# I've been called a troll... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689 "2008-11-14T09:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/1 "2008-11-14T09:20:00Z")
[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10446586#post10446586) > [@The Asshole Test - Guys Only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/165): > > And I strongly suspect that the same guy is the OP of this thread. Right under his name on that board his “status” or whatever it’s called is listed as “brb makin epic threads”… his sig says “Remember Epicness” and has a link to that very thread… and his name here at the SDMB is “EpicNonsense”… > > Hell of a lot of coincidence if you ask me. I think it’s an attention-seeking troll who made a mean thread and is trying to spread it around the internet on as many message boards as possible. All I have to say for now. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/2 "2008-11-14T09:51:43Z")
Your outrage must burn with the incandescence of a thousand suns. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/3 "2008-11-14T10:02:58Z")
. . . And? I thought people were pretty much agreed on this. Mostly people are just waiting for the mods to get to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” line and ban you. ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/4 "2008-11-14T11:02:52Z")
Hai guyz! Whats going on in here? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/5 "2008-11-14T11:07:54Z")
> [@ajb867](#): > > Hai guyz! Whats going on in here? Stale copypasta is stale. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/6 "2008-11-14T11:10:49Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > Gosh, you’re like the Sphinx! So mysterious. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/7 "2008-11-14T11:51:57Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Gosh, you’re like the Sphinx! So mysterious. … and your nose is missing … ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/8 "2008-11-14T12:13:58Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > … and your nose is missing … … but [the consensus here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=492277) is that Napoleon was not _that_ silly… ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/9 "2008-11-14T12:20:59Z")
> [@hawthorne](#): > > … but [the consensus here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=492277) is that Napoleon was not _that_ silly… Actually, the consensus is that [the idea that Napolean’s troops shot off the Sphix’s nose is a myth](http://www.napoleon-series.org/faq/c_sphinx.html). ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/10 "2008-11-14T12:29:43Z")
Well, **EpicNonsense** , you certainly make a compelling argument. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/11 "2008-11-14T12:37:52Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10446586#post10446586) > > All I have to say for now. But you didn’t say it- **OpalCat** did. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/12 "2008-11-14T13:12:11Z")
My Sphinx’s breath smells like Sphinx food. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/13 "2008-11-14T13:12:54Z")
**OpalCat** posted her allegation in the wrong forum and was duly admonished. I doubt she was wrong, though. > [@Eutychus](#): > > Actually, the consensus is that [the idea that Napolean’s troops shot off the Sphix’s nose is a myth](http://www.napoleon-series.org/faq/c_sphinx.html). Yeah, I know, but to be clear about that would have been less funny \. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/14 "2008-11-14T13:36:53Z")
To be honest starting this post just to see the resulting comments is … well, trollish. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/15 "2008-11-14T14:15:19Z")
Your girlfriend looks a little cracked out. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/16 "2008-11-14T14:35:08Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > My Sphinx’s breath smells like Sphinx food. I think I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/17 "2008-11-14T14:51:58Z")
I suspect OpalCat is right that you are the same guy who started the thread you linked to here. You didn’t necessarily register here just for that purpose, though. It’s quite common for people to be registered at many boards and have a different persona at each. What I think happened is your bodybuilding board persona was so pleased with that thread that you allowed Straight Dope persona to link to it. IOW, you didn’t register here with the express purpose of being a troll. You just became one. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/18 "2008-11-14T15:14:03Z")
But how is him linking to that other board being a troll? ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/19 "2008-11-14T15:26:06Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > But how is him linking to that other board being a troll? Yes – not to stand in the way of pitchforks and torches, but I can’t really see any trollish behaviour. Plus, why would a troll pay the membership fee if posting’s free? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/20 "2008-11-14T15:46:25Z")
What, you had to start a whole new thread just to draw the attention of those who hadn’t seen it before? Or were you just trying to up the view count for the first pathetic thread? I’m not on a troll hunt, but I smell an attention whore. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689.md?page=2)