# Let's just ban the troll. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 18, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-ban-the-troll/481852 "2009-01-18T13:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-ban-the-troll/481852/61 "2009-01-20T22:28:04Z")
If only you could read a troll’s…tells. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-ban-the-troll/481852/62 "2009-01-20T23:05:25Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Handicapped as I am without this Heroes-like ability, I have to simply take them at their word… I can offer you a good deal on gamma rays, cheap. Or a radioactive spider, only been used once. There’s also this invisible jet, low miles, one owner… ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-ban-the-troll/481852/63 "2009-01-25T03:02:54Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > I wonder if I started a tirade against Scylla if I could get him/her banned, “because he’s deliberately trying to troll negative responses in [any] thread, insulting members and refusing to acknowledge the answers he’s been given. Not because he has some “wrongheaded ideas” - he knows the truth as full well as we do, he just likes pretending he doesn’t because it pisses people off and he likes watching the fireworks. He’s a single issue nut, as well.” > > Seems like a pretty good description to me. Let the widespread bannination begin! I’m sorry. My nemesis is **elucidator**. While I appreciate your auditioning, I currently have no openings in this area. If something should occur, I’ll certainly keep you in mind. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-ban-the-troll/481852/64 "2009-01-25T03:15:14Z")
I was shocked at how fast the other posters picked up on his conspiracy ideas… I was reading the thread as it happened and only opened it because I had the same question this guy was faking to use as an introduction to his “the CIA put bombs in all the buildings!” I honestly wanted to know, besides all the metal that went into the bow of the U.S.S. New York what happened to all the cement and rubble and all that stuff? Bits of personal belongings, the massive amount of junk… All that paper that was in the street? (_Some_ must’ve been picked up for historical reasons)… I remember some assholes making WTC medallions or some shit out if it and getting shut down… IIRC… And they called him out pretty fast… And then came the whole “Well the hole wasn’t big enough for an airplane!” Ignorant me… But cheers to the posters who picked up on the hidden motive so fast. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-ban-the-troll/481852/65 "2009-01-25T03:35:09Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > I’m sorry. My nemesis is **elucidator**. While I appreciate your auditioning, I currently have no openings in this area. If something should occur, I’ll certainly keep you in mind. I perceive that as a threat. HALP!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-ban-the-troll/481852.md?page=3)