# Trolls RU Again, The sequel **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 10, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334 "2022-09-10T18:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/1 "2022-09-10T18:19:20Z")
Following in the footsteps of this wise poster > [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/981928/18): > > I don’t have any trolls to report but we’ve completely lost our last troll thread, so I’m hoping we can start again with a new one while the old one devolves into the same group of people bickering. > > If you see any actual trolling going on, this is where to discuss it. I am splitting off a new thread for troll watching. This is where to discuss trolling. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/2 "2022-09-10T18:40:28Z")
And how are you going to prevent the Usual Suspect from fouling this nest as well? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/3 "2022-09-10T18:43:23Z")
It will happen, sooner or later. Hopefully we’ll get several months of life out of this. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/4 "2022-09-10T18:47:05Z")
Third try I guess. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/5 "2022-09-10T19:36:24Z")
I wonder if it’s possible to make this thread a special creation, excluding any discussion by or of… certain posters (to be named for the purposes of express exclusion only, and then no more). ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/6 "2022-09-10T20:34:55Z")
Declare this a No Ink Zone? ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/7 "2022-09-10T20:45:25Z")
Number two pencils only. Like a scantron! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/8 "2022-09-10T22:39:02Z")
You could try asking Miller, but I imagine it would be a pain in the ass to enforce. It would probably avoid posting in this thread if told not to, but it would no doubt be mentioned by other posters who forgot or were unaware of the DMZ (de-molluscified zone). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/9 "2022-09-10T23:06:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > You could try asking Miller, but I imagine it would be a pain in the ass to enforce. It would probably avoid posting in this thread if told not to, but it would no doubt be mentioned by other posters who forgot or were unaware of the DMZ (de-molluscified zone). - It’s weird to think something so soft and easily damaged is classed the same as those with hard shells. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/10 "2022-09-11T00:42:05Z")
I can’t imagine the mods would go for an exclusion zone. It would go against the whole point of the Pit. Let’s just try and Beetlejuice this bad boy if we can. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/11 "2022-09-11T00:43:53Z")
I would expect we’d have to just enforce it ourselves. We can’t keep him out, of course, but we could just not talk about him or to him. And, if someone does slip up, remind them to take the conversation to his dedicated thread. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/12 "2022-09-11T00:46:42Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > we could just not talk about him or to him. If people could do **that** , we wouldn’t have trolls at all. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/13 "2022-09-11T00:52:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > > [@BigT](#): > > > > we could just not talk about him or to him. ⁢ > > If people could do **that** , we wouldn’t have trolls at all. ⁢ I’d say that the issue with trolls is that we don’t all _agree_ not to talk to them. Heck, we don’t usually all agree they’re trolls. I’m suggesting we could agree now, in this thread. If this many people want this to be an **octopus** -free thread, then we can make it ourselves. And, as people do inevitably slip up, remind them to take it elsewhere. And, if we can’t agree, then there’s no point in worrying about it at all. Why would the mods enforce if if we can’t agree that we shouldn’t talk to him? I think it’s worth a shot, if people really want it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/14 "2022-09-11T00:55:45Z")
I think **octopus** trolls, but I’m not convinced he _is_ a troll. By this I mean I don’t think he posts with intent to rile people up. I think **octopus** himself is riled up. Hanlon’s razor. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/15 "2022-09-11T02:28:40Z")
This is why we can’t have nice things. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/16 "2022-09-11T03:37:41Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > By this I mean I don’t think he posts with intent to rile people up. I think **octopus** himself is riled up. No he clearly does. If his only contribution to a topic is to complain about how awful the community is, what do you think the intent is other than to piss people off? Especially with one of his canned “hive” comments. Not that every post is like that, but the majority are. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/17 "2022-09-11T03:52:06Z")
If you all want an octopus free thread in the pit, it’s simple, leave me out of the thread. I can play nice if you all can… ❤ ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/18 "2022-09-11T03:52:13Z")
Who are you guys talking about? Is it that concern troll, **kedikat** , who has pivoted from weeks and weeks of insisting Russia’s war in Ukraine is righteous and it really is sad NATO provoked it, to “Oh gosh, I hope the Ukrainian military doesn’t advance took quickly because, you know, they might over-extend and then the Russian’s could counter-counterattack.” ---
**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:** [September 11, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/19 "2022-09-11T03:53:46Z")
I will admit. I almost didn’t respond. Because you are correct. As I said, you aren’t always trolling. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334/20 "2022-09-11T03:55:27Z")
Great job, you lured it in! Now everyone clear out of here and with any luck @Miller will be able to lock this thread with the soft-skinned mollusk still trapped inside. That’s how locking threads work, right? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334.md?page=2)