# 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:** 145
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2888 "2021-02-25T15:21:22Z")
Butter course. Why do you think that they are so happy? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2889 "2021-02-25T15:34:20Z")
Actually, the original saying was “Happy as a clam at high water”. Over time it has been shortened. [Cite.](https://literarydevices.net/as-happy-as-a-clam/) ---
**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, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2890 "2021-02-25T15:37:37Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Over time it has been shortened That’s because they are too drunk to recite the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2891 "2021-02-25T16:16:49Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > To me, he’s already so inconsequential that I’m not even sure if I’ve bothered to put him on ignore. I honestly had forgotten he was still here. I scroll right past low-content posts. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2892 "2021-02-25T16:23:10Z")
I fear it’ll be back. Sock of a sock of a sock of a sock… It’s addicted. ---
**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, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2893 "2021-02-25T16:31:03Z")
Yep. Pretty sad and pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2894 "2021-02-25T16:34:09Z")
Now I want clam chowder 😟 And I like New England and Manhattan types equally. So there. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2895 "2021-02-25T16:40:15Z")
Obligatory Simpsons clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7jaAeTaG_ms/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Guy Incognito") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jaAeTaG_ms) ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2896 "2021-02-25T16:50:08Z")
Wait! Can we just put the vodka in the clam chowder? Manhattan, natch. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2897 "2021-02-25T17:30:05Z")
Great Caesar’s Soup! ---
**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, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2898 "2021-02-25T17:33:16Z")
Chowder shots! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2899 "2021-02-25T17:39:52Z")
> [@Iamnotgrumpy](#): > > Are you one of the holdouts that think I’m a sock? “Many people, a great many experts, agree that I’m not a sock. Only a few Unhinged Doper Holdouts disagree! We will win!” ---
**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, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2900 "2021-02-25T17:45:55Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Yep. Pretty sad and pathetic. It’s odd. It’s like they are “Sure I keep getting punched in the face, but at least I’m getting _some_ attention.” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2901 "2021-02-25T17:48:32Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Well, now I sure feel foolish By the time I read that mini-saga, Iamnotgrumpy’s posts all had “BANNED: Trolling / Socking” by his name. Which, _ **spoiler** _! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2902 "2021-02-25T17:50:55Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > It’s like they are “Sure I keep getting punched in the face, but at least I’m getting _some_ attention.” And it’s not as though we punched him in the face and then told him we only did it because we love him so much. ---
**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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2903 "2021-02-25T17:54:08Z")
It’s like a dude comes into a coffee shop, and starts shouting insane blather about mole-men controlling the weather. Customers tell him to leave because he’s an asshole. Finally management escorts him out the door. But he comes back because this is the only human interaction he gets, and at least it’s something to make him feel less like an empty husk of a human. ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2904 "2021-02-25T18:25:01Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > It’s like a dude comes into a coffee shop, and starts shouting insane blather about mole-men controlling the weather. Outrageous! …because of course the proper term is mole-people. Not all societies are as patriarchal as ours, you know? Mole-women have been controlling the weather just as well as mole-men since the time when our ancestors were still living in caves. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2905 "2021-02-25T18:28:35Z")
> [@Iamnotgrumpy](#): > > a good Scarlett letter to You meant just plain scarlet, the color, we presume. Scarlett, such as the heroine in Gone With The Wind, does not have such an association. Oh, BTW, grumpy is as grumpy does. So far you are being grumpy. ---
**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2906 "2021-02-25T18:30:38Z")
I thought that that was why there was reddit. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2907 "2021-02-25T18:34:45Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > …because of course the proper term is mole-people. Subterranean-Americans [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=146)