Trolls R Us Resurrections

[Atamasama]

@TroutMan

Is “don’t feed the trolls” the new form of trolling?

Maybe. We talked earlier about, “Don’t feed those who say don’t feed the trolls,” since it’s generally useless advice.

I do think in the “jackass” case though, it was pretty obvious that any response was a bad response. That was a, “Hey everybody come smell what’s in the elevator” thread. He wants you to complain about how nasty the fart was.

[Darren_Garrison]

@ASL_v2.0

It takes two to troll: one to troll, another to be trolled.

Who’s the more trollish, the troll or the troll who follows him?

[ASL_v2.0]

Troll not, lest ye be trolled.

[thorny_locust]

Ask not for whom the troll trolls. It trolls for thee.

[ASL_v2.0]

^thats the thread. We’re done with this one. @discobot, could you start the next one, please?

[discobot]

Better not tell you now

[ASL_v2.0]

Insolent little shit…

[discobot]

Hi! To find out what I can do, say @discobot display help.

[ASL_v2.0]

Ask you for help again? After the shit you just tried to pull??? Never this side of hell!

[crowmanyclouds]

Can you fix the YouTube glitch?

[discobot]

You’ve disabled me in your preferences. You need to allow new user onboarding tips to interact with me.

[SuntanLotion]

@Discobot, tell me the truth.

[ASL_v2.0]

“You’ve disabled me in your preferences. You need to allow new user onboarding tips to interact with me.”

I guess you can take that as a “no,” @crowmanyclouds. Like I said, he’s an insolent little shit.

[discobot]

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. — Colin Powell

[ASL_v2.0]

Oh fuck off!

[Atamasama]

LOL, you asked discobot for truth and you got a quote from Colin Powell.

Now I see who the real troll is!

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@ParallelLines

Polite request?

I agree that a long talk about how we (well, not WE but you get my drift) lump together all non-visa’d immigration (temporary or otherwise) is worthy of a long talk both here and IRL. But, whether or not it’s in ATMB, maybe not in this thread? I think it’s a great thread idea even in great debates, and much more so than the thread the troll spawned.

Agreed–but I definitely think it’s an ATMB discussion.

"Illegals" and "invaders" should be moderated as hate speech in the context of immigration debates

I’d like to talk about three terms that show up in discussions of immigration: Illegal immigrants Illegals Invaders (and “invasion”) First, “Illegal immigrants” is a term that is falling out of use among experts in the field. The DOJ no longer uses it. The AP Style Guide hasn’t used it for ten years. Linguists decry it as “neither accurate nor neutral”.But I don’t think it should be considered hate speech. It’s the equivalent of an outdated term like “Negro” to describe a Black person: use it…

[ParallelLines]

You have my support (and the ammunition I linked earlier!) but glad to get it out of this thread.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

Sorry to bring it back here, but that’s where it belongs: that bellend is trolling the shit out of the ATMB thread. I’ve reported it, and won’t respond to him further there, and encourage others not to let it turn into a “satisfy his sad trolly urges” thread.

[ParallelLines]

TOWB I assume? They are certainly trying to ‘win on the interwebs’ in a way indistinguishable from trolling. Again, not sure if they believe what they’re saying (which if not, makes them a fucking troll) or just want to win their argument and don’t care that it makes them (and makes them look) like a troll.