# 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:** 211
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4213 "2021-08-05T03:02:38Z")
Or they could disappear for another year or seven. We shall indeed see. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4214 "2021-08-05T09:02:09Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Not a troll - just an asshole. I guess they’re used interchangeably these days, though. It’s often hard to tell the difference if someone is being a flaming asshole to be provocative or just because that’s who they really are. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4215 "2021-08-05T11:35:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s often hard to tell the difference if someone is being a flaming asshole to be provocative or just because that’s who they really are Ahhh, you’ve read the Partners in Crime thread! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4216 "2021-08-05T12:39:58Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Ahhh, you’ve read the Partners in Crime thread! Not until just now. Wow. That dude is so far up his own arse, he’s recursive. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4217 "2021-08-05T12:42:10Z")
He’s probably just lonely. Like really really lonely. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4218 "2021-08-05T16:46:10Z")
> [@Was the pacific theater in WW2 mostly between the US and Japan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-pacific-theater-in-ww2-mostly-between-the-us-and-japan/947809/8): > > Don’t tease us with “Abbatoir88 Pooh sock” if we can’t read it! Just a troll with a Pepe the Pooh\* avatar. \*Winnie in [a classic Pepe pose.](https://www.fccnn.com/news/article796212.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_768/pepe.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4219 "2021-08-05T17:30:04Z")
I’d been waiting for ol’ Roger to put on his troll cloak since he first popped up. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4220 "2021-08-05T18:09:48Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > I’d been waiting for ol’ Roger to put on his troll cloak since he first popped up I think he just did: > [@Personal Ads: "Partner in Crime"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/45): > > So it couldn’t possibly include “I want someone who’ll sit at home with me on the computer 24/7 trolling websites with ridiculous garbage that annoys people while eating Cheetos”? That couldn’t possibly qualify as a partner in crime? I think it could. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4221 "2021-08-05T18:16:38Z")
You realize he was probably talking about his impression of some of the other people in the thread. Those charges go both ways, sometimes. Of course, foregone conclusions are foregone. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4222 "2021-08-05T20:05:17Z")
Jokes aside, II can’t make out what his actual current avatar is-some demon or something from the nether regions? An Alien facehugger? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4223 "2021-08-05T20:07:49Z")
It’s bloody Jesus bearing the cross, actually. I had to pull up the bigger version to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4224 "2021-08-05T21:06:22Z")
I guess the moderator agreed with me, and warned him for insulting other posters, citing this paragraph. For those without a program, this means he was not admitting to trolling but accusing other posters of trolling (outside the pit, hence the warning). ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4225 "2021-08-05T23:15:04Z")
[He has started a thread in ATMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-insult-aspenglow/948122) complaining about the warning. We’ve also gotten his attention here. Sackcloth and ashes indeed. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4226 "2021-08-05T23:19:55Z")
I don’t think he’s a troll. I just think he’s an self-absorbed asshole who has no idea how he comes across to people. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4227 "2021-08-06T08:03:49Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [He has started a thread in ATMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-insult-aspenglow/948122) complaining about the warning. Read his posts in that thread and imagine them being said by the [Wondermark Sea Lion](https://wondermark.com/1k62/). For example: > [@Roger\_That](#): > > I had also just written several consecutive posts in that thread where I was quite affable, taking a completely different tack on a different subject, and not engaging with people (not warned) who were calling me things like “creep” and other such. It’s ok to tell me that I’m overthinking but it’s an insult to respond that others are underthinking? I’d like to see what you consider an insult to others after puzzlegal’s rebuke. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4228 "2021-08-06T13:12:28Z")
Told you, dude. _Sea Lions_. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4229 "2021-08-11T16:11:38Z")
For a brief moment it looked like we would be treated to some amusement in the Quarantine Zone from a poster that said We The People were being denied access to health protocols from the homeopathic and holistic communities of medical health practices. Claims along the lines of 99% of success rates. Alas, it’s cornfielded now. Proving the poster’s claim that information is being withheld or deleted from We The People in order to drive panic and VACX. The Mods are clearly in the pocket of Big Pharma and Big Government. WAKE UP SHEEPLE! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4230 "2021-08-11T16:13:00Z")
> **[Wake Up Sheeple](https://xkcd.com/1013/)** > > You will be led to judgement like lambs to the slaughter--a simile whose existence, I might add, will not do your species any favors. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4231 "2021-08-11T18:41:18Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > For a brief moment it looked like we would be treated to some amusement in the Quarantine Zone from a poster that said We The People were being denied access to health protocols from the homeopathic and holistic communities of medical health practices. Claims along the lines of 99% of success rates. 99%???!!!??? That’s preposterous! Everyone knows that in homeopathy, anything above 0.00000000001% is completely ineffective. With a 99% success rate, it’s surprising that anyone is still alive. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4232 "2021-08-11T20:46:28Z")
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