# elucidator, You Are The Ultimate Troll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162>\
**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\
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**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 24, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/81 "2015-06-24T13:04:56Z")

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You know, if the subject really is Ultimate Trolls, we’re seriously barking up the wrong tree. I’d be much more inclined to vote in [this guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18460763#post18460763) (post 14 of the linked thread):

> [@OMG a Black Conservative](#):
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> Lincoln mobilized troops to march on the South. Who fired first is immaterial to that fact.
> 
> As far as the OP, people just want something to complain about.

This, in response to a thread titled “R.I.P. Confederacy----and good riddance”.

That’s some primo-quality stuff right there.

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**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 24, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/82 "2015-06-24T13:40:08Z")

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Wait, you’re gonna hijack the one little _the-rest-of-us-think-you’re-OK-I-guess_ trophy thread \*\*lucy’\*\*s likely to get so we can talk about **OMGaBC**?

Cold, dude.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/83 "2015-06-24T13:46:18Z")

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Does the Louvre not, alongside every work by the great masters, display a paper plate of dog turds?

They don’t? Ah. Didn’t get around to going. Anyway, they should.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/84 "2015-06-24T14:13:37Z")

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> [@xenophon41](#):
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> Wait, you’re gonna hijack the one little _the-rest-of-us-think-you’re-OK-I-guess_ trophy thread \*\*lucy’\*\*s likely to get so we can talk about **OMGaBC**?
> 
> Cold, dude.

You know what hijacking I had a problem with? 9/11.

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/85 "2015-06-24T14:35:23Z")

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You know who else had a problem with 9/11? Godwin.

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**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 24, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/86 "2015-06-24T14:37:36Z")

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> [@Aquadementia](#):
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> elucidator is the Ultimate Droll?  
> I should read more of his posts.

No, no from the way he carries himself I think he’s the Ultimate Prole.

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**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 24, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/87 "2015-06-24T14:48:54Z")

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> [@Smeghead](#):
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> You know what hijacking I had a problem with? 9/11.

Some people just want something to complain about.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/88 "2015-06-24T15:07:59Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> Some people just want something to complain about.

The coffee at Peet’s wasn’t very hot today.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/89 "2015-06-24T15:20:24Z")

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Amanda Peet’s not as hot as she used to be.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/90 "2015-06-24T15:28:53Z")

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Hey! This is supposed to be about me! Me, me, me! Shit’s making me sad…hmmmm. The Sorrow and the Pitee. Germ of an idea, there…

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/91 "2015-06-24T16:09:41Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> The Sorrow and the Pitee. Germ of an idea, there…

Wow, that’s obscure. Your film major is showing.

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/92 "2015-06-24T16:14:26Z")

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Attention whore does not equal troll.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/93 "2015-06-24T16:28:30Z")

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> [@FXMastermind](#):
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> Attention whore does not equal troll.

Spoken like a true…something.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/94 "2015-06-24T17:58:29Z")

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> [@FXMastermind](#):
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> Attention whore does not equal troll.

The master speaks.

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**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 25, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/95 "2015-06-25T01:40:02Z")

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Damn, this shit’s getting dangerous. I’m gonna stay out of it, myself…

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/96 "2015-06-25T01:53:43Z")

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Internets … serious business

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**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/97 "2015-06-25T02:10:03Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> No, no from the way he carries himself I think he’s the Ultimate Prole.

What’s a Prole?  
Is it some sort of marital aid, like separate vacations?

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/98 "2015-06-25T02:19:41Z")

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> [@Aquadementia](#):
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> What’s a Prole?  
> Is it some sort of marital aid, like separate vacations?

Now that’s some trolling.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/99 "2015-06-25T02:30:06Z")

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Which is more effective, bait casting or trolling? Assume we’re in a small boat in Galveston Bay.

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162/100 "2015-06-25T14:11:16Z")

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> [@AncientHumanoid](#):
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> Which is more effective, bait casting or trolling? Assume we’re in a small boat in Galveston Bay.

Effective for _fishing_? Or effective for _catching_?

'Cos my idea of a successful day fishing does not involve having anything to clean at the end of the day.

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