Bashing Each other, It is not necessary. I seem to have done it then I apologize.

[Dee]

Well said, miketsp!

 

[cornfed]

Well said, miketsp!

How come you never tell me that, Dee?

 

[Dee]

How come you never tell me that, Dee?

Uh...well....lessee....hmm..I'll try to do better in the future?

 

[miketsp]

Well said, miketsp!

Thanks Dee & others who agreed.
Wow, I only made this post a few days ago, it already seems like weeks. Whew....

 

[cornfed]

I'll try to do better in the future?

I remember saying those exact words to you once. And a couple other moderators come to think of it...

 

[MSilvia]

CAn someone please tell me what he means this time?
THank you

Not without being censored, but the gist is:

ROFLMAO means "Rolling On the Floor, Laughing My A** Off".

You may also see ROFLMFAO. I can't tell you what the "F word" is either, but you can probably figure it out.

 

[beachdivequeenbelam]

Not without being censored, but the gist is:

ROFLMAO means "Rolling On the Floor, Laughing My A** Off".

You may also see ROFLMFAO. I can't tell you what the "F word" is either, but you can probably figure it out.

Thank you for the info.
I guess cornfed must be a troll because I have done my best to change the way I answer and going through his comments to others, I no longer feel alone in his attitude. I guess there is a good reason he calls himself cornfed.

 

[headhunter]

I told her to rearrange her cotton but I think the post got yanked.

What do you think DD, should someone repost Learning 101??

Cornfed,

I've never read that before. It was masterfully written and something everyone should learn from. I think that anyone who hasn't read "Learning 101" should take the time to read it. I vote for reposting it somewhere on SB and getting comments on it.

Now I'll go back to rearranging MY cotton!

Thanks for that!

Christian

 

[cornfed]

I've never read that before. It was masterfully written and something everyone should learn from. I think that anyone who hasn't read "Learning 101" should take the time to read it. I vote for reposting it somewhere on SB and getting comments on it.

It's a classic. If you suggest it be posted just make sure you leave off the bit about it being from rec.scuba. That might be a death sentence.

 

[miketsp]

I guess cornfed must be a troll ....

To help you decide:
I would like to give credit for the following but I don't remember where I picked it up:

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Troll Definition
It's supposed to be troll in the sense of trawl. You just put out the bait and see who bites.

Usage of the word is various. In some usage, a troll is a communication such as a post, and a troller is the author of such communication. In media where communication isn't discrete, a troll is the creator of such communication.

A troll is deliberately crafted to provoke others with the intention of wasting their time and energy. A troll is a time thief. To troll is to steal from people. That is what makes trolling heinous.

Trolls can be identified by their disengagement from a conversation or argument. They do not believe what they say, but merely say it for effect.

Trolls are motivated by a desire for attention by people and can't or won't acquire it in a productive manner.

Someone may be insufferable, infuriating, fanatical, and an ignorant idiot to boot without being a troll.

Also note that a troll isn't necessarily insulting, snide, or even impolite. Only the crudest, most obvious, forms of trolling can be identified so easily.

If you find yourself patiently explaining, at length and in great detail, some obscure point to someone who isn't even being polite to you, then you are probably being trolled.

Baby drops its rattle. Mother picks it up and gives it back to the baby. Baby drops its rattle again... sometimes what is happening here is that the baby is learning about cause and effect and power. It has figured that it can make the mother do something: a trivial effort on its own part leads to a relatively large effort on the mother's. The baby no longer cares about the rattle for its own sake, only for the response dropping it provokes in the mother. This is the essence of troll behaviour.

Distinctions

If somebody was "addicted to negative attention", couldn't they achieve such by randomly deleting or changing content? How does a vandal's motivations differ from a troll's?

Vandals' motivations are destruction and recognition. Vandals will usually be quickly dismissed after being recognized. A troll doesn't seek either destruction or recognition. A troll seeks anonymity because he can't waste your time if you recognize what's happening. He can't get attention if he gets recognition.

What is the difference between a "troll" and a "stupid person"?

If stupidity is unwillingness to learn, that still leaves out the non-stupid malicious trollers. It also leaves out the stupid people who don't engage in trolling.

Noteworthy candidate definitions for Troll and their defects:

Someone who makes deliberately inflammatory remarks with the malicious aim of creating unconstructive argument.

Follows from definition above, but is less general.

Somebody who states their viewpoint over and over.

May follow from definition above, but isn't automatically a troll since it could merely be a very dominating personality.

Somebody looking to start an argument.

One who deliberately seeks to denigrate, belittle, provoke, harass, or irritate. An instance of communication constructed to denigrate, belittle, provoke, harass or irritate.

Definitions by enumeration are notoriously bad, always being incomplete and overgeneral.

Person whose intention is (intentionally) not possible to conclude from their writings.

Person who intends for their intention to not be conclusive from their writings.