# Yes, the mods do have a sense of humor **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 12, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467 "2015-10-12T19:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/1 "2015-10-12T19:10:09Z")
Idle Thoughts made me LOL with his close note in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771756) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/2 "2015-10-13T14:52:23Z")
Yeah, I don’y get that closing. That OP was logical, well stated, on point and totally fostered a great argument. Yet they closed it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/3 "2015-10-13T14:58:14Z")
And Idle Thoughts has one of the best, even if she can accidentally rub some the wrong way sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/4 "2015-10-13T15:02:39Z")
She? I thought **Idle Thoughts** was male. Or maybe **Idle** himself is male, but his sense of humor is personified as female, sort of like the Wisdom of God? ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/5 "2015-10-13T15:04:49Z")
Gender fluid around April 1st. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/6 "2015-10-13T15:17:05Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > She? I thought **Idle Thoughts** was male. > > Or maybe **Idle** himself is male, but his sense of humor is personified as female, sort of like the Wisdom of God? He’s male, but once as a joke he claimed he was actually female. I’m not sure whether **BigT** was playing along with that or was whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/7 "2015-10-13T17:24:15Z")
She _says_ she is really male, but nobody knows. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/8 "2015-10-13T19:10:42Z")
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/9 "2015-10-13T19:24:16Z")
I was hired as the token mod without a sense of humor. The rest of them are hilarious. Or so I’ve been told. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/10 "2015-10-13T19:58:20Z")
Oh, you’re FUNNY all right… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/11 "2015-10-13T21:59:30Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Oh, you’re FUNNY all right… [You mean, funny like a clown…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWINtUCshxY) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/12 "2015-10-13T22:19:51Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I was hired as the token mod without a sense of humor. The rest of them are hilarious. Or so I’ve been told. This is absolutely true. The moderation staff here is hilarious. We’ve done the math that proves it. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/13 "2015-10-14T16:20:43Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > This is absolutely true. The moderation staff here is hilarious. We’ve done the math that proves it. Oh. That’s why I was hired. To do the math. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/14 "2015-10-15T12:10:27Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He’s male, but once as a joke he claimed he was actually female. > > I’m not sure whether **BigT** was playing along with that or was whooshed. 😛 I was one of the people who thought it was weird that so many people fell for it. It was April 1st. You should never believe any big revelations on that day. My post was a sly reference to his sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/15 "2015-10-15T12:18:09Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > My post was a sly reference to his sense of humor. I will always remember her for the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/16 "2015-10-15T15:28:25Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Oh. That’s why I was hired. To do the math. Especially for his skill with irrational [del]members[/del] numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/17 "2015-10-16T16:16:22Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Yeah, I don’y get that closing. That OP was logical, well stated, on point and totally fostered a great argument. Yet they closed it. Well, them being liberals, what did you expect considering the subject? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/18 "2015-10-17T12:37:47Z")
GFactor really had a great (and dry) sense of humour. As did Euty. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/19 "2015-10-31T18:38:38Z")
[This one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=5860) is my new favorite mod note: [QUOTE=Colibri] **The Great Sun Jester** , don’t bump 16-year-old threads just to quote the Insane Clown Posse. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467/20 "2015-11-02T17:46:48Z")
I feel so misunderstood–I was hoping to inspire a mass resurrection of old dead threads on Halloween. Clearly, the only issue with that plan was the quotation of ICP. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mods-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/734467.md?page=2)