# Troll List **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 23, 1999, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022 "1999-09-23T19:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/201 "1999-11-06T20:18:00Z")
Kat If you’re criticising my posts, address yourself to me, not bj0rn “self-opinionated…: obstinately adhering to one’s point of view” (Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary). This is a standard English dictionary but perhaps not known in America. If that’s not good enough, try the multi-volume Oxford Looking back at what I wrote so very very long ago, I see that I referred to “the self-opinionated / self-appointed”: it is an ellipse - you are supposed yourself to supply after “self-appointed” the appropriate word - which has I think to be “morons” or “tossers” or “shitheads”… I hate to say it, because you seem a nice person, but what you are doing is almost the same as somebody posting to point out to you that Kat was spelled with a C… 🙂 (I think) * * * The bells of Hell go tingalingaling… ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/202 "1999-11-07T00:07:00Z")
I gotta stick up for Durno here, Kat. Agreed, you cannot call someone a “self-appointed.” But you can refer to “the self-appointed,” meaning the group of people who are self-appointed, just like you can refer to “the pompous,” or “the pretentious.” * * * The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/203 "1999-11-07T10:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > If you’re criticising my posts, address yourself to me, not bj0rn But I wasn’t all ashamed of myself for responding to _your_ posts, only the bj0rn’s. Thus only the bj0rn was mentioned in the absolution request. > [@](#): > > “self-opinionated… Obstinately adhering to one’s point of view” (Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary). This is a standard English dictionary but perhaps not known in America. If that’s not good enough, try the multi-volume Oxford Thank you very much. > [@](#): > > But you can refer to “the self-appointed,” Except that he was referring to a single person as a self-appointed (something). Anyway, he clarified what he meant in the post above yours. > [@](#): > > somebody posting to point out to you that Kat was spelled with a C… Naw, no C in Kat. If it was spelled with a C, then it’d be Cat. Or Kac. Kct? * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. Semper Ubi Sub Ubi ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/204 "1999-11-07T11:03:00Z")
There, there, dear - back to the vet’s in the morning… * * * The bells of Hell go tingalingaling… ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/205 "1999-11-08T12:50:00Z")
> [@](#): > > References to Phaedrus (the poster) eh, what poster? please explain. im not getting involved into a grammar debate. please leave do not include my name in a post if there are any referances to grammar and spelling. thank you bj0rn ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 1999, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/206 "1999-11-09T06:00:00Z")
Bj0rn, Phaedrus is a poster on this message board who Andros is adding to the troll list. 5 pages ago, there was an OP. It had to do with listing posters on the Board who should be considered trolls. The fact that the poster in question has the same name as someone in a dialogue you’ve been quoting is an unpleasant coincidence. It has nothing to do with you. –John * * * Miskch’s Law- It’s better to have a horrible ending than horrors without end. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 1999, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/207 "1999-11-09T09:53:00Z")
thanks, i knew that much. i tried to find that user name a while ago but the search didnt come up with any posts, so i reasoned there was no poster called phaedrus. but just now i saw him posting in the great debates. i am puzzled though. the first referance to phaedrus in this thread is on page 4 and was made by myself, so why has phaedrus the poster been dragged into this thread without his name ever been written here in connection to this thread. bj0rn ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 1999, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/208 "1999-11-09T17:34:00Z")
Phaedrus the poster was brought into this thread because- READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY BJ0RN- This is not a thread about you. You have tried to make it about you. It is not. It is a thread where people list trolls. Hence the name, “Troll list.” Phaedrus is a troll. Therefore, Andros listed him here, where trolls are to be listed. –John ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 1999, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/209 "1999-11-10T12:28:00Z")
_sigh_ yeah…but at that time i didnt know of a poster called phaedrus, i looked for him, by searching for any posts he would have made, but couldnt find any. so thats why i said what i said about other referances about phaedrus were not a part of this thread. a simple misunderstanding where no one is to blame, why are you so upset about it? bj0rn ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 1999, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/210 "1999-11-10T14:07:00Z")
I’m not upset, I’m trying to explain. However, you seem to understand. You almost seemed to understand in the post before your last one. Is this a verb tense problem? Did you mean that AT ONE TIME you wondered what Phaedrus had to do with anything but now you understand what is going on? -John ---
**Author:** ![krish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@krish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krish)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 1999, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/211 "1999-11-10T19:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > searching for any posts he would have made, but couldnt find any The search engine doesn’t work correctly, bj0rn. They have fixed some problems, but others still remain. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/212 "1999-11-11T10:53:00Z")
as i said, yes i now understand whats going on. and thank you krish for pointing that out 🙂 one big misunderstanding - thats all bj0rn ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/213 "1999-11-11T22:17:00Z")
Thanks, John. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/214 "1999-11-18T01:45:00Z")
Sorry to interrupt the bj0rn-bashing, but to get back to the original point of this thread, I nominate Phaedrus as troll of the week. * * * Armed, dangerous… and off my medication. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/215 "1999-11-18T01:54:00Z")
## I’ll second that. Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/216 "1999-11-18T04:50:00Z")
Peyote, Coldfire, I beat both of you, guys. posted 11-04-1999 09:47 PM > [@](#): > > I really hate to say this, but I think I’ll have to nominate Phaedrus as Troll du jour. I gave him the benefit of the doubt for a long while, and defended him more than once. But I am now thoroughly of the opinion that he is posting simply to stroke his own ego and watch people get angry at his solipsistic and deliberately inflammatory posts. > > This is the first and hopefully the last thing I’ll post in the Pit about him. So I’m posting about him again. So sue. Oh, sorry. Y’all nominated him Troll of the **week**. I nominated him _troll du jour_. Never mind. Carry on. -andros- ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/217 "1999-11-18T21:48:00Z")
Sigh, we’re hot on the trail of another on over in **GD**. This one calls itself, “_Cheeseybloke_.” As evidence I present this: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000645.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000645.html) * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/218 "1999-11-18T22:51:00Z")
Nah, Beer. The one you want is: [www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000622.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000622.html) where he says: > [@](#): > > It’s all balls if you ask me. and > [@](#): > > Government conspiracies are a complete waste of time and I think that all of you who wish to discuss the validity of such subjects are ultimately sad. Clearly a sad little spud who likes to see his name in print (ok, on screen). Still and all, the stinky cheese thread is pretty funny . . . -andros- ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/219 "1999-11-18T23:25:00Z")
Andros, it’s funny because you guys made it funny. * * * This space for rent. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-list/3022/220 "1999-11-18T23:36:00Z")
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