# 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:** 252
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5024 "2017-12-01T17:19:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Most likely, come back days/weeks/months later to replace all that with links. > We don’t usually get those kind of spammers but they exist. > Takes much patience. 😃 Yup, already gone. The long delay (past the edit window) made me think editing in links wasn’t the goal, but of course the spammers don’t necessarily know about the short window here. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5025 "2017-12-01T17:22:32Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Yup, already gone. The long delay (past the edit window) made me think editing in links wasn’t the goal, but of course the spammers don’t necessarily know about the short window here. I’ve seen forums with unlimited editing. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5026 "2017-12-01T18:33:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’ve seen forums with unlimited editing. Right. You don’t have to be the hardest target, just tougher than the rest of the chumps. Something about a bear and outrunning the other guy. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5027 "2017-12-01T18:57:05Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > It was in _People_ magazine … You’re saying Tom was the one who chose Blake Shelton as the sexiest man alive? Darn you, Tom! ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5028 "2017-12-01T19:09:34Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Not sure if Aye1 is trolling, but she has the bumping old threads and making lots of writing errors thing down pat. My first reaction was that it’s someone whose first language isn’t English who’s laying the groundwork for spamming, but that doesn’t explain the old threads part. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5029 "2017-12-01T19:09:38Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Spellcheck deserves it’s very own Pit thread. _Its_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5030 "2017-12-01T19:16:15Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > You’re saying Tom was the one who chose Blake Shelton as the sexiest man alive? > > Darn you, Tom! I heard Tom voted for Arnold Winkelried. I remember reading about a mod loop leak discussing Arnold’s great looking legs. Maybe Tom will set this straight. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5031 "2017-12-01T19:46:13Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > _Its_. 😃 Spellcheck deserves it is very own Pit thread. What’s wrong with that? 😃 ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5032 "2017-12-01T20:22:36Z")
There are or were websites devoted to pitting spellcheck. Look up fyac or dyac. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5033 "2017-12-01T22:13:09Z")
A bit surprised that our resident GOP apologist/spin doctor, **Fotheringay-Phipps** , hasn’t gotten any love here. There isn’t a single solitary thang that the Pubs can do or say that he can’t explain away. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5034 "2017-12-01T23:02:47Z")
Didn’t he recently have his very own dedicated Pit thread? ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5035 "2017-12-01T23:05:00Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > A bit surprised that our resident GOP apologist/spin doctor, **Fotheringay-Phipps** , hasn’t gotten any love here. There isn’t a single solitary thang that the Pubs can do or say that he can’t explain away. To me he’s just muzak in the dentist’s office. I don’t hear a thing. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5036 "2017-12-01T23:05:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Didn’t he recently have his very own dedicated Pit thread? Yeah, he deserves a pit thread, but not for being a troll. He’s just an asshole. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5037 "2017-12-01T23:30:19Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > A bit surprised that our resident GOP apologist/spin doctor, **Fotheringay-Phipps** , hasn’t gotten any love here. There isn’t a single solitary thang that the Pubs can do or say that he can’t explain away. That’s not really the worst of it. He’s capable of fucking up a thread on pretty much any subject with pointless nitpicking and hair-splitting. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5038 "2017-12-01T23:52:52Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > That’s not really the worst of it. He’s capable of fucking up a thread on pretty much any subject with pointless nitpicking and hair-splitting. That’s it. He’s so fucking BORING in his endless, pointless quibbles. Can’t you ban him for being a dull prick, please? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5039 "2017-12-02T00:38:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > That’s not really the worst of it. He’s capable of fucking up a thread on pretty much any subject with pointless nitpicking and hair-splitting. Exactly. He’s a Monty Python skit come to life. He’s just here for an argument. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5040 "2017-12-02T00:40:15Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Exactly. He’s a Monty Python skit come to life. He’s just here for an argument. No, he’s not! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5041 "2017-12-02T01:12:58Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > No, he’s not! We’ve told you once. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5042 "2017-12-02T01:13:49Z")
**F-P** put some effort into answering my questions on some non-political issues (real estate investment and replacing my HVAC unit), IIRC. I’ve found some of his posts very frustrating in other threads, but for those thoughtful responses I’m appreciative. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5043 "2017-12-02T01:22:51Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > **F-P** put some effort into answering my questions on some non-political issues (real estate investment and replacing my HVAC unit), IIRC. I’ve found some of his posts very frustrating in other threads, but for those thoughtful responses I’m appreciative. Then you can call yourself lucky. I have never ever read a useful or at least somehow interesting post from him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=253)