# Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349 "2020-06-27T06:30:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 144
**Author:** ![Iamnotgrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Iamnotgrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotgrumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2868 "2021-02-25T06:00:15Z")
Pretty lame. ---
**Author:** ![Acierocolotl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acierocolotl/32/6241_2.png) [@Acierocolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acierocolotl)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2869 "2021-02-25T06:06:02Z")
You want lame? I like Clamato. On its own. I don’t have the taps installed (Canadian reference!), but I’d consider it if they paid me. I mean it’s just tomato juice with a bit of an umami kick. It’s like getting upset discovering that a good Thai curry has fish sauce in it. I’ll give anybody a pass if they don’t like the mouthfeel of the drink, but the flavour is great, just get over the “clam” part of it. Oh yeah also this recent trollery is boring. I feel like I’m watching a sock puppet theatre on reruns. ---
**Author:** ![Iamnotgrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Iamnotgrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotgrumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2870 "2021-02-25T06:07:26Z")
Me too. Waiting for apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2871 "2021-02-25T06:14:08Z")
Cool story bro ---
**Author:** ![Iamnotgrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Iamnotgrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotgrumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2872 "2021-02-25T06:16:42Z")
Are you one of the holdouts that think I’m a sock? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2873 "2021-02-25T07:41:51Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I asked and TPTB says it probably is a coincidence Then that particular PTB is too dumb to B a P. Even the temporary suspension is just idiocy. It’s so clearly a troll, I will lose all respect for any mod who says otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2874 "2021-02-25T07:59:19Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Even the temporary suspension is just idiocy. It’s so clearly a troll, I will lose all respect for any mod who says otherwise. Now banned so all is well I guess? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2875 "2021-02-25T08:08:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Now banned so all is well I guess? Wow, it’s good to see that the moderation staff is hard at work even in the wee hours of the morning. And now, back to a discussion of Caesars. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2876 "2021-02-25T09:04:12Z")
My faith is restored… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2877 "2021-02-25T09:55:54Z")
And here I was all set to apologize. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2878 "2021-02-25T12:55:35Z")
@Babale > [@](#): > > Do we really have to go through The Octopus Show every single time a right wing troll is banned, no matter how obvious? His “Help! Help! I’m being oppressed!” shtick is really getting rather tiresome. From the ATMB thread. Easy solution. Put him on permanent ignore (or just ignore him). If most people ignored him, then he would go away because he wouldn’t have an audience anymore, which is all he really wants. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2879 "2021-02-25T13:02:46Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Poutine is really more of a Quebec thing than a Canadian thing, and has been aptly described as a heart attack on a plate. Having already had a heart attack, even without the benefit of poutine, I decline to have any. So here, too, the talking dog disagrees with the talking fish. I’ve never tried poutine but I would try it if the toppings came on the side so I could decide how much and where to experience them. For instance, when I used to get potato wedges from KFC, I would dip them in the gravy, but I wouldn’t want gravy just slathered over it. Similarly, I like ketchup on my burger a lot of the time but only if I get to decide exactly how much by myself (and so that it, freshly applied, hasn’t had time to soak into the bun). ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2880 "2021-02-25T13:10:20Z")
Practically all that guy does is meta-posts – posts about posts. He almost never adds any new viewpoint or opinions. When he does try to add something to a conversation, more often than not, it’s completely bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2881 "2021-02-25T13:26:22Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > From the ATMB thread. Easy solution. Put him on permanent ignore (or just ignore him). If most people ignored him, then he would go away because he wouldn’t have an audience anymore, which is all he really wants. To me, he’s already so inconsequential that I’m not even sure if I’ve bothered to put him on ignore. It’s certainly possible. But then it’s also possible I am so used to skipping right past his posts as steaming hot pink piles of garbage that I don’t need to put in the effort to have him on ignore. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2882 "2021-02-25T13:26:23Z")
He is like two different posters. On non-political threads (e.g. the free will thread in great debates), he’s a vastly different poster than on political threads. On political threads, it is the typical right-wing nonsense, which is a shame because he’s obviously capable of much more. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2883 "2021-02-25T13:28:06Z")
I do it in reverse. I have him (and a few others) on ignore, and then in non-political threads, I will view any hidden replies to see if it is anything worth reading. I find the people I put on ignore are usually only problematic in political threads. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2884 "2021-02-25T13:46:58Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > I do it in reverse. I have him (and a few others) on ignore, and then in non-political threads, I will view any hidden replies to see if it is anything worth reading. I find the people I put on ignore are usually only problematic in political threads.  I would do something like that back on vBulletin, when I could easily see whose post I was unhiding. But since I can’t do that on Discourse, I find I just don’t bother. Instead, I only unhide posts that are quoted, and only if the reply suggests that the poster was not being an asshole and looks like it might be interesting. That’s happened exactly once with **octopus** (since the move to Discourse). ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2885 "2021-02-25T13:58:33Z")
> [@Iamnotgrumpy](#): > > Are you one of the holdouts that think I’m a sock? Well, now I sure feel foolish ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2886 "2021-02-25T14:57:27Z")
Not as foolish as if you had been talked into drinking alcoholic clam juice mixed with tomato sauce. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2887 "2021-02-25T15:19:18Z")
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