# Omnibus Trolls R Us Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 23, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489 "2016-05-23T21:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1 "2016-05-23T21:38:14Z")
For the Obvious Troll is Obvious award of the week, I’d like to nominate GlowingDarkness, in recognition of these fine efforts: [Do Nice Guys Ever Get the Sexy Time?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793789) [Why Do Drug Addicts Get All Addicted?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793786) [Christ Almighty, It was Only the One Rape!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793270) [Why Be People Sheeple?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=792951) [I Met Her in a Club Down in Old Soho Where You Drink Champagne and It Tastes Just Like Cherry Cola](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793193) Okay, maybe they aren’t all trolling threads. But overall it’s an outstanding body of work. And these are only about half of the threads he’s started recently. (I realize that I may be the only person interested in an omnibus troll thread in the Pit. Hell, even I feel pretty half-hearted about the whole thing.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2 "2016-05-23T22:13:41Z")
And of course, this is definitely NOT a troll thread. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3 "2016-05-23T22:22:07Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And of course, this is definitely NOT a troll thread. :dubious: You are correct. It is not a troll thread. It may be a stupid thread, of course. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/4 "2016-05-24T01:27:20Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > For the Obvious Troll is Obvious award of the week, I’d like to nominate GlowingDarkness, in recognition of these fine efforts: Total posts = 56 Threads started = 42 I think that says it all. What do you guys think? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5 "2016-05-24T01:29:51Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Total posts = 56 > Threads started = 42 > > I think that says it all. > > What do you guys think? 😉 He’s challenging **boffking**. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6 "2016-05-24T01:32:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He’s challenging **boffking**. You read my mind! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/7 "2016-05-24T02:28:54Z")
There’s a certain kind of trolling that is indistinguishable from mental illness. And I don’t mean just that you cannot tell intent from the posts. I mean that if you actually got an honest interview with the poster, even if they subjectively thought they were a mentally balanced person trolling as a lark, in actuality they would have some kind of diagnosable mental illness. I’m much less troubled by “trolls” who are obvious. It’s the trolls who make an effort to hide below the radar and just selectively stir shit up or profess some insincere bullshit for fun that I think are annoying, since part of the value of the board is interacting with posters’ actual beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8 "2016-05-24T20:11:20Z")
Here’s another one pinging my trolldar. New member. May 2016 Typical trollish “personal dilema” thread as their first post. Passive aggressive response style. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793737](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793737) ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/9 "2016-05-24T22:07:20Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Here’s another one pinging my trolldar. > > New member. May 2016 > Typical trollish “personal dilema” thread as their first post. > Passive aggressive response style. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793737](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793737) A definitive ping. Hmmm, how can I say something asinine about the military and Christianity at the same time? Eureka! ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10 "2016-05-24T22:42:09Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Total posts = 56 > Threads started = 42 > > I think that says it all. > > What do you guys think? 😉 (= .75) I think that’s an excellent metric in general. It should appear next to one’s post count. (And why not–they should call it the **John Mace** quotient, because you’re the first to apply it, at least IME.) ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/11 "2016-05-24T22:59:23Z")
Someone should pit **spamforbrains**. I don’t believe any poster has ever been more consistently **wrong** than her. Bonus points for smugness too. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/12 "2016-05-25T02:42:26Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > For the Obvious Troll is Obvious award of the week, I’d like to nominate GlowingDarkness, in recognition of these fine efforts: > > [Do Nice Guys Ever Get the Sexy Time?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793789) > > [Why Do Drug Addicts Get All Addicted?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793786) > > [Christ Almighty, It was Only the One Rape!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793270) > > [Why Be People Sheeple?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=792951) > > [I Met Her in a Club Down in Old Soho Where You Drink Champagne and It Tastes Just Like Cherry Cola](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793193) An addition to the collection: [Why don’t people like pedophiles and wife beaters?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793836) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/13 "2016-05-25T03:40:59Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Someone should pit **spamforbrains**. I don’t believe any poster has ever been more consistently **wrong** than her. Bonus points for smugness too. But points for an accurate user name! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/14 "2016-05-25T04:23:28Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Someone should pit **spamforbrains**. I don’t believe any poster has ever been more consistently **wrong** than her. Bonus points for smugness too. I was amazed when she claimed to have a Ph.D., too. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/15 "2016-05-25T04:35:25Z")
If you click on the Nice Guys thread, you get a twofer. GlowingD’s cluelessness and CCitizen, who (despite being repeatedly told it’s bullshit) keeps stating variations of: > [@Do 'nice guys' ever find women who will accept them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nice-guys-ever-find-women-who-will-accept-them/755482/5): > > Most men who have money can find a woman. Even most antifeminist men who have money will find a woman. PUAs are generally antifeminist and yet they find many women. > > I am not looking for female friends until I will have a salary like $50K/year – which I will never have. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/16 "2016-05-25T07:58:09Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > I’m much less troubled by “trolls” who are obvious. It’s the trolls who make an effort to hide below the radar and just selectively stir shit up or profess some insincere bullshit for fun that I think are annoying, since part of the value of the board is interacting with posters’ actual beliefs. Which is exactly why I like the idea of an omnibus thread for the obvious ones. You get a little mad, but not mad enough for a full pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/17 "2016-05-25T08:10:43Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Someone should pit **spamforbrains**. I don’t believe any poster has ever been more consistently **wrong** than her. Bonus points for smugness too. I believe **adaher** and **spamforrains** may be soul mates. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/18 "2016-05-25T11:34:22Z")
> [@digs](#): > > If you click on the Nice Guys thread, you get a twofer. GlowingD’s cluelessness and CCitizen, who (despite being repeatedly told it’s bullshit) keeps stating variations of: CCitizen is either a troll with a long game or a record on auto-replay. Hard to tell. Update music reference as appropriate. Spamforbrains doesn’t set off my troll-dar. Rings my WTF-dar all the time though. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/19 "2016-05-25T12:14:21Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > An addition to the collection: > > [Why don’t people like pedophiles and wife beaters?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793836) And yet another entry [Are blacks really screwing up Africa?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793960) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/20 "2016-05-25T12:15:05Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > [Christ Almighty, It was Only the One Rape!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793270) That was the one that did it for me. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=2)