# elucidator, You Are The Ultimate Troll **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162 "2015-06-22T16:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/41 "2015-06-23T01:16:11Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Can you seriously not think of a less funny, more self-satisfied, more prolific drive-by poster who hasn’t been banned just because he’s almost but not enough of a horse’s ass? Nobody? Give it a few moments’ thought. I’ll wait. We’ve had a few volunteers, but can we agree that **VT** described every single poster in this thread? Get your hands up–we know how highly you think of yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/42 "2015-06-23T01:18:58Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > We’ve had a few volunteers, but can we agree that **VT** described every single poster in this thread? Get your hands up–we know how highly you think of yourselves. _raises hoof_ ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/43 "2015-06-23T01:21:29Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > We’ve had a few volunteers, but can we agree that **VT** described every single poster in this thread? Get your hands up–we know how highly you think of yourselves. Sure. If I posted more often I’d be even more poorly regarded, particularly in comparison to **elucidator** , than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/44 "2015-06-23T01:24:18Z")
Number name is the kiss of death. It’s like insta-whothefuckisthat. Nevertheless, I know and like you. So you must be doing something right. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/45 "2015-06-23T01:27:19Z")
I adore luci. I get his jokes, so that’s saying something. When he’s being serious, he knows how to make a point. He’s quite smart, he even uses words I have to look up! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/46 "2015-06-23T01:32:33Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > **Elucidator** is my absolute favorite poster here on the Straight Dope, after John Mace, samclem, and Happy Fun Ball. Oh, sure. Just because I know John Thorn and Swensons. You’re also one of the great posters, especially on food. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nice\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Mr.Nice\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nice_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/47 "2015-06-23T01:34:09Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/48 "2015-06-23T02:03:42Z")
I don’t think he’s a troll, but he does sometimes, and he’s not the only one, confuse sarcasm for argument. It seems to me that a lot of his posts tend to be dismissive and disrespectful to the people he disagrees with. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/49 "2015-06-23T02:31:26Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > We’ve had a few volunteers, but can we agree that **VT** described every single poster in this thread? Wasn’t me, but otherwise, sure. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/50 "2015-06-23T03:12:11Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > **Elucidator** is my absolute favorite poster here on the Straight Dope, after John Mace, samclem, and Happy Fun Ball. You like me. You really like me! Wait. \ Crap, I gotta get a new shtick. Trolling FX is just not working for me anymore… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/51 "2015-06-23T03:18:37Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > I don’t think he’s a troll, but he does sometimes, and he’s not the only one, confuse sarcasm for argument. It seems to me that a lot of his posts tend to be dismissive and disrespectful to the people he disagrees with. Awww, dammit, someone agrees with the OP. As I scrolled down and down I was beginning to wonder if the OP was going to set some sort of new record by having literally no one agree with their pitting. Made it to post #48 though. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/52 "2015-06-23T03:22:53Z")
> [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](#): > > Trolling FX is just not working for me anymore… ☹ It’s working for me. Mrowr. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/53 "2015-06-23T05:27:49Z")
SD/r/nosleep So, I dreamed I was in the Pit, guest of dishonor, and everybody was being so nice to me, I figured I must be dead. I had died and gone to Heck. About argument. Sure, I can do that, hammer it out in the cerebral smithy. But a good snapper of a line is a joy, it isn’t “mine”, its something that happens to me, like an angel peeing in my brain. Not to your taste, don’t read it, names right there up top. Don’t flirt with vexation, its not good for you, curdles your \*chi \*. Besides, a whole bunch of folks here share my views in a general sort of way, and they seem to actually enjoy the formal approach. They do it just fine, none of them have asked for my help. Sure, I admire a sting quartet, but what I got is a kazoo. My cheerful reprobate of a father once spent a hopeless afternoon trying to teach me the intricacies of horse race handicapping. A lot like math, it turns out. Anyway, I said well, shit, you’re this good at it, why not chuck the pawn business and do this instead! “Because then it would be work. I hate work.” Here endeth… ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/54 "2015-06-23T07:32:07Z")
**’Luci** is one of the posters here who has made me laugh out loud more than several times. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/55 "2015-06-23T08:20:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Excuse me, I think Michael Rennie is getting ill. He done told us where we stand. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/56 "2015-06-23T09:47:48Z")
Even if you consider **elucidator** a troll, “ultimate” is ridiculously hyperbolic. I can think of several posters who troll here far more egregiously and even they don’t come close to crossing the “ban” line. I suggest revising the thread title to “ **elucidator, You Are Occasionally Mildly Irksome** ”. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/57 "2015-06-23T10:05:36Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sure, I admire a sting quartet, but what I got is a kazoo. 'luci if ever you were looking for a sigline for yourself… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/58 "2015-06-23T10:25:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Even if you consider **elucidator** a troll, “ultimate” is ridiculously hyperbolic. I can think of several posters who troll here far more egregiously and even they don’t come close to crossing the “ban” line. > > I suggest revising the thread title to “ **elucidator, You Are Occasionally Mildly Irksome** ”. Take out the “occasionally” and I’d agree with that revision. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/59 "2015-06-23T11:43:59Z")
Geez, people, get a hotel ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/60 "2015-06-23T12:08:06Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Can you seriously not think of a less funny, more self-satisfied, more prolific drive-by poster who hasn’t been banned just because he’s almost but not enough of a horse’s ass? Nobody? Give it a few moments’ thought. I’ll wait. One tries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162.md?page=4)