# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/41 "2008-11-14T19:12:16Z")
I don’t think **EN** is a troll, even if the linked to thread did eventually make me feel mighty uncomfortable (after I laughed, of course…I’m 50% asshole). Here’s why I don’t think he’s a troll: he knew the thread was potentially volatile and posted it in the Pit. It was a mod who moved it to MPSIMS. A troll would have put it there to start with, but EN was cautious enough to start it in the Pit. Trolls are not, as a general rule, cautious like that. He was trying to avoid trouble, not start it. He just thought it was funny and wanted to share. ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/42 "2008-11-14T19:28:13Z")
> [@CaerieD](#): > > I don’t think **EN** is a troll, even if the linked to thread did eventually make me feel mighty uncomfortable (after I laughed, of course…I’m 50% asshole). Here’s why I don’t think he’s a troll: he knew the thread was potentially volatile and posted it in the Pit. It was a mod who moved it to MPSIMS. A troll would have put it there to start with, but EN was cautious enough to start it in the Pit. > > Trolls are not, as a general rule, cautious like that. He was trying to avoid trouble, not start it. He just thought it was funny and wanted to share. You need to teach **OpalCat** some detective skills. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/43 "2008-11-14T19:31:26Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > I get the feeling that people who say stuff like this don’t go to any other message boards, ever, because, while mildly amusing, there’s really nothing special about that thread at all. Ooooh! Image macros! _Edgy!_ Actually I never saw a lot of those pictures before (not the girl in the OP, the others – specifically the “do not want” pictures) So I guess yeah, I don’t go on many message boards. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/44 "2008-11-14T19:37:07Z")
I don’t think he’s a troll either even if he is the same guy (which I’m leaning toward), but still being a bit dickish here. ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/45 "2008-11-14T19:40:20Z")
> [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](#): > > I don’t think he’s a troll either even if he is the same guy (which I’m leaning toward), but still being a bit dickish here. What would you want me to do in order to prove to you I am not that other guy? ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/46 "2008-11-14T19:45:42Z")
I thought trolling meant to say things you don’t believe in order to illicit a reaction? **Epic** obviously believes that thread was funny, or he wouldn’t have posted it. Saying what you believe, regardless of the validity or PCness of it, is not trolling. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/47 "2008-11-14T20:00:06Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > What would you want me to do in order to prove to you I am not that other guy? You could start by saying that you’re not the other guy, which as far as I can tell you haven’t done yet. At least not here - I haven’t felt the urge to wade through the other thread. ETA: Ah, well, now he’s banned. Never mind, then. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/48 "2008-11-14T20:02:33Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > What would you want me to do in order to prove to you I am not that other guy? Don’t do anything, I really don’t care. But your OP could have been crafted a bit differently. I don’t see the need for this Pitting - why not just post your ‘proof’ in the other thread and be done with it? ETA: Banned during post. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/49 "2008-11-14T20:04:34Z")
Well I guess he was the other guy. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/50 "2008-11-14T20:08:35Z")
He’s banned? WTF mate? Even if he is the same guy, what the fuck? I for one want an explanation. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/51 "2008-11-14T20:11:44Z")
Huh. That was somewhat anticlimactic. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/52 "2008-11-14T20:14:01Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > He’s banned? WTF mate? Even if he is the same guy, what the fuck? I for one want an explanation. [Explanation here.](http://www.amazon.com/Hanes-Classics-6-pack-Cushion-Low-Cut/dp/B000SKLT52/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1226693424&sr=8-2) (Referring to other accounts on this board, not GPx on the other site.) ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/53 "2008-11-14T20:19:33Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Explanation here.](http://www.amazon.com/Hanes-Classics-6-pack-Cushion-Low-Cut/dp/B000SKLT52/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1226693424&sr=8-2) (Referring to other accounts on this board, not GPx on the other site.) Thanks for the quick response, **Marley**! I almost responded by kindly letting you know you’d copied the wrong link before the whooshing sound alerted me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/54 "2008-11-14T20:20:08Z")
Yeah, I kinda wish they all weren’t so predictable. Oh well. ETA: And that whooshing sound for **Marley** ’s link was really LOUD. Tune it down. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/55 "2008-11-14T20:20:10Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > He’s banned? WTF **mate**? Even if he is the same guy, what the fuck? I for one want an explanation. bolding mine. Don’t do that. You’re not British or Aussie or a pirate. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/56 "2008-11-14T20:21:17Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Well I guess he was the other guy. How the mods knew that, I’m curious. Jeez, don’t post links that the thin-skinned will cry over. You’ll get banned eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/57 "2008-11-14T20:27:09Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > bolding mine. > > Don’t do that. You’re not British or Aussie or a pirate. wtf mate? If the mate wants to say “mate” leave the mate alone and let him mate his mates. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/58 "2008-11-14T20:29:22Z")
> [@CaerieD](#): > > Thanks for the quick response, **Marley**! I almost responded by kindly letting you know you’d copied the wrong link before the whooshing sound alerted me. :smack: Same here. Well done, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/59 "2008-11-14T20:30:42Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > I thought trolling meant to say things you don’t believe in order to illicit a reaction? **Epic** obviously believes that thread was funny, or he wouldn’t have posted it. Saying what you believe, regardless of the validity or PCness of it, is not trolling. Saying what one believes, if done simply to illicit a negative reaction, is also considered trolling. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689/60 "2008-11-14T20:32:24Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > Jeez, don’t post links that the thin-skinned will cry over. You’ll get banned eventually. Isn’t it more to the point to say “If you’re breaking the rules by having more than one account or are a returning sock/troll, don’t call attention to yourself”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689.md?page=4)