# 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:** 274
**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 13, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5464 "2017-12-13T19:26:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I thought Mc was Scottish, just saying. Mc/Mac is both Irish and Scottish. They’re from the Gaelic for ‘son’. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5465 "2017-12-13T19:31:06Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Mc/Mac is both Irish and Scottish. They’re from the Gaelic for ‘son’. Correct. Medieval Gaelic is also where we get “plack” and “synchophant”. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5466 "2017-12-13T19:52:02Z")
Doesn’t ‘Synchophant’ mean “Fat people who try to copy their cool and hot friends looks”? After all, the Urban Dictionary defines Phant as “The state of being Phat (Pretty Hot And Tempting or Cool) and at the same time being Fat like an elephant.” And of course, Synch is short for Synchronization. 🆒 ---
**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:** [December 13, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5467 "2017-12-13T19:57:49Z")
I thought that Saint Patrick chased all of the synchophants out of Ireland? ---
**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 13, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5468 "2017-12-13T20:04:54Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I thought that Saint Patrick chased all of the synchophants out of Ireland? That was snychopants. Totally differ animal. ---
**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 13, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5469 "2017-12-13T20:29:00Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I don’t know who, and it’s driving me crazy. Is there a “Birds of The Northern Hemisphere” book, but for trolls? I will send you a PM. I don’t want to name it and have it appear. 🆒 ETA: Looks like you are doomed to go crazy. Mwahahahaha! ---
**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 13, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5470 "2017-12-13T20:36:32Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I will send you a PM. I don’t want to name it and have it appear. 🆒 > > ETA: Looks like you are doomed to go crazy. Mwahahahaha! Just be careful. You can call someone a troll or a sock in the Pit, but you can’t in the other forums. The “other forums” rules apply to PMs. IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5471 "2017-12-13T20:50:38Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Just be careful. You can call someone a troll or a sock in the Pit, but you can’t in the other forums. The “other forums” rules apply to PMs. IIRC. Say what? I’m pretty sure the mods don’t monitor PMs for mentions of trolls and socks. ---
**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 13, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5472 "2017-12-13T20:55:48Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > Say what? I’m pretty sure the mods don’t monitor PMs for mentions of trolls and socks. No, they don’t monitor PMs. It’s just good to know about the rules, though. YMMV. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5473 "2017-12-13T21:00:24Z")
Thank god! For a minute there… ---
**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:** [December 13, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5474 "2017-12-13T21:08:38Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I will send you a PM. I don’t want to name it and have it appear. 🆒 > > ETA: Looks like you are doomed to go crazy. Mwahahahaha! Is it the guy who claimed to have undergone a bilateral orchiectomy? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5475 "2017-12-13T21:17:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is it the guy who claimed to have undergone a bilateral orchiectomy? Octopus? ---
**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 13, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5476 "2017-12-13T21:19:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is it the guy who claimed to have undergone a bilateral orchiectomy? Ding-ding > [@Morgenstern](#): > > Octopus? :rolleyes: ---
**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 13, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5477 "2017-12-13T21:55:09Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > No, they don’t monitor PMs. It’s just good to know about the rules, though. YMMV. Can you really not say anything bad about any other posters though? I know you can’t insult the recipient in a PM, but a third party? ---
**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 13, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5478 "2017-12-13T22:38:50Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Just be careful. You can call someone a troll or a sock in the Pit, but you can’t in the other forums. The “other forums” rules apply to PMs. IIRC. I’ve never seen mention of forum rules applying in PMs in my 17 years here. What proof do you have of that? ---
**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 13, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5479 "2017-12-13T22:46:06Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > I’ve never seen mention of forum rules applying in PMs in my 17 years here. What proof do you have of that? It was addressed in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=816360): > [@Reporting PMs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-pms/777211/4): > > This is a reminder to all that, even if you are discussing something from the Pit, any PM sent must conform to non-Pit rules. Personal insults are only permitted in the Pit. They are not permitted anywhere else, including in PMs. > > From the FAQ: > > > [@FAQ - Guidelines and Etiquette on the SDMB](#): > > > > Since they are treated as postings, the rules of conduct for private messages are the same as those of the general forums of the Straight Dope Message Board, starting, but not ending, with our most basic rule: Don’t be a jerk. ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5480 "2017-12-13T23:00:52Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > It was addressed in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=816360): You know I was afraid I’d find I’d \*posted \*in that thread as I opened it, right? This is the first time I’ve seen that rule noted, and I’ve noted it. I suppose I’ve just been lucky so far not to have broken it in PMs. :o ---
**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:** [December 14, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5481 "2017-12-14T00:19:16Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Doesn’t ‘Synchophant’ mean “Fat people who try to copy their cool and hot friends looks”? > > After all, the Urban Dictionary defines Phant as “The state of being Phat (Pretty Hot And Tempting or Cool) and at the same time being Fat like an elephant.” And of course, Synch is short for Synchronization. > > 🆒 Oh. I thought it meant “creepy food court sleuth/possible blackmailer of other food court patrons”. ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5482 "2017-12-14T02:44:55Z")
In a thread titled “How often are those teacher-high school student sexual affairs uncovered?” in GQ, **jtur88** writes: > [@How often are those teacher-high school student sexual affairs uncovered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-those-teacher-high-school-student-sexual-affairs-uncovered/804400/10): > > In my view, more often than they should be. The sexuality of people is their own business, and the “age of consent” is a highly arbitrary tribal custom. > > Unless there reason to suspect unreasonable coercion, leave them alone. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20664098&postcount=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20664098&postcount=10) I can’t say this there, but what the fuck, jturd? What the everlovin’ fuck? Troll, or clueless old man? ---
**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 14, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5483 "2017-12-14T08:02:52Z")
I just posted something in his Pit thread. **jturd** is on a roll. His answer about scariest message from an alien? You touched my ass and I’m calling a press conference. Get over it dude. You can’t grab ass any more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=273) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=275)