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18 Apr 2011, 2:13 am

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But sometimes people do come off as trolls when they aren't trolling. People with learning disabilities or autism are more likely to be called trolls because of the way they function on the forums or how they communicate and see things. Heck even people with Narcissistic personality disorders or bipolar are more likely to be called one too and people with anger issues or people with borderline personality disorders or schizophrenia or depression.

And the word often gets misused too so anyone can be called a troll.


It's true, trolls to me are people like... well I just remembered it's a rule we can't discuss banned members. But y'know, the people who go around saying "umad?" repeatedly posting the same picture or directing attention to themselves.. those are the trolls I think of.

The people who are intentionally annoying.


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18 Apr 2011, 2:19 am

I've been trolling off and on (not on this site) for about 10 years now, and one thing that's important to remember is that there are different types of trolls. Those that you speak of, 886, are the 'obvious' ones and easily picked out.

Others are just plain amusing. Then there are the ones that create elaborate stories and opinions that go against the forum's majority. These trolls tend to rile people up in a negative but not so obvious way.

There's more, but suffice it to say the first I mentioned is generally the type to be noticed and banned.


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18 Apr 2011, 2:25 am

Until the internet, a troll used to be some ogre that dwelt beneath a bridge.



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18 Apr 2011, 2:29 am

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Until the internet, a troll used to be some ogre that dwelt beneath a bridge.


Is it any wonder people that f**k with others over the internet were named that?


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18 Apr 2011, 2:33 am

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Until the internet, a troll used to be some ogre that dwelt beneath a bridge.


Is it any wonder people that f**k with others over the internet were named that?


Not sure I get that. When you say **** with others, is that arguing or something physical like cyber sex and which ever, a troll doesn't appear to be an appropriate adjective.



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18 Apr 2011, 2:36 am

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Until the internet, a troll used to be some ogre that dwelt beneath a bridge.


Is it any wonder people that f**k with others over the internet were named that?


Not sure I get that. When you say **** with others, is that arguing or something physical like cyber sex and which ever, a troll doesn't appear to be an appropriate adjective.


I meant mess with people. Nothing to do with sex.

Trolls were generally thought to stink and mess with people that tried to cross their land. The unamusing trolls stink up a forum and mess with anyone that crosses their path.


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18 Apr 2011, 2:39 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
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Until the internet, a troll used to be some ogre that dwelt beneath a bridge.


Is it any wonder people that f**k with others over the internet were named that?


Not sure I get that. When you say **** with others, is that arguing or something physical like cyber sex and which ever, a troll doesn't appear to be an appropriate adjective.


I meant mess with people. Nothing to do with sex.

Trolls were generally thought to stink and mess with people that tried to cross their land. The unamusing trolls stink up a forum and mess with anyone that crosses their path.


Thanks for that. And your explanation of it now makes perfect sense. That's what I remember a troll as, an ogre that terrorized anyone who dared make inroads on their chosen domain.



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18 Apr 2011, 3:59 am

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League_Girl wrote:
But sometimes people do come off as trolls when they aren't trolling. People with learning disabilities or autism are more likely to be called trolls because of the way they function on the forums or how they communicate and see things. Heck even people with Narcissistic personality disorders or bipolar are more likely to be called one too and people with anger issues or people with borderline personality disorders or schizophrenia or depression.

And the word often gets misused too so anyone can be called a troll.


It's true, trolls to me are people like... well I just remembered it's a rule we can't discuss banned members. But y'know, the people who go around saying "umad?" repeatedly posting the same picture or directing attention to themselves.. those are the trolls I think of.

The people who are intentionally annoying.


Oh I know who you are talking about. Yeah that was obvious.



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18 Apr 2011, 4:13 am

Back when I first heard the f word, it was just a word that happened to be bad. I didn't even know what it meant and then I learned as an adult, if you take the word literal, it means sex. But before that, I had no clue what it meant but I figured it was another way of saying "Don't mess with me" "Leave me alone" "Don't bug me" when they say "don't F with me."

Screw can also mean sex too but it also means to try and trick someone or to mess with them or "I don't care anymore so I am just going to forget about it" when someone says "ah screw it." Same as when someone says they screwed up or F'd up, they mean they messed up, you know made a mistake.


I used to take troll literal too when I first started posting online. I even took bootleg literal too when I first heard it. So I looked it up online and came back and said to the person there was nothing about making beer in the photo. Then a few years later I learned bootleg was an internet term for fake photos. Just like troll is an internet term for someone who likes to create drama on the boards or get reactions and sometimes trolls are just silly because they post silly things like "How is a babby formed" (which became a internet meme) and pretending to be characters or famous people.



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18 Apr 2011, 4:51 am

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Back when I first heard the f word, it was just a word that happened to be bad. I didn't even know what it meant and then I learned as an adult, if you take the word literal, it means sex.


Guess that's exactly what I did.



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18 Apr 2011, 5:53 am

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Something awful. I used to love the MsPaint threads. Sigh. I was mostly in Pet Island and The pregnancy/childbirth megathread.


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18 Apr 2011, 6:38 am

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But who cares if parents make their own baby food or buy it or use cloth or disposables.


I don't. To each their own. Just don't get all up in my grill because I don't, is all I'm saying. The moms who do tend to get on people's backs for being different are usually the ones like that. There's no live and let live because they're missionaries about it.



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18 Apr 2011, 6:44 am

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League_Girl wrote:
But who cares if parents make their own baby food or buy it or use cloth or disposables.


I don't. To each their own. Just don't get all up in my grill because I don't, is all I'm saying. The moms who do tend to get on people's backs for being different are usually the ones like that. There's no live and let live because they're missionaries about it.


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18 Apr 2011, 6:48 am

squonk wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
squonk wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
squonk wrote:
Until the internet, a troll used to be some ogre that dwelt beneath a bridge.


Is it any wonder people that f**k with others over the internet were named that?


Not sure I get that. When you say **** with others, is that arguing or something physical like cyber sex and which ever, a troll doesn't appear to be an appropriate adjective.


I meant mess with people. Nothing to do with sex.

Trolls were generally thought to stink and mess with people that tried to cross their land. The unamusing trolls stink up a forum and mess with anyone that crosses their path.


Thanks for that. And your explanation of it now makes perfect sense. That's what I remember a troll as, an ogre that terrorized anyone who dared make inroads on their chosen domain.


Troll is a fishing technique of slowly dragging a lure or baited hook from a moving boat, waiting for fish to strike. Yes before the net how I use to deal with trolls was with a d20 :wink:



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18 Apr 2011, 6:48 am

Solvejg wrote:
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League_Girl wrote:
But who cares if parents make their own baby food or buy it or use cloth or disposables.


I don't. To each their own. Just don't get all up in my grill because I don't, is all I'm saying. The moms who do tend to get on people's backs for being different are usually the ones like that. There's no live and let live because they're missionaries about it.


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18 Apr 2011, 2:59 pm

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What does SA stand for solvejg?


Something awful. I used to love the MsPaint threads. Sigh. I was mostly in Pet Island and The pregnancy/childbirth megathread.



Oh, SA also stands for Social Anxiety so that is why I asked.