# 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:** 338
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6744 "2018-02-12T21:38:18Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I apologized to Riemann in a PM, if you must know. For the record - no, you didn’t. You sent me a not-pology saying that you are annoyed that I won’t admit I was wrong in the first place, and demanding that I apologize to _you_ for calling you mean names in the Pit. Today, you have continued to embarrass yourself by trying to Pit me again in the Snark thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6745 "2018-02-12T21:49:21Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > For the record - no, you didn’t. You sent me a not-pology saying that you are annoyed that I won’t admit I was wrong in the first place, and demanding that I apologize to _you_ for calling you mean names in the Pit. > > Today, you have continued to embarrass yourself by trying to Pit me again in the Snark thread. Fucking liar. > [@From the PM](#): > > I am having a bad day, I went into that thread with poor expectations and I reacted poorly. I apologize, I was wrong to do that. > > I did thank you for your answer later in that thread, as I thanked others for their answers. Was there more? Yes. You’re still a disingenuous fuck. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6746 "2018-02-12T21:56:46Z")
This is fun. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6747 "2018-02-12T22:02:20Z")
Well, I’m not sure that it’s generally cool to post PMs, but since you’ve posted half of it, here’s the whole not-pology. > [@PM](#): > > **Ok, stop.** > You want to keep denying telling me that I was wrong without answering me, that’s fine, that’s on you. I’m goddamned tired of this whole thing. I am having a bad day, I went into that thread with poor expectations and I reacted poorly. I apologize, I was wrong to do that. I did thank you for your answer later in that thread, as I thanked others for their answers. No, I was not at all happy that you thought it necessary to come back four hours later to re-awaken a ‘let it drop’ conversation and call me names. I don’t care if you just saw it. Now do you want to apologize for the uncalled for “unhinged psychopath” nonsense? But feel free to _actually_ apologize for acting like a complete jerk throughout the original thread, then pitting me and calling me a “fucking arrogant asshole” in the Pit for no reason whatsoever. But I’m not interested in a private PM dialog with you, no. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6748 "2018-02-12T22:05:51Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > But feel free to _actually_ apologize for acting like a complete jerk throughout the original thread, then pitting me and calling me a “fucking arrogant asshole” in the Pit for no reason whatsoever. CRY MOAR!!! For a conversation Colibri wanted to go away, both you and he can’t seem to shut up about it, nearly 24 hours later. You got an actual apology. I’m not responsible for your inability to accept it due to REASONS. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6749 "2018-02-12T22:13:25Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > This is fun. We are beyond recipe time. Since we’re talking prescriptivism, I will confess that I finally made my peace last week with squash = quash. I heard “squash” twice by reporters on NPR in the last month, so I think quash has been, like, squashed, and we are just going to have to learn to live with it. It wasn’t a very unique mix-up anyway. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6750 "2018-02-12T22:24:09Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > This is fun. You didn’t know cosmology was this exciting, huh? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6751 "2018-02-12T22:28:46Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We are beyond recipe time. > > Since we’re talking prescriptivism, I will confess that I finally made my peace last week with squash = quash. I heard “squash” twice by reporters on NPR in the last month, so I think quash has been, like, squashed, and we are just going to have to learn to live with it. It wasn’t a very unique mix-up anyway. What the hell, we’re side-tracked anyway: Would “squash” pass muster in a real live motion to quash, ummm, some thing that gets quashed in a court proceeding? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6752 "2018-02-12T22:34:33Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > This is fun. Not. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6753 "2018-02-12T22:34:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What the hell, we’re side-tracked anyway: > > Would “squash” pass muster in a real live motion to quash, ummm, some thing that gets quashed in a court proceeding? Don’t you mean “pass mustard”? At any rate, probably not, in a world with “Lawyer Dogs”. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6754 "2018-02-12T22:34:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What the hell, we’re side-tracked anyway: > > Would “squash” pass muster in a real live motion to quash, ummm, some thing that gets quashed in a court proceeding? Judge: “Hmm, so you want me to compress this motion so that it becomes soft and flat?” ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6755 "2018-02-12T22:52:41Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Judge: “Hmm, so you want me to compress this motion so that it becomes soft and flat?” Yes your honor, just like your wife’s singing voice. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6756 "2018-02-12T22:53:53Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Yes your honor, just like your wife’s singing voice. ok, I lol’d. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6757 "2018-02-12T23:59:25Z")
On the subject of actual trolls, [**colette8** deserves a proper mention](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=849137). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6758 "2018-02-13T00:09:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > On the subject of actual trolls, [**colette8** deserves a proper mention](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=849137). I dunno, she mentions having moved from Texas and living in a bubble, so I think hitting the wider world was more of a shock for mom than daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6759 "2018-02-13T00:13:05Z")
She probably posted hoping the responses would include helplines and rehabilitation resources. When that didn’t happen, she ran from the room. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6760 "2018-02-13T00:18:35Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > She probably posted hoping the responses would include helplines and rehabilitation resources. When that didn’t happen, she ran from the room. Last activity time is the same as the post time, so she hasn’t been back to see the responses. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6761 "2018-02-13T00:38:16Z")
Now she’s back, thanking posters one at a time in the thread. She seems so…happy. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6762 "2018-02-13T00:45:32Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Now she’s back, thanking posters one at a time in the thread. She seems so…happy. She may have just needed permission to be OK with it. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/6763 "2018-02-13T03:37:32Z")
Forget about goats and squids; the new hazing ritual for new posters is apparently going to be surviving an accusation of being a troll in this thread. Somebody go tell the folks in MPSIMS to stand down. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=339)