# 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:** 201
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8480 "2023-02-11T20:11:44Z")
It’s always hard to balance, as they are different in both quality and type. Octo is annoying, sometimes spiteful. Shodan was just hateful and cruel. But I’ll agree, I’ll take the plushy over the martial artist. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8481 "2023-02-11T20:21:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@What\_Exit](#): > > > > I’ve seen **Octopus** outside of the Pit and Politics and he wasn’t bad at all. I’m not sure the last time I saw him outside of those. But he stays within the rules mostly. He did manage to piss me off one day, but that was all in the Pit, poster to poster. > > He made this post just a couple of days ago. > > [Tyre Nichols death - discussion as the video comes out - #324 by octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyre-nichols-death-discussion-as-the-video-comes-out/978910/324) > > He’s not all bad Okay, but again, that’s politics. Has he ever weighed in on something purely for entertainment or idle chitchat? Who he thinks will get MVP of the Super Bowl, or a funny thread title he’d misread, or his favorite rock guitarist, something like that? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8482 "2023-02-11T20:23:52Z")
Well this was recent: > [@Had my first Chick-Fil-A today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-chick-fil-a-today/979085/22): > > Chik-Fil-A is not fine dining nor was that ever its claim. Chik-Fil-A takes the Publix approach to service, consistency, and cleanliness which are above average in their respective domains. Popeyes is better chicken, imo, but the experience isn’t quite as consistent as a Chik-Fil-A. > [@Earth's core spinning more slowly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-core-spinning-more-slowly/978879/15): > > Just a guess but I’d say it goes into a change of the moon’s orbit > [@The SDMB PC Game Hall of Fame: The First Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-pc-game-hall-of-fame-the-first-round/977903/72): > > World of Warcraft Civilization IV Age of Empires II Eye of the Beholder Factorio Lemmings 2: The Tribes Sim City Everquest Ultima Online Master of Magic > [@Thoughts about balancing 401k and cash savings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-balancing-401k-and-cash-savings/978424/21): > > Find a fiduciary and find one that you pay by the hour. Even a 1% fee over a long time is a ridiculous loss of wealth. 4 different forums too. I don’t really want to play Defense Attorney for **Octopus** , but he’s not a troll, he’s just unpopular. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8483 "2023-02-11T20:32:37Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > but he’s not a troll, he’s just unpopular. It is possible to be both. He may not be a full-time troll, but he does seem to enjoy stirring the pot when the mood takes him. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8484 "2023-02-11T20:33:47Z")
That post didn’t go unnoticed. I haven’t yet ruled out that Octopus is being held captive or that his login got jacked. There aren’t a lot of other plausible explanations 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8485 "2023-02-11T20:42:31Z")
Okay, that does revise my opinion of him. Still don’t like him, but at least he’s not a one-note fiddle. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8486 "2023-02-11T21:02:39Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > **Octopus** , on the other hand; does he post _anywhere_ other than the Pit? ### Top Categories | | Topics | Replies | | --- | --- | --- | | [The BBQ Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11) | [2](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23the-bbq-pit) | [4380](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23the-bbq-pit) | | [Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13) | [1](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23great-debates) | [3300](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23great-debates) | | [Politics & Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22) | – | [1852](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23politics-elections) | | [In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion-imho/14) | – | [1036](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23in-my-humble-opinion-imho) | | [About This Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8) | [10](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23about-this-message-board) | [728](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23about-this-message-board) | | [Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims/10) | – | [455](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40octopus%20%23mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims) | ~Max ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8487 "2023-02-11T23:14:50Z")
Whoa. How did you do that? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8488 "2023-02-11T23:17:33Z")
Towards the bottom of the profile pages, the list is there for everyone. Example, yours is ### TOP CATEGORIES | | Topics | Replies | | --- | --- | --- | | [Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13) | [35](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23great-debates) | [2379](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23great-debates) | | [The BBQ Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11) | [11](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23the-bbq-pit) | [1684](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23the-bbq-pit) | | [Politics & Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22) | [12](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23politics-elections) | [1475](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23politics-elections) | | [In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion-imho/14) | [29](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23in-my-humble-opinion-imho) | [1056](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23in-my-humble-opinion-imho) | | [Factual Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9) | [48](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23factual-questions) | [640](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23factual-questions) | | [The Game Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17) | [37](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23the-game-room) | [625](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40RitterSport%20%23the-game-room) | ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8489 "2023-02-11T23:18:30Z")
