Idea for Epic Troll

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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by Martin Hash » Sat May 08, 2021 11:24 am

Hanarchy Montanarchy wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 11:00 am
I thought a troll was when you pretended to believe something in order to make other people angry.

But, despite being accused of trolling, it is a pretty foreign concept to me since I am a boring, literal-minded normie.
Luckily, I’ve written 4 books featuring my trolls you can read; that is if you cared to be anything but your definition of a troll.
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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by doc_loliday » Sat May 08, 2021 11:37 am

If nobody can tell you're trolling you failed.

But that's besides the point, trolling is when you turn someone into a performer without them knowing it.
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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by Hanarchy Montanarchy » Sat May 08, 2021 11:38 am

I never pretend to believe anything - I simply lack the imagination.
HAIL!

Her needs America so they won't just take his shit away like in some pussy non gun totting countries can happen.
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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by Martin Hash » Sat May 08, 2021 11:44 am

doc_loliday wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 11:37 am
If nobody can tell you're trolling you failed.
Totally wrong. The best trolls are never known.
But that's besides the point, trolling is when you turn someone into a performer without them knowing it.
That adds to the entertainment but it’s not required.

Trolls are satire that include more than just writing, and they’re meant to entertain the people who recognize what’s happening.
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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by doc_loliday » Sat May 08, 2021 11:47 am

Here's a classic troll from last year.


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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by doc_loliday » Sat May 08, 2021 11:49 am

It's all about setting people up to obviously perform for your entertainment.

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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by Martin Hash » Sat May 08, 2021 11:50 am

Hanarchy Montanarchy wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 11:38 am
I never pretend to believe anything - I simply lack the imagination.
Everyone knows you’re intelligent & self-aware but you’re disingenuous, as anyone who’s debated you knows. You post here out of some kind of masochism, like Monte. I don’t really understand it because I’m not a sadist.
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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by Martin Hash » Sat May 08, 2021 11:51 am

doc_loliday wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 11:49 am
It's all about setting people up to obviously perform for your entertainment.
Yes, but there’s often a teaching component.
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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by doc_loliday » Sat May 08, 2021 11:53 am

Martin Hash wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 11:51 am
doc_loliday wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 11:49 am
It's all about setting people up to obviously perform for your entertainment.
Yes, but there’s often a teaching component.
For sure, usually the best I'd say, but many are pretty harmless.

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Re: Idea for Epic Troll

Post by Martin Hash » Sat May 08, 2021 11:54 am

MM is full of trolls: they provoke people to feel superior, or point out an absurdity.

You’d be amazed how many people who’ve only read MM that feature me as the foil who think I’m stupid; that’s how I know they’re stupid.
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