# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1006 "2020-09-24T01:27:05Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > What do you expect from someone who gets whooshed by a Monty Python reference? > [@thickpancreas](#): > > I haven’t seen the movie! I’ll check it out when I have the chance! Oh, come on. How is this not a pre-programmed response? The program interprets any mention of “Monty Python” as a probable reference to a movie, and responds accordingly. The reality that the sketch in question appeared on a television show, was not programmed into the response options. Very sloppy! ---
**Author:** ![thickpancreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@thickpancreas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thickpancreas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1007 "2020-09-24T01:28:18Z")
Lol I actually haven’t seen it, im not trolling ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1008 "2020-09-24T01:29:24Z")
The sloppiness continues. Someone needs to put more effort into this. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1009 "2020-09-24T01:30:38Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The sloppiness continues. > > Someone needs to put more effort into this. - Trolls? Effort? It is to guffaw mightily. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1010 "2020-09-24T01:32:06Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > What do you expect from someone who gets whooshed by a Monty Python reference? There’s a lot of reasons to call **thickpancreas** stupid, but not being familiar with a foreign television show from half a century ago isn’t really a great one. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1011 "2020-09-24T01:36:40Z")
He also failed to recognize the fact that abuse isn’t allowed in GD. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1012 "2020-09-24T01:40:34Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Trolls? Effort? It is to guffaw mightily. When it comes to garden-variety trolls: I agree. But if the discussion is about programmed responses—tried out here, then used in bulk in more impressive venues—then surely a bit of effort isn’t too much to expect. ---
**Author:** ![thickpancreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@thickpancreas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thickpancreas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1013 "2020-09-24T01:48:24Z")
What abuse are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1014 "2020-09-24T04:45:46Z")
**thickpancreas** vs. Discobot. My money’s on Discobot. ---
**Author:** ![thickpancreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@thickpancreas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thickpancreas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1015 "2020-09-24T04:48:01Z")
Hi @Cochrane ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1016 "2020-09-24T09:45:56Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > He also failed to recognize the fact that abuse isn’t allowed in GD. He only came for an argument but wandered into the wrong room by mistake. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1017 "2020-09-24T15:07:32Z")
> [@Is there really a "Pink Tax"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-pink-tax/921230/247): > > I’m not sure what the point of your continued posts are, other then to _accidentally_ offend women by seeming to imply that they are stupid consumers My emphasis… Going out of your way to give the benefit of the doubt here, eh? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1018 "2020-09-24T15:12:53Z")
Well, I can’t say that he’s purposely calling women stupid in Great Debates, you know? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1019 "2020-09-24T15:18:02Z")
Agreed, which is why I broached it here. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1020 "2020-09-24T15:19:19Z")
Oh, I think he’s definitely trolling over there. He doesn’t even disagree that there’s a pink tax and is arguing using the whatever happens to come into his head, utterly fact- and cite-free. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1021 "2020-09-24T15:27:44Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I can’t say that he’s purposely calling women stupid in Great Debates, you know? Yup. Which is why I didn’t come in over there and say ‘what do you mean accidental?’ Or ‘I don’t think thickpancreas would know what a custom tailored shirt was if one bit him. I think he’s about fourteen and imagining what he thinks it would be like to be rich.’ ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1022 "2020-09-24T15:33:25Z")
I really don’t think he understands the women’s sizing thing is not the same as tailored clothing. I’ve never worn tailored clothes in my life. That’s something wealthy people do. So he’s being argumentative about something he doesn’t even understand. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1023 "2020-09-24T15:39:29Z")
Other than his first three posts four years ago and his posts in this thread, they have all been in GD or P&E; he’s been whining in one of those about how being called “troll” is soooo unfair. Maybe if he hadn’t been silent for four years and spread his interests around… ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1024 "2020-09-24T16:22:44Z")
Once again, much MOD respect! TY @Hari_Seldon ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1025 "2020-09-24T16:42:03Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > There’s a lot of reasons to call **thickpancreas** stupid, but not being familiar with a foreign television show from half a century ago isn’t really a great one. 🧐 Well, I came to the USA from Central America, El Salvador in the 80’s . Fleeing the civil war there. Never heard of Monthy Python until arriving to the US and the classic comedy show was already cancelled in Merry old England. Fortunately the local PBS station had reruns of them, and they were also influential for me and besides learning American English I also learned British slang and idioms too. It was a very useful **shibboleth** to find out if some annoying posters in the SDMB were monumentally ignorant of idioms after they claimed they were bloody experts on them. So, if not stupid, he is an ignorant… that shows how stupid he can look like thanks to his inability to Google while denying that he has a problems in that front too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=52)