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What is 'trolling'?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Dick Whitman, Sep 21, 2017.

  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    And, see, this is why you've rubbed me the wrong way, too. I feel like you act like this sincere guy offering your expertise, but the second someone pisses you off, it's double-barrels about how much they suck at your job.

    I admit that I could be reading it wrong. That you are a sincere guy offering your expertise. But you post what you posted to Daemon, to Songbird, to me, to a college "scribbler," start to doubt the sincerity.

    I know, I know. We all threw the first punch. But the guy who punches back always gets the technical. But besides, it bothers me that you would think that about people, in light of the persona you cultivate 99 percent of the time.
     
  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I meant the Spider Man response.

    Look, I'm trying to be sincere here. If you want to keep being the toughest tough guy on the planet, well, I tried.

    I concede that I'm far from perfect.
     
  3. typefitter

    typefitter Well-Known Member

    Here's a writing tip, offered sincerely: When you use "but" 26 times in 14 sentences, it means you haven't thought through what you're trying to say and your structure sucks.
     
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    You're just a dick.

    I'm at peace with that.

    I tried.
     
  5. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    You two would probably be lovers if you stripped off your anonymous personas and got cozy.
     
  6. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Can we do a Narcissistic Personality Disorder thread next?
    Whitman will be happy, since we all get to talk about him again.
     
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  7. typefitter

    typefitter Well-Known Member

    I wouldn't be fucking tender about it, I can tell you that much.
     
  8. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, this is also not true. I simply believe you shouldn't care so much what people on a mostly-anonymous message board think about you.
     
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  9. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    I just view all threads like this as pleas for love.
     
  10. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Elliotte, I say this with no rancor. But the "anonymous message board, why should you care" thing gets old, too. Words matter. A lot of people use that here in the aftermath of cutting a little too deep.
     
  11. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, I've got no problem with your response, shotglass. Maybe it's because I've been through the international meatgrinder. But I look at the things people get upset at here, and I think there is a TON of overreaction. That could just be the way I look at things, or who I am.
     
  12. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    And I see what you say there, too. You have seen the deep end, and it was deep. :)
     
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