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Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:47:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > I see your point, but if (hypothetically) I call someone a bonehead,
> > there's nothing wrong with it either, except the connotation.
> Well, the thing that's wrong with that is the fact that there's nothing *but*
> connotation there. Being a "bonehead" is sufficiently without good definition,
> whereas a "troll" post has a definition as well as a connotation. If Jeremy
> only used the word to use the connotation, then yeah, be defensive. But
> definition-wise he was right...
All right then. Stipulating that "troll" can reasonably be used as a
neutral term, then I'll agree that I was trolling. Generally I don't accept
that definition, however; never have I seen "troll" used with a positive
connotation, and it's almost invariably deployed following someone's
hot-tempered invective.
> I guess that I just see it as the general suckering into response. It's just
> that flat insults tend to work better at getting responses than well-tempered
> comments. And of course, well-tempered comments are generally the quickest
> way to quash flame fests...
Well, in that case, GO STICK YOUR FEET IN A BUCKET, YOU NOSTRIL FLARER!
Dave!
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| (...) Well, the thing that's wrong with that is the fact that there's nothing *but* connotation there. Being a "bonehead" is sufficiently without good definition, whereas a "troll" post has a definition as well as a connotation. If Jeremy only used (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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