# rebj0rn as a troll, but just as stupid. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 16, 1999, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698 "1999-10-16T02:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/41 "1999-10-26T22:53:00Z")
bj0rn wrote: > [@](#): > > if you dont know my definition of god, shut up. No! ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/42 "1999-10-26T23:25:00Z")
Wow. It’s like watching a car wreck. ---
**Author:** ![krish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@krish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krish)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/43 "1999-10-27T01:26:00Z")
Ryan, I meant reaction in the sense that a troll posts to deliberately piss off a group of people. bj0rn, I don’t give a rat’s ass if you find one of my grammar mistakes. It will probably be a typo, and most people wouldn’t understand what you were talking about in the first place because of your own problems with grammar. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/44 "1999-10-27T01:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Wow. It’s like watching a car wreck. More like a train wreck during an earthquake. * * * This space for rent. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/45 "1999-10-27T02:17:00Z")
Uh, what is your definition of a god? Does it include understanding this? “Rgua ua ub l xisw rglr U hyar nlsw yo. Ud tiy sib’r fwr ur, tiy’ew oeivlvkt aryous. Twa, U’n rqurrubf tiy, Vh1eb. Qii gii!” Heh heh heh. Eat yer heart out, Bj0rn. * * * Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty! ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/46 "1999-10-27T03:16:00Z")
I am shaking in my boots for fear of Bjorn, god of grammar and spelling! He will jump up and down on my mistakes and flatten them like a flag or whatever the hell he’s trying to say. Oh Bjorn, anger just makes you more incomprehensible. Maybe if you calmed down we could understand maybe 20, or 30 percent of what you are so inadequately trying to say. Oh and if I do have a mistake in grammar (actually I think the word you are so weakly grasping at is “spelling”), it’s probably a typo. You on the other hand are consistent about one thing: incomprehension. Here’s something for you to cream your pants over Bjornito: “i theenk dat chu want uhs to laik habb badd grammur end stuhff sow dat yew ken kreem ur pantz ovur et ind stuhff, yeah datz eet” ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/47 "1999-10-27T10:37:00Z")
anger?? whoever said i was angry?? is that just one of you assumptions? are you hoping that im angry? how come you can assume that anger makes me incomprehensible, when you dont even know if im angry or not? krish: im glad you feel that way(not giving a rats ass…etc). hold on to that thought while i am replying to you in my way: i dont give a rats ass if you find one of my grammar mistakes. (no probably nothing!) neuro: yes, i understand it my way, but i have no way of knowing what you meant by it. thats what matters, doesnt it. and…golly me!! did i sense a hint of annoyance in that last post?? or is it just the weather?? bj0rn ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/48 "1999-10-27T16:31:00Z")
That’s it, I’m calling the Icelandic authorities. There must be some law to stop this guy. ## \*digs up his Reycjavik phonebook and looks up the name of the local lawfirm called “Legalson, Justicedottir and Partners”… \* Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/49 "1999-10-27T20:46:00Z")
Tsk, Bjorn, you missed that little bit of sarcasm and joking I see. Shame, and I thought you could tell that I was joking. Anyway, Coldfire, when you get the number of those lawers be sure to forward it to me. I think we might have a case against Bjorn here. Saracsm, and teasin is past your level Bjorn, please don’t try to interpret anything from what I say, I’ll just make you wonder even more! Also, who said I was annoyed, _sniff_sniff\* how can you assume I’m annoyed when you don’t even know if I’m annoyed or not? _Cues the dramatic lighting, turns the violin music up, and pulls out the glycerine to simulate fake tears_ ---
**Author:** ![krish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@krish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krish)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/50 "1999-10-27T21:51:00Z")
bj0rn: > [@](#): > > i dont give a rats ass if you find one of my grammar mistakes. If you don’t give a rat’s ass, bj0rn, then why do you post in defense of your bad grammar whenever someone points out a mistake? Believe me, bj0rn, if I wanted to, I could find a lot more mistakes in your last post than just one. bj0rn: > [@](#): > > yes, i understand it my way, but i have no way of knowing what you meant by it. > > thats what matters, doesnt it. If you don’t care if other people understand your posts, then why do you bother to post in the first place, bj0rn? Oh, and contractions require apostrophes. Then again, you don’t give a rat’s ass. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/51 "1999-10-28T10:34:00Z")
coldfire: here is one, alhliða lögfræðiþjónustan 5652211. and another, almenna málflutningsstofan 5333333 [www.am-law.is](http://www.am-law.is) enjoy 🙂 doob: i am not really in the mood for joking when people are being made fun of. and generally i do not lable sarcasm as a joke. teasing ive had enough of, so i assume the people using that “tone of voice”, they really mean what they are saying. it tends to make them stop and realize how stupid it is. about that annoyance thing, did i mention any names? but if you took it to your person, you must have thought it was meant for you. and krish, my favorite ;): please do not start giving me lessons in rat anatomy, im up to my neck in grammar stuff as it is ;). im not really posting in defence for my bad grammar, im posting in defence of myself. you are picking on me so of course i reply if i belive you are wrong. i have never said my grammar or spelling was right. and i belive the words you are quoting > [@](#): > > i dont give a rats {bodypart} if you find one of my grammar mistakes are your words, not mine. i just repeated them after you in order to show you that my point of view is similar to your point view. the trouble is that you cant see my point of view, and in order to successfully argue a point, you have to be able to see both sides. and trust my when i say this, I KNOW YOUR SIDE. \< look he even used capital letters, that must mean he is really