# 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:** 114
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6740 "2022-07-22T01:49:04Z")
Hmm. Not sure that it makes sense to disincentivize such remarks by using them to ridicule him. Plus positive reinforcement tends to work better than negative reinforcement, according to psychologists. Personally, I’d be more inclined to quote the posts where he calls people stupid, but directing it at him. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6741 "2022-07-22T01:52:55Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > I’m going to bookmark this. **Just so that I can quote you the next time you say something egregiously stupid.** - > > Don’t thank me, it’s just a public service. You really think it’s going to be that long? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6742 "2022-07-22T01:59:59Z")
Are you gonna do your usual thing where you make a claim and then never bother to back it up? I mean we/you wouldn’t want to break a tradition would we/you? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6743 "2022-07-22T10:48:53Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Just so that I can quote you the next time you say something egregiously stupid. Too late. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6744 "2022-07-22T11:17:28Z")
Like most of his far-right brethren, all **octopus** has left is lies, hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy. But he’s learned that if you’re already morally bankrupt, you might as well use it to lie and accuse others of the hypocrisy you’re guilty of. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6745 "2022-07-22T11:32:20Z")
So, anyway, I thought this thread was to mock and call out trolls, not engage with them. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6746 "2022-07-22T12:14:22Z")
It doesn’t matter how much evidence there is conservatives committing treason, violating the laws they themselves enact, obviously lying, and participating in anarchy, _you will still hate liberals._ Just go ahead and martyr yourself into exile. Get it over with. Drop those board-violating bombs, get banned, and join the proud ranks of conservative firebrands who stood up to the antifa hive and swam in liberal tears. Let the drama diarrhea proceed. ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6747 "2022-07-22T12:18:36Z")
Like I said. Mentally disturbed. Hell, mentally ill. It’s why I refuse to engage with him/her: it’s just not good for their health and I’m not the sort of person who is interested in making someone’s illness(es) worse. Talking to Octo is the moral equivalent of offering a cigarette to a smoker battling lung cancer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6748 "2022-07-22T12:32:42Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Talking to Octo is the moral equivalent of offering a cigarette to a smoker battling lung cancer. What if he genuinely believes in the health benefits of smoking? ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6749 "2022-07-22T12:52:00Z")
Lol, in a world bound by physical reality, this _belief_ would be just another manifestation of the mental illness which I refer. ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6750 "2022-07-22T15:14:42Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > So, anyway, I thought this thread was to mock and call out trolls, not engage with them. That ship sailed so long ago that it has circumnavigated the globe. **octo** ’s got his own Pit thread(s) he just refuses to stay in them, and it’s annoying to have to keep moving this one. ---
**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 22, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6751 "2022-07-22T16:03:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Drop those board-violating bombs, get banned, and join the proud ranks of conservative firebrands who stood up to the antifa hive and swam in liberal tears. It’s got to be really upsetting for poor octy, seeing his fellow conservatrolls banned one after another. The vast majority of his recent posts are just in the Pit (whining about the hive mind) and ATMB (whining about the mods). It should really find a place it likes more. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6752 "2022-07-22T17:24:16Z")
– sees a bunch of blank comments, blank quotes, and people being egged on by Octo – – pats the ignore feature with a quite ‘Good boy.’ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6753 "2022-07-22T17:29:39Z")
Srsly. One of the things I _truly_ appreciate about Discourse is that not only do I not see the original posts from those I’ve ignored, I also don’t see what they’ve written when quoted. Helps keep my blood pressure down. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6754 "2022-07-22T17:45:48Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > **octo** ’s got his own Pit thread(s) he just refuses to stay in them, and it’s annoying to have to keep moving this one. In keeping with his nature: > **[Octopus escapes laboratory, continuing long tradition of octopi outsmarting...](https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11422148/inky-octopus-escape-national-aquarium-new-zealand)** > > The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6755 "2022-07-22T17:54:33Z")
When you think about it, his using the moniker of “octopus” is a real insult to octopuses. They’re a _lot_ smarter than he is. ---
**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 22, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6756 "2022-07-22T18:30:16Z")
You speak truth. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6757 "2022-07-22T18:41:34Z")
Careful. He’ll be back soon, after completing his long weep. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6758 "2022-07-22T18:43:43Z")
But thank god he’s not one of the sand people, eh? We don’t need any _more_ octopi. ---
**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 22, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6759 "2022-07-22T18:46:28Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > his using the moniker of “octopus” is a real insult to octopuses Octopuses are the cornerstone of my retirement plan to set up an octopus-otter-hyena-raccoon sanctuary. I just try to compartmentalize stupid cartoony octopuses with top hats into an unrelated category. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=115)