It’s not implausible by itself. Apparently, it was all the “coincidences” together. The similar first post, the similar circumstances, the similar name to another poster here, the similar behavior. Taken as a whole, it seems pretty telling.
And I still think it’s the first troll pretending to be bad a trolling. That added to the game if she had pulled one over on everybody.
Nope. I am however one of the posters who didn’t believe it was umkay.
Aw man, this one is gone. I missed all the fun.
Anyone got it cached if it’s worth it? What was it?
I think I might be suffering from post-trollum depression.
I had to crtl-shift-tab about a dozen times, but here it is:
Not that it matters at this point, but being 18 at this time of year, you ain’t going to be in 6th form.
The final exams finished in June, so any 18 year olds would have left a month or so ago.
I guess what I’m trying to take away here, is whether I was too gullible, or if everyone else was too cynical, but just happened to be right this time.
Sure, but young disabled people exist, and devotees exist - and are a genuine problem that people ask about.
I don’t see any striking similarities in either the real-life names (between the troll and Ambivalid or the usernames (of the troll and the other troll). jaymac1 vs umkay or Jaymie McInnery vs Jamie McGarry. Those last two are as different as John Smith and John Brown.
Perhaps that’s where I’m missing out. I never really saw any of the umkay stuff - aware of it as an item of board history, but don’t recall being involved or many of the exact details.
If, hypothetically, a genuinely disabled person came here and asked for advice about a genuine concern they had about devotees, would that person just be written off as a troll now?
I don’t see any hand controls.
Bwa ha ha ha! Oh that’s good.
Awesome. Above average trolling really. Props for actually finding a selfie pic that’s not Google-searchable (yet).
For me, the first implausibility, and the strongest one, is the fact that this person posted this question on this board, not on one of the many boards where an informed answer might be found.
Do you see the dealer’s paper floor protector with the foot drawings on the drivers side?
Aha! No true Scot eats sweetened porridge. Fuckin’ nicked.
The car on an incline out the passenger side and the three cars for sale in the mirror were a nice touch, too.
They were suspicious because jaymac1 showed up with a story and a persona that was very, very similar to umkay’s. I guess that’s bad luck for jaymac1, who was not nearly as good a faker. I don’t think umkay ever disclosed her supposed real name or home town. The general thing to do is to be more skeptical (not necessarily hostile) of a story the more unusual it is.
Probably. But then again, if a disabled person were really having a problem with devotees, why would they come here instead of a board for disabled people- where posters might have relevant experience? All of which assumes this is a significant problem for people with disabilities, and I don’t know if it really is.
I’m just a cynical asshole that happened to be right. Oh, and I’m a cunt as well, apparently.
This seemed to be like you did.
Yeah, but why is that implausible? We must get other people asking other questions they would be better off taking to another community - and we don’t assume they’re trolls. Should we?
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I was blinded by the Hi-Viz upholstery.
