To snfaulkner

[cochrane]

@ThelmaLou

Honey, I’ve finally arrived at the place in life where I got nuttin’ to prove to anyone. So yeah, dangle whatever you want to right in front of my nose. Can’t promise it will be safe.

Nuttin’, Honey?

[ThelmaLou]

@BubbaDog

{Insert dirty reply here}

@cochrane

Nuttin’, Honey?

<sigh> You bad boys… :rolleyes:

[ivylass]

@Colibri

As a word of advice, in my personal opinion almost everyone whose first post here is a request for relationship advice, especially a screwed up relationship, is probably trolling. We usually give them the benefit of the doubt unless it’s blatant. Let the responder beware, especially in cases where the OP doesn’t come back, or comes back to post ever more screwed up details of the relationship. I mean really, who comes to a random message board to ask advice like that?

I’m puzzled…what do they get out of it?

[Colibri]

@ivylass

I’m puzzled…what do they get out of it?

Damned if I know. Some people are desperate for any kind of attention, even negative attention. Others are just amused by fooling others.

[ivylass]

That is completely beyond my ken.

[ThelmaLou]

@Bryan_Ekers

The use of the pseudoword “sitch” comes to mind…

THAT’S the best you got? :rolleyes:

[Chefguy]

@ThelmaLou

Ok, so the guy was determined to be a troll and his thread removed. I gave him the benefit of the doubt until more cynical heads prevailed. Big whoop. Any more points anyone would like to make?

To be fair, most trolls like that don’t return and comment, which this guy did. I wasn’t going to respond, but it seemed like he was sticking around. No harm done, in any case.

[Guinastasia]

@ivylass

I’m puzzled…what do they get out of it?

I’m guessing they do it just out of sheer boredom sometimes. Or to see if people will fall for it.

[Bryan_Ekers]

@ThelmaLou

THAT’S the best you got? :rolleyes:

Since I never read the original thread (and cannot remedy this now), all I have is what you give me.

[ThelmaLou]

@Bryan_Ekers

Since I never read the original thread (and cannot remedy this now), all I have is what you give me.

Ok. That makes sense. Withdrawn.

[BigT]

@ivylass

I’m puzzled…what do they get out of it?

From what I’ve gleamed, the point is to get exactly what happened here. One person knows they’re trolling and says something, another person fights them about it, and it becomes a big thing.

They enjoy causing drama and getting attention. And people getting upset over something they know is stupid amuses them.

[Morgenstern]

@Chefguy

To be fair, most trolls like that don’t return and comment, which this guy did. I wasn’t going to respond, but it seemed like he was sticking around. No harm done, in any case.

You’re mistaking Net.weenies for Trolls.
If you’re really interested here’s an article on the birth of a troll.
http://gizmodo.com/the-first-internet-troll-1652485292
As you can see, we don’t get trolls here. We get the sdmb version of the net.weenie.

How many people remember, and used usenet?

[Superdude]

@Bryan_Ekers

Since I never read the original thread (and cannot remedy this now), all I have is what you give me.

Herpes?

[Lucas_Jackson]

@Green_Bean

From Stoid. Duh.

Ouch, that’s gonna leave a mark!

[Superdude]

@White SIFL

Ouch, that’s gonna leave a mark!

Does it say rebeW?

[kayaker]

@BigT

From what I’ve gleamed, the point is to get exactly what happened here. One person knows they’re trolling and says something, another person fights them about it, and it becomes a big thing.

They enjoy causing drama and getting attention. And people getting upset over something they know is stupid amuses them.

I was at a bar celebrating my birthday this weekend. I had a very good time. When we left, I told a friend I had to save some strength, as I celebrate birthdays for an entire week. It is the way of my people.

Now, I’m just a white mongrel dude. But I got two messages since then from people who weren’t even present at the bar, asking my nationality and what the deal was with week-long birthday celebration. Discussion apparently hit the grapevine.

I wasn’t intentionally trolling, but if I had been, I’m thinking I would have enjoyed the outcome of my silly throw-away remark.

[snfaulkner]

@kayaker

I was at a bar celebrating my birthday this weekend. I had a very good time. When we left, I told a friend I had to save some strength, as I celebrate birthdays for an entire week. It is the way of my people.

Now, I’m just a white mongrel dude. But I got two messages since then from people who weren’t even present at the bar, asking my nationality and what the deal was with week-long birthday celebration. Discussion apparently hit the grapevine.

I wasn’t intentionally trolling, but if I had been, I’m thinking I would have enjoyed the outcome of my silly throw-away remark.

I like to think ALL my remarks are silly throw-aways.

[BigT]

@Morgenstern

You’re mistaking Net.weenies for Trolls.
If you’re really interested here’s an article on the birth of a troll.
The Birth of the Internet Troll
As you can see, we don’t get trolls here. We get the sdmb version of the net.weenie.

How many people remember, and used usenet?

And in true SMDB fashion, I’ll nitpick that they flat out say net.weenies are a subtype of troll.

I remember it, but I never used it because my ISP didn’t provide the service, and the few servers I tried telnetting into were either boring or incomprehensible. And the text-based software was subpar.