# 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:** 271
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9885 "2023-07-10T12:21:31Z")
In the Bud Light thread, our friend from the East has suddenly feigned naivete about what the term “right-wing” means. He then sets his Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer vibes aside to declare that he’s a “Centrist”. The evidence of every other freaking post by him on this board may suggest otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9886 "2023-07-10T12:51:27Z")
I agree that it is a feigned trolling act to pretend to not know what right wing is. However, if the poster were genuine, which they aren’t, I do seem to recall seemingly reasonable posts from them on occasion, even though I can’t be arsed to look for them. Which doesn’t make them _not_ right-wing, but if you mainly hang out in right wing circles, you could understandably but incorrectly consider yourself a centrist because there are a lot of even crazier mofos out there. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9887 "2023-07-10T13:05:58Z")
So - center-far-right? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9888 "2023-07-10T13:32:50Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I do seem to recall seemingly reasonable posts from them on occasion, even though I can’t be arsed to look for theme. I seem to recall the occasional kernel of corn in a pile of shit I came across. Did not make it any more pleasant. That particular poster has been staying just on this side of the line for years. I don’t recall the last time I took any of post seriously, even the ones that may seemed reasonable. I always just figured they were stopped clock posts or the occasional slip from the trollfoonery ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9889 "2023-07-10T13:36:48Z")
That poster does the “outrageous post”-“sorry, I guess I didn’t understand” thing all the time. Maybe he’s really deep in right-wing bullshit and occasionally lifts his head up to reality and really sees how wrong his sources are? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9890 "2023-07-10T13:38:56Z")
Maybe. And/or maybe we cut a lot of posters significant slack There are some who strike me as not all that bright who occasionally do similar things out of ignorance. But not so consistently and regularly as the trocks ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9891 "2023-07-10T13:42:04Z")
To be totally clear, there’s a fine line between a troll and an idiot who naively spouts the bullshit of other trolls and I’m not defending that poster. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9892 "2023-07-10T13:52:47Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > In the Bud Light thread, our friend from the East has suddenly feigned naivete about what the term “right-wing” means. He then sets his Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer vibes aside to declare that he’s a “Centrist”. Who? There’s really not reason not to spell output a name? The danger is t people searching the board for their names (because they’d just come straight here), it’s @'ing them. Don’t @ them, and it will be fine. But of great help to those of us who don’t participate in all of these threads and who don’t have it in them to go read the threads just to decipher the secret code. I don’t mean to be all **ILMVI** about this, but clarity would be appreciated. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9893 "2023-07-10T14:03:31Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > But of great help to those of us who don’t participate in all of these threads and who don’t have it in them to go read the threads just to decipher the secret code. I don’t mean to be all **ILMVI** about this, but clarity would be appreciated. Yeah, I honestly have no idea who or what people are talking about. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9894 "2023-07-10T14:07:34Z")
Edited (good point on the thread linking. Not pointing to any particular post or user but still probably a good idea to avoid) The Bud Light thread in IMHO, if you’re interested. Post ~238 or so ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9895 "2023-07-10T14:10:08Z")
Linking the thread like that puts a link to this thread into that one. – though it appears to only show up in the OP post, where at this point in a long thread it may not be noticed, and where it doesn’t seem to point to anyone in particular other than maybe the OP. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9896 "2023-07-10T14:30:29Z")
So if I link to a post in another thread, the link to here attaches to the post in question. **This is why it is strongly encouraged to avoid this.** > [@Does What Exit's heavy-handed moderation in the Ukraine war thread improve it or degrade it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-what-exits-heavy-handed-moderation-in-the-ukraine-war-thread-improve-it-or-degrade-it/983368/56): > > Its a judgement call. The subject mattered little, the number of posts and directions it was going is why I shut it down. The staff notices were because of the many complaints someone posted as they didn’t see the modnote. That thread is at times like herding cats. * * * * * * > [@Monty](#): > > The eight-sided one just posted yet another odd OP regarding warfare. I couldn’t parse out this clue, does anyone have more hints. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9897 "2023-07-10T14:41:05Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I couldn’t parse out this clue, does anyone have more hints. The poster’s handle is the geometrical name for an eight-sided polygon. They often post historical, mostly military, questions in FQ. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9898 "2023-07-10T14:45:12Z")
I was told there’d be no math. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9899 "2023-07-10T14:46:15Z")
Oh, I think English is not their first language, I recall something about them being in East Asia. They absolutely fall under the mostly harmless category at worst from my limited interactions with them. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9900 "2023-07-10T14:47:27Z")
Trouts are bad at math.😉🏃‍♂️ ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9901 "2023-07-10T14:50:40Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Oh, I think English is not their first language, I recall something about them being in East Asia. They absolutely fall under the mostly harmless category at worst from my limited interactions with them. I agree. Never got any trollish vibe from them. Just a poster with a very narrow field of interest, at least here at this board. We’ve always had a few of those. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9902 "2023-07-10T14:52:49Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > The poster’s handle is the geometrical name for an eight-sided polygon. They often post historical, mostly military, questions in FQ. You can just write **octagon**. **octagon octagon octagon**!!! See? ETA: Oh, and just in case you are afraid Bloody Mary rules apply… **octagon** ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9903 "2023-07-10T14:54:50Z")
You have to write it four more times, otherwise it’s just a square. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/9904 "2023-07-10T14:57:39Z")
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