# 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:** 192
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3824 "2017-10-05T20:14:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I gotta say you folks really have a hard on for **Beckdawrek**. An IMO completely unjustified one. In a couple of posts I saw she used ellipses to signify a dramatic pause or groping for a word. Most of us to that device now and again. Including me. I don’t read every forum, so she may be (or have been) throwing around more ellipses than I’m aware of. She’s been doing it pretty frequently. It seemed when she started like it was nearly every post. > [@](#): > > Contrast this with **watchwolf49** who has some 7500 posts of which all but roughly three are a collection of a dozen or more twitter-like half-thoughts each separated by ellipses. That’s dozens per post times thousands of posts. Which somehow gets a pass from the recently formed Ellipsis Posse. \*\*watchwolf49 \*\*has been given shit about his ridiculous over-use of ellipses. He ignores it. Better not to have another **watchwolf49.** ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3825 "2017-10-05T20:31:30Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I gotta say you folks really have a hard on for **Beckdawrek**. An IMO completely unjustified one. In a couple of posts I saw she used ellipses to signify a dramatic pause or groping for a word. Most of us to that device now and again. Including me. I don’t read every forum, so she may be (or have been) throwing around more ellipses than I’m aware of. There’s been no pile-on, it’s kind of an issue she has created. She pretty much exclusively used ellipses instead of periods everywhere, and the **watchwolf** -like post below is the first one that drew a response. > [@Put her back in the closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858/58): > > I want ot ask this gently, because I believe these people may do the right thing for their exploring/questioning dau/son…Has anybody with teens noticed there are more LGBTQ kids than there used to be…or were they just on the down low and hidden (in the closet)…my 18yr old has probably 4 friends that have LGBTQ ,I don’t really know what to call it…maybe …lifestyles. I 've met them all …nice kids. I feel for them though…all have family problems stemming from these differing lifestyles… One is her best friend since grade school…he came out to us first. I encouraged him to talk to his mom.It went really bad…he moved in with grandparents…mom now hates me… (another story)…he is fully living as a male now…but as I say…I was just wondering is it more out now or are there more kids identifying as different from their sex at birth? To which Leaffan responded politely: > [@Put her back in the closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858/62): > > \ > (And could you please stop with the … and just punctuate correctly? A single period and capital letters for the next sentence perhaps?) She thanked him for the feedback and said she’d try, but then asked why she should stop. And more people responded politely (including you, **LSLGuy** ). > [@Put her back in the closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858/65): > > They’re annoying and make your posts hard to read. > [@Put her back in the closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858/69): > > Ditto what Leaffan said. The dots make your posts hard to read, and give your writing less weight. Effective writing needs thought put into the mechanics as well as the ideas. And you seem to have good ideas, so you should make the most of the delivery. > [@Put her back in the closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858/75): > > With all due respect, it suggests you are a very slow thinker. It’s the equivalent of saying “uhhhhh…” a lot in conversation. It makes your posts be taken less seriously. If that’s what you want, go ahead, but there’s no good reason to include ellipses after every sentence in written conversation. And that would have been the end of it, but she has since complained about how she was “beaten up” over ellipses in a dozen other threads. New poster welcome thread? She chimes in to watch out for jerks that complain about grammar. Someone mentions an insult? She tells us about the time she was insulted for using ellipses. Totally unrelated thread? She still finds a way to mention the damn ellipses. It’s not other posters raising the issue, it’s her. I like **Beckdawreck**. She has posted good comments in a number of threads, and we need more new posters like her. But geez, drop it already. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3826 "2017-10-05T20:48:35Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > New poster welcome thread? She chimes in to watch out for jerks that complain about grammar. As the resident Obergruppenführer in charge of persecuting the perpetrators of trivial mistakes in grammar, spelling, and punctuation, I see a souring of cordiality and rough times ahead in any future interactions I may have with Ms. Wreck-a-Bed. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3827 "2017-10-05T22:33:35Z")
Let’s give it up for [the latest idiot](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20520868&postcount=14) to join the MB! ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3828 "2017-10-05T22:39:47Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > There’s been no pile-on, it’s kind of an issue she has created. She pretty much exclusively used ellipses instead of periods everywhere, and the **watchwolf** -like post below is the first one that drew a response. > > To which Leaffan responded politely: > > She thanked him for the feedback and said she’d try, but then asked why she should stop. And more people responded politely (including you, **LSLGuy** ). > > And that would have been the end of it, but she has since complained about how she was “beaten up” over ellipses in a dozen other threads. New poster welcome thread? She chimes in to watch out for jerks that complain about grammar. Someone mentions an insult? She tells us about the time she was insulted for using ellipses. Totally unrelated thread? She still finds a way to mention the damn ellipses. It’s not other posters raising the issue, it’s her. > > I like **Beckdawreck**. She has posted good comments in a number of threads, and we need more new posters like her. But geez, drop it already. Yeah, she’s the one who keeps bringing it up. If she wouldn’t mention it, neither would anyone else, as long as she quit using ellipses. