# PUNY HUMANS! I AM AN UNKILLABLE THREAD! BWA HA HA! Rule on troll-calling changed! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 7, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811 "2006-06-07T22:01:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/1 "2006-06-07T22:01:58Z")
After exhaustive discussion, it was agreed that the troll-calling rule could be modified _in the Pit only_, due to its unique nature among SDMB forums. Calling someone a troll is no longer prohibited in the Pit but the rule relaxation applies _only_ to the Pit. Please keep in mind that this doesn’t replace the reporting function. Just dubbing someone or something as trollish won’t automatically attract mod action. The relevent section has been removed from the Rules sticky. Clarification can always be added later if needed. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/2 "2006-06-07T22:04:54Z")
Let me be the first to say thank you. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/3 "2006-06-07T22:11:11Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > Let me be the first to say thank you. Thank you. What a trollish thing to say. Just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/4 "2006-06-07T22:13:02Z")
Excellent. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/5 "2006-06-07T22:13:47Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Just dubbing someone or something as trollish won’t automatically attract mod action. 😕 I thought “trollish” had been allowed ever since **Gaudere** established its use. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/6 "2006-06-07T22:47:14Z")
Good call. The mental gymnastics of attempting to force someone to reveal themselves to be a troll (definitively) so we can report them to you when we all knew that’s what they damn well were was a pain in the ass. We won’t abuse it. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/7 "2006-06-07T23:03:09Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > 😕 I thought “trollish” had been allowed ever since **Gaudere** established its use. To clarify, **Veb** is saying that merely saying “hey, that guy is a troll!” in a thread won’t summon us like evil spirits. If you believe someone is breaking the no trolling rule, please report the post. As for trollish vs. troll vs. exhibiting behavior strongly reminiscent of trolling, it’s (thankfully) a moot point in the Pit. Call anyone or anything a troll to your heart’s content. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/8 "2006-06-07T23:05:43Z")
_:: checks my list ::_ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/9 "2006-06-07T23:15:55Z")
Does the rule apply to accusations of “chumming” too? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/10 "2006-06-07T23:24:18Z")
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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/11 "2006-06-07T23:32:28Z")
Is trolling okay, if they’re strictly catch-and-release? It’s not like they’re grenade fishing. Naaa, just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/12 "2006-06-07T23:33:37Z")
**Askia** , I removed the size=12 tags from your last post, as they made the post _way_ too huge and annoying. (I suspect you were trying for 12-point text, not size=12 banner headline text, but that’s just a guess.) I hope the exuberance of your post still comes through in its newer, more dimunive form. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/13 "2006-06-07T23:52:36Z")
**Giraffe.** Not hardly, but it was funny while it lasted. **TRO** - oh, right. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/14 "2006-06-08T00:28:46Z")
**Askia** , you’re a troll. So are you, **Giraffe**. **AskNott** , oh, you are a HUGE troll! 😃 ---
**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:** [June 8, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/15 "2006-06-08T00:35:45Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > To clarify, **Veb** is saying that merely saying “hey, that guy is a troll!” in a thread won’t summon us like evil spirits. Yeah, I got that part but **Veb** using “trollish” was a little odd. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/16 "2006-06-08T01:07:15Z")
Trollin’, trollin’, trollin’ Though the threads are swollen Keep them sockies trollin’ Trollhide! Don’t try to understand 'em Just rope, throw, and brand 'em Soon we’ll be living high and wide. Move 'em on, head 'em up, Head 'em up, move 'em out, Move 'em on, head 'em out trollhide! Set 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out, Cut 'em out, ride 'em in trollhide. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/17 "2006-06-08T01:29:47Z")
How does this decision affect trawling? ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/18 "2006-06-08T01:38:29Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Trollin’, trollin’, trollin’ > Though the threads are swollen > Keep them sockies trollin’ > Trollhide! > Don’t try to understand 'em > Just rope, throw, and brand 'em > Soon we’ll be living high and wide. > > Move 'em on, head 'em up, > Head 'em up, move 'em out, > Move 'em on, head 'em out trollhide! > Set 'em out, ride 'em in > Ride 'em in, let 'em out, > Cut 'em out, ride 'em in trollhide. > > CMC fnord! I immediatly saw this performed by _The Blues Brothers_ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/19 "2006-06-08T01:49:01Z")
A very nice and appreciated change. Hooray. > [@newcrasher](#): > > How does this decision affect trawling? Oh stop being so trawlish! Thank you, Jim ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811/20 "2006-06-08T01:54:18Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Yeah, I got that part but **Veb** using “trollish” was a little odd. What do you want, she’s probably drunk. Damn troll moderators. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puny-humans-i-am-an-unkillable-thread-bwa-ha-ha-rule-on-troll-calling-changed/359811.md?page=2)