# 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:** 124
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2461 "2017-06-22T18:37:02Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It’s fine if you’re Irish, or at least a homebound American dork with an IP from a proxy server in Ireland. What about a loud, obnoxious Harley rider? I thought that was the only time it was cool to call someone a “fag”? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2462 "2017-06-22T18:43:43Z")
Me, I yearn for the days when radio stations used to play the album cut of _Money For Nothing_. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2463 "2017-06-22T19:19:04Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Did he start a thread? Because I cannot find it. > [@Emiliana](#): > > No. But he might, and that alone got you the mean smiley face.🙂 [Actually, if he does, I might have to shoulder a portion of the blame…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20252485&postcount=1846) ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2464 "2017-06-23T15:34:54Z")
[Ding dong, the troll is dead, the troll is dead, the troll is dead. Ding dong…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20299155&postcount=228) Goodbye, **femmejean**. Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2465 "2017-06-23T16:04:10Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > [Ding dong, the troll is dead, the troll is dead, the troll is dead. Ding dong…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20299155&postcount=228) > > Goodbye, **femmejean**. Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out. I blame **Spice Weasel**. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2466 "2017-06-23T16:06:00Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I blame **Spice Weasel**. I credit **Spice Weasel**. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2467 "2017-06-23T16:08:45Z")
In my ideal world people would realize, exercise restraint and simply not respond to trolls or trolling. There is no virtue in outwitting the dimwitted, or prodding the mentally ill. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2468 "2017-06-23T16:08:59Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Goodbye, **femmejean**. Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out. If only it weren’t revolving. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2469 "2017-06-23T16:26:23Z")
[Probable new one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=14244095) to keep an eye on. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2470 "2017-06-23T16:35:00Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > [Ding dong, the troll is dead, the troll is dead, the troll is dead. Ding dong…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20299155&postcount=228) > > Goodbye, **femmejean**. Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out. Almost as satisfying as getting rid of **NDD**. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2471 "2017-06-23T16:40:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I credit **Spice Weasel**. I nominate Spice Weasel for the Nobel Peace Prize. (That’s the closest I could come, since the Norwegian Nobel Committee doesn’t seem to have a Nobel Anti-Trolling Prize. You’d think they might, given the historical familiarity with [trolls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_doll).) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2472 "2017-06-23T16:42:55Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [Probable new one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=14244095) to keep an eye on. Looks like that post got cornfielded. You may be right. (I can’t tell “who” we’re speaking of, since the post is now chillin’ with He Who Walks Behind The Rows.) ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2473 "2017-06-23T16:47:34Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Looks like that post got cornfielded. You may be right. (I can’t tell “who” we’re speaking of, since the post is now chillin’ with He Who Walks Behind The Rows.) **Darren** linked to a search, which has since expired. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2474 "2017-06-23T16:54:34Z")
Link still works for me. It is to a user called “miketx.” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2475 "2017-06-23T17:01:08Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Link still works for me. It is to a user called “miketx.” Ah, yeah, definite troll. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2476 "2017-06-23T17:11:44Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Link still works for me. It is to a user called “miketx.” Oh, [that](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20295523&postcount=2438) one. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2477 "2017-06-23T17:33:25Z")
**miketx** falls into the “trump clown car” troll category. Before someone pops up saying that “not all conservatives” or “all liberals hate” or whatever, no, we don’t. That guy was an idiot. Bone - thank you for pulling the trigger. I’d happily send you chocolate. While I wish we could all ignore trolls all day long, it gets harder when they are here for 6 months plus and they seem to be a permanent fixture. For whatever reason **FJ** made through the noob stage and we looked to be stuck with him. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2478 "2017-06-23T17:40:05Z")
It’s like a tragedy of the commons. However, even though I know my one little bit of littering doesn’t make a difference, I still don’t litter. And you probably don’t, either. It’s not that difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2479 "2017-06-23T17:50:01Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s like a tragedy of the commons. However, even though I know my one little bit of littering doesn’t make a difference, I still don’t litter. And you probably don’t, either. It’s not that difficult. A better analogy might be trying to stamp out vermin. You know there will be more along, but if you don’t squash the ones you have now, you will soon be overwhelmed by them. Not to mix metaphors, but generally speaking, if you give them the rope, they will hang themselves. Part of my problem, specifically, is that I don’t always know who is a troll, and in the back of my head I’m always thinking ''Maybe I shouldn’t ignore this person because what if they are real and their self-perpetuated social ostracism is hurting them and this is one of the rare opportunities they have to be told about themselves?" Assuming the person is sincere, there is some utility in mild social censure to reform behavior. With **fj** I assumed there was some possibility he was a real person, just very messed up, and maybe he could learn. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2480 "2017-06-23T17:53:06Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > In my ideal world people would realize, exercise restraint and simply not respond to trolls or trolling. There is no virtue in outwitting the dimwitted, or prodding the mentally ill. For the most part, I agree. In that respect I believe there is far too much response to trolling here. The problem is that some posters are neither intentional trolls nor, in a strict clinical sense, mentally ill. A lot of them are just annoying nitwits, and that’s why we have the Pit! > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > **miketx** falls into the “trump clown car” troll category. Before someone pops up saying that “not all conservatives” or “all liberals hate” or whatever, no, we don’t. That guy was an idiot. **miketx** would be a good example of the “annoying nitwit” species and IMHO not an intentional troll – just someone who believes that (to quote one of his illustrious posts) “media is owned by liberal scum”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=125)