# Trolling? Did you think/ hope that the Covid 19 pandemic might unite us in adversity? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 18, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-did-you-think-hope-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-might-unite-us-in-adversity/852082 "2020-04-18T21:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-did-you-think-hope-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-might-unite-us-in-adversity/852082/2 "2020-04-18T21:43:31Z")
The reason it received a warning was because the OP consisted entirely of this: > [@Did you think/ hope that the Covid 19 pandemic might unite us in adversity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-think-hope-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-might-unite-us-in-adversity/852046/1): > > Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha > ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha > ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha > ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (GASP!) ha ha ha > ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Do you think this was good start for a reasonable discussion of the question? The question itself is perfectly reasonable, and it would be fine to start a new thread in the Quarantine Zone about it. But starting off by ridiculing the proposition was deliberate trolling. It might have been permissible if it had started in the Pit, but it was pretty stupid even for that. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-did-you-think-hope-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-might-unite-us-in-adversity/852082)._