google?
The corn field?
(No, I don’t known whether they’re a trock. But it’s always a possibility.)
Probably, but I don’t want to think about what the search term was.
I have fortunately missed that thread, but I assume it’s full of quotes from Airplane!.
Surely you can’t be serious…
etc etc
Guess they picked the wrong week to quit resurrecting zombie threads.
“Have you ever seen adult genitalia in a Turkish prison?”
In response to this post:
I believe colinfred is a trock.
I don’t know who they are a trock of, but a username that literally mocks the moderators’ attempt to fight trolls combined with some of their posting clinches it for me. (It is an anagram of the word “cornfield”.)
ETA: I may be wrong but that pings my radar. And I linked to the post directly because it was in the Pit and it’s already openly discussed in that thread, so I don’t think being coy is useful.
Ooh, good catch!
Since you’re talking about that thread, I have a bit of a message for someone “participating” in it.
The_Librarian: Those in glass houses should not throw stones.
I’ve literally had you on my ignore list because you just like to randomly antagonize people. That is trolling. Being upset about a supposed liberal organization turning becoming a MAGA mouthpiece is not trolling. Just not liking a post or disagreeing with it does not make someone a troll.
Hell, you are in fact going back on my ignore list. Because you trolled me.
Definitely strident, preachy, and voluble compared to their choice of avatar
I thought they were being quite nasty for no reason I can figure out.
They didn’t say what their opinion was on BigTs OP.
Wasn’t sure who they were upset with.
When directly ask, a foreign worded cryptic “why not both” seemed even more rude, again with no opinion or explanation.
Simple confusion. Why? To be a smart ass? To just throw gas on the fire? Just because they’re having a bad day? Hatefulness?
Who the hell knows?
This seems like what happened. Meanwhile BigT gets thrown under the bus and a potentially interesting topic is gone.
The_Librarian was a real ass in the Merrick Garland Pit thread, doubling down when wrong, just being a real shithead. But that’s not the same as being a troll.
I don’t think they’re a troll, just a jerk. And being a jerk in the Pit is generally allowed. I can still dislike the poster though.
I distinguish between troll and trolling. My point was really that they’ve done things that could be labeled trolling, and thus shouldn’t be so quick to call other people trolls.
And I wanted to say it not in my thread, and since you had brought up that one guy, I thought it made sense.
But I do admit I was angry at them, and may not have been thinking my best. Maybe the other thread would have been better.
I get an interesting vibe from new poster StillHereSicily in the “How will the Republicans demonize Kamala Harris?” thread in P&E. Maybe it’s just that the first two words in the username scream “previously banned trock” to me.
Just to play devil’s advocate, Sicily Jordan is a musician with a single named “I’m Still Here”.
Maybe it’s a reference to the person’s favorite song. It’s the first thing that showed up when I Googled the phrase, “Still Here Sicily”.
Always good to hear from devil’s advocates. Sounds like that’s the reason for the handle. Sure hope I wasn’t too hasty…
To clarify, I have never heard of the song before, and I still haven’t taken the time to listen to it (really, not that interested). So I may be totally wrong about the reference (in fact, I probably am), I’m just offering a potential explanation that doesn’t involve an obvious reference to being a sock.
I was more worried about the poster’s recent Pit thread:
How did the housing market become This corrupt and what can we the people do about it?
Which was a (largely true mind you) rant about the grinding away of any ability to affordably rent or buy a home for those not of at least middle class means.
It didn’t strike me as trock-y, just very passionate and perhaps not well organized. But, well, being able to identify the Pit, place a rant there, and their short read time outside those two threads… I worry.
I’d actually worry more if they start with this, and then start pushing a more ‘natural living lifestyle’ or something similar, and then start trying to sell or advertise a product, such as a simple living book, or a link to their website/blog, or something else. Perhaps not corruptly from their POV, but against our intents here.