# 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:** 26
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4980 "2021-11-06T02:05:52Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Is **Itsokaytohategoogle** too obvious for this thread? I don’t know. Troll is pretty obvious, even with the half-hearted mea culpa about getting his own ‘facts’ wrong, but those in the know can debate the troll (a given) vs trock. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4981 "2021-11-06T03:03:49Z")
Well, there were several comments to the effect they were deliberately looking to get a reaction, so, yeah, self-admitted troll at a minimum. Also one comment I thought self-admitted sock as well, but that was quite a bit more subtle. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4982 "2021-11-06T05:02:21Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I’ll have you know that my little gremlin is very cute, if you like Dobby the house elf. A lady had a Dobby statue on Pawn Stars that was originally part of a DVD display. It was creepy AF. [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0301/2489/products/Dobby_Coverbild_1024x1024.jpg?v=1403484224) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0301/2489/products/Dobby_Coverbild_1024x1024.jpg?v=1403484224) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4983 "2021-11-08T21:24:10Z")
Obvious troll **itsokaytohategoogle** is accusing other posters of setting up fake accounts. The example he uses is a Facebook interaction he had with a bunch of new accounts. So, new poster is here accusing longtime posters of trolling, using the example of new Facebook accounts as obviously being trolls. This is all in his Francis Boyle thread in the Pit. I don’t remember the last time we had such an obvious troll last this long. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4984 "2021-11-08T21:31:35Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > **itsokaytohategoogle** Has [our friend from Joisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ckalli1998/summary) found a new schtick? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4985 "2021-11-08T22:28:57Z")
I think it’s because they’re staying in the BBQ pit for most of the posts. They can get away with quite a lot there, at least as long as they don’t directly admit they’re trolling. Before I ditched reading the thread, it seems to be a lot of happiness from the troll about being able to say whatever they want combined with ‘neener, neener, I’m not touching you’ since they have the safety of the Pit. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4986 "2021-11-08T22:37:54Z")
Trolling is against Pit rules too, if you can show they are “posting inflammatory comments solely to get a rise out of people”. > [@Revised Forum Rules for the BBQ Pit: read this before posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-forum-rules-for-the-bbq-pit-read-this-before-posting/487209/1): > > **No trolling** > > By trolling, we mean posting of inflammatory comments solely to get a rise out of people. If we feel your primary goal as a poster is to make people mad, you’ll quickly find yourself on the road to banning. On the flip side, the fact that a poster consistently makes you mad doesn’t automatically make them a troll. ETA: **Itsokaytohategoogle** made a number of inflammatory posts that seem designed solely to get a rise out of people, but from what I can tell these are all responses to other posters who flamed him/her first. I’m not convinced the OPs were trolling vs just a person steeped in misinformation, but it’s a distinct possibility. I only read the one topic though, because… lazy. If most posts are inflammatory on balance - I didn’t count - the precedent is ban for trolling _a la_ **Huey\_Freeman** (unless I misremember reading about that one). I did report the misgendering of **Susan**. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4987 "2021-11-09T00:32:54Z")
I didn’t flame anybody but I got called both a cunt and a man. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4988 "2021-11-09T01:00:16Z")
I said some not-so-nice things but I’m apparently a sockpuppet of Cecil Adams so I can’t be blamed personally. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4989 "2021-11-09T01:02:45Z")
That was the post I reported. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4990 "2021-11-09T01:04:52Z")
Thank you. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4991 "2021-11-09T01:05:39Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > **Itsokaytohategoogle** made a number of inflammatory posts that seem designed solely to get a rise out of people, but from what I can tell these are all responses to other posters who flamed him/her first. I’m not convinced the OPs were trolling vs just a person steeped in misinformation, but it’s a distinct possibility. I only read the one topic though, because… lazy. If most posts are inflammatory on balance - I didn’t count - the precedent is ban for trolling _a la_ **Huey\_Freeman** (unless I misremember reading about that one). Clothahump got banned for trolling in the Pit I think. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4992 "2021-11-09T01:12:34Z")
One of the worst aspects of migration is the broken links. I can find **Clothahump** ’s [ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothahump-is-banned/814259) but the links are all dead now. Thankfully I found it, > [@In My Humble Opinion, Trump has made even children into racist scumbags.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-humble-opinion-trump-has-made-even-children-into-racist-scumbags/813831/191): > > [Moderating] > The problem you got here, **Clothahump** , is that you’ve [previously admitted to trolling on this precise point](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19946433), and [were suspended for it](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=817278&highlight). > > So, this is a warning for trolling. Again. We’ll be discussing your posting privileges in the mod loop. > [/Moderating] **Clothahump** managed to [flounce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-board-tolerate-clothahump/814236/27) before being banned. ~Max ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4993 "2021-11-09T01:18:40Z")
Google dude sounds like Octo to me. Not saying they are, but that’s who they remind me of. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4994 "2021-11-09T01:18:52Z")
@Max, I really appreciate your research and dedication (no sarcasm). Just in case it wasn’t clear, I was aware you can get modded for trolling the Pit, just that I felt they were (in a way I think no _truly_ new poster would) posting in the pit so that they could freely attack anyone who dared to disagree with them. They are not admitting to trolling, but I feel that they are, de facto, trolling, just avoiding giving solid evidence to the mods. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4995 "2021-11-09T09:56:00Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Google dude sounds like Octo to me. Octo doesn’t even sound like octo anymore. He’s well into frothing tinfoil hat territory these days. Speaking of irrational frothing, I see our resident CRT-conspiracy theorist ZS is having a little timeout. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4996 "2021-11-09T12:59:40Z")
It appears ZS’s 3-day was up, and then he (assuming) promptly ignored his topic ban, getting himself suspended again. What’s the next step… 30 days? If you are reading these words, ZS, would like to note that you now have the time to write that omnibus 50k word post which proves all of us meanies wrong, a missive that I’m sure will have us slink away in shame… after being in awe of your logic, of course. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4997 "2021-11-09T13:09:38Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Just in case it wasn’t clear, I was aware you can get modded for trolling the Pit, just that I felt they were (in a way I think no _truly_ new poster would) posting in the pit so that they could freely attack anyone who dared to disagree with them. They are not admitting to trolling, but I feel that they are, de facto, trolling, just avoiding giving solid evidence to the mods. This was **Huey Freeman’s** exact MO, and he freely admitted it. Not that he was a sock - just somebody who quickly recognized that the bar for “don’t be a jerk” is higher in the Pit than elsewhere. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4998 "2021-11-09T13:11:30Z")
Can you give a hint about which thread? I’m looking forward to the meltdown of that idiot. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4999 "2021-11-09T13:45:29Z")
He responded to me, and then deleted his post, in the following: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474/2973?u=johnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474/2973) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=27)