# Yeah, I guess it's been a while since we've done this... (Tuba being an ass) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242 "2008-03-30T02:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/81 "2008-03-30T16:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=zuma] You should shut up. She’s a certified genius. Are you? [/QUOTE] I’m going to opt to take this completely without irony. 😃 Meanwhile, I think it’s hilarious that **Tuba** can apparently call someone a “jerk” but not an “ass”. Do we want to compile an entire lexicon of derogatory descriptors that mods are allowed to use outside of the pit? Who has time for this? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/82 "2008-03-30T16:45:05Z")
[QUOTE=NightRabbit] Do we want to compile an entire lexicon of derogatory descriptors that mods are allowed to use outside of the pit? Who has time for this? [/QUOTE] Sure, that’s easy. Here is the list in its entirety: ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/83 "2008-03-30T16:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=NightRabbit] Meanwhile, I think it’s hilarious that **Tuba** can apparently call someone a “jerk” but not an “ass”. Do we want to compile an entire lexicon of derogatory descriptors that mods are allowed to use outside of the pit? Who has time for this? [/QUOTE] Believe it or not, there is actually a complete set of rules already in place. Of course, you’d never know it from looking at Tuba’s posts specifically, seeing as she’s violated so many of them… ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/84 "2008-03-30T16:48:40Z")
If you hold down enter, you get through the whole song pretty dang fast. The very last box closes the song by the first “never gonna give”. It doesn’t loop. If you’re not smart enough to do it, then maybe you don’t belong on the big wide internet without your mommy holding your hand. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/85 "2008-03-30T16:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian] Relax, it’s not that big a deal. I don’t think you need to be as embarrased or defensive about it as you seem to be. [/QUOTE] Ha ha ha. Because I thought you came off as an uptight asshole, but otherwise I really don’t give a shit. If you feel the same way, I think we can just crank up some Michael Bolton and chill together. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/86 "2008-03-30T16:54:30Z")
_bangs on the post above with a broom handle_ Hey, you kids turn that crap DOWN! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/87 "2008-03-30T17:06:41Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] I wrote right there in the post exactly what the link was. I don’t see how anybody would be fooled, and I certainly don’t see the “NSFW” aspect of it – other than, yes, it’s a live video with loud music, which is exactly what I warned about. [/QUOTE] Well, I clicked on it in another poster’s reply to you, and there was no warning. It was a pain in the ass, and I really don’t see what you got out if it to warrant that. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/88 "2008-03-30T17:19:13Z")
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”] How is this any better? Are regular posters allowed to call another poster a jerk? No. Just because the word jerk specifically appears in the rules doesn’t mean it’s the only term a moderator can use. Jerk, ass, idiot, whatever, it’s all the same, and ultimately a moderator needs to be able to make comment in a way that is outside the rules for regular members. Otherwise they wouldn’t be able to warn someone for trolling outside of the pit. [/QUOTE] It’s better because it uses the term “jerk” which is in the rules. She’s not NECESSARILY calling him a name, she’s citing a rule that he’s violating. Whether that necessarily means you are a jerk is open to interpretation. For my money, Ponder was a jerk and an asshole and stupid clod for posting the popup rickroll site. But Tuba shouldn’t have called him any of those names outside the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/89 "2008-03-30T17:26:35Z")
[QUOTE=NightRabbit] I’m going to opt to take this completely without irony. 😃 Meanwhile, I think it’s hilarious that **Tuba** can apparently call someone a “jerk” but not an “ass”. Do we want to compile an entire lexicon of derogatory descriptors that mods are allowed to use outside of the pit? Who has time for this? [/QUOTE] Well, if you wanna you can read the fucking rules and see how many derogatory terms are directly linked to them. I’ll bet “jerk” is the only one. Genius. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/90 "2008-03-30T17:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Sure, that’s easy. Here is the list in its entirety: [/QUOTE] Oh, really? So if someone is violating the “don’t be a jerk” rule you Mods must come up with some less offensive term? Like what? “rude person”? “Insensitive”? “Uncouth”? “Outre”? (Stop me when I get too silly …) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/91 "2008-03-30T17:46:11Z")
First of all, I am not a “you mods.” Why is that so difficult for some people to grasp? Secondly, why must the mods use any label at all? Breaking a rule to enforce a rule is…what’s that word? Starts with an “H.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/92 "2008-03-30T17:48:10Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Oh, he _forced_ people to click that link, did he? Well, yeah, I can see if he was standing there with a gun to your head threatening to blow your brains out of you didn’t click it where you’d that was a bit jerkish, sure. What? He wasn’t? Well, then. Scrape the sand out of your pussy and move on. [/QUOTE] Ya know when you were pitted, I read the thread, and went :rolleyes: . I thought it was a waste of electrons. However your comments in this thread are forcing me to reconsider that position. **Ponder** was an ass to post that link. He got called on it. Now you are acting like an ass also. