# 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:** 416
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12818 "2024-11-13T19:24:30Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > > [@BigT](#): > > > > The style I was going to use involves storytelling and evoking emotions rather than dry facts and arguments. ⁢ > > Oof. Maybe for in-person conversations or a longer opinion piece. Definitely not on a message board. I mean, the story wasn’t going to be _that_ long, lol. Two or three sentences, max. But the whole post would have wound up being about my usual 5-7 short paragraph style, I think. BTW, I’m kind enjoying just typing stuff out right now and not thinking forever on how to organize my thoughts and make sure all the necessary details are given, and then rewriting it 9 times. ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12819 "2024-11-13T21:05:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > “Omit needless words” remains the single best piece of writing advice ever put to paper. ![](https://media2.giphy.com/media/DMNPDvtGTD9WLK2Xxa/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952d6uue4jdlouymllvr57w95j2xol6xubk4kl06fsk&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g) ---
**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:** [November 14, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12820 "2024-11-14T00:14:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > “Omit needless words” remains the single best piece of writing advice ever put to paper. “Brevity soul wit.” –Zombie Millhouse ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12821 "2024-11-14T01:58:20Z")
“Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.” ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12822 "2024-11-15T08:59:22Z")
“Vigorous writing is concise.” ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12823 "2024-11-15T13:20:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > “Omit needless words” remains the single best piece of writing advice ever put to paper. > > Succinct writing, especially in a format like this, shows respect for both the craft and for the audience. Dropping a thousand words into the middle of a conversation shows precisely the opposite. Shouldn’t that be: > “Omit needless words” is the best writing advice. > > Succinct writing shows respect for the craft and audience. Dropping a thousand words into a conversation shows the opposite. ? He who lives by the sword shall die by it and all that… ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12824 "2024-11-15T13:38:04Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Shouldn’t that be: > > > “Omit needless words” is the best writing advice. > > > > Succinct writing shows respect for the craft and audience. Dropping a thousand words into a conversation shows the opposite. > > ? > > He who lives by the sword shall die by it and all that… _“Shorten”, good advice._ _Have respect._ _Write short._ ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12825 "2024-11-15T14:36:33Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Shouldn’t that be: Nope. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12826 "2024-11-15T14:39:19Z")
🤣 👍 ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12827 "2024-11-15T17:42:17Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Write short. Short. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12828 "2024-11-15T17:45:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > > [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > > > Shouldn’t that be: > > Nope. No ~~pe~~. There, cut it in half. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12829 "2024-11-15T17:58:25Z")
I found the punctuation utterly superfluous and exhausting. But maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12830 "2024-11-15T18:00:36Z")
[“But Strunk / You’re drunk / With words…”](https://books.google.com/books?id=FnZU26Qe1Y0C&pg=PA13&dq=%22just+say+write+tight%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj60r2I9d6JAxXhF1kFHZFcPVAQuwV6BAgFEAc#v=onepage&q&f=false) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12831 "2024-11-15T18:01:36Z")
**Superdude** only pawn in game of life. ---
**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 16, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12832 "2024-11-16T02:20:19Z")
Anybody else getting strong sock vibes from Santafe? At minimum a long time lurker but has not yet veered into outright trollery. Seems like a matter of time, but maybe I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12833 "2024-11-16T02:35:47Z")
Yes, yes I am. ---
**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 16, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12834 "2024-11-16T02:57:06Z")
Another one supposedly on my side, right? 🙄 ---
**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 16, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12835 "2024-11-16T04:32:27Z")
They tipped their hand and are banned, posts are gone. ---
**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 16, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12836 "2024-11-16T04:33:32Z")
Nicely done, and with tact. ---
**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 16, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12837 "2024-11-16T04:35:45Z")
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