@AloizioMacedo I couldn't ping you, along with Alexander and Asaf, in the math mods' office chat, where I asked: "Have the math mods and Community managers from SE decided when to hold the upcoming math moderator election, or are the details still being worked out?"

Feel free to chime in, here, or there, @AloizioMacedo.

@Daniil 8 days to go!!

My first participation of an election on any SE site!

Is there any specific time when it'll begin?

Or is it whenever the staff decides to announce it?

@Daniil Thanks, @Daniil!

@sai-kartik it's a long process will take a couple weeks.

You'll get inbox messages about it.

@amWhy have you ever considered running for mod?

@OmarS I've got a lot on my plate, and I really like doing what I'm already doing. So this isn't a good time for me to consider running. But thanks for asking!

I meant ever since you began using MSE

@amWhy But I think I got your point :)

@OmarS Sure, after a few years on the site. But I never seriously considered running, or entered an election. It's never been an opportune time for me to run as a mod. Maybe when I retire, down the road! ;-)

Funday Sunday, I hope for many users here! Or at least I hope it's been a napday Sunday, or a DownDay Sunday! (Admittedly for some it is likely already Monday!) Anyone do anything today (Sunday) (or nothing!) to report?

^^^ How about for you, @quid?? How would you describe your Sunday? :-)

@amWhy it was (is) nice. Thanks for asking.

@quid Great! :-)

@quid Same for me, an overall Niceday-Sunday!

@amWhy that's good. I am gad your day went well.

@quid gad? :P

Just joking!

I'm gad you're gad, @quid! :-)

@amWhy :-)

Are you teaching this summer, @quid, or researching/writing/publishing? Any vacation time in the near future?

At this point in time, "vacation" doesn't mean what it used to mean: free travel if you're free, etc.

@amWhy at the moment I prepare next year; then I'll do some research.

@quid Yes, I understand. One cannot go into the "next year" without proper preparation (particularly if it requires more on-line teaching.) No time off planned? Of rather, is your "time off" spoken for in terms of preparation and then research? That's kind of what I'm experiencing.

@amWhy I hope there will be a few more calm weeks. Lets see.

@quid Indeed!

anyway, I should let you go, @quid. I do really get tired of interacting with other users who feel entitled to ignore me, or treat me like a stupid girl. (That is in no way a reference to you, @quid. I rarely, if ever, have felt ignored by you.)

Sorry, @quid, I realize I've been saying this frequently of late, and that's probably a solid indication to me, that I think I need to leave this site. Not due to you... but the culture here is becoming inhospitable.

I won't bother you any more today, @quid. Thanks for your time today! :-)

@amWhy just as I was about to reply.

@quid That'll be great, but I do not want to take for granted your time and effort.

@amWhy I am sorry if you feel treated like this and indeed some users do not behave well. For the specific case though it seems to me that the poster acknowledged your superior experience " Nonetheless, I have not been here as long & participated as much as other members, such as yourself, so perhaps I am wrong."

@quid Yes, the OP replied in a kind enough manner. I'm not going to pursue the issue. I am not angry with the user. But abstract dupes are usually discussed on meta, perhaps about existent promising posts, and some of the posts John lists might be best closed as dupes of an abstract dupe. But I d

@amWhy on the subject itself I tend to agree with you that this is something we rather have on meta.

@quid That was my only point. I never objected to the question, but flagged it to be migrated to meta, and tried to explain this to the OP. It's a valid discussion, but would best take place on meta.

@amWhy the other thing is maybe they rather want to create a canonical Q&A but the precise subject of this in not clear.

@quid True. I get that. But in trying to solicit folks to create a canonical Q&A, they've already made it a meta post. At this point I could care less of what comes of this. I am more concerned that it seems the majority of users on math.se do not take me seriously. And that's okay, I can live with that. But I think my time on this site, in having anything useful I can do or that people permit me to do, is running out. Perhaps that's something I have to live with.

@quid Trust me, I'm not feeling sorry for myself. But I'm not naive. I see what I am up against. Perhaps partly of my own doing. But not entirely of my own doing. So I'm not expecting you to make me feel better. Anyway, I'll be fine. I'll figure out where I need to be, and where I'm best off not hanging.

@amWhy I take your concern seriously, but I do not think that users overall do not take you seriously. Unfortunately, there are negative sentiments towards you, but I do not think this is a predominant one.

@quid I know you take me seriously, and that means a lot, and some users do too. and that also means a lot.

I said ping-pong on main. So

@amWhy PING

@quid PONG!!

:-)

@amWhy PUNG

PANG and PENG @quid :P

falls over dead

Does POING count, @quid?

@quid ;D

And if POING counts, then so should POUNG

@amWhy that's spelled Boeing.

@quid ;D

@quid PUNGENT (Begins with PUNG)

@amWhy @quid Cheating a little bit: POIGNANT (Begins with POING)

@amWhy REPUGNANT

@quid :-) Unless you're name-calling me! :P

@amWhy yes, I am slightly worried that somebody will flag it. Then, maybe somebody will give me the benefit of the doubt.

@quid ;D

Then you shot me dead so: REPENT @amWhy

@quid Reminded me of Rapunzel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel

@quid PENTAGON or PENULTIMATE Or SERPENT

@amWhy the Pentagon was involved in my shooting?

@quid No silly, a pentagon is a five-sided two dimensional shape! :-) which, coincidentally is the structure of THE Pentagon!! :P

@quid But maybe it was the SERPENT who killed you, and you heard a bang! due to lingering fireworks?

@amWhy a serpent? I won't eat the apple.

@quid Then you're safe! Unless Eve tempts you to eat the apple!

@amWhy I'll resist.

@quid Then you're safe and you only dreamed (due to sleep deprivation, that I shot you dead). But I'll still REPENT.

@amWhy very well.

@quid That you are interacting with me proves you're not dead, unless we shot each other dead in a duel, and we're interacting in some sort of afterlife. ;D

@amWhy no, I became a ghost and will now haunt you forever.

@quid Oh no! I'm doomed!! :-)

GHOST MOST HOST

COST

FROST

LOST

POST

You catch on quite quickly, @quid,

BOAST

ROAST

TOAST

@quid Good one!

Speaking of sleep deprivation I should like leave at some point soon. But it was great fun @amWhy

@quid Indeed, I've had fun too. Sleep well, @quid!! (Now you got me going: sleep deep peep keep creep jeep ...) ;D

Good night, @quid. See you!

@amWhy sure I'll keep the creep in the jeep and won't let them out.

Have a nice evening!

@quid ;D Good! At least not while you sleep! After you get some deep sleep, you can suspend the creep!

@amWhy we'll see to that tomorrow. :-)