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View Poll Results: If Boardwhiner Roo consistently whines at GB, should she be modded?
Yes, GB should mod behaviors like that if people complain 7 19.44%
No, GB should not mod behavior some people find annoying, the posters should be allowed to just beat them with shovels. 29 80.56%
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Old 17th January 2012, 09:39 AM
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Boardwhiner Roo - To mod or not?
If you haven't been watching the action on the GB, the background is that a poster there decided to be concerned constantly the entire time the board has been in existance.

Do you think the mods should step in to tell Boardwhiner Roo to stop?

And while I'm concerned about the answer to that question, I'm more concerned about the answer to the question of whether you think if Boardwhiner Roo keeps doing the same thing here, she should or not be modded for it, so that's what the poll is asking.

Also, do you think peer pressure would work to stop things like this from happening? How so?

Beyond that if I start a Box thread (where there's supposedly no moderation. . . and it gets stealth-moved to another forum by a mod) about GB moderation can you guess what my opinion is about the subject?

Poll is pubic. I like pubes
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Old 17th January 2012, 09:40 AM
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Old 17th January 2012, 10:06 AM
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Why is there no third option?

I demand this poll be closed and all memory of it wiped.
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Old 17th January 2012, 10:38 AM
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I thought the question was whether or not Roo should be made a mod. Since I'm confused, I can't honestly vote in the poll. Confused people should be disenfranchised. I disenfranchised myself. It only hurt a little bit.
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Old 17th January 2012, 11:27 AM
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Less talk, more shovels!
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Old 17th January 2012, 11:52 AM
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Why does it have to be shovels? There are perfectly good pitchforks scattered about. I'm concerned that a predisposition to shovels exists, and that this could negatively impact our ability to shame people into conformity.
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Old 17th January 2012, 11:54 AM
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The question "to mod or not" here is invariably no, hence the high price of shovels due to great demand.
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Shovels are a wonderful all-purpose tool. You can load basketballs faster with shovels than with pitchforks.
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Why does it have to be shovels? There are perfectly good pitchforks scattered about. I'm concerned that a predisposition to shovels exists, and that this could negatively impact our ability to shame people into conformity.

Are you trying to ruin the corner I have on the shovel market?!?
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Old 17th January 2012, 11:56 AM
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Are you trying to ruin the corner I have on the shovel market?!?
No. I'm trying to increase my margins on all these damned pitchforks.
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Old 17th January 2012, 11:57 AM
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Shovels are a wonderful all-purpose tool. You can load basketballs faster with shovels than with pitchforks.
Quite true, but you can put dead babies into a phone booth MUCH faster with pitchforks.
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Old 17th January 2012, 11:59 AM
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Shovels are a wonderful all-purpose tool. You can load basketballs faster with shovels than with pitchforks.
Quite true, but you can put dead babies into a phone booth MUCH faster with pitchforks.
Naw, you have to stop to remove them from the tines. Why isn't this apparent?
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Quite true, but you can put dead babies into a phone booth MUCH faster with pitchforks.
Naw, you have to stop to remove them from the tines. Why isn't this apparent?

People think that the forks have to have the backwards facing gripping grooves. It's like a holy law law, you can't find smooth tines that allow a smooth throw.

Blessed be the tines that bind, I guess.
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Why is there no third option?

I demand this poll be closed and all memory of it wiped.
Smithers, bring me my memory eraser! ... You mean the revolver, sir?
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People think that the forks have to have the backwards facing gripping grooves. It's like a holy law law, you can't find smooth tines that allow a smooth throw.
Teflon-coated tines? Khampelf, you're a marketing genius.
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Old 17th January 2012, 12:17 PM
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Blessed be the tines that bind, I guess.
Go fork yourself.
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Blessed be the tines that bind, I guess.
Go fork yourself.

Tiney things please tiney minds.
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When push comes to shovel, you know I'm game!
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You're game? No, you're a spade.


I always call him that.
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Brilliant.

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I hereby propose we dispose of all this petty shovel vs. pitchfork nonsense and compromise with the ever-useful Trake!
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I don't have a shovel or a pitchfork. Can I just use my hammer?
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I think the other Roo thread should be merged with this one.
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I don't have a shovel or a pitchfork. Can I just use my hammer?
Does every problem look like a nail to you?
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Blessed be the tines that bind, I guess.
good to see you back, dude.


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Yes, I'm thinking we will rue the day he showed up.
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Are there no wombats in this poll due to Roo ostensibly being a marsupial? And are these weapons-grade shovels or bendy things sold at the dollar store? You know a workman by his tools!
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It appears the answer is, yes.
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Blessed be the tines that bind, I guess.
Oh, Khamp - you really forked up on that one.
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Leave the woman alone!

I think this is pretty mean spirited and I don't understand why we can accept all kinds of bullshit from other people, but Roo has become the whipping boy for the boards.
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Jali, I get that you're not too pleased with the Roo pile-on, but I'm baffled as to how you're not seeing that she's not deserving of said treatment. The veiled attempts at circumventing the rules, the passive aggression, the concern trolling, the post-reporting nonsense - I think it's reasonable to come to the conclusion she's being disruptive for the sake of being disruptive.
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She brought it on herself. No one forced her to start absurd baiting threads in the box.
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Why does it have to be shovels? There are perfectly good pitchforks scattered about. I'm concerned that a predisposition to shovels exists, and that this could negatively impact our ability to shame people into conformity.


Why all this RAEG with hefty yard tools? A singletail whip or a multistrand flogger does such a better job, and it's easier to lift too.

As for Khampy -- there's only so many "fork" jokes before the idea loses its luster.

Follow up at Louns: Would you prefer Roo had only a master baiting thread?
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She brought it on herself. No one forced her to start absurd baiting threads in the box.
But you can do anything in The Box! Anything at all. The only limit is yourself. Welcome to The Box. Welcome to The Box. This is The Box. Welcome to The Box. This is The Box, welcome. Yes, this is The Box. This is The Box and welcome to you who have come to The Box. Anything is possible in The Box. You can do anything in The Box. The infinite is possible in The Box. The unattainable is unknown in The Box. Welcome to The Box. This is The Box. Welcome to The Box. Welcome. This is The Box. Welcome to The Box. Welcome to The Box. Welcome to The Box. This is The Box. Welcome. This is The Box. Welcome to The Box.

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Who is Roo?
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http://www.giraffeboards.com/showpos...9&postcount=39
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