# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/421 "2013-02-25T23:02:32Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > 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 Glad to know you approve of people rubbing you the wrong way and that you don’t mind people stomping on you (metaphorically speaking, of course) for what you say. You can’t claim otherwise now that you have said that. ---
**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, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/422 "2013-02-25T23:03:20Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > 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 May Jesus softly stroke your mammary areolae - all ways. ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/423 "2013-02-25T23:09:43Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Glad to know you approve of people rubbing you the wrong way and that you don’t mind people stomping on you (metaphorically speaking, of course) for what you say. You can’t claim otherwise now that you have said that. I never said that I approve. I’m just saying that I don’t expect other people to change and y’all shouldn’t expect others to change either because as long as a person thinks that the way that they are makes sense, they are not going to change…for anyone. God bless you always!!! Holly ---
**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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/424 "2013-02-25T23:15:20Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > I never said that I approve. I’m just saying that I don’t expect other people to change and y’all shouldn’t expect others to change either because as long as a person thinks that the way that they are makes sense, they are not going to change…for anyone. > > God bless you always!!! > > Holly May you, Jesus and the Father find joy in a divine 3-way made flesh - all ways. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/425 "2013-02-25T23:46:32Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > Its never my intention to be annoying Gosh. It’s sort of tragic that anybody could be so consistently and relentlessly annoying without ever intending to be so. > [@James Otto Sweet Heart](#): > > just like it may never be anyone else’s intention to be annoying And it’s even more tragic that such a person could simply fail to understand that most other people are able to avoid being annoying when they want to. > [@James Otto Sweet Heart](#): > > I’m just saying that I don’t expect other people to change and y’all shouldn’t expect others to change either Why not? After all, the chief point of human communication is that people _can_ change their behavior in order to have better interactions with others. Here’s an honest offer for you, **Holly** : You know from my repeated objections that I find your mindless repetitions of over-exclamatory blessings (“God bless you always!!!” 🙂 🙂 :)) to be annoying. So if you will reply to me WITHOUT putting in that standard parrot-squawk incantation of yours, I will politely and gratefully and sincerely thank you for it, with no insults or disparagement. You change your annoying behavior to me, and I’ll change my annoying behavior to you. Deal? Put up or shut up, **Holly**. If you _really_ don’t intend to annoy me, now’s your chance to show it, by deliberately _refraining_ from doing something that you know does annoy me. If you don’t, well, then we’ll know you’re lying about not intending to be annoying. ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/426 "2013-02-25T23:51:51Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > May you, Jesus and the Father find joy in a divine 3-way made flesh - all ways. I don’t care what your reason is for saying such things to me, but if you are not going to change the way that you are, why ask anyone else to and that is a question for everyone else here to think about too. God bless you always!!! Holly P.S. This is why you never see me asking anyone to stop doing anything because I am not willing to do the same. ---
**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, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/427 "2013-02-25T23:52:46Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Here’s an honest offer for you, **Holly** : You know from my repeated objections that I find your mindless repetitions of over-exclamatory blessings (“God bless you always!!!” 🙂 🙂 :)) to be annoying. So if you will reply to me WITHOUT putting in that standard parrot-squawk incantation of yours, I will politely and gratefully and sincerely thank you for it, with no insults or disparagement. You change your annoying behavior to me, and I’ll change my annoying behavior to you. Deal? > > Put up or shut up, **Holly**. If you _really_ don’t intend to annoy me, now’s your chance to show it, by deliberately _refraining_ from doing something that you know does annoy me. > > If you don’t, well, then we’ll know you’re lying about not intending to be annoying. Shit, there may be an implication here that I should follow your example. BASTARD!!! :mad: 😉 ---
**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, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/428 "2013-02-25T23:54:00Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > I don’t care what your reason is for saying such things to me, but if you are not going to change the way that you are, why ask anyone else to and that is a question for everyone else here to think about too. > > God bless you always!!! > > Holly > > P.S. This is why you never see me asking anyone to stop doing anything because I am not willing to do the same. See my last post, but I’ve got a million of these and even less of life than you so . . . . ---
**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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/429 "2013-02-25T23:57:10Z")
^^^ Oh well. I’ve said my piece. Whatever the rest of y’all do where I am concerned is up to you. God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/430 "2013-02-25T23:57:23Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > P.S. This is why you never see me asking anyone to stop doing anything because I am not willing to do the same. I guess it’s going to continue from her. Rolling my eyes always. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/431 "2013-02-25T23:58:46Z")
