# 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:** 181
**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, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3610 "2021-06-07T14:57:23Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Oh shit I didn’t even notice it was a palindrome Well, from the acronym alone you might not notice… ---
**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, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3611 "2021-06-07T14:57:52Z")
I’m changing the acronym to ILMLI. ---
**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, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3612 "2021-06-07T17:32:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Reminds me of the octoparrot. Or the Octopirate (aka Piratopus) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xXT46Qw4RFs/maxresdefault.jpg "Piratopus Jones (Pirate Octopus) Attacks Raccoon (Octopus vs. Raccoon)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXT46Qw4RFs) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3613 "2021-06-07T17:49:49Z")
And other people had the gall to mention it, yes. ---
**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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3614 "2021-06-07T17:54:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Octopirate If that’s the first time that raccoon encountered Octopirate, I think it’s remarkable how quickly it figured out that it wasn’t a threat. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3615 "2021-06-07T20:07:44Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > If that’s the first time that raccoon encountered Octopirate, I think it’s remarkable how quickly it figured out that it wasn’t a threat. Raccoons are amazingly perceptive when it comes to matters of food. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3616 "2021-06-07T20:11:32Z")
But don’t give them Cotton Candy near water. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rfbb4yRBH64/hqdefault.jpg "Racoon Gets Sad when His Cotton Candy Dissolves in Water") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfbb4yRBH64) ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3617 "2021-06-07T20:14:26Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’m changing the acronym to ILMLI. ILvMVlI. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3618 "2021-06-07T21:31:00Z")
Super Bowl? ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3619 "2021-06-07T21:32:32Z")
I truly can’t express how much I feel for that raccoon. Now I’m sad. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3620 "2021-06-07T21:38:57Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I truly can’t express how much I feel for that raccoon. Now I’m sad. - Raccoon reacts to missing grapes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d7TVXZx3JNo/hqdefault.jpg "This raccoon's reaction when it runs out of grapes is just priceless") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7TVXZx3JNo) ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3621 "2021-06-07T21:58:02Z")
Stop that! I has a sad ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3622 "2021-06-07T22:34:38Z")
me too ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3623 "2021-06-08T02:12:23Z")
I already get sad when I see a dead raccoon on the road… these videos just make it worse ☹ ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3624 "2021-06-08T15:52:44Z")
Since this thread has been modded with a “be less harsh on the OP” I’m posting this reply here: > [@Virtue signaling? Cowardice? Or other (race relations topic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtue-signaling-cowardice-or-other-race-relations-topic/943821/8): > > Wow I can already tell what an awful message board this is by smart-ass answers like this. “Already”? You’ve been here for almost a year. Losing track of how long you’ve been trolling where? (Or with which accounts?) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3625 "2021-06-08T17:42:25Z")
If that guy isn’t a troll, he plays one on tv. The OP starts off with a title that indicates they equate anti-racism with “virtue signaling” and then follows it up with a remark about virtue signaling when **Grrr** suggested a method for dealing with a person sitting on the chair. ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3626 "2021-06-08T18:19:59Z")
I think that thread is sitting in the wrong forum. If people are pointing and snickering, perhaps a mod could ask it to move to this one? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3627 "2021-06-08T18:25:32Z")
I reported it for a move. We’ll see what happens. ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3628 "2021-06-08T18:44:12Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > follows it up with a remark about virtue signaling when **Grrr** suggested a method for dealing with a person sitting on the chair. I think what the OP was trying to say was, “I take it that you think what I did was virtue signaling?” He was not suggesting that **Grrr** was virtue signaling. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3629 "2021-06-08T19:28:09Z")
I can see that now that you say it. It wasn’t clear to me earlier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=182)