# Diogenes the Cynic

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**Created:** [November 9, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic/560062 "2010-11-09T17:52:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic/560062/48 "2010-11-09T20:21:40Z")

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> [@Cheesesteak](#):
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> Not as much as the fact that he was responded to or talked about 39 times in that thread.

Of course, because it’s a public message board: when you say controversial or inflammatory things, someone always takes the bait and replies. That’s why DNFTT never, ever works. People as a collective don’t spontaneously ignore trolls and irritants very well.

Which is not to say I think Diogenes is a troll, I don’t. I think he’s just an attention whoring blowhard who is deeply in love with the sight of his own posts. Unfortunately, the net effect on otherwise-interesting threads is the same.

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