serious about what he is saying, since he bothered to use that shift key and all. at least now we know it isnt broken. > [@](#): > > If you don’t care if other people understand your posts, then why do you bother to post in the first place, bj0rn? somehow i feel like i must answer this question. but i dont really know if the answer is going to answer your question to your satisfaction. it all depends on if you understand what i am saying. first of all, how can we be arguing if you dont understand what i post? if you dont understand my posts, how come you can quote from my postings and reply to those quotes? i know theese are not really answers, since im questioning you back. but if you know the answer to those questions you know the answer to yours. granted of course that you understand what i am saying. now the last thing remaining to be said. you cant to nothing about my spelling and grammar, and i cant do nothing about you being annoyed because of my spelling and grammar. bj0rn ---
**Author:** ![krish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@krish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krish)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/52 "1999-10-28T21:50:00Z")
Okay, for the record, I do understand what you post. As you pointed out yourself, I would not quote you if I did not understand you; however, you just went to a thread about trolls, and I still am unsure if you have even the slightest clue what a troll is or if you even know what Jedi posted. I understand that no one is perfect with grammar or spelling all the time. You have made efforts to improve both, for which I am thankful. Read up on Jedi’s postings. There are forums other than the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/53 "1999-10-28T22:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > never said the “humorous rebuttal” was trolling in any way, besides it hardly could have been. because if im not mistaken, trolling was invented in that thread (at least one of the first threads to use the word). and as you so accuately pointed out, it was a bit offensive to someone who stumbled into it, you know the rest. Sorry, but I couldn’t let this go. Invented? Here? On the SDMB??? Sorry but no. It’s a term that has been around for years and years on usenet, has been around on the SDMB since the day of its birth, was around on the AOL board, and lives at just about every other message board on the planet. Here is a post from another forum, on another site, called Uncle Steppy’s Guide to Trolls… this might shed some light on things for you [http://www.peepingmoe.com/forums/drain/arch07/index.cgi?read=14571](http://www.peepingmoe.com/forums/drain/arch07/index.cgi?read=14571) * * * – O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/54 "1999-10-29T03:51:00Z")
Thanks, Opal. Very enlightening link, especially to a new internet user like me. I’ve thought these folks were just idiots, but now see that they’re deliberately… yeah, they’re idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/55 "1999-10-29T05:23:00Z")
Bjorn God of frosty Niflheim spake: > [@](#): > > about that annoyance thing, did i mention any names? but if you took it to your person, you must have thought it was meant for you. You are damn right I did. So, let’s take a quote of yours from earlier in the thread, kay? > [@](#): > > and…golly me!! did i sense a hint of annoyance in that last post?? or is it just the weather?? Also note my post was just above yours, and you used “that last post”. Since you didn’t quote from it, I took it to mean what I wrote because well, “that last post” above yours was mine. Also note the time discrepency: My post: 10-26-1999 10:16 pm Yours: 10-27-1999 05:37 am Note the difference in hours, 7. Now I doubt you read every post except my last post, so I naturally have to assume that you are referring to me whenyou say “that last post”. Bjorn do us all the favor and not try to act like you aren’t saying things you clearly are. ## Anyway, we all know you care about what we say here. If you didn’t you would have stopped posting to this thread a long time ago. I care enough about what you say to post (But not enough to let it get me down, mind you). ‘The beginning calls for courage; the end demands care’ ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/56 "1999-10-29T06:42:00Z")
Feeding the trolls is not prohibited. But it is frowned upon. Why do you feed this troll? There is no point but to bolster this stupid, silly, blatherskate. If you do not feed them, they die. It is hard, fast and true. Try it. Don’t feed the troll. Watch it die. It feeds on your negative attention just as readily as it does on positive attention. Like a four year old child in the midst of a tantrum. Don’t give in. Walk away. Say, “panties” and feel better. * * * Best! Byz ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/57 "1999-10-29T10:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Say, “panties” and feel better. Panties! Boy, do I sure feel better. Thanks Byz! ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/58 "1999-10-29T11:37:00Z")
krish: what a lovely post you made there :). and if you check the evolution thing jedi posted, you might notice my name there somewhere. eh…sorry opalcat. it just seemed like the term trolling became very popular after that tread… anyway, thanks for a very enlightening thread. doob: notice the question marks please. but you are right about the reply, that was ill considered. must have been thinking about something else. sorry. > [@](#): > > Anyway, we all know you care about what we say here. If you didn’t you would have stopped posting to this thread a long time ago. I care enough about what you say to post (But not enough to let it get me down, mind you). 🙂 im touched…_sniff_. that would be about the best compliment ive had since…well, krish. it is as i always suspected, you really are nice. bj0rn ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/59 "1999-10-30T16:50:00Z")
You guys are by far the funniest group of people I have ever encountered on the Internet. * * * The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group. ---
**Author:** ![krish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@krish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krish)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698/60 "1999-10-30T19:46:00Z")
Rousseau, your poem about bj0rn was funnier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebj0rn-as-a-troll-but-just-as-stupid/2698.md?page=4)