# Trolls, socks and familiarity with the Board. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052 "2007-11-19T17:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/81 "2007-11-20T22:24:34Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] I gotta give it to you “nobody cares about socks” folks–you’re _really_ trying to convince yourselves. [/QUOTE] Obviously you care just as much because you went to the trouble of replying. In fact, you obviously care _more_. Lousy sock-carer… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/82 "2007-11-20T22:42:22Z")
Caught red-handed. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/83 "2007-11-20T22:57:39Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Caught red-handed. [/QUOTE] Don’t you mean red-footed? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/84 "2007-11-20T23:37:09Z")
You know who else cared about socks? Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/85 "2007-11-20T23:43:12Z")
I would have thought Stalin (with the red feet and all)… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/86 "2007-11-21T00:49:14Z")
Well, I was once accused of being a sock (to be fair, in a high-drama sort of thread I created) because I referenced some posts that had been made before I joined. Posts which of course had been linked to over the last month in other, more recent threads, but you know, who’s keeping track :rolleyes: ? And when the whole **Liberal/ruber ruber** thing blew up, I read back quite far on all those linked threads, which might mean I have a suspicious level of knowledge about the backstory. I can’t help it – I get into SD History, it’s like hearing stories from your elders about the war. I guess when you have idiots rolling in all the time to make trouble, suspicion kind of becomes second nature to the mods and other posters. I myself would be a terrible judge of trollage/sockage because I trust people to a ridiculous degree to tell me the truth. As for myself, I just try not to step on anyone’s toes. While I would like for people to not jump to conclusions so quickly here, I suppose as long as you try to be a reasonable human being, you won’t get banned. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/87 "2007-11-21T00:59:44Z")
Didn’t David Duchovney have that show, _Red Socks Diaries_? Set in Boston, it was. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/88 "2007-11-21T01:04:05Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] And when the whole **Liberal/ruber ruber** thing blew up, I read back quite far on all those linked threads, which might mean I have a suspicious level of knowledge about the backstory. I can’t help it – I get into SD History, it’s like hearing stories from your elders about the war. [/QUOTE] That’s quite endearing actually. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/89 "2007-11-21T01:36:35Z")
I lurked for several years before posting. It’s a bit bizarre, like suddenly walking onto the set of a long-running sitcom and becoming one of the characters. Who (reversing the tired “temporary amnesia” device) somehow knows everybody in the room intimately, even though nobody recognizes him. Only much less interesting than that. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/90 "2007-11-21T02:31:07Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] I lurked for several years before posting. It’s a bit bizarre, like suddenly walking onto the set of a long-running sitcom and becoming one of the characters. Who (reversing the tired “temporary amnesia” device) somehow knows everybody in the room intimately, even though nobody recognizes him. Only much less interesting than that. [/QUOTE] Good thing, too. Often when a character shows up out of nowhere, he gets killed halfway through the episode, leaving the regular cast to cope with their grief in tragicomic fashion. Afterward, of course, the character is never mentioned again. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/91 "2007-11-21T03:01:58Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] It’s a bit bizarre, like suddenly walking onto the set of a long-running sitcom and becoming one of the characters. Who (reversing the tired “temporary amnesia” device) somehow knows everybody in the room intimately, even though nobody recognizes him. [/QUOTE] so you’re the second Darren? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/92 "2007-11-21T03:10:23Z")
[QUOTE=wring] so you’re the second Darren? [/QUOTE] I was thinking Mister Furley. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/93 "2007-11-21T04:42:47Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > And when the whole Liberal/ruber ruber thing blew up, I read back quite far on all those linked threads, which might mean I have a suspicious level of knowledge about the backstory. I can’t help it – I get into SD History, it’s like hearing stories from your elders about the war. I know what you mean. That’s why I don’t think it’s necessarily shit-disturbing or evil to, oh I don’t know, have a webpage that disusses the little battles that have happened in SD history. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/94 "2007-11-21T06:32:22Z")
And then there’s the webpage where people run out of things to whine about and post shit like > [@made-up example](#): > > **Such and such** uses “already” 4.23 times per post. It’s really getting irritating. He’s a self-proclaimed genius even though he’s only 19.325 years old (give or take .3), he only has 3,452 posts, he’s 5’9.5", he enjoys long walks on the beach and he probably has sex with bagels. You should be angry at him for something, but I forget what. > [@other made-up example](#): > > **So and so** doesn’t like sex! But she’s a _stone cold fox_! Why won’t she let me bone her? With comments like: > [@](#): > > lol shes hot > > penis penis penis penis > > I boned your mom and **TubaDiva**. > > no u didn’t > > **Otto** is prettier. > > LOL ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/95 "2007-11-21T07:39:10Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] And then there’s the webpage where people run out of things to whine about and post shit like With comments like: [/QUOTE] That stuff is indeed boring. Of course, minus the specific names, that sounds like 80% of all forums out there. Take a stroll through LJ land, if you dare. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/96 "2007-11-21T09:09:11Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] I know what you mean. That’s why I don’t think it’s necessarily shit-disturbing or evil to, oh I don’t know, have a webpage that disusses the little battles that have happened in SD history. [/QUOTE] If you would do it without dehumanizing the people involved, it could actually be fun. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/97 "2007-11-21T16:59:33Z")
Good point. Better to use their actual names. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/98 "2007-11-21T16:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] If you would do it without dehumanizing the people involved, it could actually be fun. [/QUOTE] Oh good, cuz I’m pretty sure I didn’t. Unless you think anything uncomplimentary is “dehumanizing”, which of course would be silly. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/99 "2007-11-21T17:10:09Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] Oh good, cuz I’m pretty sure I didn’t. Unless you think anything uncomplimentary is “dehumanizing”, which of course would be silly. [/QUOTE] Dragging people through shit so you can have a good laugh is barbaric in its conception. Maybe you haven’t done it personally — who can tell with all the anons? — but a crack dealer who brags that he doesn’t smoke the stuff himself is still a crackhead in my book. (A book which seems to have brought you side-splitting pleasure.) ---
**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:** [November 21, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052/100 "2007-11-21T17:13:56Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Dragging people through shit so you can have a good laugh is barbaric in its conception. Maybe you haven’t done it personally — who can tell with all the anons? — but a crack dealer who brags that he doesn’t smoke the stuff himself is still a crackhead in my book. (A book which seems to have brought you side-splitting pleasure.) [/QUOTE] Wasn’t \*\*CarnalK \*\* referring to his actual website listing old train-wrecks? I think you’ve jumbled that together with the other pit. Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-socks-and-familiarity-with-the-board/427052.md?page=6)