# 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:** 440
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13308 "2025-03-20T16:12:29Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > t very much comes across to me as asking how to possess child porn without getting in trouble. Thank you! I was genuinely worried I was being paranoid, jumping to conclusions or something like that. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13309 "2025-03-20T16:17:46Z")
Eh, I think you’re being paranoid. It was a poorly phrased question, and I think he was probably trying to figure out in real time what question he’s asking. But I don’t think he’s trying to figure out how to possess child porn. But Atamasama is right, it does need care that it doesn’t stray into dangerous territory. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13310 "2025-03-20T16:19:01Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > It was a poorly phrased question, and I think he was probably trying to figure out in real time what question he’s asking. Yeah, I was allowing for that possibility. I think it comes across as pervy _because_ it was so poorly done, which is why someone who wants to bring up a subject like that needs to be more careful. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13311 "2025-03-20T16:31:41Z")
Anybody remember **Cesario**? [may not have gotten the spelling exactly right, can’t find said handle + variations on a search] ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13312 "2025-03-20T16:33:11Z")
Yes I do. He was open and honest on how he thought the laws were unjust and needed to be changed so men could have sex with underage boys. ETA > [@Cesario, you're awfully sanctimonious for a pedophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cesario-youre-awfully-sanctimonious-for-a-pedophile/511973/420): > > The file sharing one probably comes with the overzeal for copyright infringement, rather than from the general no-illegal stuff policy. Incidentally, I haven’t heard from Caesario since we started this thread. Maybe we don’t have to do anything? ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13313 "2025-03-20T16:42:52Z")
FWIW, he joined in August 2009 and last posted in February 2010. So he barely made it past 6 months and hasn’t been around for more than 15 years. Heck, it has been so long that someone born the day he last posted might not even be attractive to him anymore. (Yeah, I went there.) And it looks like he’s banned since his user page says “suspended”. When Ed Zotti says “[we have to talk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notice-to-cesario/529125)”, you’re probably not going to be on the board anymore. (I believe this thread was his swan song.) > [@I'll make this easier for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-make-this-easier-for-you/529142): > > The offense I’m going to be banned for will be “disobeying moderator instructions”. Specifically, the instruction not to discuss the additional restrictions on posting that have been heaped on me. This most recent ruling, detailed [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12121612&postcount=15) prohibits me (and only me) from posting about, “anything … remotely related to children, sex, the law, [or] relationships”. Beyond these incredibly broad categories (no discussing DUI law, no discussion of drug laws, no discussion of illegal immigration, no dis… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13314 "2025-03-20T16:44:48Z")
If he’s really asking how e.g. Google trains AIs, (or humans) to recognize prohibited material, the answer is almost certainly that they get permission from the authorities to do that, making darn sure any humans exposed to the stuff can’t take it home with them. The bit about the stuff being in the hands of a single researcher working on their own stinks like the typical made-up-on-the-spot alibi of a random robber caught with someone else’s wallet and driver’s license in their pocket. Um, er, honest Officer, I have no idea how that got there. Suuuuure you don’t. Not touching that one with a 10 foot pole, a borrowed laptop, _and_ a VPN. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13315 "2025-03-20T17:02:10Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > the answer is almost certainly that they get permission from the authorities to do that, making darn sure any humans exposed to the stuff can’t take it home with them. More accurately, they do it in other countries where they don’t have to worry about permission or laws. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13316 "2025-03-20T18:33:21Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > More accurately, they do it in other countries where they don’t have to worry about permission or laws. Could you explain why you believe that, and what other countries you believe they might be doing this in (countries which, I presume you are implying, do not have laws against possession of child pornography)? [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Legality_of_child_pornography_by_country.svg)’s a handy map to help you with your answer. (The map is five years old, so some countries might have changed their laws, or for those that had no info available, info might now be available.) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13317 "2025-03-22T02:04:25Z")
yeah, I’m pretty sure he did actually get himself banned eventually. Just not at the point when I wrote that. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13318 "2025-03-28T01:59:35Z")
Split this topic on March 28, 2025, 1:59am UTC A post was merged into an existing topic: [Banny’s Banning Test Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannys-banning-test-thread/1016230/3) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13319 "2025-03-28T09:57:52Z")
Wait - we had a troll named “Banny”? ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13320 "2025-03-28T10:05:27Z")
They’ll be back. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13321 "2025-03-28T10:25:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > we had a troll named “Banny”? The mods have a dedicated account they use for testing troll-managenent functions. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13322 "2025-03-28T11:08:34Z")
So it’s for people who keep getting thrown off the list. _B-B-B-Banny and ejects…_ ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13323 "2025-03-28T11:29:00Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wait - we had a troll named “Banny”? It’s worse than that. His name is BannyMcBanface. With a name like that you just know he’s trouble. (He’s actually an account used for testing and mod training) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13324 "2025-03-28T14:26:26Z")
It figures that a mod’s sock has been the most troublesome account. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13325 "2025-03-28T21:07:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wait - we had a troll named “Banny”? My fault guys. I was doing practice work later in the night so as not to disrupt too many posters, including learning how to move posts around. And I mostly tried to play it straight, so it was a post about being a troll in the pit, and well, this is THE thread about being a troll in the Pit, no? So I moved it in and out, and probably should have left a note about it. Thanks to @Chronos for stepping up on that. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13326 "2025-03-28T21:10:19Z")
Real trolls try to be more clever and jumble the letters that spell “cornfield”. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13327 "2025-03-28T23:00:37Z")
[Scrabble aids](https://wordunscrambler.me/unscramble/inthecornfield) can help with that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=441)