# A troll too far (2.5 inches) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 13, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279 "2008-03-13T20:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/41 "2008-03-14T23:13:31Z")
Unfortunately, it _could_ get worse. It’s tough branding **2.5"** as a troll, because part of the definition of trolling involves intent. Trolls _want_ to be trolls. They post things without believing them, intending to spark debates. Although **2.5"** is deliberately provoking people, I honestly believe that he doesn’t think he’s trolling. He’s insulting people. He’s intentionally misinterpreting their beliefs. He’s using provocative phrasing. He’s generally being a twit. But he _thinks_ he’s engaging in intelligent debate. Troll? Maybe. Twit? Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/42 "2008-03-14T23:16:16Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Although **2.5"** is deliberately provoking people, I honestly believe that he doesn’t think he’s trolling. He’s insulting people. He’s intentionally misinterpreting their beliefs. He’s using provocative phrasing. He’s generally being a twit. But he _thinks_ he’s engaging in intelligent debate. Troll? Maybe. Twit? Absolutely. [/QUOTE] “jerk” will that work? I think so. ---
**Author:** ![Anomalous\_Reading](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Anomalous\_Reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomalous_Reading)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/43 "2008-03-14T23:55:15Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Also, another reason for keeping him is so maybe he might actually tell us what the heck his name means. He’s denied in the past that it’s related to anything phallic, but he hasn’t even replied to my questioning or even PMs. (But at least he didn’t post them in a thread, a sure sign of good behavior 😃 ) [/QUOTE] My guess is it’s something you light with a lighter. And may not be able to buy at your local convenience store. Mind you, that’s a guess. 134:500 is a telling number. Isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/44 "2008-03-15T00:07:00Z")
I’m certainly not planning to check all 500 of his posts, but I’m curious as to whether all of them were in threads that either he started or that were started about him (like this one). ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/45 "2008-03-15T00:29:17Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] I’m certainly not planning to check all 500 of his posts, but I’m curious as to whether all of them were in threads that either he started or that were started about him (like this one). [/QUOTE] Just as an example, about 8-9 of his last 25 posts have been in threads other than ones he started(and had nothing to do with him as the subject). ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/46 "2008-03-15T01:55:59Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] Two and a Half Inches of Fun joined the SDMB on 01/11/2008. He has started 134 threads. :eek: Hey, slow it down a bit will ya? I agree I don’t want to see him baned either, and maybe after a while his behavior will improve. (Could it possibly get much worse?) [/QUOTE] He paid up to join in a Pit thread _he_ posted, asking if people wanted him to join the SDMB. Among other things he was criticized for, was the number of threads he had started while on his guest membership. But mostly that he came across as a troll. He actually did come back to that thread to post another time, or so. After [four pages](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453688&page=1&pp=50) of posts of members mostly lambasting him – with occasional members tentatively saying he might, one day, improve maybe and should be given the benefit of the doubt – he oh-so-surprisingly decided to join up. So, I’m sure that _this_ thread with pages of complaints from members lambasting his trolling and too-many-threads littering the SDMB will make him change his ways. Or, wait, no. I’m sure of the _other_ wossname. You know… opposite, yeah, the opposite of that. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/47 "2008-03-15T08:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=wring] Actually, I’m rather impressed by the fact that the OP has been here so long, with (relatively) few posts and they’re using it on you. Kudos to **PC** , 2.5 is an annoying little shit. [/QUOTE] Agreed. His obssession with religious matters is getting on my tit. 2½" of waste of space, do us all a favour and fuck off ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/48 "2008-03-16T01:04:41Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] Two and a Half Inches of Fun joined the SDMB on 01/11/2008. He has started 134 threads. :eek: [/QUOTE] God _damn_! That’s absolutely fucking ridiculous! Just to give you an idea, since the number of threads I’ve started that have yet to be archived (129) is pretty close to his: [ul] [li]It took me five-and-a-half years to do it. He managed it in _two months!_[/li][li]I have over 4,200 total posts to his 500, meaning I’m not an attention whore who doesn’t contribute to threads started by others.[/li][/ul] **2.5"** is a goddamn joke. And a lousy one at that. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/49 "2008-03-16T02:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Also, another reason for keeping him is so maybe he might actually tell us what the heck his name means. He’s denied in the past that it’s related to anything phallic, but he hasn’t even replied to my questioning or even PMs. (But at least he didn’t post them in a thread, a sure sign of good behavior 😃 ) [/QUOTE] I seem to recall that “fun-size” treats are about 2.5² inches. It was the punchline to some stand-up comedians joke, but I don’t remember who, and I don’t remember the joke. But it was kind of funny, once. In conclusion: if he’s not phallic, I’ll bet he’s fun-size. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/50 "2008-03-16T03:32:59Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] His obssession with religious matters is getting on my tit. [/QUOTE] For the love of Mary, don’t leave us hanging. Which tit? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/51 "2008-03-17T18:27:35Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] Just to give you an idea, since the number of threads I’ve started that have yet to be archived (129) is pretty close to his: [ul] [li]It took me five-and-a-half years to do it. He managed it in _two months!_[/li][li]I have over 4,200 total posts to his 500, meaning I’m not an attention whore who doesn’t contribute to threads started by others.[/li][/ul] **2.5"** is a goddamn joke. And a lousy one at that. [/QUOTE] Yeah. Over 1/4 of his posts are new thread starts. Your ratio is less than 1/30. Mine is similar to yours: less than 100 starts in over 3,000 posts (and my 5-year anniversary on the Dope is coming up in a few days). We may debate whether **2.5"** is a troll or not, but there’s little doubt he’s an attention whore. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/52 "2008-03-18T13:45:25Z")
[QUOTE=Ensign Edison] For the love of Mary, don’t leave us hanging. Which tit? [/QUOTE] Well as a bloke I don’t actually have any tits unless you count those cute little feathered rascals in my garden ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/53 "2008-03-19T14:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Yeah. Over 1/4 of his posts are new thread starts. Your ratio is less than 1/30. Mine is similar to yours: less than 100 starts in over 3,000 posts (and my 5-year anniversary on the Dope is coming up in a few days). We may debate whether **2.5"** is a troll or not, but there’s little doubt he’s an attention whore. [/QUOTE] Be nice if you two could scale it back a lil. Just sayin. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/54 "2008-03-19T14:24:36Z")
Sure, I’ll post at the same rate that you do. You’ll get my response sometime in late May. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blushing\_Battleaxe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Blushing\_Battleaxe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blushing_Battleaxe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/55 "2008-03-19T14:29:17Z")
[QUOTE=TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW] I think that **Blushing Battleaxe** , with her glurge e-mail/urban legend forwards directly copied and presented as her original posts, is a far greater problem. [/QUOTE] Yes, I’m still here. I just have nothing post-worthy happen to me lately. But I still do enjoy reading the forums very much. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279/56 "2008-03-19T14:47:17Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] I seem to recall that “fun-size” treats are about 2.5² inches. It was the punchline to some stand-up comedians joke, but I don’t remember who, and I don’t remember the joke. But it was kind of funny, once. [/quote] Rich Hall did the bit on _SNL_ in 1984-1985, saying in effect that if this was the size of “fun”, the regular candy bars must be orgasmic ecstacy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-troll-too-far-2-5-inches/441279.md?page=2)