# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1061 "2017-04-08T00:05:04Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Add [Navy draftee](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20121034&postcount=110) to the list of trolls. Capitalizing Mr. Obama’s middle name, how original. If poking at a former or current president is what suffices to be labeled a troll 84.4727% of the board would qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1062 "2017-04-08T00:05:30Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > He’s gone. He won’t be missed. He didn’t even add entertainment value. Well, I didn’t get a chance to have him prove he’s not a Muslim. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1063 "2017-04-08T01:13:01Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > If only there was some sort of kill bot with inhuman strength to weird such powers… Trolling weirds message boards. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1064 "2017-04-08T01:21:38Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > The lever is heavy and requires multiple participants to pull. That’s what I tell the ladies. /Barry White ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1065 "2017-04-08T03:57:55Z")
:smack: ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1066 "2017-04-08T04:31:23Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > If poking at a former or current president is what suffices to be labeled a troll 84.4727% of the board would qualify. You really are one of the Board’s true idiots. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1067 "2017-04-08T04:32:59Z")
But does he make **Ambivalid** ’s top 5? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1068 "2017-04-08T05:56:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You really are one of the Board’s true idiots. Oh no. You sure told me! You thought that insult up all by yourself? Sad! Are you posting that insult for the purpose of angering me or is being a jerk just who you are? There are therapies for that. And why idiot? Is it because I can only name 50 out of the 57 states? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1069 "2017-04-08T09:07:35Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Oh no. You sure told me! You thought that insult up all by yourself? Sad! > > Are you posting that insult for the purpose of angering me or is being a jerk just who you are? There are therapies for that. > > And why idiot? Is it because I can only name 50 out of the 57 states? Sorry, meant to say you’re the top. Oc TOP us. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1070 "2017-04-08T14:19:53Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Sorry, meant to say you’re the top. Oc TOP us. If he’s the ‘top’, do we at least get a reach-around? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1071 "2017-04-08T14:46:54Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > If poking at a former or current president is what suffices to be labeled a troll 84.4727% of the board would qualify. And you conveniently overlooked this? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20114358&postcount=41](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20114358&postcount=41) Not trolly enough for you? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1072 "2017-04-08T15:54:45Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > And you conveniently overlooked this? > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20114358&postcount=41](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20114358&postcount=41) > > Not trolly enough for you? I was responding to picking at Obama as being sufficient evidence that one is a troll. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1073 "2017-04-08T16:44:35Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I was responding to picking at Obama as being sufficient evidence that one is a troll. Barack Obama dropped the ball on foreign policy, especially when it comes to the “red line” in Syria! –\> Not Trolling “Barack HUSSEIN Obama…” –\> Trolling Do you understand the difference? Because if not, I’m not sure anyone can explain it to you. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1074 "2017-04-08T16:51:14Z")
I think a little-discussed aspect of trolling is that the audience actually matters – going to a white supremacist message board and ranting about the evil Jews isn’t trolling… it’s actually part of what that board does. But come here and do it? Trolling. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1075 "2017-04-08T17:18:19Z")
Well, in that case, can we add **DerekMichael00** to our watch list? I’m sure there’s a line between welcoming all viewpoints and putting up with racist, ranting lunacy. Wherever that line is, he pole vaulted it a long time ago and kept on running. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1076 "2017-04-08T17:33:46Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Well, in that case, can we add **DerekMichael00** to our watch list? I’m sure there’s a line between welcoming all viewpoints and putting up with racist, ranting lunacy. Wherever that line is, he pole vaulted it a long time ago and kept on running. DM00 has been suspended once already. Bigoted troll’s days are numbered. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1077 "2017-04-09T01:07:09Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Barack Obama dropped the ball on foreign policy, especially when it comes to the “red line” in Syria! –\> Not Trolling > > “Barack HUSSEIN Obama…” –\> Trolling > > Do you understand the difference? Because if not, I’m not sure anyone can explain it to you. It’s as much of a troll as ridiculing Trump as Drumpf or calling Trump an orangutan. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1078 "2017-04-09T01:08:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I think a little-discussed aspect of trolling is that the audience actually matters – going to a white supremacist message board and ranting about the evil Jews isn’t trolling… it’s actually part of what that board does. But come here and do it? Trolling. What a convenient double standard for what is acceptable behavior for ridiculing a current or former president. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1079 "2017-04-09T01:22:30Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Oh no. You sure told me! You thought that insult up all by yourself? Sad! > > Are you posting that insult for the purpose of angering me or is being a jerk just who you are? There are therapies for that. > > And why idiot? Is it because I can only name 50 out of the 57 states? You’re really not worth expending any effort on, even to insult, you pathetic wart. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Barack Obama dropped the ball on foreign policy, especially when it comes to the “red line” in Syria! –\> Not Trolling > > “Barack HUSSEIN Obama…” –\> Trolling > > **Do you understand the difference? Because if not, I’m not sure anyone can explain it to you.** Bolding mine. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/1080 "2017-04-09T01:23:12Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > What a convenient double standard for what is acceptable behavior for ridiculing a current or former president. Are you arguing with what I actually said, or something else? Not sure what this has to do with what I said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=55)