# Why were the admins chosen?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-admins-chosen/152418>\
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**Created:** [February 3, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-admins-chosen/152418 "2003-02-03T02:43:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-admins-chosen/152418/21 "2003-02-06T22:40:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \*  
> \*\*Me: \<\< Naw, seriously, it’s mostly seniority. \>\>
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> Euty: \<\< Nope … can’t be that. \>\>
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> Perhaps senility? \*\*

Sensibility???

Subjectivity???

Sterility???

Sufferability???

Superiority???

Sensitivity???

My money’s on Sexability.

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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-admins-chosen/152418/22 "2003-02-07T05:55:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Meatros \*  
> \*\*What is a “reverse” vampire? \*\*

Unless I miss my guess, this is a reference to the Simpsons episode “Grampa Vs. Sexual Inadequacy” in which Springfield’s collective libido is revitalized with Grampa’s “Simpson & Son’s Patented Revitalizing Tonic.” The kids are being sent to bed early and the adults are acting all weird:

Bart: OK, it’s not painfully clear the adults are definitely paving the way for an invasion by the saucer people.  
Milhouse: You fool! Can’t you see it’s a massive government conspiracy? Or have they gotten to you too?  
[he and Bart start wrestling]  
Lisa: Hey! Hey, hey, stop it! Stop it! Why are you guys jumping to such ridiculous conclusions? Haven’t you ever heard of Occam’s Razor? “The simplest explanation is probably the correct one.”  
Bart: [condescending] So what’s the simplest explanation?  
Lisa: I don’t know. Maybe they’re all reverse vampires and they have to get home before dark.  
Everyone: Aah! Reverse vampires! Reverse vampires!

-Myron

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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-admins-chosen/152418/23 "2003-02-07T05:58:09Z")

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And of course, I should credit [www.snpp.com](http://www.snpp.com) for the quote.

And I had no idea that was the proper was to spell “Grampa.” But that’s the was “The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family” has it spelled.

-Myron

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-admins-chosen/152418/24 "2003-02-07T07:54:39Z")

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When I first started posting to the SDMB, the only moderators were Tuba and JKFabian. CK Dex, Lynn, and Euty were regular posters. The other current mods were not yet a gleam in Cecil’s eye.

:: walks off, hobbling on a cane ::

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