AdminBuz writes:
A wise crack on occasion is acceptable but please don't let it get distractful in the science forums. Thanks.
Even before AB posted his warning, I had noted and was concerned about this topic turning goofy. In the serious topics the goal is to have serious discussions. I think the discussion should be somewhere in the vicinity of what fish require to survive.
Any replies to moderation messages such as this one should go to the "General discussion..." topic, link below. To do otherwise is the risk a 24 hour suspension.
Adminnemooseus
Admin writes:
It really helps moderators figure out if a topic is disintegrating because of general misbehavior versus someone in particular if the originally non-misbehaving members kept it that way. When everyone is prickly and argumentative and off-topic and personal then it's just too difficult to tell. We have neither infinite time to untie the Gordian knot, nor the wisdom of Solomon.
There used to be a comedian who presented his ideas for a better world, and one of them was to arm everyone on the highway with little rubber dart guns. Every time you see a driver doing something stupid, you fire a little dart at his car. When a state trooper sees someone driving down the highway with a bunch of darts all over his car he pulls him over for being an idiot.
Please make it easy to tell you apart from the idiots.
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