Thread-Warming! Are Trolls to Blame? The Future Is in Your Hands!

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This is some very credible research, but have you heard about the rarer, Interwebus trollus rebelious.

I. t rebelious  is much like a troll, but instead of trolling and provoking emotion, they tend to feed viciously on trolls.

example of a post by an I. t rebelious

Regular troll

" Fischer said the King's Gambit was busted and lost by force, so because its Fischer it has to be right"

I. t rebelious: "But did you know that It was Napoleon's Army that blasted the nose off of the Shpinx because they were using it for target practice"

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jetfighter13 wrote:

This is some very credible research, but have you heard about the rarer, Interwebus trollus rebelious.

I. t rebelious  is much like a troll, but instead of trolling and provoking emotion, they tend to feed viciously on trolls.

example of a post by an I. t rebelious

Regular troll

" Fischer said the King's Gambit was busted and lost by force, so because its Fischer it has to be right"

I. t rebelious: "But did you know that It was Napoleon's Army that blasted the nose off of the Shpinx because they were using it for target practice"

It sounds like a noob-troll mix

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But what is your stand on troll-warming, Jetfighter?

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adypady02 wrote:

You copy and pasted your Chessopedia "Trolls" article edit!!!!!

I wasn't sure to put it in the forums, so I decided to put it there where no one goes just in case

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troll-warming... meh its a complex subject, I am still working on my definitive research article on I. t rebelious, but I might be able to devote a small portion of my time to troll-warming. I have come to believe that it is all part of a natural cycle and we will eventually go into a troll-cooling cycle in the next year or so, with trolling dropping to substantially lower numbers.

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what is your research on t rebellious anyway?

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chessdex wrote:

what is your research on t rebellious anyway?

it should be complete in a few days, studying youtube threads, reading the forums here, and of course... Facebook and Twitter

I will post it to this thread to save space.

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adypady02 wrote:

Dont forget to make a forum about giants. Giants and trolls, brother and sister, all go together. My definition of a chess.com giant: A giant tries to stomp out a WHOLE forum alone. They will try to out troll ANY troll. Even to rebelious trolls they are dangerous. Not to mention the cannabalisitc nature of giants, once a giant settles on a thread, it's work is finally finished when the thread is locked by the mods.

so true, I remember two The Gavinator and Whatupyodog

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Now, what do you think that trolling and chess.com is just some video game where you need to kill all the trolls and then you get leveled up to a harder kind, giants?

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The theme of this post is not "Mr. Troll maintains control over his agents provocateurs, who are legion, using intense peer pressure, manipulation of their guilt feelings, attacks on their sexuality, and fear." By now, you've already heard countless arguments running in that vein and are probably pretty sick of them. The theme of this post is "Ignorance of the law does not excuse the Troll from the consequences of violating it." It isn't important whether you agree with every detail that I intend to present. What matters is that you begin to realize that the Troll should start developing the parts of his brain that have been impaired by academicism. At least then he'll stop trying to sucker us into buying a lot of junk we don't need. While others have also published information about sadistic criticasters, I can't follow his pretzel logic. I do, however, know that the Troll has had some success in erasing the memory of all traditions and all history. I find that horrifying and frightening, but we all should have seen it coming. We all knew that the Troll claims that mediocrity is a worthwhile goal. I, not being one of the many overweening, noxious anarchists of this world, would say that that claim is 70% folderol, 20% twaddle, and 10% another rummy attempt to nail people to trees.

Admittedly, a Troll's sense of intellectual superiority did drop off a bit once people started realizing that I find Troll's fulminations rather minatory. Unfortunately, his overconfidence and companion disdain for rational thinking have come back with a vengeance, finding energetic expression in wily tricks, self-satisfied harangues, and testy invectives. The Troll's accomplices think that the best way to reduce cognitive dissonance and restore homeostasis to one's psyche is to borrow money and spend it on programs that rouse the agitated petite bourgeoisie to chauvinistic fervor and hoodwink them into obliterating our sense of identity. I say to them, "Prove it"—not that they'll be able to, of course, but because Troll likes to argue that nefarious buffoons are more deserving of honor than our nation's war heroes. Even if there were a faint glimmer of truth in that argument, it would be extremely faint. The truth is that Troll and delusional tax cheats are tighter than a congenital syndactyly. Well, that's another story. To get back to my main point, I ought to mention that Troll is on some sort of thesaurus-fueled rampage. Every sentence he writes is filled with needlessly long words like "institutionalization" and "characteristicalness". Either the Troll is deliberately trying to confuse us or else he's secretly scheming to cause resentful subversion to gather momentum on college campuses.

