xkcd

by **Internetmeme** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:36 am UTC

XKCD Mod Mental Health Awareness Month!
Inspired by the celebration at Kingdom of Loathing every February, I have taken the liberty of starting 1^st annual XKCD Mod Mental Awareness Month! Mods spend all year long, fending off trolls, punishing thread necromancers, and opposing general jackassery! After a quick look at the "post in this thread and get banned" thread, I knew it was a time to start this (not to incur the wrath our demon-mod *holds up a crucifix and fills a super-soaker with holy-water*) thread!

Alright, so celebrations to take our mods' minds off of the constant stress are going to be:

Febrary 14 in the "~~Forum Games" subfora~~ whole of the fora: ~~Mod-abuse thread~~ (~~if I can get approval from a head-mod or Randall)~~, Exterminatus is declared on the whole of the forum (aside from a select few*) where mods can abuse any of their powers (aside from bans for more than an hour). Let editing, random-deleting, and general chaos ensue! The mods deserve some time off for enforcing the rules all year!

February 16 in the "General" subfora: Mod of 2008 elections, including:
-Best mod
-Funniest thing done by a mod (like our demon-mod's "post in this thread and get banned" thread)
-Best mod story
-Best private PM (mod to mod or mod to user) conversation

February 23 in the Fora: Chaos theory day! Mods get to mess with the filters (~~again, with permission from a head-mod or Randall~~) to create awesome Mad-libs/conspiracy-libs in the fora!

February 28 in the "General" subfora: End-of celebration awards-the following awards for the 1^st annual XKCD Mod Mental Awareness Month:
-Funniest action by a mod
-Funniest quote by a mod
-Coolest (or funniest) Mad-lib/conspiracy lib
-1^st annual XKCD Mod Mental Awareness Month King
-1^st annual XKCD Mod Mental Awareness Month Queen

That's all folks! I hope to see you all there! Even mods need a break every now-and-then.

2/12 EDIT: I have just gotten approval from Belial! This is going to go off!
2/13 EDIT: The fora seems to have decided to have the Mod Madness in the entire fora.
In unrelated news: The forums have been declared Exterminatus by the Emperor of Mankind on his golden throne on High Terra.
Moderator abuse scheduled for 00.00.14.02.009.M3.

by **Jesse** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:11 am UTC

Go for it!

What a good idea.

by **roc314** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:15 am UTC

Does this include Moderators Emeritus?

by **Alpha Omicron** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:21 am UTC

What a stupid id-DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS!

by **hermaj** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:24 am UTC

ZOMG I WILL BE LEGITIMATELY ALLOWED TO CHANGE EVERYONE'S POSTS TO PONIES INSTEAD OF RESORTING TO PERSUADING DAVEAN TO ENACT TEMPORARY WORD FILTERS AND THAT ONE TIME WHEN I DID IT ANYWAY AND ALSO I CAN PROBABLY USE ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME!!!!!!! EXCITEMENTS!!!!!!

Really though, this is an incredibly awesome idea.

EDIT: Also, someone beat me to the caps! EVERYONE LOVES THEIR SHIFT KEY SPREAD THE CAPS LOVE WORD

by **ethraax** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:30 am UTC

hermaj wrote:EVERYONE LOVES THEIR SHIFT KEY

Yeah, FUCK caps lock.

by **Meowgan** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:52 am UTC

I like this plan.

by **lanicita** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:17 am UTC

I am excited and I feel loved, even though I'm not all that active a mod anymore

by **Babam** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:18 am UTC

Sounds awesome.

by **poxic** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:27 am UTC

I hereby support this motion, even though I quake in my slippers for what might happen to me on Feb. 14.

by **Hammer** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:16 pm UTC

Hehehe. Sounds like fun!

by **ACU-LP** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:28 pm UTC

I whole-heartedly endorse this plan.

by **Moo** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:36 pm UTC

Boo, I'm out most of Feb 14th! However I am consoled by the knowledge that I will be in the company of a Mod. Myself and the others xkcders in attendance will celebrate his mental health in person on all of your behalves.

by **Quadropus** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:56 pm UTC

*Waits for forum-wide chaos*

by **Decker** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:05 pm UTC

My name is Decker and I support this message.

by **22/7** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:56 pm UTC

Good idea, kids. Now to see if we can get one of said "head-mods" to sign off on it.

by **Hammer** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:29 pm UTC

22/7 wrote:Good idea, kids. Now to see if we can get one of said "head-mods" to sign off on it.

Belial already has.

by **Alder** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:43 pm UTC

Sounds interesting...

