# 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:** 202
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8500 "2023-02-12T07:12:21Z")
… and? You say that like there’s some kind of dissonance there. Something can be a common ammosexual view and also a good reason not to miss a poster. Especially when they purposefully post that ammosexual opinion to get a rise out of people. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8501 "2023-02-12T19:41:16Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Right. You said, “there’s no reason to miss him, he once espoused a common pro-gun view”. ⁢ No, they said that they argued that mass shootings are a price we have to pay for gun freedom. Most pro-gun people do not argue that. They may be against restricting guns, but they still do have ideas about how to stop mass shootings. They don’t just say that it’s worth it. Condoning mass shootings is a horrible thing, no matter what your reason. If it was a common pro-gun position, that would just mean pro-gun people believe horrible things. Horrible ideas don’t become better if they are common. Many horrible ideas are quite popular, in fact. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8502 "2023-02-12T21:27:47Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Thanks! Man, I argue a lot. No you don’t. ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8503 "2023-02-12T21:38:54Z")
That’s not arguing. Arguing involves taking a contrary position, not the automatic gainsaying of the other’s point of view. (That was from memory, probably all wrong) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8504 "2023-02-12T21:51:58Z")
Thank you! Your 5 minutes is up. ---
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8505 "2023-02-12T23:00:06Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Something can be a common ammosexual view and also a good reason not to miss a poster. Agreed, but it isn’t something special about our not so dearly departed. > [@BigT](#): > > No, they said that they argued that mass shootings are a price we have to pay for gun freedom. Most pro-gun people do not argue that. They may be against restricting guns, but they still do have ideas about how to stop mass shootings. They don’t just say that it’s worth it. Do they? Could have fooled me. Usually they just offer tots and pears while declaring that this is not the time to politicize a tragedy. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8506 "2023-02-13T01:30:01Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > tots and pears I know that’s a typo, but… I can’t help but imagine what meal tater tot’s and pears would be good for. Brunch maybe? High tea? Do we have any British people on the forum who can weigh in? Would tots and pears be suitable for high tea? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8507 "2023-02-13T01:32:09Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > > [@Babale](#): > > > > tots and pears > > I know that’s a typo [https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/us/thoughts-and-prayers-florida-school-shooting-trnd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/us/thoughts-and-prayers-florida-school-shooting-trnd/index.html) > These memes, jokes and political cartoons were tweeted after the Parkland shooting. The photo of tater tots and pears plays on the nonsense phrase “tots and pears” – used to spoof what some people see as the ineffectiveness of “thoughts and prayers” messages. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8508 "2023-02-13T01:36:56Z")
Oh, so not a typo? First I heard. ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8509 "2023-02-13T01:37:05Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > I know that’s a typo, It’s a meme, not a typo ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8510 "2023-02-13T01:39:44Z")
As for what tots and pears are good for - about the same stuff that thoughts and prayers are good for, IE, nothing. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8511 "2023-02-13T04:40:48Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Agreed, but it isn’t something special about our not so dearly departed. Did anyone say he was _unique_? No, although none of the other ammosexuals _here_ expressed that particular view, IIRC. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8512 "2023-02-13T08:13:20Z")
Tots and pears when used properly can be delicious. I’m thinking of a nice pork dish with grilled slices of pear with a side of crispy tater tots. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8513 "2023-02-13T19:13:58Z")
I’m not sure what to think of **chappachula** in the Ukraine thread. Every week or two, they post something about how awesome Russia is doing, how Ukraine has no hope, and how “today I am sad.” It’s a weird performance. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8514 "2023-02-14T00:08:51Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I’m not sure what to think of **chappachula** in the Ukraine thread. They’re just relentlessly pessimistic and gloomy. **chappachula** was quite unhappily certain Trump would win in 2020 and last I saw is quite unhappily certain he’ll win in 2024. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8515 "2023-02-14T02:10:41Z")
So, Eeyore without being cute. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8516 "2023-02-14T02:52:54Z")
I don’t think their trolling, but Blaylock just got a temporary topic ban about COVID and masks. The conversation went like this: Blaylock: Masks don’t work because the holes in the mask are too big Everyone else: Masks are designed to be electrostatic and can capture very tiny particles. Heck, just look at the filters in your heating system Blaylock: Here, I looked at the mask with a microscope Everyone else: So what? It’s about the electrostatic attraction Blaylock: You all just took the blue pill Everyone else: _Jeez, I wish I could call you a dangerous dumbass outside the Pit!_ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8517 "2023-02-16T05:42:23Z")
Hooray, looks like Bootb has eliminated himself, at long last. (see ATMB thread) ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8518 "2023-02-16T05:57:10Z")
Another self-martyr. Too bad, so sad. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8519 "2023-02-16T06:00:23Z")
Yeah, just about to post that. The thread will probably join him in the cornfield. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=201) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=203)