The Troll has already begun cashiering anyone who tries to criticize his complicity in the widespread establishment of collectivism. I wish I were joking, but I'm not. What's more, in a vain effort to exculpate himself, the Troll has been proclaiming to the world that he has done no wrong. Rather, it was his confidants who have been committing senseless acts of violence against anyone daring to challenge his stinking suggestions. I suppose the next thing he'll have us believe is that all literature that opposes denominationalism was forged by vexatious rascals. If it were up to him, his enemies would have to endure forced, behavior-modification "therapy". That's just another shovel of dirt thrown on the grave of free speech and another reason why we must challenge the Troll's claims of exceptionalism. There's only one true drama queen around here, and the Troll is the one wearing the crown. I would like to end on a heartfelt note. Ignoring this post can be considered an admission of guilt on Mr. Troll's part.

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Methinkstrollsliveonlyunderbridges

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ok, i glanced at it, i didn't ignore it, who cares?

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landlubberdolphin wrote:

tl;dr

tl;dr :

"The Troll's accomplices think that the best way to reduce cognitive dissonance and restore homeostasis to one's psyche is to borrow money and spend it on programs that rouse the agitated petite bourgeoisie to chauvinistic fervor and hoodwink them into obliterating our sense of identity."

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Ubik42 wrote:
landlubberdolphin wrote:

tl;dr

tl;dr :

"The Troll's accomplices think that the best way to reduce cognitive dissonance and restore homeostasis to one's psyche is to borrow money and spend it on programs that rouse the agitated petite bourgeoisie to chauvinistic fervor and hoodwink them into obliterating our sense of identity."

how eloquently put my good sir, thankfuly no troll can understand your impecable vocabulary, perhaps this is the reason you chose too use superior words as opposed to the quotidian. Perhaps the meaning is a bit melencholic, but one can understand that you meerly desire people to acertain your slightly cynical aproach to trolls.

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Merely.

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GRRR {shouting} (did you already understand that?) [shouting](or the parentasis isn't shouting)[not shouting] Who is going over my thread!? iojenm;se3f&

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Ubik42 wrote:

Merely.

I can't spell

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I should talk, I can't type at all.

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I couldn't agree with those raising concerns over trolls more.

The problem is that trolling itself is a lot more interwovern into the fabrics of society than people tend to realise.

People assume that trolling is a modern problem, however it can trace it's origins back to the dawn of existance. It was annoymous cave taunting (evidence of which has been seen on recently excavated cave, with the  drawings still readable) that caused one poor caveman to remove the round frame he'd placed around his windows (in an effort to look modern), although as they rolled down the slope of the cave a side effect of this was the cavemen inadvertantly invented the wheel and went on to become the most rich and famous caveman in the land.

- It was said in the old days that every year Thor made a circle around Middle-earth, beating back the enemies of order. Thor got older every year, and the circle occupied by gods and men grew smaller. The wisdom god, Woden, went on to the viking internet and blogged asking for help with all the chaos.

Eventually the king of the trolls, got back to him in an armlock, and demanded something in return for this information.


"Give me your left eye," posted the king of the trolls, "and I'll tell you."

Without hesitation, Woden gave up his left eye, selling it on Amazon to some Greek called Argus who was apparently amassing quite a collection.

 "Now tell me." Asked Woden logging back into the forum


To which the troll gleefully messaged back, "The secret is, Watch with both eyes!”   

This highlights the problem of trolling. It also shows us that it is a problem that has always existed.

How do we combat a problem that has become so inherent? Perhaps there is no solution so the best thing to do is not to worry about it.

As the Dalai Lama (XIV) once said, “If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”  

But then if we only ignore the problem will it not just get worse?

Or will denying trolls the attention they seek cause the troll to get bored - if the advice parents give to children - to ignore someone who is acting silly - the best way to also deal with trolls?

Alas I fear human nature cannot help but get itself involved whenever an issue arises - and quite rightly many will point out - why should we stay away from the forum and allow trolls to deny us the same freedom they have?

So possibly another adage could be used ... that if you can't beat them - it's best to join them ...