Well the thing is that he was still is posting comments on my blog. He just hasn't sent me a reply to my email.
Poll: Does anybody else like messing with trolls?
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That is probably the best troll response I've seen in a long time. Well played.Viral_Lola said:
Just remember children; if you see a troll in the wild, don't try feeding it. They have been known to attack occasional passerby.
I wonder if they also get off on the uncomfortable fact that complete strangers are fantasizing about their brutal and bloody deaths as they type.Necator15 said:
This delayed response was brought to you through hysterical fits of gasping laughter.Viral_Lola said:
I need to take a break from trolling to get my creative juices flowing again, it seems. That, or I need to find better trolls.. Less, big green hairy trolls who squat in a forest eating moose... (meese?)
pretty much don't feed trolls. as soon as i recognize them, i just stop talking to them usually. though if i'm feeling in social mood and noone else is around, i'll have a civil conversation with them.
also this. i also don't usually bother with capital letters. just too much of an unneccissary bother, really.HerbertTheHamster said:
The plural form of moose is moose oddly enough... and why hysterical fits of gasping laughter?Some Fella1 said:
Would you have preferred a marching band of cauliflower accompanied by frill-necked lizards preforming hand-stands while balancing waltzing dung beetles? That sounds much more exciting than hysterical fits of gasping laughter, but much slower, I suspect. Something to do with aerodynamics or something.Viral_Lola said:
(funny, like fish is fish. I wouldn't really know, I've never seen nor talked about a group of moose... no, I'm not searching for what to call a group of moose.)
So, funny story. Back in high school, I'd have these comments and retorts that flew right over the heads of the dumbasses I was talking to for giving me a hard time. They didn't get it, but the staff could barely contain themselves. I am a snarky badass. To that end, being a troll has always been practically synonymous with being an idiot, and I do trounce idiots. The kinds of people who go out of their way to bother me are two things: Dead or owned.
The thing to remember is that there are alot of things that people don't like that they try to stop and they do it the wrong way. They forget the law of diminishing returns. When a troll's actions backfire and make them look like the twat they are, they know who's getting pointed and laughed at. It's them. The more you hold firm in your retorts, the more frustrated they get when you aren't giving them the reaction they want. And trust me, they want a particular type of reaction: Hot and bothered. When you are not, they are not satisfied.
It's a proven fact that when they get diminishing returns, they are more and more bothered themselves, will snap, and then the modship pounds them into the ground. Yes, I have a science on it. Science, I say! In fact, one of the last times I commented on a thread like this, one guy decided to play a little cat and mouse with me, trying to piss me off and intigate. Problem: I was the cat. So, he ran around and chattered and squeaked...and I just waited for something he said to get him in dutch for being a jerk. It did, though it was another thread that he lost his temper. When the mods have your back, you know you're the bigger man.
When a troll backfires, he probably explodes. So, in other words, trolls taste like cajun chili. Yum yum.
The thing to remember is that there are alot of things that people don't like that they try to stop and they do it the wrong way. They forget the law of diminishing returns. When a troll's actions backfire and make them look like the twat they are, they know who's getting pointed and laughed at. It's them. The more you hold firm in your retorts, the more frustrated they get when you aren't giving them the reaction they want. And trust me, they want a particular type of reaction: Hot and bothered. When you are not, they are not satisfied.
It's a proven fact that when they get diminishing returns, they are more and more bothered themselves, will snap, and then the modship pounds them into the ground. Yes, I have a science on it. Science, I say! In fact, one of the last times I commented on a thread like this, one guy decided to play a little cat and mouse with me, trying to piss me off and intigate. Problem: I was the cat. So, he ran around and chattered and squeaked...and I just waited for something he said to get him in dutch for being a jerk. It did, though it was another thread that he lost his temper. When the mods have your back, you know you're the bigger man.
When a troll backfires, he probably explodes. So, in other words, trolls taste like cajun chili. Yum yum.
I like the idea in theory, but since the attention is what they want I tend to just not. That being said, that response is awesome. It's making fun but also actually inviting more responses, meaning if he does, that means you win as well. As long as you get amusement out of it, it works in your favor.Viral_Lola said:
I was playing World of Warcraft one day. The Cataclysm patch had just gone live and I wanted to see the new undead story. There was someone trolling Tirisfal Glades general chat, and he was really getting on everyone's nerves. Not wanting the troll to win, I stepped in, but I didn't actually reply to him: I just corrected his spelling and grammar for the next hour while I quested. It was one of the best times I ever had in that game. Anti-trolling--always a blast!
Edit: Just read that response you posted. That was hilarious!
Edit: Just read that response you posted. That was hilarious!
I've been known to go out of my way to drive horribly incompetent ones into a frenzy. But only if they're particularly pathetic.
To attempt to troll a troll is to court disaster. Or at least the possibility of being triple-trolled. And that's a lot of trolling
Sometimes, I feed a troll just enough to make them think that I'm a target, then watch in amusement as they post paragraph by paragraph as they attempt to get on my nerves. It's great material for taking notes on how not to troll.
when you reacted, you gave the troll what he wanted. so you really did not win anything. he likely deleted your message without even looking at it.