^^^ Like I said, if you are not willing to give, why ask anyone else to? God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/432 "2013-02-25T23:59:37Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > ^^^ Oh well. I’ve said my piece. Whatever the rest of y’all do where I am concerned is up to you. > > God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > Holly Cool. May jesus take the form of James Otto and, with your full knowledge and consent . . . . - definitely ALL ways. Hehehehe. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/433 "2013-02-26T00:03:13Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > ^^^ Like I said, if you are not willing to give, why ask anyone else to? > > God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > Holly I gave when I saw the registration agreement. It’s how I don’t get the anger from the Saint Seiya Mod Saints. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/434 "2013-02-26T01:49:36Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > _“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 🙂 🙂 🙂 Fucking hell, where have YOU been the last nine years? This post almost makes the thread worthwhile. The rest of you: for fuck’s sake, the OP titles their post “Do NOT feed the troll”, then JOSH sweeps in and posts a quarter\* of the subsequent replies, none of which show any intellectual integrity, and all of which tapdance around the other posters’ concerns without a trace of understanding, remorse or empathy, but with JUST enough reference to their actual posts to make it clear JOSH known EXACTLY what she is doing. Goatfuckers, all of you. - proctological estimate ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/435 "2013-02-26T01:59:02Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > _“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…”_ \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/436 "2013-02-26T02:18:17Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > Goatfuckers, all of you. Oh. That gives me some great ideas for my next set of “blessings.” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/437 "2013-02-26T06:08:44Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > If what I say upsets someone, it is never on purpose. I don’t go out of my way to offend others with what I stand for and believe no matter what y’all think Bullshit. I know I’ve told you several times exactly what you are doing that is offensive, yet you continue to do it. Therefore, you are doing it on purpose, and going out of your way to be offensive. > [@](#): > > , so **if you dislike enough what a person brings to a forum that you choose to come to as well, all that you can do is ignore them because they have the right to give their two cents on whatever is talked about too.** No, you don’t and Basement Cat willing, you’ll find that out soon. > [@](#): > > I say what I say because it is who I am and if who I am upsets another person, that is just the way that things end up. Y’all are going to say whatever you want no matter who it upsets so why can’t I? I know you haven’t noticed because you are so self absorbed you cannot see anything that doesn’t involve you directly, but no one else is being asked to stop doing something over and over and over and… Just you. > [@](#): > > 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. You can’t be that dumb - it is obviously not free to McD’s to provide wifi to their customers. When you are using it, you are doing the same thing as stealing office supplies that an employer would give to customers for free. This must be why the wifi speed sucks at McD’s sometimes when I cannot see anyone else using it - all the workers are in the back watching videos and posting religious glurg to the Dope! ---
**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 26, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/438 "2013-02-26T07:02:37Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Bullshit. I know I’ve told you several times exactly what you are doing that is offensive, yet you continue to do it. Therefore, you are doing it on purpose, and going out of your way to be offensive. She’s not going out of her way. Her plan is to be offensive. She wants people to react to that offense. As I mentioned earlier, it feeds into her wish to be a martyr: “All those people are saying how bad I am!” > [@](#): > > You can’t be that dumb - it is obviously not free to McD’s to provide wifi to their customers. When you are using it, you are doing the same thing as stealing office supplies that an employer would give to customers for free. Dare I ask? What the hey. Holly, do you also get to eat for free at McDonald’s? I remember when I worked at a restaurant, the workers there had to pay for their meals. > [@](#): > > This must be why the wifi speed sucks at McD’s sometimes when I cannot see anyone else using it - all the workers are in the back watching videos and posting religious glurg to the Dope! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/439 "2013-02-26T07:09:06Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > She’s not going out of her way. Her plan is to be offensive. She wants people to react to that offense. As I mentioned earlier, it feeds into her wish to be a martyr: “All those people are saying how bad I am!” mmm, yeah, a case could be made for that. My impression tho is that she is simply too stupid and/or too self centered to realize that other people don’t think the way she does. As in “of _course_ everyone wants God’s blessings!” OTOH, if you can prove she is being offensive on purpose, that would break the “don’t be a jerk” rule! Score! We need a high five smilie. > [@](#): > > Dare I ask? What the hey. Holly, do you also get to eat for free at McDonald’s? I remember when I worked at a restaurant, the workers there had to pay for their meals. You must be younger than me - when I worked there we ate for free, tho I was working the overnight cleaning shift. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/440 "2013-02-26T07:16:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > She’s not going out of her way. Her plan is to be offensive. She wants people to react to that offense. As I mentioned earlier, it feeds into her wish to be a martyr: “All those people are saying how bad I am!” So wait a minute. This is getting complicated. If I persecute things Holly believes in like Jesus or James Otto, does that mean I’m also persecuting Holly? Since when is there a Munchausen by proxy syndrome for martyrdom? You’re just fuckin’ wit me - right? _ **Right** _? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838.md?page=23)