# 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:** 7
**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:** [June 1, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/121 "2016-06-01T20:53:56Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > As Sir William Blackstone put it, “It is better that ten guilty trolls are engaged than that one innocent is ignored.” Yeah, but he was on AOL, so what would he know! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/122 "2016-06-01T20:57:20Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Oh noes! I’ve lost everything! > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=794540](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=794540) > > It’s a tragedy. Her boyfriend doesn’t want to hang out with her this weekend! > [@Colibri](#): > > ALERT THE INTERNET! > > When you “don’t know where to turn,” surely there is no better course than to reach out to a bunch of anonymous people who have no idea who you are rather than your own good friends. Okay, this thread has officially turned into a witch hunt. You know, there are some people who simply don’t have friends and places liked this are the only place they can hash things out. Or hell, I do have friends. But a lot of times I’d rather come here for advice simply because I don’t want to dump my emotion garbage on my friends. (Too embarrassing) Plus, on here, you get a lot broader range of advice, and honest advice to take in rather than your friends that are basically just going to tell you what you want to hear. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/123 "2016-06-01T21:02:56Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Okay, this thread has officially turned into a witch hunt. > > You know, there are some people who simply don’t have friends and places liked this are the only place they can hash things out. That person says she has good friends. > [@](#): > > Or hell, I do have friends. But a lot of times I’d rather come here for advice simply because I don’t want to dump my emotion garbage on my friends. (Too embarrassing) > > Plus, on here, you get a lot broader range of advice, and honest advice to take in rather than your friends that are basically just going to tell you what you want to hear. You’ve been here 15 years and know people here (even if they are anonymous). The difference is that this person just apparently selected a message board at random to post her problems. In my opinion, this is not very likely to be a real situation. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/124 "2016-06-01T21:05:32Z")
Points taken. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/125 "2016-06-01T21:18:17Z")
**Grrr!** , if you started a thread about a personal problem, I don’t think anyone would accuse you of trolling. It’s the one-offs who just happen to stumble across this board with their slightly unbelievable problems that start pinging the radar. Not every troll is someone posting to purposely yank on our chains; there are also sympathy trolls that post to get attention. She seems to be in the latter camp. Maybe her story is even true and she thinks she wants advice, but guaranteed she will ignore whatever advice is given. She just wants attention. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/126 "2016-06-01T21:50:59Z")
This person joined this message board yesterday, just to complain that her life was ruined because her boyfriend didn’t want to hang out this weekend. This is a person with a serious mental problem but the problem is not that they are overly worried about their love life. If the person had made even 20 posts on other subjects here, before complaining about their boyfriend ruining their life, I wouldn’t call troll. But we’ve had dozens of such threads in the past year or so, all people with outlandish outsized personal problems that could be addressed fairly comprehensively with “Get over it”, if only the problems were real. This troll has a particular style of writing like a nearly-literate person. Lots of mistakes and typos, all in a breathless sort of style. Maybe this is their actual voice, and they couldn’t write more clearly if they tried. In any case, it’s all more of the same. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/127 "2016-06-01T22:24:57Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > I guess I can’t understand why so many people respond to our recurring troll with serious advice. Maybe it’s like giving advice to Captain America about his relationship with Iron Man? Or do they think the troll is a real person? Because we’re not posting for the troll, we’re posting for each other. The troll is just the excuse. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/128 "2016-06-01T22:30:56Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Because we’re not posting for the troll, we’re posting for each other. The troll is just the excuse. Oh, man, I love this. While we’re laughing at someone and it might be pointless, we’re actually entertaining each other (more than a TV show ever would, in my experience). ---
**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:** [June 1, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/129 "2016-06-01T22:54:55Z")
Even if the poster is totally sincere, it’s probably better that she (or he) be disabused of the idea that this message board is very appropriate as an anonymous public confessional. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/130 "2016-06-01T23:04:51Z")
A **Grrrr** l should give us a name. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/131 "2016-06-02T03:21:40Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I can’t say, but surely with such an awesome thread-to-post ratio – noted above as being 0.75 (sometimes known as [the John Mace Quotient](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19355086&postcount=10) in honor of its inventor) It is not John Mace Quotient – it is Post to Thread Ratio ratio. Mine is 1393 posts: 80 threads or 17.4 Average is 19,223,379 posts: 746,640 threads for 4,970 active members. It is 25.7 – I should post more and start less threads. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/132 "2016-06-02T03:42:22Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > I should post more… [Computah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_says_no) [says](http://giphy.com/gifs/wut-little-britain-computer-says-no-3rgXBAnIuFzJnSTMA0)[… no.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQgthIs7pM) ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/133 "2016-06-02T03:46:55Z")
digs Post to Thread Ratio is 5400 to 34 = 158 Why do you not start many threads? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/134 "2016-06-02T04:18:38Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > digs Post to Thread Ratio is > > 5400 to 34 = 158 > > Why do you not start many threads? Really, you think this place would be better with discussions about “Dinner Dates On Which I’ve Picked My Nose AND Farted”? Or “I ate two dozen Twizzlers for breakfast. Anyone else?”. Or maybe I’d reveal “Quayle/Cheney Running as Third Party” or “Here’s why Michelle Obama and Chelsea Clinton will steal the nomination!” And then I’d pull out the bandwidth-gobbling “Here’s my complete screenplay for the real ending to The Prisoner”… Life’s better if I just chime in others’ topics. And come to think of it, life was better in the 50s… when I only lurked. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/135 "2016-06-02T05:02:32Z")
> [@Human beings are worth more than Gorillas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-beings-are-worth-more-than-gorillas/756203/65): > > It doesn’t have anything to do with sentience or species; it’s all about rarity and value. Unfortunately, humans are not rare and human children are not valuable except to their parents even when viewed through a human-centric lens. I’m sure your Disney-esque sensibilities will be offended by these statements. Oh, bullshit! :rolleyes: What a vile, disgusting \*\*\*\*. They should put her in a gorilla exhibit. How anybody can go through life with her head so completely up her ass is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/136 "2016-06-02T05:03:00Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Life’s better if I just chime in others’ topics. And come to think of it, life was better in the 50s… when I only lurked. Thus, high Post to Thread ratio implies that a person is shy. But I also read many more posts then I write. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/137 "2016-06-02T23:35:15Z")
Can we rename GD the **Velocity** / **boffking** Blog Forum? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/138 "2016-06-03T00:11:56Z")
At least **Velocity** occasionally participates in the the discussion. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/139 "2016-06-03T00:43:43Z")
> [@andros](#): > > At least **Velocity** occasionally participates in the the discussion. Yes, he does. At some point, both of those guys will turn their attendant elsewhere I assume. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/140 "2016-06-03T01:43:54Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Yes, he does. At some point, both of those guys will turn their attendant elsewhere I assume. I expect that’s how they escaped. Their attendants were distracted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489.md?page=8)