# 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:** 125
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2481 "2017-06-23T17:54:58Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > With **fj** I assumed there was some possibility he was a real person, just very messed up, and maybe he could learn. Some of the things he said were real, about who and what he is, but he was also trolling like a motherfucker. He posts on another board, (and in fact starts the very same topics so its not hard to spot) and the comparison made it very clear what he was about. ---
**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, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2482 "2017-06-23T18:29:28Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > 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. This thread is supposed to help us out with that. It’s got a lot of noise, but most of the trolls end up being called out here sooner or later. Once you know, stop. Once you stop, it’s like they’re not even there. ---
**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, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2483 "2017-06-23T18:34:47Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > 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. You know what works better than stomping them? Not feeding them. Hygiene. Housekeeping. If you have roaches, put the food away; wash the dishes. Stop dripping faucets. Most will die or leave for greener pastures, and the rest will be a low-grade annoyance suitable for intermittent stomping. So yes, trolls are a kind of infesting vermin. Periodic bug-bombings are good, but they are emphatically not the best or first answer. Don’t feed the vermin. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2484 "2017-06-23T20:28:35Z")
**miketx** appears to want to be the next troll banned. He hates the evil liberals. Fucking troll. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829410](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829410) ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2485 "2017-06-23T20:32:55Z")
That’s no mike. That’s another [cameron](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20058710&postcount=13). > [@Why do most people believe everything from the media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-people-believe-everything-from-the-media/789690/20): > > I don’t care if you believe me or not. I just assumed in my short time here there were some smart people here. Perhaps I was mistaken? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2486 "2017-06-23T20:35:08Z")
Ah, the “You’re only smart if you agree with me” gambit. ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2487 "2017-06-23T20:45:10Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > **miketx** appears to want to be the next troll banned. > He hates the evil liberals. > Fucking troll. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829410](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829410) And that thread was started in GQ! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2488 "2017-06-23T20:45:26Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Ah, the “You’re only smart if you agree with me” gambit. Sounds like fj to me. “Oh, I’m starting to fear that this message board isn’t as liberal as I hoped.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2489 "2017-06-23T20:48:38Z")
Yes, it is horrible when people jump into a new message board full of piss and vinegar, insulting everyone and then wondering why they aren’t welcomed with open arms. ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2490 "2017-06-23T20:57:09Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Ah, the “You’re only smart if you agree with me” gambit. No, you’re smart if you “know” the “truth” without having to resort to things like facts, cites, news, or any kind of reporting about anything by any kind of media, because all that reality-based shit is controlled by liberal scum. ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2491 "2017-06-23T20:58:36Z")
Business as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2492 "2017-06-23T21:03:57Z")
And…he’s Banned. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2493 "2017-06-23T21:04:41Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2494 "2017-06-23T21:07:48Z")
Thread gone! Damn, I was just about to Hitler Rick Roll him, too. Damn. OK, you guys can have it. Sorry that I’ve just told you what it was, but it’s in my clipboard and I have to paste it somewhere. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LLd2uAam0hI/maxresdefault.jpg "Hitler gets Rick Rolled") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLd2uAam0hI) ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2495 "2017-06-23T21:07:54Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > And…he’s Banned. Thread cornfielded. Must have been a sock. I’ve exposed, I think, one sock in my many years here. My sockdar sucks, but I try my best not engage with the trolls in the first place, so I often don’t get to know them. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2496 "2017-06-23T21:09:55Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I try my best not engage with the trolls in the first place, so I often don’t get to know them. It only leads to heartache anyway. ☹ ---
**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, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2497 "2017-06-23T21:13:32Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Thread cornfielded. Must have been a sock. I’ve exposed, I think, one sock in my many years here. My sockdar sucks, but I try my best not engage with the trolls in the first place, so I often don’t get to know them. It’s not difficult when they keep using the same talking points or refuse to alter their posting style. ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2498 "2017-06-23T21:26:01Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > It’s not difficult when they keep using the same talking points or refuse to alter their posting style. The thing is that those talking points are pretty much universal across the alt-right community. I obviously misjudged him as being an idiot and not a deliberate troll, and the facts proved otherwise, but it’s because they all say the same shit, and some of them actually believe it. Maybe this one did, too, but you don’t come back as a sock except to troll. ---
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2499 "2017-06-23T21:28:46Z")
I feel like we’ve had a productive week. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2500 "2017-06-23T22:20:08Z")
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