Plus it's led me to spot two mods that I hadn't noticed before.

by **Chfan** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:20 pm UTC

Looks cool.

by **Jos** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:34 pm UTC

Brace for misquoting, ban's ECT.

Say that a mod would hack/stop/whatever the clock at feb something something. Would that consume the forum for all eternity?

Website · by **thefiddler** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:40 pm UTC

Oh my god.

Can someone please fix my computer before, umm... Saturday?

I WANT TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN.

*pouts*

If (and dammit, that is a big "if") I am able to participate in the festivities, can I at least have some sort of "Thank you for participating, even though you didn't win" award?

Since, face it people, there is NO WAY I will ever make any of the notable things.

Grawr. Looking forward to Saturday.

by **Jessica** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:03 pm UTC

Sounds fun.

by **Alder** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:20 pm UTC

Alder26 wrote:Plus it's led me to spot two mods that I hadn't noticed before.

Correction, three mods I hadn't noticed before...

by **OmegaLordX** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:22 pm UTC

*is terrified*

by **Freiberg** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:43 pm UTC

I HATE CAPS LOCK, IF ANYONE CARES!

But seriously, I endorse this idea. Tacos will be made in overabundance for the prizes.

by **TheSkyMovesSideways** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:48 pm UTC

Alpha Omicron wrote:What a stupid id-DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS!

Spoiler:

by **Freiberg** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:56 pm UTC

TheSkyMovesSideways wrote:
Alpha Omicron wrote:What a stupid id-DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS!

Spoiler:
xkcd-doing_anything.png

Pure brilliance. You get a gold star.

And if anyone here posts in the "count to a million" thread, what do you think the odds are of a mod deleting 1 post from somewhere near the beginning, and completely screwing up every page topper in existence?

by **Shakleton** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:58 pm UTC

I do very much approve of this plan!

Spoiler:

by **Belial** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:58 pm UTC

Freiberg wrote:
TheSkyMovesSideways wrote:
Alpha Omicron wrote:What a stupid id-DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS!

Spoiler:
xkcd-doing_anything.png

Pure brilliance. You get a gold star.

And if anyone here posts in the "count to a million" thread, what do you think the odds are of a mod deleting 1 post from somewhere near the beginning, and completely screwing up every page topper in existence?

Appreciably higher, now.

by **Luthen** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:34 pm UTC

This looks like it'll result in ~~Lovecraftian-chaos~~ lots of fun.

Shakleton wrote:I do very much approve of this plan!
Spoiler:
fantasysingle.png

The cheese. It burns!

Also I don't think the OP colouring is helping the mods' mental health, it hurt my eyes.

by **Freiberg** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:59 pm UTC

Belial wrote:Appreciably higher, now.

No way that they did not already think of that.

And if not, sue me.

On second thought, don't. Have a cookie instead.

EDIT: I am an idiot, officially. It took me ten minutes to realize that you are a moderator.

by **existential_elevator** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:44 am UTC

Let the games begin.

I'll just be over here. Cowering. In abject terror.

by **Mmmm, Pi** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:04 pm UTC

I think it could be good fun for all actually. Mod away!

by **rnew** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:44 pm UTC

Belial wrote:
Freiberg wrote:
TheSkyMovesSideways wrote:
Alpha Omicron wrote:What a stupid id-DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS!

Spoiler:
xkcd-doing_anything.png

Pure brilliance. You get a gold star.

And if anyone here posts in the "count to a million" thread, what do you think the odds are of a mod deleting 1 post from somewhere near the beginning, and completely screwing up every page topper in existence?

Appreciably higher, now.

Please please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease do this! I will sacrifice my page toppers just to see th look on Bart's face*

*i realise I won't be able to see his face

by **Felstaff** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:26 pm UTC

We could have a special day where RealGrouchy becomes RealHappy and dispenses gumdrop giggles and magical pixie dust.

- RH>

by **existential_elevator** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:28 pm UTC

by **ACU-LP** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:54 pm UTC

Felstaff wrote:We could have a special day where RealGrouchy becomes RealHappy and dispenses gumdrop giggles and magical pixie dust.

- RH>

Speaking of RG, he hasn't made a F/RT raid in a while. Is he ok?

by **JayDee** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:57 pm UTC

Felstaff wrote:We could have a special day where RealGrouchy becomes RealHappy and dispenses gumdrop giggles and magical pixie dust.

For some reason that frightens me far, far more that anything else mentioned in this thread.

by **Felstaff** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:20 pm UTC

existential_elevator wrote:

You've just won. Whatever 'it' is, you just won it.

by **existential_elevator** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:28 pm UTC

Really, it needs some pixie dust photoshopped in. Then it would be perfect.

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