# 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:** 249
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9445 "2023-06-01T22:00:17Z")
It was a little weird that he specified the body of a good-looking white man. Some of his earlier threads get sexual in weird ways. The responses from not-him have been fine, sometimes interesting. I could go either way on this one. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9446 "2023-06-01T22:14:12Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I bring to your attention a poster, **Lewis47** , who over the course of 8½ years has confined himself to a relatively narrow range of interests, to wit, the following OPs being the totality of his _oeuvre_: > > February 2015: What If Everyone Could Swap Bodies > April 2015: Switching Bodies > December 2016: Spell [that let’s you switch bodies] > March 2020: Switching Bodies > June 2023: Body Swapping It would be really, really funny if this was a sock. Think about it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9447 "2023-06-01T22:19:45Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > It was a little weird that he specified the body of a good-looking white man. As a good-looking white man, I’ll just say that it doesn’t really bother me. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9448 "2023-06-01T22:21:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > to wit, the following OPs being the totality of his _oeuvre_: Shouldn’t that be “his _body_ of work”? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9449 "2023-06-01T22:22:21Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > February 2015: What If Everyone Could Swap Bodies > April 2015: Switching Bodies > December 2016: Spell [that let’s you switch bodies] > March 2020: Switching Bodies > June 2023: Body Swapping There have been more remakes of _Freaky Friday_ than that ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9450 "2023-06-01T22:56:18Z")
Pending actually reading the threads, put me in the not-all-weirdos-are-trolls category. It’s not uncommon for cis-het males to fantasize about being a female having sex with a man. Also, some people get obsessed with a topic. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9451 "2023-06-01T22:57:18Z")
Not all banned posters are trolls, some are banned for being “too odd” I guess. Especially strangely one subject posters. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9452 "2023-06-01T23:00:01Z")
Yeah, fair enough. I know we’ve banned people who have obvious mental heath issues and who were probably not being helped by talking to us. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9453 "2023-06-01T23:01:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Especially strangely one subject posters. AIRI, being a ‘one trick pony’ was a, potentially, bannable offense . . . but someone forgot to put it in the latest revision of the rules. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9454 "2023-06-01T23:03:58Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I know we’ve banned people who have obvious mental heath issues and who were probably not being helped by talking to us. An excellent way to put it. > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > AIRI, being a ‘one trick pony’ was a, potentially, bannable offense . . . but someone forgot to put it in the latest revision of the rules. There is another bit in there that covers it. > [@Reorganized SDMB rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/1): > > **Troublesome posters.** If we think you’re more trouble than you’re worth, and you seem unwilling or unable to change your ways, we reserve the right to revoke your posting privileges. Not perfect for these cases, but I think it gives the general idea. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9455 "2023-06-01T23:29:54Z")
Hm. Jack Chalker passed away a while back, so it’s not him. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9456 "2023-06-01T23:38:52Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Not all banned posters are trolls, some are banned for being “too odd” I guess. Especially strangely one subject posters. Like that guy who would start a thread every couple years (including under different accounts) about his “shrunken people” fetish or whatever. Jay something? Something Jay? Meh, whatever. What a weirdo… ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9457 "2023-06-02T00:18:45Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Hm. Jack Chalker passed away a while back, so it’s not him. ISWYDT ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9458 "2023-06-02T00:23:37Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > This poster is already being reviewed in the Modloop. **ECG** is on top of it. ECG better be careful not to touch the same odd object at the same time as him. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9459 "2023-06-02T01:17:53Z")
And _especially_ don’t wish that you could swap places with them while doing so. Then the chances of exchanging the experience would approach 100%. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9460 "2023-06-02T01:24:35Z")
Actually this one happened fast. The poster in question is banned and latest thread cornfielded. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9461 "2023-06-02T01:40:33Z")
> [@Reorganized SDMB rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/1): > > There is another bit in there that covers it. > > > [@Reorganized SDMB rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/1): > > > > **Troublesome posters.** If we think you’re more trouble than you’re worth, and you seem unwilling or unable to change your ways, we reserve the right to revoke your posting privileges. ⁢ > > Not perfect for these cases, but I think it gives the general idea. ⁢ I always interpreted that as posters who just kept causing problems, who constantly require moderator attention. I wouldn’t have thought it would apply to someone who rarely posts. The main problem I had is that this one in particular seems a bit like it’s fetish fuel, and there is a rule against that. And it cast all their previous posts in a different light. And, yeah, that’s kinda creepy and unwanted. Not saying I disagree with modding him. Just that I thought that rule was for a different situation, basically posters who would try to ride the line. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9462 "2023-06-02T01:50:33Z")
Good point and sounds right. I was barely involved with this one. I’m not really up on the whole thing. I just quoted the bit that is almost our catch-all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9463 "2023-06-02T02:04:57Z")
If you’re referring to the incident with the dragon, all you did was give the troll a little nudge out the door. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9464 "2023-06-02T07:40:56Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Not perfect for these cases, but I think it gives the general idea. In what way is he “trouble”? Is he generating a lot of flags? ETA: make that “was”, not “is”. Sock, I assume… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=248) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=250)