God is a terrible father

[Banjo]

Unfogged, what are you doing?

[Anjele]

(30-06-2015 06:29 PM)Banjo Wrote:  Don't fall for it Anjelle. This guy is a troll if ever I saw one. And I used to be an administrator at Landover Baptist. We were getting 6 million hits a month at one point.

This guy has all the qualities of the troll.

How to spot a troll.

(1) Posts inflammatory comments, not to engage in serious conversation, but to "grief" or annoy an online community.

(2) An obvious glee and elated satisfaction is aroused in them when people join the fight and reply to their deliberately disruptive comments.

(3) Copies and pastes large blocks of text to exhaust the readers of a topic thread, thus driving away legitimate posters of sincere comments. These blocks of text are often recycled and appeared on a variety of threads.

(4) Tends to avoid complimenting people who disagree with them, even when those in opposition to the troll make some valid points.

(5) Shuns any conciliatory statements like "You have obviously spent a lot of time studying this subject, and I'm not certain how to reply to your last remark, so let's shake hands, part as friends, and move on."

(6) Never ends a debate with "Thanks for the discussion" or "I'll consider what you say" or any other finalizing remark, because they love arguing and disrupting civilized conversations.

(7) Keeps an argument going a lot longer than a normal person would, to the point where people will start asking a moderator to turn off comments or block the troll. However, sometimes people will do this just because they can't tolerate contrary opinions and are angry at seeing them posted to a thread they enjoyed reading. The mark of a troll is to keep hammering away at a point in an obsessive manner.

(8) Acts innocent when called a troll, and states "I'm just stating a contrary opinion, and you can't handle it", but the reality is they are not innocent, they are trouble-makers who only post inflammatory remarks, rarely contributing any real value or good information to a discussion.

(9) Starts saying filthy words and making wild accusations when confronted. Their hostility and provoking rhetoric escalates when you ask them if they might be a troll or if they are simply trying to stir up trouble.

(10) When you mention the name of another well-known forum, Second Life, or blogospheric troll, they defend them and accuse you of not understanding that person because you're a tyrannical censoring fascist or whatever.

(11) Will try to bring up issues that they are angry about, no matter what the topic of a thread is. For example, they will say things like "sounds like the Open Source movement" or "reminds me of Tea Baggers" or "you're sounding like a typical commie libtard now" or "you sound like some irrational Creationism crank" or "you atheists are all the same", or whatever it is they're hostile toward, in an attempt to start a new argument within the current debate.

(12) When people realize or are warned that the person is a troll, and the troll is then ignored, and nobody will respond to anything they say, the trolling person tends to give up and go to some other thread. They crave attention and they try to get it by being obnoxious in a juvenile, or scholarly, manner.

(13) They use a nickname, are anonymous, or use a real sounding name, but do not embed a link to their blog or website in their name, as is common in comment forms. This lack of accountability enables them to get away with saying anything they want, to anybody, and even tell outright lies about what they saw or heard.

(14) They, when not confronted or exposed sufficiently, will seek to have the last word in an online discussion. When nobody responds to their last troll comment, they will proudly proclaim that they "won" what they fantasize as a "content" or "battle".

I had that nailed a while ago but there are some people who freak out when you accuse someone of being a troll. Then they get pity rep and we get called out for mob mentality...yada, yada, yada...I am trying to behave myself.

I am still off work and have time to waste. Tomorrow it's back to the grind and I will leave this douche in the capable hands of others on the board.

[popsthebuilder]

(30-06-2015 06:35 PM)unfogged Wrote:  

(30-06-2015 06:30 PM)popsthebuilder Wrote:  They dictate everyone's actions on every level and are universal to everyone in ways

Please speak for yourself only; you are not privy to what motivates others. I take my feelings into account, and I may sometimes allow them too much control, but they do not dictate my actions on every level.

ETA: and you changed the subject. Feelings, however real or significant, are not proof of anything.

So real things don't equate proof now. Got it!

[unfogged]

(30-06-2015 06:38 PM)Banjo Wrote:  Unfogged, what are you doing?

Just having some fun

[Banjo]

(30-06-2015 06:39 PM)Anjele Wrote:  I had that nailed a while ago but there are some people who freak out when you accuse someone of being a troll. Then they get pity rep and we get called out for mob mentality...yada, yada, yada...I am trying to behave myself.

I am still off work and have time to waste. Tomorrow it's back to the grind and I will leave this douche in the capable hands of others on the board.

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[Banjo]

(30-06-2015 06:40 PM)popsthebuilder Wrote:  So real things don't equate proof now. Got it!

[unfogged]

(30-06-2015 06:40 PM)popsthebuilder Wrote:  

(30-06-2015 06:35 PM)unfogged Wrote:  Feelings, however real or significant, are not proof of anything.

So real things don't equate proof now. Got it!

Well, I see that Banjo is right and that you aren't worth wasting any more time on. It was fun for a bit but you are just too disingenuous to take seriously.

[unfogged]

(30-06-2015 06:45 PM)Banjo Wrote:  

(30-06-2015 06:40 PM)popsthebuilder Wrote:  So real things don't equate proof now. Got it!

He needs a name change to popsthebullshitter

[Banjo]

(30-06-2015 06:53 PM)unfogged Wrote:  He needs a name change to popsthebullshitter

No no, Poopsthebullshitter.

[popsthebuilder]

unfogged and Banjo,

Good luck when your privileged, fake ass, worthless existence does end.

Peace you punk ass fucks.