# 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:** 180
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3584 "2017-09-08T20:53:31Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I was trying (and failing) to show my appreciation for your wit. I’ll include an appropriate smiley in future. (I laughed too, for the record.) **John Mace** is a teetotaler. He doesn’t like it when he gets booze. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3585 "2017-09-08T21:03:50Z")
[Yeah, but Existentialists make horrible parents.](http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-09-19) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3586 "2017-09-08T21:03:56Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > **John Mace** is a teetotaler. He doesn’t like it when he gets booze. That’s a ginned up rumor! ---
**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 8, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3587 "2017-09-08T21:26:57Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Yeah, nothing gets me as excited as Existentialism. It’s my reason for being!! For me, Existentialism doesn’t answer the big questions, but a lot of the little miscellaneous ones. I guess I’d call it my raison d’etcetera. ---
**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 8, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3588 "2017-09-08T22:05:17Z")
Tea, _a la américain_ Ingredients: Water Tea bag Sugar/Milk/Lemon, optional Bring water to a boil. Pour into a cup. Place tea bag in cup and steep to taste. Add sugar, lemon or milk, if desired. ---
**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 8, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3589 "2017-09-08T22:24:24Z")
How many of these “Life sucks so much we should all embrace nonexistence” trolls have we had in the last year? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3590 "2017-09-08T23:26:39Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > How many of these “Life sucks so much we should all embrace nonexistence” trolls have we had in the last year? At least two. Each lacking the courage of his own convictions. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3591 "2017-09-08T23:38:53Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “Aloe Vera lotion penetrates… the fleece … a recommendation for garrison ointment.” It puts the lotion on it’s skin, or else it gets the hose again. > [@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? Nope. I’ve been just dialing it in for 17 years and all I have for my troubles is a few suspensions, mostly voluntary. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3592 "2017-09-08T23:58:51Z")
Tell me about it. I once called someone a troll in Cafe Society (or GD) using an acrostic and not a damned person noticed. ---
**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 9, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3593 "2017-09-09T00:16:11Z")
> [@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. I guess it wasn’t obvious as I thought it was. As others have explained, he was a spammer, not a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3594 "2017-09-09T01:40:43Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Tell me about it. I once called someone a troll in Cafe Society (or GD) using an acrostic and not a damned person noticed. You’re not the only person to have done that (or something similar). What gets me are those posters who believe a period/full stop must always be followed by starting the next sentence on a new line. I’m always looking for such hidden content in their posts. ---
**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 9, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3595 "2017-09-09T01:51:51Z")
For your information, I never did understand why some people always consider margins sacrosanct. I try to keep everything tidy. Your mileage may vary, I guess. And only time will tell in the long run. Do you understand? ---
**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 9, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3596 "2017-09-09T02:33:09Z")
Hm…Evidently you folks…can’t seem to relate to…ellipses…for some reason… ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3597 "2017-09-09T02:34:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > For your information, I never did > understand why some people always > consider margins sacrosanct. I try to > keep everything tidy. > > Your mileage may vary, I guess. And > only time will tell in the long run. Do you > understand? I’d like to see a little more of this in the resignation letters from the government. A little more FU and a little less RESIST. ---
**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 9, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3598 "2017-09-09T10:07:38Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Hm…Evidently you folks…can’t seem to relate to…ellipses…for some reason… Possibly because it makes you sound like Captain Kirk, and they are Picard people. Try making your writing look like a French guy with a British accent. ---
**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 9, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3599 "2017-09-09T16:20:11Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > [Yeah, but Existentialists make horrible parents.](http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-09-19) Classic. My husband, who teases me relentlessly on this subject, sent me this article today: > **[Opinion | Nietzsche reference was unnecessary](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nietzsche-reference-was-unnecessary/2012/08/24/2522567c-eaef-11e1-866f-60a00f604425_story.html?sw_bypass=true&utm_term=.d825e887e131#)** > > letters@washpost.com... ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3600 "2017-09-09T16:24:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Possibly because it makes you sound like Captain Kirk, and they are Picard people. Try making your writing look like a French guy with a British accent. He’s a French guy with a 24th century French accent. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3601 "2017-09-09T16:26:19Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > You’re not the only person to have done that (or something similar). What gets me are those posters who believe a period/full stop must always be followed by starting the next sentence on a new line. I’m always looking for such hidden content in their posts. You’re not looking hard enough. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3602 "2017-09-09T23:08:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Tell me about it. I once called someone a troll in Cafe Society (or GD) using an acrostic and not a damned person noticed. Tell us how you did it. Random posts don’t always get the job done. Only the most observant will pick up on what you’re doing. Likely, the troll won’t notice or care. What if you do it wrong? ---
**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 9, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3603 "2017-09-09T23:45:06Z")
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