But how do you link to it like @Max_S did? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8490 "2023-02-11T23:19:05Z")
I just copy and pasted, I think he did the same. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8491 "2023-02-11T23:19:08Z")
Cool. Someone do me. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8492 "2023-02-11T23:20:28Z")
You… ### TOP CATEGORIES | | Topics | Replies | | --- | --- | --- | | [The BBQ Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11) | – | [600](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23the-bbq-pit) | | [In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion-imho/14) | [43](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23in-my-humble-opinion-imho) | [385](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23in-my-humble-opinion-imho) | | [Cafe Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15) | [15](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23cafe-society) | [344](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23cafe-society) | | [Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims/10) | [6](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims) | [308](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims) | | [Politics & Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22) | [5](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23politics-elections) | [305](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23politics-elections) | | [The Game Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17) | [3](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23the-game-room) | [148](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40SuntanLotion%20%23the-game-room) | ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8493 "2023-02-11T23:22:34Z")
If you are scrolling on your phone, it helps to see this if you’re landscape, not portrait. ### TOP CATEGORIES | | Topics | Replies | | --- | --- | --- | | [Cafe Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15) | [181](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23cafe-society) | [7710](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23cafe-society) | | [The BBQ Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11) | [25](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23the-bbq-pit) | [5623](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23the-bbq-pit) | | [Politics & Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22) | [32](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23politics-elections) | [4905](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23politics-elections) | | [In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion-imho/14) | [127](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23in-my-humble-opinion-imho) | [4244](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23in-my-humble-opinion-imho) | | [Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims/10) | [80](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims) | [2213](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims) | | [Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13) | [13](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23great-debates) | [1741](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40JohnT%20%23great-debates) | ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8494 "2023-02-12T00:54:47Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Clothahump** also, but he had issues for sure, but I enjoyed his posting in Café. Don’t waste time or energy on regretting **Clothahump**. He was evil. No amount of good posts in Café Society can redeem someone who literally said that if the massacre of 20 or so little kids at Sandy Hook was the price for him being able to keep his guns, he was good with that. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8495 "2023-02-12T01:30:49Z")
Thanks! Man, I argue a lot. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8496 "2023-02-12T01:44:31Z")
Worth noting that having the BBQ Pit high on the list of your Top Categories doesn’t really mean anything by itself, and is certainly not an indicator of trollish behaviour or an inclination to berate other posters or anything like that. There are many informative threads in the Pit and many good reasons to post here. The important criterion is not where you post, it’s _ **what** _ you post. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8497 "2023-02-12T01:58:36Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > No amount of good posts in Café Society can redeem someone who literally said that if the massacre of 20 or so little kids at Sandy Hook was the price for him being able to keep his guns, he was good with that. How is that any different from all the people who pretend to care and offer up their thoughts and prayers, but then torpedo any legislation that might help because “muh guns”? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8498 "2023-02-12T02:50:33Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > How is that any different from all the people who pretend to care and offer up their thoughts and prayers, but then torpedo any legislation that might help because “muh guns”? I’m not talking about them. I’m responding to another poster’s regret that a former poster was banned because he was capable of making good posts, and I’m saying that there’s no reason to regret his absence. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8499 "2023-02-12T03:42:03Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’m responding to another poster’s regret that a former poster was banned because he was capable of making good posts, and I’m saying that there’s no reason to regret his absence. Right. You said, “there’s no reason to miss him, he once espoused a common pro-gun view”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=200) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=202)