# 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:** 464
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13790 "2025-07-19T20:46:58Z")
Easy, too! Thanks for the tip! They sound terrific. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13791 "2025-07-19T21:01:56Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is there a cinnamon variety? > (Almonds and cinnamon and sugar… I need a drool mop.) I like the somewhat grainier texture (Not true marzipan) that you get in _quality_ almond croissants, similar to these: > **[Better-Than-Starbucks Almond Croissants | Good Life Eats®](https://www.goodlifeeats.com/almond-croissants/#:~:text=One%20of%20my%20favorite%20treats,almond%2Dfilled%20croissants%20at%20home)** > > Make frangipane filled almond croissants in just 25 minutes! Ready-made croissants make this recipe SO easy with impressive results. The ones I make at home (rarely, and I use purchased croissants, but these are the afterburners of heartburn!) I use a coarser ground almond meal (grainy, as I said) and yes, cinnamon though with a very light hand. I do think the marzipan stuffed dates would be wonderful, but I’d -have- to add an accent flavor to cut the sweetness (or just make less-sweet marzipan). I mean, I’ve done stuffed dates where I used a lovely smoked mozzarella and was super happy, but dates are plenty sweet on their own. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13792 "2025-07-19T21:21:30Z")
Would you all just SHUT UP please? I love most RitterSport, but it’s definitely _not_ on my list of food I can eat, so I’m dying here. Oh, and marzipan is awesome. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13793 "2025-07-19T21:24:19Z")
Honestly a spin-off thread might be wonderful, probably in the Cafe, though a chocolate war may be best suited to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13794 "2025-07-19T22:24:39Z")
6 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Chocolate, Cinnamon and Marzipan Dreams (How Do We Like It?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/2) ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13795 "2025-07-22T17:09:25Z")
I’m not sure whether the person asking about demons and pornography in IMHO is trolling or hallucinating. (I’m pretty sure they’re not actually being afflicted by a demon.) ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13796 "2025-07-22T17:22:13Z")
Poking at the oddballs can be fun. Poking at the mentally ill is not. That either firmly falls in the latter, or it’s someone trolling. Either way, best to ignore it. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13797 "2025-07-22T17:37:58Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > (I’m pretty sure they’re not actually being afflicted by a demon.) When you have “reality television” like _Ghost Adventures_ that treats demons as a known fact we can take for granted, and tries to “scientifically” detect, record, and deal with them, who knows what the public will believe. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13798 "2025-07-22T17:52:05Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I’m not sure whether the person asking about demons and pornography in IMHO is trolling or hallucinating. I get strong degenerate\_gambler vibes. Not the same, but the same, y’know? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13799 "2025-07-22T18:04:26Z")
I said (and reported) my piece right up front. I will be interested to see if, when, and how the OP returns with any further comments. **MWDG** was a master at letting the thread simmer along without further prodding. Do not overstir the soup; it just interferes with the cooking. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13800 "2025-07-22T18:21:53Z")
I’m pretty sure this is a trock, and I can’t remember who it is. The username is very close to another trock who kept making similar usernames. But I can’t for the life of me remember them. It’s something about the username construction. It’s really bugging me now. It’s not just the “dude” part. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13801 "2025-07-22T18:28:31Z")
Is he “dodgy”, perhaps? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13802 "2025-07-22T18:36:44Z")
Maybe that’s what I’m thinking of. Though that’s a case where we had someone who abandoned one account and started another with almost the same name because they forgot their password after the transition to the new board, not truly a sock. (The original account was never banned from what I can tell, there was no overlap, and it’s not a secret that they are the same person.) But that poster is definitely problematic and their name has come up in these threads multiple times, and they’ve been moderated before (and had many threads closed). Just as “demon guy” has had a bit of problem with the mods (but not much; they haven’t posted that many times either). That could very well be what I was thinking of. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13803 "2025-07-22T19:55:28Z")
**A\_Dodgy\_Dude** also used underscores, note. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13804 "2025-07-22T20:05:02Z")
That’s not meaningful though. VBulletin allowed usernames with spaces in them, and in transitioning to Discourse, usernames with spaces were turned into underscores. Dodgy and the other Dude have accounts that go back to before the transition. So the underscores weren’t something that were chosen by the people who made the accounts. Discourse added them. That does trip my “looks similar” hunch regardless. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13805 "2025-07-22T20:51:14Z")
Agree about underscores from the vBulletin days. But even today, anyone wanting a username that has something akin to spaces in it will be forced to use “\_”. Names with embedded spaces are sorta out of fashion for computer use, but not entirely. `First_Last@someplace.com` is not that surprising an email address. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13806 "2025-07-22T21:08:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > `First_Last@someplace.com` is not that surprising an email address. AFAIK, a space never was a valid character in email addresses, so underlines, dashes or dots have always been common. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13807 "2025-07-22T21:13:51Z")
Except for Google where dots are insignificant. I was flabbergasted when somebody let me in on that. Gmail ignores dots entirely for its own addresses, i.e. first.last@ gmail. com and firstlast@ gmail .com are the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13808 "2025-07-22T21:16:30Z")
Oh well, I remember having heard of that gmail peculiarity, and I’m sure that has led to a lot of confusion and misguided emails. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13809 "2025-07-22T21:19:44Z")
I have that problem with my gmail account. Someone _thinks_ they own the no-dot version of my email address. So I receive notifications and other emails from companies with which they do business. And I don’t know how to contact them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=463) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=465)