# 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:** 44
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5340 "2022-01-10T19:55:11Z")
> [@Pseudonym](#): > > Did this spring from my post addressed to NDT? If so, I’m sorry if it offended you. > [@Pseudonym](#): > > AND now I’m kind of tickled by the chance I could really be called a dipstick by a celebrity! (that epithet specifically, I’m not interested in any other ones) Well, you DID ask for it… ---
**Author:** ![Pseudonym](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudonym/32/9895_2.png) [@Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudonym)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5341 "2022-01-10T20:04:02Z")
> [@Pseudonym](#): > > I could really be called a dipstick by a celebrity! Potential future celebrities just don’t count for me, I don’t get the same satisfaction. Besides, it’s a bit different saying, “fine, I’ll call you one, happy now?” (reads as a well-meaning joke to me) and saying the below (emphasis added for clarity): > [@naita](#): > > I’m also **unlikely to become famous** and wish to add **my name** to the list of people who **think** “Pseudonym” is a dipstick. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5342 "2022-01-10T20:04:59Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > He’s not a “celebrity”. Not until he bangs one of the Kardashians. That’s one high burden to bear for celebrity… ---
**Author:** ![Pseudonym](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudonym/32/9895_2.png) [@Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudonym)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5343 "2022-01-10T20:06:41Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Not until he bangs one of the Kardashians. I call this the Big ‘Bang’ Theory. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5344 "2022-01-10T20:06:54Z")
> [@Pseudonym](#): > > Potential future celebrities just don’t count for me, I don’t get the same satisfaction. Responded as only a true dipstick could ---
**Author:** ![Pseudonym](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudonym/32/9895_2.png) [@Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudonym)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5345 "2022-01-10T20:08:40Z")
Are you laboring under the impression that it has actually happened? ETA: What I said about sense of humor above. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5346 "2022-01-10T20:23:08Z")
“Dipstick” just means you’re one of us. > [@](#): > > Straight Dope Message Board Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5347 "2022-01-10T20:31:37Z")
Waiting for someone to use dipstick as a username ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5348 "2022-01-10T20:33:14Z")
Stupid sock rules! ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5349 "2022-01-10T20:44:17Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Waiting for someone to use dipstick as a username My username means “dipstick” in Japanese. (That may be an absolute filthy lie.) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5350 "2022-01-10T20:59:53Z")
> [@Pseudonym](#): > > Potential future celebrities just don’t count for me, I don’t get the same satisfaction. How about has-been, extremely minor celebrities? I was recognized on the street a couple of times in the 90s! 😃 ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5351 "2022-01-10T21:02:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > My username means “dipstick” in Japanese. [Your username in Hawaiian would be “Akamakama”](https://www.manasquanschools.org/cms/lib/NJ01000635/Centricity/Domain/171/Your_Name_in_Hawaiian.pdf) but it still wouldn’t mean “dipstick”. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5352 "2022-01-10T21:13:57Z")
For the record, even though I think a few people are being a bit more skeptical than is warranted at this point, I do not think they are being rude. And I don’t think the initial skeptical posts (before we had any proof) were rude at all. I also wouldn’t jump to the conclusion that NDT was thinking about becoming a regular here, let alone that anything in particular pushed him away. I could start talking about the consequences of an out celebrity posting in a small pond community, but I think I’ll bow out. I’m probably being too serious by half for the tenor the thread has taken by this point. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5353 "2022-01-10T21:15:15Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m probably being too serious You’re not being too serious, you’re just being a total dipstick. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5354 "2022-01-10T21:22:48Z")
Darn it. That was a lost opportunity, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Pseudonym](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudonym/32/9895_2.png) [@Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudonym)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5355 "2022-01-10T21:30:24Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Waiting for someone to use dipstick as a username Considered it, but thought that might give me away too easily. I’m just annoyed I was rumbled so quickly regardless! > [@scabpicker](#): > > How about has-been, extremely minor celebrities? Thanks for your consideration! Hate to say it wouldn’t be quite the same – think of it the same way as autographs, that helps. On the other hand, if it was reported somewhere, preferrably in print, that would raise my tickle levels immensely! I’d love to see the headline “has-been extremely minor celebrity from nineties calls a complete nobody a dipstick”. Make of that what you will – I guess I’m just digging myself ever deeper… maybe I ought to take this up with my therapist. Welp, that’s the way it goes. Despite my anonymity I’ve already revealed too much about my perversions and ruined my reputation. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5356 "2022-01-10T21:35:05Z")
> [@Pseudonym](#): > > On the other hand, if it was reported somewhere, preferrably in print, that would raise my tickle levels immensely! I’d love to see the headline “has-been extremely minor celebrity from nineties calls a complete nobody a dipstick”. Make of that what you will – I guess I’m just digging myself ever deeper… maybe I ought to take this up with my therapist. You know, I can’t be bothered to check if he’s still doing this (but considering his financial situations…) > **[Rudy Giuliani sells personalized video messages on Cameo for $199: ‘It can be...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/11/rudy-giuliani-cameo-personalized-video-messages)** > > Staunch Trump ally facing multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit related to his attempts to undermine the US presidential elections I’m sure you could get a once-and-future has-been celeb to call you a dipstick for as little as $199… possibly less by now! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5357 "2022-01-10T21:38:26Z")
Read all the NdT kerfuffle, and the tweet makes me think it might actually be The Most Powerful Mustache In Science. But if it isn’t, so what? @neiltyson’s posts in the Newton thread were interesting, courteous, and added to the discussion; they gave no reason not to welcome the poster to the SDMB, no matter who he or she is. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5358 "2022-01-10T21:39:34Z")
> [@Pseudonym](#): > > Thanks for your consideration! > Hate to say it wouldn’t be quite the same – think of it the same way as autographs, that helps. Aww, I understand. > [@Pseudonym](#): > > On the other hand, if it was reported somewhere, preferrably in print, that would raise my tickle levels immensely! I’d love to see the headline “has-been extremely minor celebrity from nineties calls a complete nobody a dipstick”. Make of that what you will – I guess I’m just digging myself ever deeper… maybe I ought to take this up with my therapist. Totally on board with that idea, but I fear we’d have to start our own paper. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/5359 "2022-01-10T21:45:46Z")
My Mother once saw Gordie Tapp in a grocery store. She wasn’t sure who he was but knew she had seen him on TV. She thought he looked a bit sorry that no one in the store seemed to recognize him so she asked him for an autograph. Just the kind of thing she would do because she thought it would make someone happier. I’ve always thought I should be more like her in that regard. @scabpicker, can I have your autograph? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=45)