# Diogenes: would you kindly just shut the fuck up already?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-would-you-kindly-just-shut-the-fuck-up-already/549972 "2010-08-11T20:05:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-would-you-kindly-just-shut-the-fuck-up-already/549972/66 "2010-08-12T00:29:09Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> > [@friedo](#):
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> > **Diogenes** is the greatest troll since **Jack Dean Tyler**.
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> \*\*Dio \*\*is the exact opposite of a troll. Trolls say things they don’t believe to get a reaction. \*\*Dio \*\*believes with the power of a thousand electric monks.

> [@What is trolling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trolling/544298/4):
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> Trolling does not necessarily require that the position taken must be insincere. The principle requirement is that the post is for the principle intention of making people angry or upset.

The question is if he posts to get a rise out of people.

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