# 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:** 79
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1567 "2020-11-07T22:33:02Z")
Probably not even a thermometer ---
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1568 "2020-11-07T22:35:46Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Because you just know, it ain’t going to be an oral thermometer. > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Probably not even a thermometer Okay… that just got weird. 😁 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1569 "2020-11-07T23:08:38Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’m not entirely sure they actually are a doctor. He’s not. That’s part of my joke. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1570 "2020-11-07T23:13:36Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > He’s not. That’s part of my joke. 🙂 It’s like dissecting frogs in biology 101. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1571 "2020-11-08T00:27:53Z")
And I got a warning for pointing that fact out one time. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1572 "2020-11-09T02:18:36Z")
> [@Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9722): > > Yeah, that one’s going around. I used to troll right-wing Twitter in my spare time and I got away with lots of really horrible stuff because hardly anyone read it. Every now and then I’d get jailed though, and they finally suspended the account Thursday. . . > > The other thing I’ve gleaned from trolling the RW stuff is that they’re all moving to a platform called PARLER which promises to be a real cesspool. I bet Trump gets an account there. I may hold my nose and download the app in a few days just to check. > [@Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9724): > > I needed a break and if I decide to start up again, I have a second, barely used account set up and ready. Miss Hedonia has admitted to trolling and socking on another platform…what are the odds “she’s” done it here? ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1573 "2020-11-09T02:21:25Z")
Going with “slim-to-none”… ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1574 "2020-11-09T02:22:06Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > Miss Hedonia has admitted to trolling and socking on another platform _I’ve_ admitted to trolling and socking on another platform. No fucking way I’ve done that here. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1575 "2020-11-09T02:23:26Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > Miss Hedonia has admitted to trolling and socking on another platform…what are the odds “she’s” done it here? - Sounds like you’re projecting. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1576 "2020-11-09T02:49:00Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@mikecurtis](#): > > > > Miss Hedonia has admitted to trolling and socking on another platform > > _I’ve_ admitted to trolling and socking on another platform. No fucking way I’ve done that here. Same. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1577 "2020-11-09T02:49:48Z")
Never. And it’s not a sock, it’s the only Twitter account I use. I don’t pretend to be right wing. I don’t pretend to be anyone other than myself. Get over yourself. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1578 "2020-11-09T02:54:15Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > _I’ve_ admitted to trolling and socking on another platform. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Same Sad! Why should I believe anything you say, then? > [@Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9724): > > I have a second, barely used account so, the other one was the sock then? ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1579 "2020-11-09T03:03:20Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > Why should I believe anything you say, then? Believe what you want. It’s a free country. The only “socks” I’ve had that were SDMB-related were on AOL for my duties as chat host and on Halloween – when it was encouraged. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1580 "2020-11-09T03:09:38Z")
Really? Many years ago I set up a Twitter account and forgot about it. Last week my tablet glitched and I was logged out of everything. If you require factual confirmation of that fact, you can ask EngineerCompGeek, I needed his help to get back on the SDMB I was trying all my usual log-in / password combos to get back into Twitter. Success - or so I thought at first - but I didn’t recognize the account, which was following no one and had no followers. Then I sort of remembered setting up an account about 5 years ago and I figure it was that one. Here’s the thing, kid. I have been a member of the SDMB forums since 1995. It’s my home, in a very real sense. It’s important to me and my presence here is very genuine and there’s only one. Twitter means jack shit to me. That’s why I don’t much care that they suspended my account. To me, Twitter is like this arcade that used to be in the mall near me. I don’t even like the place but every now and then I’d walk in, play Whack-A-Mole for a half hour or so and release some frustration. That’s Twitter to me. So unless you are going to accuse me of something else with no evidence, like rigging an election, you can go now. I’m not engaging with you anymore. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1581 "2020-11-09T03:21:01Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Twitter means jack shit to me. That’s why I don’t much care that they suspended my account So, it’s ok to shit all over someone else’s house, because it doesnt mean that much to you. Well, maybe it does mean something to someone. Maybe someone has been on Twitter since it started and it’s their home in a very real sense. I’m sure you get upset when some troll comes in here and mucks things up for the lulz, because they dont have the same feelings for this place that you or I have. Trolling is bad form, full stop. doesnt matter where it is or why youre doing it. You can justify it however you like, it’s still trolling. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1582 "2020-11-09T03:29:32Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > So, it’s ok to shit all over someone else’s house, because it doesnt mean that much to you. Maybe the house is already so full of shit that nobody notices a new source has been added. Like the Twoofer magnets that were part of the IMDb boards. NB: I had stopped trolling the Twoofers there long before they shut down. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1583 "2020-11-09T03:32:24Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > > > Twitter means jack shit to me. That’s why I don’t much care that they suspended my account > > So, it’s ok to shit all over someone else’s house, because it doesnt mean that much to you. > Well, maybe it does mean something to someone. Maybe someone has been on Twitter since it started and it’s their home in a very real sense. I’m sure you get upset when some troll comes in here and mucks things up for the lulz, because they dont have the same feelings for this place that you or I have. Trolling is bad form, full stop. doesnt matter where it is or why youre doing it. You can justify it however you like, it’s still trolling. **mikecurtis** , I would seriously worry about your own behavior before you start making accusations against other posters. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1584 "2020-11-09T03:40:50Z")
I have made no accusations. She admitted to trolling on twitter. Was quite proud of that fact, too, imho. I believe her when she says she’s not trolled or socked here. But, does that make it ok because it was done elsewhere? I dont believe it does. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1585 "2020-11-09T03:43:17Z")
I think we figured that out… ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1586 "2020-11-09T03:47:26Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > Miss Hedonia has admitted to trolling and socking on another platform…w **hat are the odds “she’s” done it here?** > [@mikecurtis](#): > > **I have made no accusations.** She admitted to trolling on twitter. Was quite proud of that fact, too, imho. Really? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=80)