# In the Valley of the Banned... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228 "2004-01-07T16:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228/21 "2004-01-08T01:58:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SimonX \* > \*\*Ahem, **Social Retard X** _is_ related to me. You’ve just insinuated something about my cousin/uncle that I’m not sure I’d like if I understood it. > > Would you care to step outside and settle this like trolls? \*\* See, I was reading the OP and this joke sprang immediately to mind. So I was hoping to get to use it by the end of the thread. But now you’ve ruined it. This is why no one likes you. You ruin people’s fun. Fucker. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228/22 "2004-01-08T02:33:19Z")
No one remembers glowworm? My favorite troll of all time. Fucked with the banners and all, and turned out to be a teenaged girl. Best troll ever. JDT was a hall-of-famer, too. What a nutjob. Freakshow. ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228/23 "2004-01-08T05:07:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > **So I say we conduct an experiment. Let’s try giving Social Retard X a fake orgasm. Next time he puts up a “I kill puppies. NOTICE ME!” type post, let’s respond with "Why you CRIMINAL! You MURDERER! Don’t you know that’s BAD??? Why, I’m going to organize a prayer circle and write a letter to the Editor RIGHT NOW!"** From **Social Retard X** ’s viewpoint, what is “fake” about that orgasm? ---
**Author:** ![Greyson3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@Greyson3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greyson3)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228/24 "2004-01-08T05:28:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SimonX \* > \*\*Ahem, **Social Retard X** _is_ related to me. You’ve just insinuated something about my cousin/uncle that I’m not sure I’d like if I understood it. \*\* So did he ever end up beating Speed Racer? ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228/25 "2004-01-08T05:37:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Can I get an amen!?! No. Please point all witnessing to Great Debates. (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself…) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228/26 "2004-01-08T16:43:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SimonX \* > \*\*Ahem, **Social Retard X** _is_ related to me. You’ve just insinuated something about my cousin/uncle that I’m not sure I’d like if I understood it. > > Would you care to step outside and settle this like trolls? \*\* Me meet you at I-95 overpass. Bring club. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228/27 "2004-01-09T00:10:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\* > Like when a kid starts screaming and acting up in school, and the teacher tells the class, “OK everybody, let’s all be quiet and give Johnny your undivided attention.” Johnny gets embarrassed and shuts up. \*\* Of course the reasons this works w/the kid in a classroom are things like “we all know who you are and will be making fun of you later in your face” and “your mother will find out about this and they you’ll be in _trouble_” and so on. IOW, it only works 'cause: A. The person behaving poorly is **known** B. the person behaving poorly has **outside influences** which the teacher has access to and C. the person behaving poorly is actually **wanting** acceptance from those being bugged. None of these are true about the average troll. They want to be able to point at a thread and say ‘see, I **caused** that reaction. Aren’t I the wonderful and powerful? I made them all crazy and made them react to me’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-banned/223228.md?page=1)