# If you accuse yourself of trolling, is that 2 violations? Or just 1? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 21, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925 "2013-01-21T18:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/1 "2013-01-21T18:09:16Z")
If you accuse yourself of trolling, is that two violations? Or just one? The two being 1) the alleged/admitted trolling in question and 2) the subsequent accusation of trolling. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/2 "2013-01-21T18:10:53Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > If you accuse yourself of trolling, is that two violations? Or just one? > > The two being 1) the alleged/admitted trolling in question and 2) the subsequent accusation of trolling. I guess it would depend on which forum the accusation is made in. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/3 "2013-01-21T18:23:03Z")
It would be like a particle meeting its anti-particle. The two violations would wipe each other out. They would also cause your body to explode and be converted to gamma rays, so if you do it, try to be as far from other people as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/4 "2013-01-21T18:29:41Z")
If you admitted to trolling, and the offense was serious, there is a good chance you would be banned immediately. Accusing yourself of trolling seems to be essentially the same as admitting trolling, so the question is irrelevant. Did you have a particular case in mind? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/5 "2013-01-21T18:33:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Did you have a particular case in mind? I think it has already been reported through the regular channels. It was just an unusual case. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/6 "2013-01-21T18:37:58Z")
Far out, man. Y’know, they call 'em “fingers,” but I’ve never seen 'em fing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/7 "2013-01-21T18:49:50Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > I think it has already been reported through the regular channels. > > It was just an unusual case. I don’t know what you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/8 "2013-01-21T19:59:51Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > I think it has already been reported through the regular channels. … I didn’t. Troll is too chewy, I limit my hunting to spam. > [@Colibri](#): > > I don’t know what you’re talking about. [Here ya go](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15921009#post15921009). CMC ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/9 "2013-01-21T20:18:31Z")
Accusing yourself of trolling is a violation? Well fuck me, I didn’t know that. I should just kill myself! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/10 "2013-01-21T20:19:29Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If you admitted to trolling, and the offense was serious, there is a good chance you would be banned immediately. Accusing yourself of trolling seems to be essentially the same as admitting trolling, so the question is irrelevant. What if it’s an ironic accusation? > [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > What if it’s an ironic accusation? HOW DARE YOU TROLL THESE PARTS ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/11 "2013-01-21T20:41:40Z")
Not entirely sure the poster is self-referencing. And, if they are, it looks like they are using “troll” to mean “whoosh.” ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/12 "2013-01-21T20:53:18Z")
I’m a veteran of the Paterno Paper Towel Tube Wars and even I won’t touch that thread. It should be quartantined and placed in some unmodded wasteland. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/13 "2013-01-21T21:48:55Z")
Dunno. It’s probably not really appropriate for The Barn House either. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/14 "2013-01-21T22:01:45Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Not entirely sure the poster is self-referencing. And, if they are, it looks like they are using “troll” to mean “whoosh.” My hovercraft is full of trolls? CMC ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/15 "2013-01-21T22:16:52Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m a veteran of the Paterno Paper Towel Tube Wars and even I won’t touch that thread. It should be quartantined and placed in some unmodded wasteland. A wasteland with a quarry full of rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/16 "2013-01-21T22:21:25Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Dunno. It’s probably not really appropriate for The Barn House either. I guess that was a hanging curveball. But it still takes talent to knock it out. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/17 "2013-01-21T22:50:01Z")
This post is intentionally inflammatory. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/18 "2013-01-22T01:03:37Z")
It’s like a 14 year-old who takes a nude picture of herself. She’s a sex offender, with herself as victim. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/19 "2013-01-22T01:15:12Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m a veteran of the Paterno Paper Towel Tube Wars and even I won’t touch that thread. It should be quartantined and placed in some unmodded wasteland. Is that the new album/storyline from Coheed & Cambria? I wondered what Claudio would write about now that he’s finished telling us about The Amory Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accuse-yourself-of-trolling-is-that-2-violations-or-just-1/647925/20 "2013-01-22T01:15:48Z")
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