# 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:** 541
**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:** [February 24, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10811 "2020-02-24T14:35:13Z")
Or very bad poetry. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10812 "2020-02-24T14:51:12Z")
He’s a Vorgon? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10813 "2020-02-24T15:01:19Z")
He’s had his eyes opened to the “truth” by YouTube videos from extreme right-wing sources. Apparently “most Americans” are attending Trump rallies, the Democratic leadership are all suffering from Kuru caused by 5G signals, and he’s received training on how to identify child molesters from the Boy Scouts (I’m guessing because the classes at the local Catholic Church were full). ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10814 "2020-02-24T15:28:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > He’s had his eyes opened to the “truth” by YouTube videos from extreme right-wing sources. Apparently “most Americans” are attending Trump rallies, the Democratic leadership are all suffering from Kuru caused by 5G signals, and he’s received training on how to identify child molesters from the Boy Scouts (I’m guessing because the classes at the local Catholic Church were full). I’m trying (but to be fair not very hard) to figure out the third post about real scientists. That one was so incoherent, I’m not even sure what idiocy they were rambling about. I am fascinated by people like them. How do they function (not well I’m guessing)? How did they fall so low? All evidence that can be twisted to support the conspiracy is true, any evidence that disproves the conspiracy is a cover-up and hence proof of the conspiracy. It is a nice little bundle, but how does one get caught into the trap in the first place? How does anybody get presented with Q, flat earth, anti-vax, etc. lies and even start down that path? In other words, how does one look at the first statement from a conspiracy theorists and not react with “that’s really stupid”? Barring mental illness of course, which I’m sure accounts for some percentage of conspiracy theorists, but certainly not all. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10815 "2020-02-24T15:31:09Z")
And most importantly: how do they find their mouth with the food? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10816 "2020-02-24T15:52:23Z")
[QUOTE=BeepKillBeep;22155780In other words, how does one look at the first statement from a conspiracy theorists and not react with “that’s really stupid”? Barring mental illness of course, which I’m sure accounts for some percentage of conspiracy theorists, but certainly not all.[/QUOTE] Because the first statement is probably something like “researcher Andrew Wakefield has released a study showing that autism is related to certain vaccines” or “climate scientists show that global warming is not caused by people”. If you think “huh, that doesn’t seem right” and hit the Google, you will find reasonable looking sites defending the crazy. If those are the ones you hit first, you may go no farther, because as Mr Lincoln said - “If you read it on Google, it must be true”. And the average person doesn’t have the time or tools to compare the cites on sites to determine which ones are legit. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10817 "2020-02-24T17:03:09Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And the average person doesn’t have the time or tools to compare the cites on sites to determine which ones are legit. Precisely. And I read on the internet something like 70% of people have below average intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10818 "2020-02-24T17:07:31Z")
But that other 40%… wowza, they’re smart! ---
**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:** [February 24, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10819 "2020-02-24T21:37:35Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > He’s a Vorgon? Vogon. (Or are you implying he’s a cross between a Vogon and a Vorlon? In which case, ewww, and also, the Vorlon wouldn’t have stood for it.) We could always send a scout to find out if he’s green and warty, but Occam’s Razor means I’d put my money on “toad”. ---
**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 24, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10820 "2020-02-24T22:07:01Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > And I read on the internet something like 70% of people have below average intelligence. Of course that’s true, smart people are not on the internet, they are reading books. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10821 "2020-02-24T23:08:13Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Vogon. (Or are you implying he’s a cross between a Vogon and a Vorlon? In which case, ewww, and also, the Vorlon wouldn’t have stood for it.) I’d love to see the poetry a Vogon/Vorlon crossing would produce. Or maybe not. Certainly curious about it though. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10822 "2020-02-25T01:06:24Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Vogon. (Or are you implying he’s a cross between a Vogon and a Vorlon? In which case, ewww, and also, the Vorlon wouldn’t have stood for it.) Vorlons can sit? ---
**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 25, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10823 "2020-02-25T04:17:44Z")
> [@USPS Mail Collection Boxes - no more double checking the chute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-mail-collection-boxes-no-more-double-checking-the-chute/848454/5): > > people still mail checks? I guess maybe older folks don’t use online bill pay. It’s just cruel to ask this question a few days after Flyer was banned. If he’s lurking, he’ll be having an aneurysm because he can’t set Bijou right. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10824 "2020-02-25T04:24:51Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > It’s just cruel to ask this question a few days after Flyer was banned. If he’s lurking, he’ll be having an aneurysm because he can’t set Bijou right. HA! I thought something similar when I read 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:** [February 25, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10825 "2020-02-25T06:16:43Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > And most importantly: how do they find their mouth with the food? Not a problem. That kind, their typical diet consists of 12VDC@~4A. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10826 "2020-03-11T11:06:37Z")
[We’ve got a live one](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=891184). He’s gone from zero to total asshole in no time flat, so the odds of sockhood are high. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10827 "2020-03-11T12:50:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [We’ve got a live one](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=891184). He’s gone from zero to total asshole in no time flat, so the odds of sockhood are high. **The Flying Dutchman** has been a total asshole on this board for 20 years. His quieter at some times than others is all. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10828 "2020-03-11T13:40:29Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > **The Flying Dutchman** has been a total asshole on this board for 20 years. His quieter at some times than others is all. While what you said is true, the post is about **Al Traina** who is active near the end of that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10829 "2020-03-11T13:46:34Z")
If that was who you intended, you should have made that clear. Since you linked to the beginning of the thread, I also assumed you meant **The Flying Dutchman**. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/10830 "2020-03-11T14:16:26Z")
Sorry - you’re quite right and I should have linked directly to his first post but I thought **AlTraina** stood out in the totality of all responses. TFD hasn’t particularly registered on my trolldar as anything other than occasionally irksome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=540) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=542)