# 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:** 4
**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 12, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/62 "2020-07-12T14:50:49Z")
@Yankees_1996_Champs: Is Russian your native mother tongue?: > **[Вы обеспокоены тем что большинство американских полицейских союзов будут быстро поддерживать республиканцев?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bothered-that-most-american-police-unions-will-endorse-republicans-swiftly/914787/84)** I ask because the above phrasing, while grammatically awkward in english, is suspiciously natural using the Russian lexicon. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/63 "2020-07-12T16:20:52Z")
He just has “folk talk.” And a communication’s degree. Why can’t I get this link right > [@What job can you get in a communications degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-can-you-get-in-a-communications-degree/914910/25): > > I was born in the U.S, why because I have a different way of talking? I have folk talk. ---
**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 12, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/64 "2020-07-12T16:27:15Z")
> [@What job can you get in a communications degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-can-you-get-in-a-communications-degree/914910/28): > > Rutgers University, NJ This has _got_ to be **ckalli1998** pretending to be a Russian. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/65 "2020-07-12T17:45:17Z")
> [@What job can you get in a communications degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-can-you-get-in-a-communications-degree/914910/25): > > I was born in the U.S, why because I have a different way of talking? No, that’s not _ **why** _ you were born in the US, if indeed you were. You do seem to have great difficulty expressing yourself in standard English, though. If you really were born in the US, were these perhaps your parents? > **[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage | June 19, 1953 | HISTORY](https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rosenbergs-executed)** > > Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. > [@What job can you get in a communications degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-can-you-get-in-a-communications-degree/914910/25): > > I have folk talk. Oh, is that what you have? I would have said that what you have is a small amount of brain damage, or else the burden of a Russian trying to write in English. I cannot imagine any native English speaker composing such an oddly structured sentence, and one so idiomatically Russian. There are a few trolls and Trumpistas around here who can’t write worth a shit, but they don’t exhibit the peculiar grammatical idiosyncrasies that you do. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/66 "2020-07-12T21:10:27Z")
I have him pegged as a previously banned piece of Chump trash back here again to JAQ. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/67 "2020-07-13T11:51:18Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > My question is if he is a Russian troll run by the Kremlin to sow disinformation and discord among the American left – whose borscht did he piss in to get assigned to _this_ message board! I don’t believe that he is a Russian troll but a lot of people are saying that. A lot of people are saying that he should be banned too. > [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](#): > > Why, because I have different opinions and I ask provocative questions? Thank you for your admission that your intent is to provoke. Also, you frequently claim **not** to hold opinions that differ from the majority of those on this board and instead indicate that you are merely presenting the opinions of “a lot of” other people. Are you now admitting that all those posts were actually about your own opinions, contrary to your previous statements? I mean, repeatedly posting misleading or false statements with the intent to provoke - that’s pretty much textbook trolling. ---
**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 13, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/68 "2020-07-13T14:43:42Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I don’t believe that he is a Russian troll but a lot of people are saying that. A lot of people are saying that he should be banned too. [See above.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/64) ---
**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 14, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/69 "2020-07-14T12:34:33Z")
I’m pretty sure **@Yankees_1996_Champs** either lied about his Communications degree from 'Rutgers University, NJ", or he came in at the bottom of the class with a participation trophy. Also pretty sure english is not his native language. Almost certainly it’s Russian. But his [latest round posts lead me to swiftly question his mental capacity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bothered-that-most-american-police-unions-will-endorse-republicans-swiftly/914787/115) and/or ability to translate and comprehend arguments of those who continues to engage with him in basic conversation. So either he’s trolling at being a fucking idiot, or he’s a fucking idiot who thinks the language translator will somehow make him seem less of a fucking idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/70 "2020-07-14T13:14:53Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I don’t believe that he is a Russian troll but a lot of people are saying that. So, if we have his own story straight, he was born in the US and has a degree from Rutgers and admits he makes misleading or false claims in order to provoke responses. Also the oddness in his English usage is some sort of colloquial or subcultural usage that nobody else recognizes. Yeah, I know some posters like to give some benefit of the doubt, but at this point, the best anybody could manage with a straight face is our fan of pinstriped uniforms is certainly a troll (by definition and self-admission even!) but not necessarily a Russian one. And even then, given his posts in this thread alone, I’d give the side-eye to anybody putting in even a modest effort trying to make that distinction. ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/71 "2020-07-14T14:59:14Z")
Yo, Antibob: _many people say_ that Gyrate was being sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/72 "2020-07-14T15:02:43Z")
It’s true. Many people have come up to me with tears in their eyes and said to me “Sir”, they said, “Sir, I believe that this person is a Russian troll”. And then they told me how awesome I was. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/73 "2020-07-14T15:03:48Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > Yo, Antibob: _many people say_ that Gyrate was being sarcastic. Possibly, but as Bob’s 101st mom, you and I are natural enemies, so I must needs insult and denigrate your post, which was born of a yak and smells of elderberries! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/74 "2020-07-14T15:08:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s true. Many people have come up to me with tears in their eyes and said to me “Sir”, they said, “Sir, I believe that this person is a Russian troll”. Many people, many people. A troll is someone who says things that they don’t mean, can you believe that? It’s true, did you know that? Many people don’t know that. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/75 "2020-07-14T15:09:39Z")
Oh no! Petitioning for name change to bobsmom100 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/76 "2020-07-14T15:50:01Z")
There was a poster from a few years ago named after a couple of the ghosts from Pac Man (winkyandblinky or something similar) who I imagined to be a magic 8-ball that revealed random statements specifically designed to piss off liberals. He got Game Over’ed. I imagine this guy as an alien who wears human skin and uses a handbook on how to speak human. His first instruction was to establish an identity that’s based on something that’s popular to humans, so he went to a NYC sports bar in 1996 and stuck with that. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/77 "2020-07-14T15:56:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I imagine this guy as an alien who wears human skin and uses a handbook on how to speak human. And, now you have me picturing him as Edgar from _Men in Black_. 😃 [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6BSWruTNuKY/VMBzJ8tbVOI/AAAAAAAAA2I/IySFvWoyK-E/s1600/Edgar%2BThe%2BBug.jpg) ](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6BSWruTNuKY/VMBzJ8tbVOI/AAAAAAAAA2I/IySFvWoyK-E/s1600/Edgar%2BThe%2BBug.jpg) ---
**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 14, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/78 "2020-07-14T16:00:17Z")
Who do we know with a similar number in their handle, went to Rutgers, and has returned at least twice after their initial banning for trolling teh libs? [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XegmI\_VSafkJ:boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php%3Ft%3D821222+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XegmI_VSafkJ:boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php%3Ft%3D821222+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) ---
**Author:** ![Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/79 "2020-07-14T16:29:24Z")
I graduated from Rutgers University in communications. I am not a troll, you just can’t handle a different opinion. I am not Russian, you have to stop thinking that anyone with a different opinion is a Russian. That is stupidity. I have different thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/80 "2020-07-14T16:34:58Z")
You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864/81 "2020-07-14T16:35:51Z")
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