# 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:** 358
**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:** [April 10, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11637 "2024-04-10T19:03:02Z")
The only thread from negative-zero that I’ve seen (or briefly glanced at, to be more accurate) is the “relationship difficulties” one. His posts are fairly well written and the situation seems believable. The two things that strike me as odd are (a) using a message board for basic relationship advice like whether to break up or not, and (b) apparently then ignoring all the advice and continuing to whine. Any new thread dedicated to point (a) is automatically suspicious because so many of them are newly joined attention-seeking trolls, but my take is that this a strange person with no support network struggling with an emotional decision. Or maybe I’ve been completely bamboozled by a better-than-average troll. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11638 "2024-04-14T16:40:58Z")
We’ve got a live one, **Lickety** (and that name already is a flag), a brand new poster whose _first_ post is in the “How is Trump still a viable candidate” thread, who said the following: > **Wikipedia is not a trustworthy site.** The Wikimedia foundation and editors’ have garnished a reputation for obscuring sources, stretching the truth, and exercising extreme bias on topics which should be presented in a completely neutral state. > > **CNN and The Washington Post are not reliable sources of information.** The mainstream media is known to repeatedly lie, spread false information from questionable sources and routinely perform smear campaigns against political/thought rivals. I mean, how obvious can you be? ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11639 "2024-04-14T17:05:33Z")
So they are basically saying they won’t accept any cites from sources that are widely accepted here as mainstream and accurate? Sources that make up well over half of the links here when talking about complex subjects or current events? Did they say what sources they would accept? Yeah if I wanted to start something the first thing I would say here is “I won’t accept mainstream news sources for anything. When come back bring Fox.” ---
**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:** [April 14, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11640 "2024-04-14T17:10:04Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Did they say what sources they would accept? Probably sources that most or all of the rest of us here won’t accept. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11641 "2024-04-14T17:11:25Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Did they say what sources they would accept? Nope; @ParallelLines quoted their entire post. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11642 "2024-04-14T17:12:35Z")
That’s not the right way to garnish respect around here. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11643 "2024-04-14T17:18:57Z")
Okay. So it’s just a “Look at me” post. Got it. For that to be the totality of a first time poster sends up all kinds of red flags. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11644 "2024-04-14T17:22:11Z")
So, **Lickety** wishes to alert us to not believe anything we hear from Wikipedia, CNN, or the Washington Post, and to get all our information directly from Trump. Duly noted. I now see that Trump is being unfairly persecuted by a Biden-Soros conspiracy aided by Jewish space aliens from Pluto. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11645 "2024-04-14T17:37:08Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > That’s not the right way to garnish respect around here. I know, right? A few sprigs of fresh herbs and some artfully strewn edible flowers would be far more acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11646 "2024-04-14T17:52:14Z")
Ha, I was contemplating making a joke with the other meaning, something along the lines of “on the contrary, I think that’s a great way to garnish respect”. Now that I think of it, ‘garnish’ is one of those words that sort of have opposite meanings: “add to or embellish” or “to take away”, as in “garnished wages”. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11647 "2024-04-14T18:14:24Z")
The Post reference is a dead giveaway. Why not the NY Times? > [@wolfpup](#): > > Biden-Soros conspiracy Washington Post, so it should be Biden-Soros-Bezos. That hate-on Trump has for Jeff Bezos is pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11648 "2024-04-14T19:59:51Z")
I’m sure we’ll soon see Lickety split. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11649 "2024-04-14T22:27:56Z")
Y’all being’ persnickety about Lickety. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11650 "2024-04-19T15:58:43Z")
Looks like we’ve got a live one in the Florence and the Machine Haters thread in CS. Joined 1 day ago, 4 posts in just that one thread - check Already picking fights in a dickish way - check. Username ending with a string of numbers - check. ![](https://c.tenor.com/PxErQvmQPC4AAAAC/tenor.gif) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11651 "2024-04-19T16:03:00Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Joined 1 day ago, 4 posts in just that one thread - check And that thread had been quiet for a dozen years! ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11652 "2024-04-19T16:04:13Z")
Good catch. They’ve only posted to that thread (12-year zombie), no others. Feels more like random internet dumbass than returning sock. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11653 "2024-04-19T16:04:48Z")
Could just be a [Rush fan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2112_(album)). I’m not thinking troll or trock yet. Pretty benign so far. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11654 "2024-04-19T16:06:25Z")
They definitely do not like Florence and the Machine. Nor do they like the Smiths (or at least Morrisey). And they would like us to know that. How does one even stumble upon a 12-year-old thread? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11655 "2024-04-19T16:07:38Z")
Google search for Florence and the Machine most likely. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/11656 "2024-04-19T16:36:34Z")
Yeah, I can see someone encountering this band for the first time (possibly through the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack), thinking they suck, and Googling for other people who think they suck. He gets a hit, it’s not marked as closed or archived or anything, and so he posts. Nor do I think this is likely to be trolling. If it were, he’d have picked someone more popular and/or current, like the Beatles or Taylor Swift. Frankly, we need more people stumbling upon the board because they Googled for something. That’s a message board’s lifeblood. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=359)