# Do NOT Feed The Troll **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838 "2013-02-19T22:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/401 "2013-02-25T15:41:42Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > ^^^ Nothing has ever been said about me using it or any of my co-workers who have used it as well. Maybe that is because it is free. 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > God bless you and my co-workers always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > Holly May Jesus sniff out the funk of your nether regions all ways. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/402 "2013-02-25T16:24:10Z")
Ah, I guess we can now add the words _customer_ and _complementary_ to the list of her unknowns. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/403 "2013-02-25T16:46:19Z")
^^^ Even the supervisor uses the wi-fi. 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/404 "2013-02-25T16:48:27Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Ah, I guess we can now add the words _customer_ and _complementary_ to the list of her unknowns. Ahem. Complimentary. Honestly, though, if we’re going to start prodding at people for misusing their work’s internet connection for leisure activities, I suspect we’d have a lot of prodding to do around here. At least **James Otto Sweet Heart** only admits to doing so during her off-time. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/405 "2013-02-25T17:16:20Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > ^^^ Even the supervisor uses the wi-fi. 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > Holly May Jesus use his magical tongue to probe the gooey depths of your heart-shaped box - all ways. ---
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/406 "2013-02-25T20:12:33Z")
Possible hijack, but I wonder if the poster in question could pass a turing test. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/407 "2013-02-25T20:13:07Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > Ahem. Complimentary. I could’ve sworn I corrected that misspelling before hitting submit! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/408 "2013-02-25T20:18:56Z")
> [@cuberdon](#): > > Possible hijack, but I wonder if the poster in question could pass a turing test. Now I’m picturing Harrison Ford giving her a Replicant test, and trying not to bitch slap her every time she says her signature line. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/409 "2013-02-25T21:54:00Z")
_“You’re in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down… and see a tortoise crawling toward you…”_ JOSH: “When he was 10 James had a pet tortoise, it was called…” _“You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back.”_ JOSH: “Oh, I’d never do that. The tortoise would remind me too much of James - God bless him.” 🙂 🙂 🙂 \*You’re reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo. Your mate likes it so much he puts up on the bedroom wall. \* JOSH: “I currently sleep alone and (will until I’m married) but I would never allow that kind of picture in my house…unless it was of James” 🙂 🙂 🙂 _Remember the spider that lived outside your window? Orange body, green legs. Watched her build a web all summer then one day there’s a big egg in it. The egg hatched… and_ JOSH: The baby spiders came out and ate the mother spider. I named all of the baby spiders James Otto. He’s my favourite singer you know. 🙂 🙂 🙂 **HF Shoots self** JOSH: Everyone I talk to does that, they must all have some serious problems. God bless them all 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/410 "2013-02-25T22:17:19Z")
^^^ There is to be no pornography in my house. I don’t care who is in the picture. God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/411 "2013-02-25T22:23:58Z")
I think that response clearly indicates a failure of the test. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/412 "2013-02-25T22:26:04Z")
Hello **James Otto Sweet Heart** ; I am **Anonymous User**. I came here because I wanted to give you a suggestion about how you can make your signature line, “God bless you always,” less annoying to other posters and a little more tolerable. The problem with your signature is that you make it too noticeable, and you add three smileys after it. On top of that, you skip a line, to write, “Holly.” Here’s how you can make your signature a little more tolerable. What you’re doing right now: "(types message here) God bless you always! :):)🙂 Holly" Here’s what may make your signature a little less annoying: "(types message here) God bless you always, Holly" This makes your signature stick out a little less and makes it seem less obnoxious. It also wastes less space which is another thing that makes your signature annoying. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/413 "2013-02-25T22:36:03Z")
A question to any mod – how exactly does this finishing with the same signing off each post differ from the guidance to only post your “signature” once per thread? The effect is exactly the same. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/414 "2013-02-25T22:36:13Z")
So what are the odds that this is actually a simulator? The repetition of things said with no obvious self-awareness is getting a little too far fetched. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/415 "2013-02-25T22:38:59Z")
Thanks for your suggestions, **Anonymous User**. Trouble is, she WANTS to be annoying. That way, when people are fed up, and get rude, she can say “What? All little old me did was to say God Bless you! Them people are so mean, and I’m sooooo nice! Poor me!” ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/416 "2013-02-25T22:40:25Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > So what are the odds that this is actually a simulator? Doesn’t pass the Turing Test, eh? I guess if **JOSH** did, it would be an insult to strong AI everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![EMCEE\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EMCEE\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EMCEE_98)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/417 "2013-02-25T22:41:49Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > The only thing that I will admit is that maybe my delivery can be better, but in the end, \*\*why should I keep who I am to myself \*\*when I have the right to share what I stand for like everyone else has and **does**? > > God bless you always!!! > > Holly > > P.S. I can’t say that this will never happen again, but if it does, I will try to work on the way that I share what it is that I believe in. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Um, maybe because **blessed are the meek**? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/418 "2013-02-25T22:42:35Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > A question to any mod – how exactly does this finishing with the same signing off each post differ from the guidance to only post your “signature” once per thread? The effect is exactly the same. There’s an ATMB thread about it, but we’ve treated signoffs (like hers) as distinct from sigs for a while. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/419 "2013-02-25T22:46:08Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Thanks for your suggestions, **Anonymous User**. > > Trouble is, she WANTS to be annoying. That way, when people are fed up, and get rude, she can say > > “What? All little old me did was to say God Bless you! Them people are so mean, and I’m sooooo nice! Poor me!” Its never my intention to be annoying, just like it may never be anyone else’s intention to be annoying, but things that they choose to say are still going to rub others the wrong way and do you think that people are going to quit doing them things because they rub others the wrong way? No. God bless you always!!! Holly ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/420 "2013-02-25T22:59:25Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > Its never my intention to be annoying, It may not be your _intention_ to be annoying, but it does annoy other posters. > [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > do you think that people are going to quit doing them things because they rub others the wrong way? No. Yes! And they usually do. When you ignore other people after they tell you that something you’re doing is annoying, you come off as inconsiderate for how others feel. Look, I never told you to stop saying, “God bless you always!” But can’t you at least make it look a little less annoying as explained in one of my earlier posts: > [@Anonymous User](#): > > What you’re doing right now: > > "(types message here) > > God bless you always! :):)🙂 > > Holly" > Here’s what may make your signature a little less annoying: > > "(types message here) > > God bless you always, > Holly" > > This makes your signature stick out a little less and makes it seem less obnoxious. It also wastes less space which is another thing that makes your signature annoying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838.md?page=22)