# 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:** 112
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6700 "2022-07-21T12:31:09Z")
I am a little gratified that the only objections to this particular banning so far have been here in the Pit. No ATMB threads bewailing the loss of yet another conservative voice from the usual gang of chucklefucks. Martin\_Hyde, less beloved than [Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banning-of-shodan/853763) or [SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-slackerinc-banned-for-trolling/923073). What an 18yr legacy! ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6701 "2022-07-21T13:15:17Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > What I’m challenging is this narrative that every reasonable contribution that he posted was always insincere, with the sole objective to generate some fake persona as a long con. As @Johnny_Bravo put it: Not every post was insincere, but they _were_ self serving. Edjumacating the libs is nearly as enjoyable an activity for Republicans as pwning them is. Now, I’m not going to say that he never saved me the 15 minutes of research it would have taken for me to determine how wet water is, but he would offer it as though his insight was the only gateway we poor ignorant schlubs had to understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6702 "2022-07-21T13:28:56Z")
So, someone goes through complex machinations in order to troll a little-known message board, consuming gobs of personal time trying to rile up people he doesn’t know, apparently repeating this behavior on other sites over the course of 18 or more years, winding up angry, frustrated and venting on an even more obscure board. What a legacy. I suppose he could put it on his CV. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6703 "2022-07-21T13:36:57Z")
It’s like meeting a 34 year-old who brags that they are on their second decade of partying and no one knows. No, dude, you’re just an alcoholic, many _do_ know, and you probably need help. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6704 "2022-07-21T15:25:38Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Yeah, given the time he spent and the number of posts he made here I too get a > :_Martin wipes tears out of his eyes_: > ‘Well I didn’t want to be part of your stupid club anyway!’ > vibe. I’m sure he’s getting much consolation from the amount of time and trouble y’all are giving to his post mortem. 🥱 ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6705 "2022-07-21T15:53:57Z")
Oh c’mon. It’s funny as hell. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6706 "2022-07-21T15:56:36Z")
Agreed. Pointing and laughing at hurtful idiots as they are hoisted on their own petards is therapeutic and entertaining. I don’t care if they like the negative attention, their feelings (good or bad) mean less than nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6707 "2022-07-21T16:45:13Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I’m sure he’s getting much consolation from the amount of time and trouble y’all are giving to his post mortem. Obligatory xkcd. > **[Atheists](https://xkcd.com/774/)** > > 'But you're using that same tactic to try to feel superior to me, too!' 'Sorry, that accusation expires after one use per conversation.' ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6708 "2022-07-21T16:56:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > And, in regards to MH, if you keep up a fake persona for 2 decades just to (quietly!) pull a joke on some randos in a message board, I may suggest you get some help. This is not normative, productive human behavior. I guess everyone needs a hobby… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6709 "2022-07-21T17:40:28Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > We need a new name for this kind of behavior. Yeah, like _that_ won’t feed into his ego. He is just a common troll. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6710 "2022-07-21T18:02:00Z")
I never said it had to be a _nice_ name;) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6711 "2022-07-21T18:03:43Z")
Any special status will feed his ego, so let’s just call him a common troll. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6712 "2022-07-21T18:14:42Z")
If you feel like “troll” isn’t sufficient may I humbly suggest “dipshit?” It’s less specific, but somehow more exact. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6713 "2022-07-21T18:15:31Z")
Asshat ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6714 "2022-07-21T18:34:56Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52231864226_af4226d47d_z.jpg "6nhhch") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52231864226/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6715 "2022-07-21T20:26:35Z")
Bless his heart. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6716 "2022-07-21T20:55:06Z")
After the ridiculous banning of Shodan and banning someone over ‘harpy’ because it was directed at a presumed dem when cunt directed at a republican doesn’t get a note it’s quixotic to waste time with those who revel in double standards. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6717 "2022-07-21T20:59:07Z")
That makes _you_ Don Quixote. ~Max ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6718 "2022-07-21T20:59:40Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > banning someone over ‘harpy’ Bullshit. It was bullshit at the time of the banning and you tried to spread this lie, and bullshit still. Nobody was banned over the word “harpy”. That might have been the last straw but this whiny snowflake story you’ve spun for years is tiresome. You’re just as bad as Trump trying to spread a lie for years in the hope that someone believes you. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6719 "2022-07-21T21:04:22Z")
He’s easily confused. It’s best to just let him keep his delusions, otherwise he gets all riled up and it takes hours to get him settled down again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=113)