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10/30/2008 06:57:29 PM · #1 |
| ...for voters that leave low votes on photos and why? |
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10/30/2008 07:05:18 PM · #2 |
| What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
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10/30/2008 07:10:30 PM · #3 |
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10/30/2008 07:10:51 PM · #4 |
mother in law?
(it's a joke, for the humor-impaired) |
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10/30/2008 07:11:52 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by bassbone:
What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
"Socialist"?
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10/30/2008 07:18:08 PM · #6 |
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10/30/2008 07:19:17 PM · #7 |
| LOL - i think i stole the thread without even trying! |
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10/30/2008 07:22:10 PM · #8 |
| Internet_troll interesting ... |
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10/30/2008 07:24:59 PM · #9 |
Entymology from Wikipedia....
The contemporary use of the term is alleged to have first appeared on the internet in the late 1980s[3], but the earliest known example is from 1991[4]. It is thought to be a truncation of the phrase trolling for suckers, itself derived from the fishing technique known as trolling.[5] The word also evokes the trolls portrayed in Scandinavian folklore and children's tales as they are often obnoxious creatures bent on mischief and wickedness. The verb "troll" originates from Old French "troller", a hunting term. The noun "troll", however, is an unrelated Old Norse word for a giant or demon. [6]
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10/30/2008 07:27:58 PM · #10 |
To respond to the OP (and stick tongue out at hijacking trolls ;) ), I dunno how it started here, but it appears to go back as far as the forum history does.
first troll-specific thread I could find
It's kind of funny reading that 6-year-old thread and realising just how not only dead but petrified some of the recently discussed horses are :) |
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10/30/2008 07:30:18 PM · #11 |
We do have our own depiction of a Troll -
and a pretty good definition of a Troll in this Thread from 2006. |
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10/30/2008 08:47:49 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by LadyTara:
Gordon Brown. |
And somebody in here said only Americans were crass enough to talk about their politics in the forums. heheheheh |
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10/30/2008 10:19:23 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
We do have our own depiction of a Troll -
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I resemble that remark...
Message edited by author 2008-10-30 22:19:41. |
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10/30/2008 10:34:57 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by bassbone:
What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
"Socialist"? |
Look over here... here we have a member of the Trollus Politicus family, commonly known as the "Political Troll". They're usually found foraging around internet forums trying to catch their prey by leaving out little bits of bait, and then they hide and wait for an unsuspecting victim to stumble upon the bait and swallow it whole. Then Trollus Politicus swoops in to engage the prey.
However, sometimes the bait is taken by a member of a rival Trollus Politicus clan, and then the two trolls will engage in what is often referred to as a "troll war", often dragging in other members of the two clans. These battles can be brutal, bloody affairs.
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10/30/2008 11:56:11 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by vlado:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by bassbone:
What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
"Socialist"? |
Look over here... here we have a member of the Trollus Politicus family, commonly known as the "Political Troll". They're usually found foraging around internet forums trying to catch their prey by leaving out little bits of bait, and then they hide and wait for an unsuspecting victim to stumble upon the bait and swallow it whole. Then Trollus Politicus swoops in to engage the prey.
However, sometimes the bait is taken by a member of a rival Trollus Politicus clan, and then the two trolls will engage in what is often referred to as a "troll war", often dragging in other members of the two clans. These battles can be brutal, bloody affairs.
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Shoooshhh! You know we can hear what you're saying old man? |
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10/31/2008 12:28:41 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by sfalice:
We do have our own depiction of a Troll -
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I resemble that remark... |
LOL x 2
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10/31/2008 08:28:38 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by bassbone:
What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
vice president |
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10/31/2008 08:34:44 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by vxpra:
Originally posted by bassbone:
What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
vice president |
It would appear that an unsuspecting member of a rival clan of "Politcus Tollus" is in the area.
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10/31/2008 08:35:53 AM · #19 |
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10/31/2008 09:50:42 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by bassbone:
What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
"Socialist"? |
:( that was not funny at all :( ...for someone who lived in a former socialistic state
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10/31/2008 10:17:52 AM · #21 |
I forget. Are Trolls the ones who sit under toadstools, or are they
the ones who lurk under bridges in fantasyland.
In any event, we know they get out and vote, so it's a good thing the
rest of us do as well. |
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10/31/2008 10:54:06 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by purifier:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by bassbone:
What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
"Socialist"? |
:( that was not funny at all :( ...for someone who lived in a former socialistic state |
I wasn't trying to be funny. It was a sarcastic, bitter remark aimed at those who use the term easily and ignorantly to describe any form of progressive politics they do not approve of, as during the current US election campaign.
I imagined that, especially, anyone with your history would recognize this quicker than most. |
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10/31/2008 11:26:13 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by purifier:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by bassbone:
What else do you call someone that hides in the shadows and brings misery to all? |
"Socialist"? |
:( that was not funny at all :( ...for someone who lived in a former socialistic state |
I wasn't trying to be funny. It was a sarcastic, bitter remark aimed at those who use the term easily and ignorantly to describe any form of progressive politics they do not approve of, as during the current US election campaign.
I imagined that, especially, anyone with your history would recognize this quicker than most. |
well If I thought that the " " were for sarcasm which I don't :) sorry about that, I'm not much into politics, especially I don't care who will win in US...we will be scre*ed about the name of our country eventually no matter who will win
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