# 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:** 204
**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 16, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8540 "2023-02-16T13:22:35Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > The question of the day, > Bootb b booted? You. In the corner. NOW. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8541 "2023-02-16T13:24:29Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Troll adjacent at a minimum and certainly slanted one way politically. Eh. I don’t mind other political slants and I certainly am in no place to criticize a certain level of snark or the odd potshot, but I’d agree that that poster was creeping closer to the line than was good for them. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8542 "2023-02-16T14:41:31Z")
Less of an issue with political slants in/of themselves but definitely let that slant dictate when/where to somewhat regularly inject themselves into threads without contributing anything of value and by toeing just over the line on being an asshole (which, if chemically induced, really is an issue). And that’s where it becomes more of a problem. But yeah, not to the level where they had no other contributions. So troll adjacent. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8543 "2023-02-16T15:33:39Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Thread is now cornfielded, just as I was posting a witty response suggesting that **Bootb** must have been under the influence of far too great a dose of some mind-altering substance. An entire box of Sugar Frosted Flakes? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8544 "2023-02-16T15:57:21Z")
Maybe I’m wrong, but I was under the impression that @Aspenglow was female. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8545 "2023-02-16T16:06:48Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Maybe I’m wrong, but l was under the impression that @Aspenglow was female. You’re not wrong. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8546 "2023-02-16T16:47:14Z")
From my corner, The ~~question~~ answer of the day, Bootb b booted! ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8547 "2023-02-16T16:59:50Z")
I guess being a mod is one of those jobs where, if you do it well, most of the time you hear nothing. And then someone like Bootb comes along and rants without any cause – jeez, that’s your feedback. It must be dispiriting at times. So I’ll take a minute to say to @Aspenglow, you’re a fine mod (and a fine poster too, fwiw). Thank you (and your colleagues) for the job you do. j Hijack over. Back to work. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8548 "2023-02-16T17:13:35Z")
Brief continuation of hijack: Thanks, @Treppenwitz. My skin has thickened considerably since being given moderator privileges, so I slept fine last night. But I very much appreciate you taking a moment to express your thanks to us all. Every single moderator here works hard to do the best job they can to keep the forum running smoothly and I learned from each of them. We don’t always get it right, but we really do try. * * * Just to confirm, yes, female. * * * Hijack over. Let me get back to being an asshole about hijacks. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8549 "2023-02-16T17:25:49Z")
Not so much continuing about the now-banned poster, but a note on them and another recently banned pest. I see that when the formal exit notice is posted in ATMB, most of them have fallen afoul of a BUNCH of the mods over multiple forums, as opposed to the trolls/trocks that these days get their attention pretty quickly and might only see a single mod before the boots come down. As a poster, I’m glad to see there’s normally plenty of rope before the hammer comes down, especially for the really long time posters, but I do sometimes wonder if the old posters also get the familiarity pass from us in terms of flags: “Oh, poster WeirdHobbyHorse is up to their defense of [WHH insanity] and attacking NormMcNormalson, sigh, scroll past…” In many cases, said WHH may get a topic ban (I saw one of these recently) because they can’t let it go, but the mods are going out of their way to salvage the poster. Again, as a poster, glad to see it. As a reader, I just wonder though. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8550 "2023-02-16T17:33:18Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Bootb b booted! At least they went out with a bang. Sometimes a ban is more ambiguous. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8551 "2023-02-16T18:09:35Z")
The instance they were complaining about didn’t even draw a warning. It’s like going to court to rant about a ticket you didn’t get. And getting arrested for contempt or something. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8552 "2023-02-16T18:13:01Z")
That would be _the sovereign citizen_ aka _moron on the land_ defense. ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8553 "2023-02-16T18:44:04Z")
Welcome our newest poster: Socks ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8554 "2023-02-17T04:50:33Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > As a poster, I’m glad to see there’s normally plenty of rope before the hammer comes down That is one (well, maybe two) exuberantly mixed metaphor, but I wholeheartedly support your position here. ---
**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 17, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8555 "2023-02-17T05:10:38Z")
I would have said, “…before the horse is swatted.” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8556 "2023-02-17T05:37:33Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Every single moderator here works hard to do the best job they can. Except @Miller. That guys a complete waste of fucking oxygen. (I kid, @Miller, I kid. Be gentle.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8557 "2023-02-17T15:30:54Z")
**Bob\_Blaylock** got the N95 mask thread locked in the Covid subforum this morning for his anti-mask screeds, and will likely will now get a topic ban from the mod loop de loop. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8558 "2023-02-17T15:33:27Z")
~~He already has a Topic ban so he will probably be on a long suspension. I’ll check.~~ That was 4 days ago, not this morning. He hasn’t posted since. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/8559 "2023-02-17T16:24:53Z")
I’m compelled to say that was the most even handed succinctly written explanation for a moderator action I’ve ever read. Well done **AG** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=205)