# 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:** 325
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10977 "2023-11-05T15:18:42Z")
Maybe there is some kind of “#TrollTheOlds” challenge trending on TikTok now? And some teen decided to be more original than a Facebook, Quora or Reddit troll, and come here for jollies? I mean, the ice bucket challenge was a thing at one point. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10978 "2023-11-05T15:32:38Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Are they reading all the replies while masturbating I certainly hope so. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10979 "2023-11-05T17:08:33Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > A 17-year-old girl texts while driving, gets sentenced to thirty days in juvie for this first offense, and her reaction is to join the Straight Dope and to start a thread in the correct forum (MPSIMS) telling us that she really screwed up and must now pay the price. > > Seems legit. So traumatized that she just HAS to talk to someone, and who better to talk to than a random internet board comprised of strangers that she doesn’t know from a hole in the ground? And what better solace could be gained than never coming back to said random board to see what the unknown strangers had to say? Definitely legit. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10980 "2023-11-05T17:23:55Z")
Is that the one where she said she got arrested on Friday and sentenced two or three days later? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10981 "2023-11-05T17:27:50Z")
Indeed ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10982 "2023-11-05T17:30:15Z")
‘I don’t know. ~~I’m a fast cook,~~ he’s a fast judge, I guess.’ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10983 "2023-11-05T17:41:22Z")
On the moderator end, we just get buttons to agree with a flag or not (actually, there are a few different options for agreeing with a flag, to do things like automatically delete the post, but we generally prefer a more fine-tuned response, so we don’t usually do that). I think that those messages of “We’re looking into it” and “We agree there’s a problem, and are looking into it” are auto-generated from our “not a problem” and “is a problem” options. We can also, when we choose, write our own custom message in response to a flag. Usually that’s not necessary, but if you see anything other than one of those standard messages, that’s something we actually wrote. Oh, and with the Sanskrit digression, one interesting feature of Sanskrit’s writing system, as I understand it, is that similar sounds are represented by similar characters, and both the changes in the characters and their arrangement into the alphabet are systematic. The Latin alphabet has a little bit of that: ‘m’ and ‘n’ are right next to each other and similar in both shape and sound, for instance. But then we also have related sounds like ‘f’ and ‘v’ with completely different characters. As I understand it, in Sanskrit, you can take any character for an unvoiced sound, add the same bit to it, and produce the voiced version of the same sound. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10984 "2023-11-05T17:42:22Z")
The troll aroma is so strong. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10985 "2023-11-05T17:44:14Z")
I really need to quit reading threads right before bed. My sense of smell is obviously off when I’m tired. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10986 "2023-11-05T17:45:07Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > But some folks just want to watch the world burn, for another. I was wondering what interesting bonfire they hoped to be able to watch, and maybe the way the thread has now gone is the answer - some people taking it 100% seriously and White Knighting the “17-year-old girl” when other posters mock the trolling. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10987 "2023-11-05T17:46:16Z")
Hmmm? I should start a new thread: “why do I smell better before bedtime?” Oh …wait. Maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10988 "2023-11-05T17:52:46Z")
My guess is that they didn’t get the response they wanted, felt embarrassed or realized this wasn’t the type of audience they wanted for their pity party, and moved on. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10989 "2023-11-05T17:54:40Z")
Are you really buying the OP as genuine? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10990 "2023-11-05T17:56:39Z")
I think they mean as a troll. Many Trolls crave pity parties and hand wringing. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10991 "2023-11-05T19:02:54Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > My guess is that they didn’t get the response they wanted, felt embarrassed or realized this wasn’t the type of audience they wanted for their pity party, and moved on. But they barely even bothered to stick around long enough to even check said responses. Only 3 replies in the first 37 minutes. I suspect a bot, set to run loose on the 'net, programmed to post soap opera-ish crap on whatever board it randomly surfs over to, then is gone ne’er to return. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10992 "2023-11-05T19:53:19Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > But they barely even bothered to stick around long enough to even check said responses. Only 3 replies in the first 37 minutes. If they sign out and don’t sign back in, how can you tell if they are checking the thread out or not? ---
**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 5, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10993 "2023-11-05T19:59:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > We can also, when we choose, write our own custom message in response to a flag. Usually that’s not necessary, but if you see anything other than one of those standard messages, that’s something we actually wrote. I’ll have you know that almost all of my moderator interactions have been the automated “We agree there’s a problem and we’re looking into it” or a nuanced, personal response saying things like “It’s horrible, but it’s within the rules, but we’ll watching it” or “It was getting bad, but it seems to have burned out, thanks for flagging and let us know if it flares back up.” The mods, even when disagreeing with me, have made every attempt to make me feel that my concerns were addressed! Even if it wasn’t necessary! 😜 Honestly though, if the answer is of the first sort, I’d rather have a automated message, because it means they were busy fixing the problem, which has been the case to date, although sometimes I wish the mods would come down with more fire and brimstone and less “Get along, or there will be a warning!”. Equally honestly, I can’t help but feel horribly wronged when I’ve been given my mod notes, which I’ve fully earned, and if said mods had been less equally forgiving, would have justified warnings. So there is no pleasing me I guess? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10994 "2023-11-05T21:50:47Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Is that the one where she said she got arrested on Friday and sentenced two or three days later? No. She said that she was sentenced on Friday and had until Monday to get her affairs in order so she could spend 30 days incarcerated. She doesn’t say (at least I didn’t see it) when the accident happened nor when she was arrested. My first thought when I saw the title was “probably a troll, let’s see what it’s about” and then I read the OP. I thought the scenario was at least plausible, I was pleasantly surprised by the acceptance of full responsibility and resolve to do better, and I didn’t think at all about the generally good grammar and spelling and how unlikely that would be. I couldn’t make up my mind how to respond, so I didn’t. Nobody else had responded yet at that time, and I never did think I had anything useful to add. Seems like I was right about that much anyway. What bothered me the most about the story was the complete lack of concern for the victim and lack of description of how badly they were injured. At the time I thought it was unfortunately uncaring, now I think it was an unwillingness to be pinned down to specifics. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10995 "2023-11-05T22:00:22Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I didn’t think at all about the generally good grammar and spelling and how unlikely that would be. There are seventeen year olds with good grammar and spelling, though they may not always bother using it. Choosing here to post about it, when they’re not already a poster for some other reason, seems odder to me than the grammar and spelling. But some people are odd (raises hand; though I’m odd in different fashions.) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/10996 "2023-11-05T22:02:33Z")
It’s funny, I bought that part (about looking for words of wisdom) because I was thinking that, if the story were true and her parents are really upset with her, she might well be feeling isolated with no-one sensible to talk to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=324) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=326)