# Social media trolls. Are you one?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-trolls-are-you-one/932896
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [February 14, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-trolls-are-you-one/932896 "2021-02-14T19:30:46Z")
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### Author: ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-trolls-are-you-one/932896/13 "2021-02-14T21:40:16Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> tl;dr: What I’m saying is, look in the mirror, troll.

Are you mad at me for pointing out that you didn’t know what ‘existential threat’ means?

> [@Existential Threats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-threats/932232/122):
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> Sure, “existential threat” _ **could** _ be interpreted in a narrow sense to mean a threat to our very existence, and hence a discussion about the imminent extinction of _homo sapiens_ . But as I said, this is not a very useful or interesting discussion.

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