# 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:** 178
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3544 "2017-09-05T21:36:27Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I keep thinking we should call it “knitting club” or something innocuous to keep it a little less conspicuous. I have seven friends who meet with me most Mondays at 5 pm (start of the 5-7 happy hour) at a bar. We call it the Monday Evening Literature Discussion Group. Although it’s a joke and always has been, one member of the group got in trouble with his wife, who really believed it. She mentioned to a friend that her husband was at his discussion group and the friend (whose husband was there as well) cracked up laughing. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3545 "2017-09-05T22:40:48Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I keep thinking we should call it “knitting club” or something innocuous to keep it a little less conspicuous. Sport fishing would be closer. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3546 "2017-09-05T22:54:50Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have seven friends who meet with me most Mondays at 5 pm (start of the 5-7 happy hour) at a bar. We call it the Monday Evening Literature Discussion Group… I attended The Church of the Perpetually Confused in a now-defunct diner on Sunday mornings. One old guy said as long as he could make casual mentions of “At church last Sunday…” it kept his daughter off his case. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3547 "2017-09-05T22:58:53Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have seven friends who meet with me most Mondays at 5 pm (start of the 5-7 happy hour) at a bar. We call it the Monday Evening Literature Discussion Group. Although it’s a joke and always has been, one member of the group got in trouble with his wife, who really believed it. She mentioned to a friend that her husband was at his discussion group and the friend (whose husband was there as well) cracked up laughing. On many college campuses I’ve been to, there is a bar called The Library, or some such. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3548 "2017-09-06T00:11:28Z")
There is (or was, some twenty-five years ago) one in Long Beach, CA, named The Branch Office. Pretty sure I’ve also heard tell of one called “Isle of View.” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3549 "2017-09-06T00:13:18Z")
There was a bar near where I used to live called The Laundromat. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3550 "2017-09-07T13:58:54Z")
It’s a typical troll tactic to feign ignorance and demand that the victim do the troll’s homework for him/her. The troll hopes to break down the victim’s resistance by forcing the victim into tedious, ultimately useless busywork which won’t accomplish anything since it will be ignored. That’s what **CC** appears to be doing in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835616) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3551 "2017-09-07T14:08:06Z")
Are reasons usually given for bannings? I ask because [buddy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) here seems to have a five-post history that didn’t exactly strike me as, well, trollish. Too…just dialing it in, then? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3552 "2017-09-07T14:10:40Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Are reasons usually given for bannings? I ask because [buddy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) here seems to have a five-post history that didn’t exactly strike me as, well, trollish. Not for socks. Or newbie trolls. If you see an insta-ban with no notification, it’s probably because of that. If enquiring minds need to know, you’re supposed to email a moderator. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3553 "2017-09-07T14:14:18Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Are reasons usually given for bannings? I ask because [buddy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) here seems to have a five-post history that didn’t exactly strike me as, well, trollish. > Too…just dialing it in, then? We don’t announce bannings of spammers, socks, or short-term trolls. If you look at his final post, the answer should become obvious to you. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3554 "2017-09-07T14:21:45Z")
The SMDB supports only safe, sober-minded daving. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3555 "2017-09-07T14:22:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If you look at his final post, the answer should become obvious to you. While I can’t find any right this second, I’ve definitely seen more trollish posts than that fifth one, by posters still around, but I guess if he/she more or less _starts off_ on that foot - not too promising, perhaps. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3556 "2017-09-07T14:41:16Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > It’s a typical troll tactic to feign ignorance and demand that the victim do the troll’s homework for him/her. The troll hopes to break down the victim’s resistance by forcing the victim into tedious, ultimately useless busywork which won’t accomplish anything since it will be ignored. > > That’s what **CC** appears to be doing in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835616) I’m fairly certain that this is not the first time I’ve seen that question either, word for word, or close to it. I’ve been meaning to look for the other thread. > [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Are reasons usually given for bannings? I ask because [buddy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) here seems to have a five-post history that didn’t exactly strike me as, well, trollish. > Too…just dialing it in, then? The word I would use in this case is “spammer”. Here sir or madame, please try this lovely game that I have found online. Just click here… ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3557 "2017-09-07T14:49:32Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > While I can’t find any right this second, I’ve definitely seen more trollish posts than that fifth one, by posters still around, but I guess if he/she more or less _starts off_ on that foot - not too promising, perhaps. That’s clearly spam, not trolling. This guy did more work than most spammers by pretending to participate in threads, but his purpose became clear in that post. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3558 "2017-09-07T15:01:03Z")
Except the “pretending to participate in threads” is often quite blatant, so it’s often obvious when a spammer is just making a few innocuous posts before unleashing the spam. For example, that guy’s first post says, “looks good, i like those games”, second post, “i will lokking forward of it”, third post, “i like to play on this game”, fourth post, “tennis is quite interesting” followed by the final spammy post. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3559 "2017-09-07T16:41:43Z")
And all will be well in the garden. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3560 "2017-09-07T17:17:38Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Except the “pretending to participate in threads” is often quite blatant, so it’s often obvious when a spammer is just making a few innocuous posts before unleashing the spam. For example, that guy’s first post says, “looks good, i like those games”, second post, “i will lokking forward of it”, third post, “i like to play on this game”, fourth post, “tennis is quite interesting” followed by the final spammy post. That posting style seems like a slow-rolling version of the one-shot spamdrops I’ve seen on other forums, where there’s an inane almost-on-topic comment followed by an awkward segue to a spam link. All, composed in a manner that makes me think “English isn’t your native language, is it? Nor probably your second or third.” Also, the specific spamtacular post is over 5 hours old at this moment, and although the spammer is banned, the spam post with spam link is still present. I just reported, but it seems odd for the mods to drop the ball that way. I mean, as long as the link is still there, ol’ Dave can rest assured thinking “mission accomplished” even if he got the ban-hammer. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3561 "2017-09-08T11:22:48Z")
I see that Dumbus Assius is [at it again](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835707). ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3562 "2017-09-08T11:39:09Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I see that Dumbus Assius is [at it again](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835707). Someone’s been listening to too much Radiohead lately, methinks. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3563 "2017-09-08T12:43:54Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Someone’s been listening to too much Radiohead lately, methinks. These people get on my fucking nerves. Go read Sartre and keep your misanthropic drivel to yourself. The disgraceful biological slavery of existence. Give me a fucking break. And I _like_ Sartre. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=179)