# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/1 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")
I don’t have any trolls to report but we’ve completely lost our last troll thread, so I’m hoping we can start again with a new one while the old one devolves into the same group of people bickering. If you see any actual trolling going on, this is where to discuss it. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/316 "2021-10-19T06:44:24Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [RangerLoops troll posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rangerloops-troll-posts/952741) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/1172 "2022-03-27T00:28:41Z")
A post was merged into an existing topic: [Trolling post from a weird troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-post-from-a-weird-troll/961761/2) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/2757 "2022-09-07T11:58:59Z")
7 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Likeitisprounounced Trock posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likeitisprounounced-trock-posts/971129/2) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/2768 "2022-09-07T11:58:23Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Likeitisprounounced Trock posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likeitisprounounced-trock-posts/971129) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/2834 "2022-09-08T19:48:46Z")
36 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Octopus here’s your own thread to shit all over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/1336) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4342 "2023-03-10T21:04:07Z")
15 posts were split to a new topic: [Light pitting of EastUmpqua (spun off Troll R Us thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-eastumpqua-spun-off-troll-r-us-thread/980991) ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4485 "2023-03-31T12:37:31Z")
A post was merged into an existing topic: [ActionJackson trolling posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actionjackson-trolling-posts/981928/2) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4488 "2021-09-11T18:00:37Z")
What’s best practice for specifying a troll’s post without summoning then 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:** [September 11, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4489 "2021-09-11T18:26:02Z")
I think “Check out **ObviousTroll** ’s performance in the XYZ thread in IMHO” works to point folks in the right direction. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4490 "2021-09-11T19:02:01Z")
Thanks, OP! ---
**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:** [September 11, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4491 "2021-09-11T19:49:53Z")
Oh thank og. Good call. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4492 "2021-09-11T19:56:49Z")
Yeah, I shy away from referencing a poster using the “at” symbol, eg _@AT-AT._ Because many members get alerts, and watch for those so they can swoop into any thread to defend themselves. Then, like so many “I pit **Jimboboyo** ” threads, it can turn into “Jimboboyo attacks his attackers and feels like, if he can ‘win’ against them, he’s _ipso facto lameo,_ innocent of trolling.” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4493 "2021-09-11T20:12:00Z")
I don’t find it unwelcome, but I’m a bit surprised it was this time that resulted in a new thread, and not all the other times. > [@Kron](#): > > I think “Check out **ObviousTroll** ’s performance in the XYZ thread in IMHO” works to point folks in the right direction. Agreed, as long as XYZ is specific enough that a search could find the thread. That said, you can also just always put a bare URL in the thread surrounded by ` marks, like this `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections/950518` ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4494 "2021-09-11T20:12:42Z")
Thanks, OP. I was going to make a post (just one) back in the original thread expressing my disappointment that the entire thread had totally gone to shit, but it just would have gotten lost in all the noise. That was a truly historic derailing. Never seen anything like it. Love the change to the original thread title over there, BTW. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 11, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4495 "2021-09-11T20:23:41Z")
We’ve had some long derailments before, but I think just throwing in the towel was the right choice. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4496 "2021-09-11T20:26:27Z")
I’m glad people aren’t pissed at me for having the cajones to open a new thread. I was going to report the hijack but I thought, fuck it, this is the Pit, not GD or anything. And people are blowing off steam and bickering in the right forum at least. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4497 "2021-09-11T20:27:05Z")
That one was brutal. The wall of words should probably be a 1 day suspension offense\*. \*(I kid, but just barely) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4498 "2021-09-11T20:43:55Z")
I don’t believe I’ve ever scrolled through a thread muttering “tl:dr, tl:dr, tl:dr” before. I get here today and there’s 94 more posts in that thread! Jesus. I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4499 "2021-09-12T10:43:46Z")
What gets me is that they were essentially hairsplitting an extreme hypothetical that has all 7 billion people on Earth ceasing to exist except for one last male and female. You gotta draw the line somewhere. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=2)