# Yankees\_1996\_Champs: troll or dumbass **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864 "2020-07-09T20:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/1 "2020-07-09T20:04:35Z")
There’s something off about this guy… His newest thread asks a question that shows he understands Americans in general and those Americans who post on this board in particular. [Is anyone here tired of Trump and McConnell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-tired-of-trump-and-mcconnell/914854) Good question. I’m not sure the topic has come up. This guy really has his finger on the pulse of this board. He goes on… > [@Is anyone here tired of Trump and McConnell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-tired-of-trump-and-mcconnell/914854/1): > > Joe Biden is 77 years old, had a brain issue in 1988 and stutters when he talks. He is made fun of online and in the media. Oh no. Can’t vote for someone who is made fun of online. That leaves a plethora of promising choices. In a different thread he phrases a question about police unions endorsing Republicans in a perfectly American fashion. > [@Are you bothered that most American police unions will endorse Republicans swiftly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bothered-that-most-american-police-unions-will-endorse-republicans-swiftly/914787/1): > > However, are you bothered that most US police unions are vocally endorsing Trump and the GOP swiftly? Yes ‘swiftly’. Excellent word choice. I’m not even going to bother to dig up his many, many, many weirdly worded posts about race and politics in past. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/2 "2020-07-09T20:15:04Z")
Bah… ten minutes to kill so… > [@Michael Savage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-savage/844047/1): > > Has anyone listen to The Savage Nation, a rightwing talk radio show, hosted by nationalist Michael Savage since 1994. > > Savage is one of the most listened to talk show hosts in America, which has vaulted him to the Talk Radio Hall of Fame. > > I don’t care for his Trump approval, but he is very intelligent. He has a master’s collegiate degree in medical botany and anthropology at the University of Hawaii and a Ph.D. in nutritional botany from the University of California, Berkley. If you ignore the right wing stuff, Savage is very intelligent. Right? > [@Does having a friend or an acquaintance of another race/ethnicity matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-having-a-friend-or-an-acquaintance-of-another-race-ethnicity-matter/849075/1): > > In race-obsessed America, they say that whites and blacks and Latinos and other groups should make friendships with each other, etc. They do say that, don’t they? > [@John Tortorella](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-tortorella/853656/1): > > Do you like National Hockey League head coach John Tortorella? He is very volatile in his temperament and personality and he yells at reporters and journalists. What do you think of him? Yep, “Volatile in his temperament and personality,” is the exact phrase I’d use. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/3 "2020-07-09T20:47:18Z")
Being a Yankee fan, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for him. Not sure why he selected the 1996 team, but whatevs. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/4 "2020-07-09T20:50:03Z")
Well he has a soft in his cranium that is best avoided. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/5 "2020-07-09T20:59:53Z")
If he’s American like he claims, English is not his first language. I picture him as the Balowski family from The Young Ones. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ogHDw2q2e-Q/hqdefault.jpg "The Young Ones S01E01 - Alexei Sayle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogHDw2q2e-Q) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/6 "2020-07-09T21:03:13Z")
I flagged him as a troll about 4 minutes after he first posted. Troll is obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/7 "2020-07-09T21:09:12Z")
Many of his posts are, “Now, I don’t agree but many people think this.” Not sure why he’s starting threads about opinions he claims not to hold. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/8 "2020-07-09T21:12:54Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Many of his posts are, “Now, I don’t agree but many people think this.” Not sure why he’s starting threads about opinions he claims not to hold. - (Im)plausible deniability. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/9 "2020-07-09T21:13:20Z")
Also Yankees 1996 Champs is the user name that captured Nazi from Saving Private Ryan would pick… “I like American. Steamboat Willie. I say, can you see. Yankees 1996 Champs.” Or pretty close. ---
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/10 "2020-07-09T21:17:25Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > [Is anyone here tired of Trump and McConnell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-tired-of-trump-and-mcconnell/914854) “Adolf Hitler - you know the more I hear about that guy the more I don’t care for him.” -Norm Macdonald ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/11 "2020-07-09T21:36:17Z")
He’s very special. He’s like that kid whose parents protected with cotton wadding and hid in their basement his whole life out of fear that the neighbors might realize that insanity ran in their family. “Papa, did you disconnect the WIFI and unplug the router?” “Uh-oh…” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/12 "2020-07-09T21:43:42Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Many of his posts are, “Now, I don’t agree but many people think this.” Not sure why he’s starting threads about opinions he claims not to hold. He’s **Manny Peoples**? > **[What did ZPhobiaZ do? - Straight Dope Message Board](https://web.archive.org/web/20180819124110/https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552172)** > > What did ZPhobiaZ do? About This Message Board ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/13 "2020-07-09T22:11:21Z")
Russian troll practicing his excellent first class American genuine English on the SDMB, hoping that he’ll get noticed and promoted up to the big leagues (Facebook). ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/14 "2020-07-10T00:12:30Z")
Dumbass: the Yankees from 1998-2000 were much, much better. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/16 "2020-07-10T00:16:43Z")
He’s a trock; duh. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/17 "2020-07-10T00:37:14Z")
I’m thinking dumbass. Probably ESL. Troll is always a possibility. Let’s see if he can up his game or stay an enigmatic dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/18 "2020-07-10T01:23:01Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Being a Yankee fan, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for him. Not sure why he selected the 1996 team, but whatevs. As a Yankee fan, his posts make me embarrassed to be associated with the same team. I feel guilty and breathtakingly stupid by association. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/19 "2020-07-10T01:26:18Z")
I don’t think he is a troll, just someone with a very high thread-to-post ratio, and also has a hard time seeing things from the viewpoints of others - i.e., thinking that baseball world revolves around the Yankees (although that may be a syndrome that infects many NYY fans in general.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/20 "2020-07-10T02:01:29Z")
So…a Rain Man focused on baseball instead of Wapner? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/21 "2020-07-10T02:03:25Z")
He’s obsessed with race, but he’s not a racist. No, sir. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864.md?page=2)