# 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:** 86
**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 19, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1707 "2020-11-19T18:29:50Z")
Looked like a trock popped up to defend our dear departed @kearsen1. Didn’t get much of a chance to read it before it got whisked to the cornfield. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1708 "2020-11-19T18:35:17Z")
“Hi! I’m a completely new person to these boards and I want to complain about how this ONE GUY WHO IS SO TOTALLY NOT ME was handled by the admins!” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1709 "2020-11-19T18:40:00Z")
Oh, and that’s not my bloody glove either. So there Neener!!! ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1710 "2020-11-19T18:43:11Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > My first post was also an OP. It’s also a relic of the pre YouTube days, where you can now see the footage! (Before it gets taken down again) Great (if harrowing) thread. I’ll pass on the footage, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1711 "2020-11-19T18:52:10Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I _think_ it was my first post but I can’t actually remember. 2008 feels like ages ago. Not even close. You have 50+ OPs before that one. [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40spice\_weasel%20before%3A2008-01-01%20in%3Afirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40spice_weasel%20before%3A2008-01-01%20in%3Afirst) You did burst on the scene with more OPs than many. Back in Jan of 200 **7** , the 12th to be precise, you unleashed this Nietzsche-related post on the unsuspecting TMs as your first OP. > [@A Book to Make Nietzsche Weep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-make-nietzsche-weep/387660): > > I had no idea where to post this, so sorry if it’s in a wrong category. I am a humongous philosophy nerd–I’m especially into existentialism and literature – I dig Kafka, Camus, Sartre, Nietzsche, etc. I am especially a fan of Nietzsche, thanks to a crazy good professor I had who was a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge on his life and philosophy (we got Will to Power Bars to munch while we did our midterm exams.) I really can’t understate what a Nietzsche freak I can be at times. Anyways… I… Just 10 days after your opening salvo of 8 response posts on Jan 2 2007: [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40spice\_weasel%20before%3A2007-01-03](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40spice_weasel%20before%3A2007-01-03) In case you wondered, the Discourse advanced search feature really rocks for this kind of research. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1712 "2020-11-19T18:55:04Z")
Great. I wish I could deep-six half the stuff I’ve posted here. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1713 "2020-11-19T18:55:48Z")
I’ve never made the mistake of starting a thread. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1714 "2020-11-19T19:02:41Z")
I was so excited about this place when I found it, I probably went a little overboard. I remember describing it like that Lisa Simpson episode where a smart girl moves into town, and she’s really excited to have a new friend until she learns the smart girl is better than her at _everything._ ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1715 "2020-11-19T19:21:42Z")
[![](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E02/764230.jpg?b64lines=IFlPVSBLTk9XIFdIQVQ_IEkgSEFWRSBBCiBCQUxMLiBQRVJIQVBTIFlPVSdEIExJS0UKIFRPIEJPVU5DRSBJVC4=) ](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E02/764230.jpg?b64lines=IFlPVSBLTk9XIFdIQVQ_IEkgSEFWRSBBCiBCQUxMLiBQRVJIQVBTIFlPVSdEIExJS0UKIFRPIEJPVU5DRSBJVC4=) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1716 "2020-11-19T20:21:22Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Great. I wish I could deep-six half the stuff I’ve posted here. **Spice/Olives** , I hope that didn’t come across as stalkerish or me poking fun at your early self here. It has been very gratifying to watch, and participate, and maybe even help a smidgen, as you’ve put your worst problems behind you. Unfortunately for each of us, the Internet is forever. Both for good and for cringeworthy. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1717 "2020-11-19T20:24:51Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It has been very gratifying to watch, and participate, and maybe even help a smidgen, as you’ve put your worst problems behind you. That does make me feel a bit better, thanks. When I feel bad about it, I try to remind myself that I had a lot to sort through. And yes, you guys have very much helped me get perspective over the years. Assholes. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1718 "2020-11-19T20:27:17Z")
Well, this _is_ a thread about trolls. Big hug and enjoy your evening! ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1719 "2020-11-19T21:19:56Z")
> [@truthseeker3](#): > > but computers can be a little touchy about that sometimes. I, on the other hand, am not a computer, so I’m not particularly touchy about capitalization of my initial letter. 😉 ---
**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 19, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1720 "2020-11-19T21:22:31Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > And yes, you guys have very much helped me get perspective over the years. > > Assholes. 😜 Ingrate. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1721 "2020-11-19T21:42:23Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I, on the other hand, am not a computer, so I’m not particularly touchy about capitalization of my initial letter. What about other letters, **ravenThief**? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1722 "2020-11-19T21:48:54Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > > my first post. IIRC it was about Nietzsche > > Did you sign up to say nothing? What doesn’t kill you makes you _wronger_… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1723 "2020-11-19T21:49:15Z")
Should we capitalize uncapitalized user names at the beginning of sentences, @discobot? ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1724 "2020-11-19T21:49:17Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1725 "2020-11-19T21:51:42Z")
I just realized **discobot** is a fan of _Futurama._ ---
**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:** [November 20, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1726 "2020-11-20T06:02:05Z")
Oh, hey, **discobuddy**! Long time no see. Do you still have it out for @kaylasdad99? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=87)