# 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:** 445
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8884 "2018-10-24T15:12:16Z")
> [@naita](#): > > What the fuck is wrong with you that you’re so into using “rough numbers” instead of rounding properly that you have to seek validation in an additional thread? I was curious about that myself. Not enough to post in that thread, but curious none-the-less. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8885 "2018-10-24T16:05:20Z")
**mrka** : troll or fruitcake or both-[You decide.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21284029&postcount=29) By the way, In his first post he claimed > [@](#): > > I have practiced Yoga for ten years. My teacher was the author and Hatha Yoga master Swami Vishnudevananda also known as the flying Swami. > I took the TTC and became a memver of the staff at the yoga camp and ashram in Val-Morin, Québec. > I taught Hatha Yoga at the camp and ashram, in Montreal at the center there, and in New York. > I went on a conference and Hatha Yoga demonstration tour of five East European countries with Swami Vishnudevananda, the celebrated Canadian psychic Marylin Rossner as well as a female advanced Hatha Yoga teacher whose name I can’t remember now. He supposedly has a background like that, and asks questions like this? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8886 "2018-10-24T17:00:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > What the fuck is wrong with septimus [in this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21282763)? I’m not particularly bright or well educated; it’s always a little exciting when a doper does something other than refer to me or my opinions as ignorant. I appreciate your comments. ---
**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 24, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8887 "2018-10-24T17:53:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > **mrka** : troll or fruitcake or both-[You decide.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21284029&postcount=29) By the way, In his first post he claimed > He supposedly has a background like that, and asks questions like this? Crap. I wanted to tell him he needs to get out more. Maybe not bring up all the crazy at a bar with friends. It won’t end well. ---
**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 24, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8888 "2018-10-24T19:09:18Z")
> [@naita](#): > > What the fuck is wrong with you that you’re so into using “rough numbers” instead of rounding properly that you have to seek validation in an additional thread? It isn’t about “rounding”, it is about arbitrarily choosing beyond which numbers to cut off in a casual mention. I did no “rounding” I simply treated the numbers after that point as if they did not exist. And given that the amount of DNA contributed from each grandparent [varies each time a new gamete is created thanks to crossing over](https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/2684/do-we-get-1-4-of-our-genes-from-each-grandparent), claming that 1.5625 or 1.6 is a meaningful, accurate number and that 1.5 is an insidious attempt at political manipulation (and expressing it with varying font sizes) makes septimus not only mathmetically wrong and scientificly wrong but also look like an insane fucking nutjob. ---
**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 24, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8889 "2018-10-24T19:44:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > **mrka** : troll or fruitcake or both-[You decide.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21284029&postcount=29) By the way, In his first post he claimed > He supposedly has a background like that, and asks questions like this? Initially I was sure he was nutty like fruitcake. His meds seem to be adjusted now, so I’m voting both. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8890 "2018-10-24T20:52:51Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I did no “rounding” I simply treated the numbers after that point as if they did not exist. Which everyone with above room temp intelligence has figured out how not to do after about age 8 or so. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8891 "2018-10-24T21:16:14Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It isn’t about “rounding”, it is about arbitrarily choosing beyond which numbers to cut off in a casual mention. I did no “rounding” I simply treated the numbers after that point as if they did not exist. And given that the amount of DNA contributed from each grandparent [varies each time a new gamete is created thanks to crossing over](https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/2684/do-we-get-1-4-of-our-genes-from-each-grandparent), claming that 1.5625 or 1.6 is a meaningful, accurate number and that 1.5 is an insidious attempt at political manipulation (and expressing it with varying font sizes) makes septimus not only mathmetically wrong and scientificly wrong but also look like an insane fucking nutjob. Try reading my sentence again, this time for understanding. I specifically wrote that you weren’t rounding. And it’s not that septimus isn’t overreacting or weird, or that 1.6 is the perfect way to represent the uncertain percentage of genes from a distant ancestor, it’s that “arbitrarily choosing beyond which numbers to cut off in a casual mention” is in fact mathematically and scientifically wrong. And posting multiple times to defend the practice of ignoring the common rules is plain weird. ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8892 "2018-10-25T03:31:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > **mrka** : troll or fruitcake or both-[You decide.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21284029&postcount=29) I sometimes have difficulty deciding if someone is a nutjob worthy of pointing out, or has real mental issues and doesn’t deserve ridicule. I have no such difficulty deciding which side of the line **mrka** falls on. He’s not a troll. ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8893 "2018-10-25T03:42:14Z")
I believe you’re correct. ---
**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 27, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8894 "2018-10-27T02:29:24Z")
From the GQ thread [Who was the First Person Fired for Sexual Harassment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21289213) > [@Who was the First Person Fired for Sexual Harassment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-person-fired-for-sexual-harassment/823536/2): > > The [Wikipedia page on Sexual Harassment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment) lists a few early cases. > > [Williams v. Saxbe](https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/413/654/1660985/) is the first one chronologically listed. That seems to be about a male supervisor firing a female underling for refusing his sexual advances… > [@Who was the First Person Fired for Sexual Harassment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-person-fired-for-sexual-harassment/823536/5): > > …lest we malign Saxbe further than necessary, he was the first named defendant, but not the one who harassed Williams. I just _knew_ that false accusations of sexual harassment are a bigger problem than sexual harassment. From the very first case ever! What about the men? Why aren’t Quartz _et al_ all over this? ---
**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 27, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8895 "2018-10-27T06:53:08Z")
Some days it’s just not worth opening those threads. :mad: ---
**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 27, 2018, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8896 "2018-10-27T07:45:23Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Some days it’s just not worth opening those threads. :mad: I was joking, it was actually a serious GQ thread. It just seemed like such a perfect “what about the men!!!111!” moment. ---
**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 31, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8897 "2018-10-31T19:47:26Z")
[Who woke the troll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21295742#post21295742) ---
**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:** [November 15, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8898 "2018-11-15T21:20:17Z")
[doorhinge has been warned for trolling.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21324523&postcount=84) ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8899 "2018-11-15T22:41:49Z")
I do like the precedent set here - warning someone for trolling when what they’re doing is blatantly and obviously lying. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8900 "2018-11-16T00:57:22Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [doorhinge has been warned for trolling.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21324523&postcount=84) Very good call by **Bone**. It’s the second time recently. Consistent with being an unhinged wingnut. Hopefully we’ll soon see the last of him. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8901 "2018-11-16T02:20:50Z")
Hahahahahaha\*\\* ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8902 "2018-11-16T03:20:14Z")
(poster shortened) ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/8903 "2018-11-16T21:12:33Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [doorhinge has been warned for trolling.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21324523&postcount=84) And Shodan went ahead and picked up the torch. Is the persecution complex among republicans that they need to break rules to be punished so that they can complain how unfair it is, or what? I really don’t understand the mentality behind his performance art here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=444) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=446)