# 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:** 180
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3590 "2021-06-07T00:30:36Z")
Turtles _most_ of the way down, interspersed with the occasional hippo. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3591 "2021-06-07T00:39:32Z")
Can’t we all just get along and bitch about trolls again? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3592 "2021-06-07T00:44:33Z")
Where’s the fun in that? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3593 "2021-06-07T00:51:11Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I can’t claim to adhere to consistent ethical principles in my diet, but (in all seriousness) I refuse to eat octopus. They are one of the smartest and most interesting creatures on the planet. Agreed! Turtles are cool too. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3594 "2021-06-07T01:23:29Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Can’t we all just get along and bitch about trolls again? We’ll never get along, but can we please have some regard for the purpose of this thread and take our petty battles to dedicated threads or personal blogs? This is supposed to be a general bitchfest about board trolls, not the alley behind the bar for personal fights. It would be impolitic of me to mention any names that have figured so prominently in this stupid hijack, such as @mordecaiB and @Riemann, so I won’t. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3595 "2021-06-07T02:26:15Z")
I imagine at this point, **mordecaiB** is starting to count as a troll. At least, he’s doing a pretty good impression of one. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3596 "2021-06-07T02:43:56Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > My retirement ambition is to run an otter-hyena-octopus-raccoon sanctuary. Hm. Your genetics work may have been a bit less ethical than I assumed. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3597 "2021-06-07T02:44:23Z")
Pretty tedious one at that ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3598 "2021-06-07T02:50:19Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Your genetics work may have been a bit less ethical than I assumed. It was like that when I got here. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3599 "2021-06-07T04:57:50Z")
> **[I properly tagged this meme](https://www.memedroid.com/memes/detail/1648090?hcb=1)** > > Awesome memes, gifs and funny pics for you! ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3600 "2021-06-07T05:15:05Z")
Reminds me of the octoparrot. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fG8SSH98GPI/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Octoparrot (S12Ep09)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8SSH98GPI) ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3601 "2021-06-07T05:24:11Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I imagine at this point, **mordecaiB** is starting to count as a troll. At least, he’s doing a pretty good impression of one. mordecaiB hasn’t spent 20 years and reading 175000 posts just to start trolling now. He’s had a good 20s. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3602 "2021-06-07T06:37:14Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I know you really like me. Boy, did you get that one wrong. > [@](#): > > And he is right. No, he’s a troll. > [@](#): > > Dopers are notorious grammar and spelling nazis. _Some_ dopers. I only really care about spelling mistakes when they’re funny. And I don’t give shit one for sudden strange acronyms leaping out of the shadows - because I have a working right mouse button with a lovely “Search Google for…” context menu item. > [@](#): > > > [@MrDibble](#): > > > > Fuck anyone who _insists_ on a motherfucking _acronym protocol_ . > > No one insisted on a protocol > [@mordecaiB](#): > > If all the self proclaimed Smartest People On The Planet can’t follow a simple acronym protocol […] the problem lies with them, Calling it a problem _is_ insistent, dumb-ass. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3603 "2021-06-07T06:42:48Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > So you knew what he was doing was perfectly okay, totally in line with the rules of the board, and you decided to try […] junior modding him Jeeze, I thought we were supposed to go _easy_ on **ILMVI** , why are you calling out his ~~junior-modding~~ trolling of acronym-posters like that? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3604 "2021-06-07T07:50:20Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Reminds me of the octoparrot. Why is it when people cross something with an octopus, it never ends up with the head and body of the octopus and the arms & legs of the _other_ species? #morethanjusttentacles ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3605 "2021-06-07T11:09:14Z")
Let me see if I got this right: **moredcaiB** ’s meltdowns are because the palindromic **I Love Me Vol. I** complained about the use of acronyms on this board? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3606 "2021-06-07T11:53:08Z")
“Why couldn’t she be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on top and the lady part on the bottom?” ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3607 "2021-06-07T11:58:48Z")
Oh shit I didn’t even notice it was a palindrome ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3608 "2021-06-07T13:54:26Z")
OSIDENIWAP That’s actually a decent acronym. It sounds like a lake that would host a summer camp, Lake Osideniwap. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3609 "2021-06-07T14:24:52Z")
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