# 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:** 133
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2641 "2017-06-28T13:20:27Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Wow. Apparently trolling is just a thing people do. Like, in lieu of a normal hobby. Bizarre. I remember when I used to play Dark Age of Camelot and was talking on a Ventrilo channel with some of my guildmates. Notifications sounded for new users joining the channel, and we heard this young teen voice saying “Hey, we’re elite haxxors and we just hacked your channel.” We ignored them, then they started flooding the audio with white noise for a few seconds. After it ended, I said “Don’t you guys know what girlfriends are?” and the white noise came back. We just went to another channel. The little scamps have to deal with their developing hormones somehow I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2642 "2017-06-28T13:21:29Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > This is actually some pretty good trolling for a change. > > Not having salt - forget everything else - just that, was reason enough to sign up to a message board and post a question about doing something dangerous that would be entirely avoidable by just getting some salt - and yet within minutes he got several “Just don’t do it! Call poison control!!!” responses. It’s pretty amazing how quickly they get fed here. Remember that jogging thread and the red Cobalt? They got that little fucker so fat she couldn’t fit in the Cobalt if she ever did hook up. People, THINK twice about posting in any thread started by someone with a current join date, especially those with “I’m too stupid to be out in the world alone” type of threads. OR, just check this thread before posting. We spot about 80% of those little hemorrhoids before they get too fat on the high calorie responses here. And we have the only Acme mark IV **Running Coach** spam buster on our side here. We win. With the Troll Patrol, and the Spam Buster on team SDMB, the little nutsacks stand no chance when they come here. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2643 "2017-06-28T13:31:58Z")
> [@dude\_robert](#): > > I don’t think that’s a troll, it’s probably a serious question. I don’t know why everyone here is so quick to call out others as “trolls”, just because they’re asking a peculiar question. > > Also, “fetish” is a pretty widely-used word. Just because he used that word does not mean he is a **femmejean** sock. Although it does seem to be a bit similar with the strange sexual fetishes and the ingestion of poisons, but that is probably just a coincidence. The only reason I haven’t called you a troll is that you’re harmless. I don’t think you’re equipped to troll a board more mature than Thomas the Tank Engine meets Mr Roberts. Quit trying to change my mind please. ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2644 "2017-06-28T15:13:25Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I don’t think you’re equipped to troll a board more mature than Thomas the Tank Engine meets Mr Roberts [A beautiful day in the Navyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Roberts_%281955_film%29)? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2645 "2017-06-28T15:44:41Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Wow. Apparently trolling is just a thing people do. Like, in lieu of a normal hobby. Bizarre. > [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Very sad, pathetic people. Angry little turds with no status who get off on the brain chemicals and the little moments of perceived power. “Hey, someone danced to my tune for a second!” “Hahaha! I made someone mad! I accomplished something! I HAVE POWER!!!” ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2646 "2017-06-28T16:38:01Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > The only reason I haven’t called you a troll is that you’re harmless. I don’t think you’re equipped to troll a board more mature than Thomas the Tank Engine meets Mr Roberts. Quit trying to change my mind please. I don’t think the **dude** is harmless. His persistent stupid threads pollute the board with embarrassing banal nonsense and have already [elevated sensitivity](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829702) about similar hypotheticals. ---
**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 28, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2647 "2017-06-28T17:22:03Z")
Elevated oversensitivity, you mean. Lowering yourself to a troll’s level isn’t an effective way of dealing with them. I think **dude robert** is mostly harmless. Anyone overreacting to him has the problem. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2648 "2017-06-28T17:32:30Z")
I agree the dude is mostly harmless, but I’ve gone from originally debating troll or clueless oddball, to having [no doubt he’s trolling](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829796). His schtick is getting less amusing lately and I’ve quit participating in his threads. ---
**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 28, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2649 "2017-06-28T17:35:06Z")
He’s teetering on the brink. Amusing versus noise pollution + trolling admissions. Step away from the edge little troll. ---
**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 28, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2650 "2017-06-28T17:40:39Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I agree the dude is mostly harmless, but I’ve gone from originally debating troll or clueless oddball, to having [no doubt he’s trolling](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829796). His schtick is getting less amusing lately and I’ve quit participating in his threads. That’s the way to handle him. Not by trying to out-troll him, then whine about it when your thread gets shut down. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2651 "2017-06-28T17:44:36Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I don’t think the **dude** is harmless. His persistent stupid threads pollute the board with embarrassing banal nonsense and have already [elevated sensitivity](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829702) about similar hypotheticals. My question (which wasn’t tmbg’s) was an actual one that I had contemplated for awhile, and once I saw that DR or a lookalike posted similarly in GQ without repercussions I thought I might as well. It was a legit question although I admit that I posted it in GQ rather than IMHO to riff on the fact there were 2 or 3 similar ones already there. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2652 "2017-06-28T18:28:04Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > That’s the way to handle him. Not by trying to out-troll him, then whine about it when your thread gets shut down. Can I trick-troll him instead? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2653 "2017-06-28T18:39:16Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Lowering yourself to a troll’s level isn’t an effective way of dealing with them. I think **dude robert** is mostly harmless. Yeah, just like flatulence. Let’s all take a deep breath. ---
**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 28, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2654 "2017-06-28T19:00:38Z")
He only smells good to himself? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2655 "2017-06-28T22:05:44Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > The only reason I haven’t called you a troll is that you’re harmless. I don’t think you’re equipped to troll a board more mature than Thomas the Tank Engine meets Mr Roberts. Quit trying to change my mind please. Thomas the Tank Engine meets Mr Roberts. Who wins in that fight? (Or should that go in the help the dude thread?) ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2656 "2017-06-28T22:20:47Z")
> [@dude\_robert](#): > > In fact, I don’t actually match really \*any \*of the banned posters at all on SDMB. How on earth would you know this unless…?? Or did I miss where someone posted a list of banned posters and their characteristics? ---
**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 28, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2657 "2017-06-28T23:38:08Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah, just like flatulence. Let’s all take a deep breath. This is the perfect characterization of **dude robert**. “Harmless”? Well, it’s not gonna kill you, but you’d still rather not be around it. ---
**Author:** ![dude\_robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2658 "2017-06-29T07:11:34Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > How on earth would you know this unless…?? Or did I miss where someone posted a list of banned posters and their characteristics? Well, sort of. There is this actual thread itself, and that other thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=825029), which listed all the most popular/major trolls of the site. I mean, most of the other banned people are most likely just unimportant sock spammers or spammers, or obvious socks of other banned users that perhaps made 1 or 2 posts about the same thing then got banned, so they don’t really count. And on my side, I could only have taken interest in these types of forums for about the past 3 years or so as well. ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2659 "2017-06-29T11:01:36Z")
> [@dude\_robert](#): > > And on my side, I could only have taken interest in these types of forums for about the past 3 years or so as well. Why? Where were you before 3 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/2660 "2017-06-29T11:43:09Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Can I trick-troll him instead? You’re never gonna give it up, are you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=134)