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/93 "2008-03-30T17:58:16Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] Now you are acting like an ass also. :dubious: [/QUOTE] Why, because I don’t happen to think what he did was all that egregious? Please. It was abundantly clear from the context that whatever the link led to, it was going to be pretty annoying. That was the FUCKING POINT. Really, how difficult was this conversation to follow: Everyone: Waaaaaah! I clicked on the link and it was eeeeeevil! HD: Just check the Status Bar to see what it is! Ponder: ORLY? Well [here](http://notareallink.comm). How stupid do you have to be not to expect something pretty outrageous? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/94 "2008-03-30T18:12:51Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Thanks for nothing, **GED**. [/QUOTE] No problem, **Fast Relief**! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/95 "2008-03-30T18:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Well, if you’re doing something _that_ important, then you probably shouldn’t be clicking random links on the internet, now should you? [/QUOTE] Well said. You’re right, I shouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/96 "2008-03-30T18:19:44Z")
[QUOTE=Garfield226] Again. By ]insulting the customers unnecessarily. Again. At least they’re eliminating pay to post so we don’t have to contribute to her paycheck any longer. [/QUOTE] She was utterly and completely in the right here. That was not just a joke, that was a dangerous link. Ponder was an idiot to post that link. Folks- it wasn’t a “rickrolling” link, it was a link that opened dozens of ever-spawning pop-ups, many of which were merrily trying to load Malware onto your computer. It could caase many dudes systems to crash. Or maybe you were talking about the “insult”. :rolleyes: “Have your lost your everloving mind?” Oh, yes, that’s a horrible personal insult- no, wait it’s not. :rolleyes: Or maybe it’s the “you are an absolute ass” which would be an insult taken out of context. That’s a judgement call, and if it hadn’t been Tuba, I imagine there would have been a Mod call- but one that did _not_ rise to a full out “ **Official Mod warning** ”. Yeah, Ok. She didn’t “cross a line” so much as the tip of her big toe smudged it a bit. 😛 And I don’t think she is being treated all that differently. I have seen some of the ore respected posters here go a tad over the line on a rare occassion, and they didn’t get an “ **Official Mod warning** ” either. It does seems to depend on how seriously you are provoked, and Tuba was _seriously_ provoked. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/97 "2008-03-30T18:34:38Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] She was utterly and completely in the right here. That was not just a joke, that was a dangerous link. [/quote] No, it wasn’t. [QUOTE=DrDeth] Folks- it wasn’t a “rickrolling” link… [/quote] Yes, it was. [QUOTE=DrDeth] …many of which were merrily trying to load Malware onto your computer. [/QUOTE] No, they weren’t. There’s no evidence out there that this link is anything other than a (mostly) harmless, if annoying, prank. If you have some that you didn’t simply pull out of your ass because you got your undies in a bunch, I’d like to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/98 "2008-03-30T18:38:36Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] She was utterly and completely in the right here. That was not just a joke, that was a dangerous link. Ponder was an idiot to post that link. Folks- it wasn’t a “rickrolling” link, it was a link that opened dozens of ever-spawning pop-ups, many of which were merrily trying to load Malware onto your computer. It could caase many dudes systems to crash. [/quote] What kind of browser are you using, anyway? I’m using Firefox. If it was the address posted by **Darth Sensitive** earlier in this thread, I got the video on a plain white page, and when I tried to close it, a notification box with a line of the lyrics and an “OK” button. I push “OK” and get the next line. “Clever,” I think, and hold down the Enter key until it goes away. BFD. > [@](#): > > Or maybe it’s the “you are an absolute ass” which would be an insult taken out of context. That’s a judgement call, and if it hadn’t been Tuba, I imagine there would have been a Mod call- but one that did _not_ rise to a full out “ **Official Mod warning** ”. Yeah, Ok. She didn’t “cross a line” so much as the tip of her big toe smudged it a bit. 😛 > > And I don’t think she is being treated all that differently. I have seen some of the ore respected posters here go a tad over the line on a rare occassion, and they didn’t get an “ **Official Mod warning** ” either. It does seems to depend on how seriously you are provoked, and Tuba was _seriously_ provoked. She was not “seriously provoked” by that link any more than any other poster was. The link wasn’t directed at her, so how was she “seriously provoked” by it? Even if she was, being “seriously provoked” has never given anyone license to break the rules around here, and there are many cases where a poster is insulted outside the pit, the poster responds in kind, and both parties are subsequently told to knock it off. Being provoked is no excuse for breaking the rules, and never has been. You “imagine” there would have been a mod call, when there WAS indeed a mod call in that very thread by that very admin over that very word? I bow to your powers of prognostication. She crossed the line by insulting a member outside of the pit, which is against the rules. But they don’t apply to her, as we’ve seen repeatedly. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/99 "2008-03-30T18:39:57Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] There’s no evidence out there that this link is anything other than a (mostly) harmless, if annoying, prank. [/QUOTE] There’s a word for someone who intentionally annoys other posters; starts with a J… or a T… take your pick. Regards, **Fast Relief!** ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/100 "2008-03-30T18:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] There’s a word for someone who intentionally annoys other posters; starts with a J… or a T… take your pick. [/QUOTE] Yeah? What has exactly Jack-squat to do with…? See post #93; repeat _ad nauseum_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242.md?page=6)