:22Z")
I disagree with the severity of **Twickster** ’s mod note to herself. “You are coming across as a twat” isn’t necessarily calling the other poster a twat. She took the hardest line possible with herself in her interpretation of her words. In fact something like “that statement comes across as twattish” might even be allowed to fly in some threads outside of the Pit. But she precluded any possible chance of making that argument to herself by telling herself outright that they amount to the same thing. It could be argued that she wasn’t trying to call the OP a twat but was merely calling the ideas they expressed twattish. She should open up an ATMB thread to ask herself to reconsider this note on these grounds. I think there’s a 50/50 chance she would if she catches herself in a good mood. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/119 "2012-05-12T06:36:22Z")
If a statement is twattish wouldn’t have to made by a twat, or at the very least, someone behaving twatty? If you interchange twat with cunt (and they are interchangeable) you’d end up with cunt, cunty or cuntish. I don’t think you could get away with any of it outside the Pit, where you can call people twats but not cunts. A cunty, twattish rule, imho. Twickster, if you’re out there, why not put the whole thing to bed? Even a “fuck y’all, kiss my shiny mod ass” would be better than just ignoring the whole goddamn mess. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/120 "2012-05-12T06:55:40Z")
Twat is allowed in any forum as long as it isn’t directed at another poster. And calling an idea twattish might, in many cases be considered a roundabout way of saying that the OP is a twat. Maybe that is still the decision she would have ultimately reached if she had asked herself to reconsider. All I’m saying is she didn’t even give herself the chance and immediately made a judgment about her intentions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543.md?page=7)