# 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:** 158
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3150 "2021-04-15T17:13:03Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > > [@Andy\_L](#): > > > > An unblocked profile gives a more convenient way of adding someone to an ignore list, so if someone blocks their profile, it may be that they are trying to make it just a little bit harder to ignore. > > A hidden profile also means that you can’t see when they joined. **That conceals the fact that someone who joined yesterday** is posting like they’ve been here for years. - Except for the "HEY, EVERYONE. NEW POSTER!!! announcement on their first post. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3151 "2021-04-15T17:16:56Z")
Which can only be seen on their first post. Not everyone reads every thread, so a “first” post is likely to be missed by many. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3152 "2021-04-15T17:20:39Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I cannot see their posting history You can easily do a search on their name with an @ in front. e.g. for DeathPool: [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40DeathPool%20order%3Alatest](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40DeathPool%20order%3Alatest) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3153 "2021-04-15T17:32:37Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > It’s a psychological puzzle about why someone would want to repeatedly go back to community where they were obviously not welcome. > > They may think that they are playing some kind of a game, but deep down it’s pretty revealing that they do this. Perhaps for some reason they feel that they “deserve” to get insulted and shut out. Maybe the experience confirms a deep down belief that they are unworthy - sort of a masochistic fulfillment of some sort. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Yeah, it’s the repeatedly part that gets me. > … > But, if they have no desire to mend their ways, and just keeping doing the same shit over and over again, well, like I said, they aren’t here for the hunting. I think their thinking runs about like this: > Listen you ignorant F\*\*\*ers! I know you think you’re so smart and so right and I’m wrong. Well you’re just full of it and I totally demand that _I_ have the last word. Somebody on the internet is wrong and it’s you! > > Besides, the last thing you said was mean to me and I cannot possibly let that go unchallenged. My ego and love of my own voice is far too large for that. I slap your face with my best formal gloves! I really don’t think it’s any deeper than childish pique over being thwarted, plus a healthy dollop of bored all day now that SDMB is closed off and youtubers don’t much comment on each other’s comments. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3154 "2021-04-15T18:23:19Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > You can easily do a search on their name with an @ in front. e.g. for DeathPool: That’s what I did after the fact, when I reported the one person for spamming. I saw lots of posts over the years. So not a drive-by spammer after all. But if you act like and look like a spammer, and I have to go through some effort to determine you’re a normal poster, I’m going to assume you’re a spammer. But yes, your method totally works. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3155 "2021-04-15T18:49:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > But yes, your method totally works. And the mods have special tools for identifying socks. Tools with sharp pointy edges and feathery bits poking up at the ends. Tools that would give you nightmares should you be so unlucky to actually see one. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3156 "2021-04-15T19:19:17Z")
Actually it is just a digital dowsing rod, I don’t understand how it works, but it works surprisingly well. Here is a representation of my using one. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Divining_Rod.jpg/220px-Divining_Rod.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Divining_Rod.jpg/220px-Divining_Rod.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3157 "2021-04-15T20:23:04Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@Superdude](#): > > > > Nope. **DeathPool** was outed as a sock. Of who, I don’t know. > > Those last four letters might be a clue. He’s been back at least once. Throw that one back, he’s under the size limit. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3158 "2021-04-15T21:25:50Z")
I don’t know, I think it makes sense (from their perspective) that they keep coming back. Trolls aren’t looking for acceptance, their entire goal is winding people up. Banned trolls wound people up to such a degree (from their perspective) that they got kicked out. Why wouldn’t they want to keep coming back to the well? They know they can wind people here up by trolling, and also by being suspected of being a sock. I think being detected quickly, and getting re-banned with little drama is probably the only thing that will discourage them. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3159 "2021-04-16T01:28:43Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > their best to get shots, they have the audacity to post this nonsense: So let’s revisit the thread. There have been a few posts since then. It’s clear now that Stranger was spreading false and ignorant information about vaccine availability in the middle of a horrific pandemic. He was in no way doing his best. I was perhaps impolite but I was objectively correct and as person who has spent a great deal of the last several weeks matching people with vaccines, understandably frustrated with his fucking absurd and ill founded rants. Fuck that shit. ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3160 "2021-04-16T02:24:21Z")
Revisit which thread??? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3161 "2021-04-16T02:28:15Z")
This one. [Get off my dick about not getting a vaccine yet (not anti-VAXX) - #60 by hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-dick-about-not-getting-a-vaccine-yet-not-anti-vaxx/939471/60) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3162 "2021-04-17T00:58:19Z")
I see that poster FigNorton is trolling the fuck out of the [thread discussing how suicide rates have gone down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-drop-in-suicide-rate-in-40-years-6-in-2020-amid-pandemic/940084/51) in the US during covid. Seems he just can’t STAND the thought that the pet theory that the horrible liberal restrictions on FREEDOM did not cause a mass rush of people to off themselves as was predicted by his sources. ---
**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3163 "2021-04-17T01:12:15Z")
You are a pathetic fuck. I don’t have a hate on for liberals nor do I generally argue against the usefulness of restrictions and other mitigation efforts. Make a fucking point once in a while instead of crying “troll” and waiting for the high fives. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3164 "2021-04-17T01:57:30Z")
Bite me asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3165 "2021-04-17T02:00:17Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I see that poster FigNorton is trolling the fuck out of the [thread discussing how suicide rates have gone down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-drop-in-suicide-rate-in-40-years-6-in-2020-amid-pandemic/940084/51) in the US during covid. High five, dude! ---
**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:** [April 17, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3166 "2021-04-17T02:10:07Z")
\< goes for high five; misses \> \< wanders away looking for a drink \>. 🍺 ---
**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3167 "2021-04-17T02:28:45Z")
If I hated the left, I would say you are a perfect example rather than the embarrassment you definitely are. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3168 "2021-04-17T02:29:45Z")
Whatever the fuck that means. You keep on being you. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3169 "2021-04-17T02:30:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I see that poster FigNorton is trolling the fuck out of the [thread discussing how suicide rates have gone down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-drop-in-suicide-rate-in-40-years-6-in-2020-amid-pandemic/940084/51) in the US during covid. Umm. . . . that was MY post that you tagged with the troll title. I was mimicking FigNorton/CarnalK at the time. . . but still. . .☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=159)