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3829 "2017-10-05T22:44:13Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Let’s give it up for [the latest idiot](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20520868&postcount=14) to join the MB! But is it wharling Darvish? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3830 "2017-10-05T23:02:53Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Let’s give it up for [the latest idiot](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20520868&postcount=14) to join the MB! Just gave him a good Adamsing. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3831 "2017-10-06T01:31:14Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > There’s been no pile-on, it’s kind of an issue she has created. She pretty much exclusively used ellipses instead of periods everywhere, and the **watchwolf** -like post below is the first one that drew a response. > > To which Leaffan responded politely: > > She thanked him for the feedback and said she’d try, but then asked why she should stop. And more people responded politely (including you, **LSLGuy** ). > one use. > And that would have been the end of it, but she has since complained about how she was “beaten up” over ellipses in a dozen other threads. New poster welcome thread? She chimes in to watch out for jerks that complain about grammar. Someone mentions an insult? She tells us about the time she was insulted for using ellipses. Totally unrelated thread? She still finds a way to mention the damn ellipses. It’s not other posters raising the issue, it’s her. > > I like **Beckdawreck**. She has posted good comments in a number of threads, and we need more new posters like her. But geez, drop it already. Thanks for the rest of the background. I must have come into this late after she’d already toned it down. First I saw she was taking a beating for one use in a bog-typical way. But yeah, it’s time A) nobody use ellipsis in lieu of proper punctuation. This is not a stream of consciousness medium. And B) nobody wear getting “counseled” as a badge of honor, or as a scab they keep picking at to “prove” they’re an ongoing victim. Last of all, yes, she’s the kind of newbie we want more of. Unless this (or anything else really) turns out to be her hobby horse. Hobby horse riders don’t get anywhere and simply obstruct traffic. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3832 "2017-10-06T04:18:12Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Let’s give it up for [the latest idiot](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20520868&postcount=14) to join the MB! He looks interesting. A dashing, daring Darvish? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3833 "2017-10-06T05:23:18Z")
I just read Beck’s ATMB thread on threadshitting, which turned into a train wreck on ellipses. I now want… to write… like William… Shatner… talks. It’s… overwhelming. Help… me. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3834 "2017-10-06T05:48:10Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I just read Beck’s ATMB thread on threadshitting, which turned into a train wreck on ellipses. I now want… to write… like William… Shatner… talks. It’s… overwhelming. Help… me. Good news, everyone! If you just start your comments with “Good news, everyone” you will sound like Hubert Farnsworth instead! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3835 "2017-10-06T05:59:24Z")
Bring it on polfwup! I ain’t scared! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3836 "2017-10-06T10:17:50Z")
Whassa matter? Didn’t you get enough attention in your own thread? I was going to pop in there to point out what an attention whore you were being, but it was not appropriate for the forum. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to do so here. I know, folks, the irony that by doing so I’m giving him an opportunity to suck in even more attention is burningly obvious. Sorry, couldn’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3837 "2017-10-06T15:09:22Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > He looks interesting. A dashing, daring Darvish? No [YU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Darvish). 🙂 (I wish. Yu Darvish is cool. Our Darvish, not so much. ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3838 "2017-10-06T17:00:40Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Whassa matter? Didn’t you get enough attention in your own thread? I was going to pop in there to point out what an attention whore you were being, but it was not appropriate for the forum. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to do so here. > > I know, folks, the irony that by doing so I’m giving him an opportunity to suck in even more attention is burningly obvious. Sorry, couldn’t help myself. You talking to me? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3839 "2017-10-06T17:33:55Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Whassa matter? Didn’t you get enough attention in your own thread? I was going to pop in there to point out what an attention whore you were being, but it was not appropriate for the forum. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to do so here. > > I know, folks, the irony that by doing so I’m giving him an opportunity to suck in even more attention is burningly obvious. Sorry, couldn’t help myself. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You talking to me? Here, I’ll hold your glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3840 "2017-10-06T18:01:17Z")
You ain’t got a dog in this. If I wanted attention I think an anonymous message b oard ain’t exactly a optimal place to choose. BACK OFF! ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3841 "2017-10-06T18:07:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You ain’t got a dog in this. If I wanted attention I think an anonymous message b > > oard ain’t exactly a optimal place to choose. BACK OFF! Your reams of posts indicate otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3842 "2017-10-06T18:18:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You ain’t got a dog in this. If I wanted attention I think an anonymous message b > > oard ain’t exactly a optimal place to choose. BACK OFF! That’s sure to w ork. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/3843 "2017-10-06T18:25:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You talking to me? Well, I’m the only one here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=193)