# 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:** 184
**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:** [September 13, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3664 "2017-09-13T14:54:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Oh my gosh, [Man Trap Hilter is back](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836156)! I was afraid he might be back with some new totally crackpot theory, but it’s OK. He just needed to explain to us that the Hubble red shift is just an artifact that scientists have been too stupid to understand, and the universe is actually not expanding at all. 😃 I wonder if he owns an actual wooden soapbox or crate that he stands on at street corners and annoys passers-by until the police shoo him away. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3665 "2017-09-13T14:57:18Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Oh my gosh, [Man Trap Hilter is back](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836156)! But who is Hilter? 😃 ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3666 "2017-09-13T15:16:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But who is Hilter? 😃 I donno, but I always almost reverse a certain pair of the letters. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3667 "2017-09-13T15:33:55Z")
I always parsed it as “Mantra Philter” – not that that makes any more sense. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3668 "2017-09-13T15:37:45Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I was afraid he might be back with some new totally crackpot theory, but it’s OK. He just needed to explain to us that the Hubble red shift is just an artifact that scientists have been too stupid to understand, and the universe is actually not expanding at all. 😃 > > I wonder if he owns an actual wooden soapbox or crate that he stands on at street corners and annoys passers-by until the police shoo him away. I have not yet figured out what sort of love potion is embodied in a mantra philter. Does he love mantras? Is he selling mantras as philters? Does he think that reciting mantras will act on another person as a philter? (And what unfortunate individual is the target of his mantras?) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3669 "2017-09-13T16:21:45Z")
In the Dred Scott thread, I see that DonDraper posted at 2:08am and is shown as Banned. Anyone know why and/or can point me at that last straw? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3670 "2017-09-13T16:24:23Z")
Man trap filter is the kind of mental filter you use to prevent the man from being trapped. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3671 "2017-09-13T16:27:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > In the Dred Scott thread, I see that DonDraper posted at 2:08am and is shown as Banned. Anyone know why and/or can point me at that last straw? On further examination, recent join date with only 3 non-controversial posts would seem to point to Socking. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3672 "2017-09-13T17:06:48Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Oh my gosh, [Man Trap Hilter is back](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836156)! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > But who is Hilter? 😃 > [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > I always parsed it as “Mantra Philter” – not that that makes any more sense. Wow. Major light-bulb-over-head moment here. Thank you. I always parsed that goof’s name as “Mantra Philter” as well. To the point that I didn’t recognize **Darren** ’s alternate parsing as even being the guy’s name. I though **Darren** was referencing some side topic buried in one of that guy’s threads. :smack: **Darren** I owe you and your typing an apology. I totally bone-headed that one. :smack: **Mantra Philter** and **Man Trap Hilter** : Even more mysterious than he already seems. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 13, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3673 "2017-09-13T18:25:46Z")
It looks like several old favorites are back. [Why bother to live?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836213) Yes, **machinaforce** is back, joining the Mantra Hilter thing to provide rousing entertainment for all. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3674 "2017-09-13T18:52:16Z")
We also just had several zombie revivals that weren’t trollish so much as misguided and pointless. I wonder why/how this comes in waves? ---
**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 13, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3675 "2017-09-13T18:53:35Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It looks like several old favorites are back. > > [Why bother to live?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836213) > > Yes, **machinaforce** is back, joining the Mantra Hilter thing to provide rousing entertainment for all. 😛 Just now closed, but no warning issued. Go figure. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3676 "2017-09-13T18:57:51Z")
I guess the rhetorical question of the moment was “why should this thread live?”, and the answer was, it shouldn’t. 30 minutes it lasted. **Machinaforce** may soon be spending some quality time with **Reddy Mercury**. ---
**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 13, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3677 "2017-09-13T19:05:52Z")
[If life is optional then why live?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20475393&postcount=1) REVENGE! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3678 "2017-09-13T19:13:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But who is Hilter? 😃 Another thread Gowdinised… ---
**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:** [September 13, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3679 "2017-09-13T19:15:40Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Just now closed, but no warning issued. Go figure. But **Bone** did say his posting privileges would be under discussion if he kept making threads like that. ---
**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 13, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3680 "2017-09-13T19:30:14Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > But **Bone** did say his posting privileges would be under discussion if he kept making threads like that. Exactly. At the risk of straying into ATMB territory, wouldn’t you think an infraction that deserved that type of admonishment would get a warning? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3681 "2017-09-13T19:56:51Z")
**Reddy Mercury** just came back with a new sock, now cornfielded. I’m not sure if I’m allowed to paste his post here, but he was basically asking for a second chance. ---
**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 13, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3682 "2017-09-13T21:00:52Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > **Reddy Mercury** just came back with a new sock, now cornfielded. I’m not sure if I’m allowed to paste his post here, but he was basically asking for a second chance. He already had a second chance. And a third, and a fourth… ---
**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 13, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3683 "2017-09-13T22:20:51Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > He already had a second chance. And a third, and a fourth… Worst. Jr. Mod. Evah. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=183) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=185)