That’s what my wise old grandfather said. And then we put him in the home.
Dopeler effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
NTG and all…you just don’t understand. As part of their right to use the Internet, the Straight Dope Governing Board has had to agree to certain things. Jedi has been placed here as part of the FBI Witless Protection Program. Be nice!
andros?? thank you kindly.
coldfire: you are not supposed to judge at all. really simple.
unclebeer: if you get annoyed, its your own fault. how can i annoy you?? i mean, its your hormones and emotions.
enjoy
bj0rn
Burn the trolls!
Beat the trolls!
Getcher clubs rahcheer! I gotcher clubs! Eight bucks! Cheapest 'round!
No sir. Torches and pitchforks are two aisles over.
Getcher clubs here!
Arright, where the hell did he get cheap clubs on a friggin ship??
andros, for the record, I understand what bj0rn says, and I have noticed that his grammar has improved. The problem is that he starts going off on topics about which he has no clue.
When was the last time you left the Pit, bj0rn? Have you actually read what Jedi has been posting? Also, would you please provide me with your understanding of what a troll is? Hopefully this helps you become informed when you enter a thread.
andros:
I believe the clubs are called “belaying pins”. I know I’ve seen them in pirate movies.
He’s been posting in GD,Krish:
www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000508-2.html
It’s ummm . . . interesting.
Belaying pins! Avast, me boyos! Batten down the mizzen and unfurl the poop deck! Admiral Scott’s a’ready ta lay waste ta the entire Spanish Main! Hide yer wenches and yer doubloons! (sorry, Chief. Don’t know what came over me . . . :))
-andros (not currently assimilated, thank Ghod)-
bjorn:
andros, thanks for sending my opinion of bj0rn to a new low. Maybe he does post outside the Pit, but from reading his experience with a “house-ghost,” its obvious the guy is extremely gullible.
Hey, bj0rn, did you know that gullible is not in the dictionary?
Anyhoo, Krish, you’re absolutely correct–Jedi is a complete troll. His posts are clearly intended to inflame and incite, nothing more. He’s a loser with about six brain cells of his own (the rest seem to have been claimed by fundie propaganda).
I don’t mind a creationist. I mind an idiot creationist.
Take Phaedrus (please). He’s seemingly a creationist (certainly anti-evolution). He might have a brain, as he claims, and might even be willing to change viewpoints. But he bogs any argument down in minutiae, insults people after claiming never to insult people, and has an ego bigger than most countries. Might not be an idiot, but he’s certainly not all there, and it’s way hard to have any respect for him.
Now my father, OTOH, a Methodist minister, believes that God created all of existence. He doesn’t debate at all, since he knows he won’t change his views and will not convince hard-core skeptics to change theirs. Moreover, he doesn’t think the debate is worth the energy. His response to new evolutionary evidence is “that’s neat. Now let’s do something useful, like feed homeless people and teach folks to life together without being violent.”
A much more reasonable response, IMNSHO. But I’m biased; I like the guy.
-andros-
Krish, if that one works, you’re my new hero. Just wanted you to know that 
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
- Neil Peart, Rush (1993)
oops, sorry Neuro-Trash. I called you Krish. No offense intended on either side.
Forget the club…Get NNS!
They call me MISTER Wizard!
(sniff) You mistook me for that… that… that THING? Why I oughta…
No, just kidding. I have nothing against krish, and people make mistakes.
It could have been worse, though. You could have called krish “neuro-trash”.
Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty!
Incidentally, have any of you noticed that any thread bj0rn pokes his head into immediately turns into a thread about bj0rn? Is this guy good or what?
The bj0rn-bashing light has been turned on. Please retrict bj0rn-bashing to the designated areas. Thank you.
Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty!
None taken. 
I did notice the “bj0rn owns the thread” phenomena. I tried to stop it in the Troll list thread but was unsuccessful.
krish: i to off topics?? (hehe, i guess i am now, but not my fault!)
andros: thank you for saving me the trouble
krish(again): gullible?? what the bugger do you mean by gullible(not the word)?? i bloody well saw it! (going off topic again…there is something about you krish).
neuro: thank you kindly, im taking this as a compliment. even though my intentions do not really go into that direction.
about this jedi guy though. give him time to grow here on the message board. if hes still posting, and still posting like he is doing now after about a month or so. give him a good flame. call him a troll and all. but endure him in his childhood ;).
krish(my favorite ;)):
well now, if i recall correctly i asked the same from you not too long ago. i still havent heard you answer that q.
but for the sake of good will, i will answer your question.
troll:
- a mythological being which turnes to stone if exposed into sunlight.
- a term on the SDMS indicading the following:
a)not a really stupid being
b)not a liguistically impaired being
c)not a pit-dweller
d)and last but not the least, not a 12 year old.
everyone who fulfills theese qualifications are potiential trolls. seems to me that its quite the opposite of the mythological troll. except for the 12 year old statement of course.
bj0rn
Actually, bj0rn, I did respond to that question. If you took the time to read my original post in the “rebj0rn” thread, you will notice that I did define the term troll. I did not invent the word, nor was troll invented on the SDMB. It was created on UseNet, and there is a link on the “rebj0rn” thread from OpalCat that gives an excellent description of what different types of trolls are like.
If you even took the time to read what was on the original post, you would realize that the term troll has nothing to do with the mythical beast.
I can read the headline now: “Bj0rn to Fight Ignorance, Ignorance Projected to Win”
krish: i did notice opalcats comment, and commented about it. but i guess you already know that by now so it doesnt really matter.
and if this:
is your definition of a troll, you are going to have to reconsider your whole posting stragety. because if you are fishing for my response, you got it!
you asked for my definition of a troll, and i included the mythological creature into that definition. as per words having multiple meanings, this one has a couple.
i take that last comment as a compliment, thank you very much. you are so kind :).
bj0rn - i prefer knowledge to ignorance, no matter who is the winner.
bj0rn is Phaedrus!