# 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:** 487
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14261 "2026-02-12T15:23:20Z")
I have a former GF who’s black. She has a relative who’s a mentally developmentally challenged young man. His functional age is about tween, but unevenly so. The young man lives with family not exactly in the 'hood, but in a working poor part of town. He and I keep up a slow-motion convo by text / WhatsApp. He doesn’t have that many friends and I’m happy to be one of them. That totally sounds like something my friend would write. The flaky conjugations, the non-punctuation, the sliding run on sentence with slippery POV that’s really a paragraph, etc. Stylistically that reads very genuine to me. If this is some troll, he’s got that vernacular style down cold. If not, it’s some socially challenged tween in a bad spot. But how he found us and decided to join and post is the bigger mystery. And MO is the most suspicious thing of all. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14262 "2026-02-12T15:39:18Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yeah. Almost certainly a play on the general “one [something] short of a [usual group of somethings]” trope. > > On that basis alone I could think of a few former members whose sock this might be. **Sliced Alone** and **Degen\_Gamblr**. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14263 "2026-02-12T15:57:26Z")
My, but we have similar tastes in trolls. 🙂 My thoughts exactly. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14264 "2026-02-12T16:35:43Z")
I find that their texture is a bit rubbery, the taste reminiscent of stale cigars and discarded week-old Taco Bell burritos, with a dash of overflowing port-a-potties combined with the aroma of ripe roadkilled skunks. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14265 "2026-02-12T17:30:02Z")
With a large dollop of Stupid Sauce. Can’t forget the Stupid Sauce. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14266 "2026-02-13T10:41:34Z")
They make their own stupid sauce when you cook them! ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14267 "2026-02-13T20:46:11Z")
I agree with LSL, that does sound stupid in a uniquely adolescent way that would be hard to fake. I wouldn’t suspect it wasn’t real, if it weren’t for the incongruity of an adolescent suddenly showing up on this board. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14268 "2026-02-14T15:48:53Z")
We really don’t want to be suspicious of people just because they found their way here. We need new people finding their way here. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14269 "2026-02-25T08:02:23Z")
What’s with nonobaddog in the P&E thread about the State of the Union? I don’t recall having any interaction with that poster before, and certainly don’t recall even seeing them. Apparently, according to a mod note in the thread, they’ve been here for a long while. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14270 "2026-02-25T08:21:28Z")
Joined in December 2004, according to a quick profile look. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14271 "2026-02-25T08:28:08Z")
Yeah I flagged that one when I first saw it. As already stated they have a join date of 2004. When I checked their profile a couple of hours ago they only had 10 minutes of read time and maybe a dozen posts? They haven’t done anything too over the line yet, but they check a lot of worrying boxes. To me it looks like a pre-existing account that’s been activated at a most opportune time. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14272 "2026-02-25T17:18:23Z")
They have been a very infrequent poster – 6 posts in 2004, and 4 more 7 years later in 2011. A sleeper account for trolling? I have no idea. But from the general tone of their posts, this poster seems to enjoy the role of argumentative asshole. The Trump comments were content-free jabs that came completely out of the blue and seemed intended to do nothing more than irritate. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14273 "2026-02-25T17:23:32Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > They have been a very infrequent poster – 6 posts in 2004, and 4 more 7 years later in 2011. A sleeper account for trolling? I have no idea. There was another “sleeper” yesterday, in a different thread. There’s a thread in MPSIMS about a writer/blogger named James Lileks, whom a number of us used to read back in the day, but who many of us stopped reading, in part because of his politics. **Beruang** , a '99er, came out of hibernation for the first time in 13 years, to make four separate replies, each one amounting to, “You are wrong, he’s not a Trumper!” ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14274 "2026-02-25T17:42:39Z")
His reaction to being told not to insult posters? That he will be very careful to “censor his speech” in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14275 "2026-02-25T19:07:34Z")
As of the time you posted this, that individual has ceased posting altogether. But continued lurking until a few days ago. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14276 "2026-02-25T20:11:31Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > A sleeper account for trolling? I have no idea. But from the general tone of their posts, this poster seems to enjoy the role of argumentative asshole. Which is pretty much the definition of a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14277 "2026-02-25T20:16:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Which is pretty much the definition of a troll. I don’t agree. People who are being argumentative assholes on purpose are trolls. But there are certainly even well-meaning people who are just naturally stubbornly argumentative assholes. You may decide you want neither poster around, but one falls into the troll category, the second into the potentially ‘more trouble than they’re worth’ category. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14278 "2026-02-25T20:31:37Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I don’t agree. People who are being argumentative assholes on purpose are trolls. Then you do agree, because if a person “likes” to be an argumentative asshole, they’re doing it on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14279 "2026-02-25T20:34:07Z")
Half the people on this board come here to argue with people. That doesn’t make them trolls. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14280 "2026-02-25T20:36:38Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Half the people on this board come here to argue with people. No they don’t! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=486) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=488)