I got the impression that he was being sarcastic in a way that basically said “why the hell are on a message board to get important advice?”.
I guess it is possible he was being sarcastic to the people who are saying that and doesn’t believe it himself.
If the later is the case then my apologies.
Yeah, I didn’t take it that way either. I’d be happy to be wrong.
no shit, sherlock. he responded with sarcasm and i responded to the point he was making. re-read the posts, and rolleyes smiley right back at you.
I will leave aside the fact that I truly believe you just say things to me in order to get a rise and I will attempt to genuinely answer this absurd question.
I made absolutely no issue whatsoever about the nature of his thread; his tragedy, if real, is awful and he needs help and support and this mb shouldn’t be a place that shuns such outreach. However, when you add up the potential “troll” aspects, it looks like a definite possibility: the eerie coincidence lining up perfectly with the Umkay shitstorm; a new poster who has “lurked for a while” prior to posting fantastical claims; and this poster then announcing-via a new thread-to the entire board-that he is planning on packing up and leaving and wants to delete (this is done, IMO, to attract attention to himself and have members try to convince him to stay; rather than just leaving).
This is what make me think this could be a troll. Does this make me an asshole somehow? If so, why?
Did I call you an asshole?
What I basically said was why can’t he talk about major shit here? You do (for some values of major shit). If he needs to go somewhere else to talk about it IMO you do as well.
Wasn’t that basically what you were saying in the part from you I quoted ealier? If it isnt, explain it better. If it is the tell my why my points are baloney.
The whole "this is why I think this a troll " is a totatally seperate thing.
He can talk major shit here. Others have and others will with varying levels of success. But even before the current situation many of us are wary when someone joins just to post something that will illict very strong responses. It is odd that someone would randomly find a general interest board like this and choose to post something deeply personal as their first post. It’s not damning but it is curious. Which is why I don’t participate in such threads until I’m reasonable sure it’s not bullshit.
And what was Ambivilad’s first major thread here (if not his first damn post)?
Therefore Amby is a troll by your logic.
All this does make me curious as to how RandRover claims to know it’s a true story.
You might want to go back and re-read Rand’s post. He didn’t say, “I don’t believe you”. But rather, “I know what you are saying is 100% true, but I think you are posting it just to get a rise”. Here’s a quote:
*"The dude is absolutely telling the truth (i.e., everything in his OP is 100% accurate)–don’t ask me how I know.
But, he knows that, due to recent events with umkay, the board is discussing the whole phenomenon of trolling and is quite suspicious of posters with extraordinary stories. So, he posts about his completely true story just to get a rise out of people by arousing their suspicion, secure in the knowledge that he’s actually telling the absolute truth."*
RR didn’t accuse Frosty of troll by lying, but troll by relating his story (while true) at a time he knew it would get just this reaction. Unless RandRover knows Frosty IRL, I don’t see how he could know Frosty’s intentions.
Sheesh.
Why do I feel like Rodney King here?
Can we all get along?
Frosty Camel, stay if you like. Leave if you must.
Everybody … can we just dial down the volume and have 5 minutes without some drama?
Stop banging on each other.
If you can’t say something nice …
Y’all are giving me a headache.
You have something as major as a headache and are complaining about it here?
TROLL!
FTW.
I wonder when the last time the board went 5 minutes without drama actually was? Not counting the times you accidentally banned everyone or the server was down.
I don’t mean that as a bad thing, just a curiosity / matter of statistics. Hell, there was a time that the whole internet went 5 minutes without drama, but we shall never see the likes of that again.
I first read this without the word ‘on’ and wondered how I managed to miss that!
TubaDiva was a great admin here. She will be missed. I’m sorry for your loss. Can I send flowers?
Wow there’s a lot of meanness on the board this week and not just in this thread, and not even just against hypothetical trolls What happened to not threadshitting and not being a jerk?
Did you not read the post you quoted? Did it say anywhere in there that such actions automatically meant troll? It’s not a long quote I’m sure you can find it if I did.
It wasn’t directed at you, thus my use of the word “people”. You just happened to be the one I quoted.
People, this is ATMB, and this is supposed to be a thread about how to delete an account.
Dial back the snark, please.
That’s fine, whatever. But this is not a board based around bereavement support. If some posters manage to find some, that’s great but it’s incidental. Google is not that hard to use and if you’re truly looking for unconditional support for grief, just go to one of the many internet forums set up specifically for that purpose, and that have members and moderators who have quick and easy access to resources and information. This is not to say that one can’t look for such support here, but that one shouldn’t be surprised if one doesn’t get it.
My knob is stuck!
I wasn’t commenting on whether or not this board was an appropriate venue to discuss the matter; rather I was commenting on the fact that he was sticking around to start threads asking how to delete his account when his family has just died. It would seem, if he really wanted to just forget about this place he’d just leave rather than broadcasting his discontent.