# 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:** 170
**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:** [August 17, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3381 "2017-08-17T22:44:23Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Can we definitively rule out idiot? Never forget: ‘‘troll’’ and ‘‘idiot’’ are not mutually exclusive. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3382 "2017-08-17T22:45:54Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Can we definitively rule out idiot? I don’t think we can rule out “young”. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3383 "2017-08-17T22:51:00Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Most [ironic post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20420869&postcount=69) of the week? I don’t know, but the magnificence of the grammar, spelling, and punctuation are a fitting tribute to the mentality of the poster. > [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t think we can rule out “young”. [Possibly](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=201460). 😃 ---
**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:** [August 19, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3384 "2017-08-19T17:54:45Z")
Abashed is [now trying his hand](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20424814&postcount=5) in the political threads. As such. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3385 "2017-08-19T18:34:44Z")
[Let’s destroy the older films that aren’t diverse enough.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833985) He should stick to starting a billion threads bout the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3386 "2017-08-19T19:04:39Z")
Jesus, watching a mental defective attempt irony is fucking painful. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3387 "2017-08-19T19:05:24Z")
Pretty sad. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3388 "2017-08-19T19:10:51Z")
And locked with no explanation (yet, anyway). Wonder if the mods are “discussing” things. _checks again before submitting_ Aaaaand an official warning for trolling. Cool. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3389 "2017-08-19T19:17:15Z")
> [@neofishboy](#): > > And locked with no explanation (yet, anyway). Wonder if the mods are “discussing” things. > > _checks again before submitting_ > > Aaaaand an official warning for trolling. Cool. Good call. Now he needs to get the “ **abashed** treatment” for his apparent plans to start [60 threads about the 60s in 60 days or less.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833923) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3390 "2017-08-19T21:50:54Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Abashed is [now trying his hand](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20424814&postcount=5) in the political threads. As such. **Abashed** has already demonstrated – in a remarkably short time – that he is a total ignoramus with zero understanding of science, no knowledge of math, a propensity for trolling, and an inclination to hostile snark when someone tries to explain things to him. So if I’d had to guess ahead of time what his political leanings would be, I think I would have guessed they would be the kind that likes phrases like “the liberal elite” and “liberal left political correctness brigade”. Yeah, I think “ignorant right-wing redneck” sums it up nicely. No surprise there. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3391 "2017-08-20T03:32:39Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Most of the time I like **Bricker**. But sometimes, when he’s trying to play Socratic Method Guy, he can be a real troll. I would not hesitate to call that thread trolling. I’m surprised it’s still in GD. I mean, what kind of lame-ass OP is that? Just asking questions!!! Bricker’s not a troll. He’s a thinking man’s conservative, which is rare these days. Not every seemingly ‘out there’ question is a troll job. I saw the Gettysburg question as an extension of the other threads that were popping up in response to monuments. Sorry, but you can’t just benefit from the man’s genius in some threads and call him a troll without solid evidence in others just because he challenges you and posts questions or opinions you don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3392 "2017-08-20T03:35:08Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The worst thing about that is that he threw away the opportunity to title it “How should we address Gettysburg\*\*.”\*\* Funny because there are already articles online addressing this same issue. Are we suggesting that he sent press releases out to the media to troll them, too? > **[Gettysburg park officials: Confederate monuments here to stay](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/15/gettysburg-park-officials-confederate-monuments-here-stay/570779001/)** > > Debates over Confederate monuments like the one in Charlottesville are not expected to come to the Gettysburg battlefield. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3393 "2017-08-20T04:48:22Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Bricker’s not a troll. He’s a thinking man’s conservative, which is rare these days. Not every seemingly ‘out there’ question is a troll job. I saw the Gettysburg question as an extension of the other threads that were popping up in response to monuments. Sorry, but you can’t just benefit from the man’s genius in some threads and call him a troll without solid evidence in others just because he challenges you and posts questions or opinions you don’t like. Oy. I said that most of the time I like him. I especially like the legal expertise he brings to this MB. But that thread? Puh-lease. There was nothing challenging about it, and most people saw right through the “gotcha” premise. If you think that was genius, you have a very low bar for that attribute. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3394 "2017-08-20T20:31:53Z")
What the fucking fuck is [this???](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=834060) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3395 "2017-08-20T20:35:19Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > What the fucking fuck is [this???](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=834060) Trolling, pure and simple. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3396 "2017-08-20T20:44:55Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Trolling, pure and simple. My sense is that it’s something worse than that. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3397 "2017-08-20T21:15:36Z")
I was the one who reported it. What a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3398 "2017-08-20T22:15:55Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Bricker’s not a troll. He’s a thinking man’s conservative, which is rare these days. Not every seemingly ‘out there’ question is a troll job. I saw the Gettysburg question as an extension of the other threads that were popping up in response to monuments. Sorry, but you can’t just benefit from the man’s genius in some threads and call him a troll without solid evidence in others just because he challenges you and posts questions or opinions you don’t like. So a brilliant physicist can’t be a racist as well? You’re a fucking imbecile if you honestly believe a single word of that post, or are you just trolling? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3399 "2017-08-20T22:31:47Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I was the one who reported it. What a jerk. The one? 😉 ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3400 "2017-08-20T22:54:27Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The one? 😉 I assume that most of the threads views resulted in reports. I replied, then reported (actually reported then replied so as not to have to wait between posts). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=171)