Trolling …….. not fishing 🎣

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[AlbertaFarmer5]

Perhaps we should all move back to the adult forum. Then the Troll will have the echo chamber he so desperately is trying to create, right here at the children's table.

[cropgrower]

when i seen at least 6 replys this morning i said same , ignore , waste of time going over same stuff a 100 times

[blackpowder]

So what corner of our brain keeps pulling us back? Reading, responding.
What do we get out of it?

[Guest]

Perhaps we should all move back to the adult forum. Then the Troll will have the echo chamber he so desperately is trying to create, right here at the children's table.

What about “newguy”.?

[beaverdam]

A timely thread at SDA, may help in understanding.

https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2023/09/30/know-yourself-know-your-enemy/

[AlbertaFarmer5]

What about “newguy”.?

Not the same person. Newguy is practically illiterate compared to Chuck.
Just because they both sing from the same hymnal, The personalities are starkly different.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

So what corner of our brain keeps pulling us back? Reading, responding.
What do we get out of it?

I find interaction to be a fascinating psychological study.
And it offers a pain free way to view how the left thinks, or doesn't think.
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Plus he offers endless entertainment with his off the wall responses whenever his blind ideology is challenged.
Jordan Peterson has a lot to say about the narcissistic psychopaths amongst us, and how anonymous social media platforms have really allowed them to identify themselves in full public view.
Except our troll isn't actually anonymous, being a well-known public figure.

I also learn a lot in the process of debunking his propaganda. While this knowledge is useless when directed at the troll who already knows everything, but I add it to my arsenal and use that when debating with reasonable people in real life, and I assume that other reasonable posters on this site can also use the knowledge.

[TSIPP]

It’s really important for the rest of us to understand what the lefties are trying to get away with, it’s also the only reason i watch the news a few times a week.

A few years ago I was a little worried that the lefties are winning the battle, those wackos aren’t winning anything it’s just a game now, we will take back Canada!

[WiltonRanch]

Glenn is an interesting critter. Think he’s intelligent and well educated but bats for whatever team to the point he plays double duty when his team can’t hit base hits. Even when he is right it is hard to give him a like or agree as it is a Segway into another level of whatever weird game he has afoot. Bad publicity is better than no publicity so not taking his bait and ignoring him is probably the best for his wife so maybe she can get some morning time if you know what I mean. More than just coffee.

[shtferbrains]

Plus he offers endless entertainment with his off the wall responses whenever his blind ideology is challenged.

Entertainment only.

Kind of like talking hockey with Maple Leaf fans and listening to them tell you this is the year.
Actually they are more fun than Chuck.

Chuck used to bother me before he was banished to the mostly meaningless rural issues.

[blackpowder]

I find interaction to be a fascinating psychological study.
And it offers a pain free way to view how the left thinks, or doesn't think.
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Plus he offers endless entertainment with his off the wall responses whenever his blind ideology is challenged.
Jordan Peterson has a lot to say about the narcissistic psychopaths amongst us, and how anonymous social media platforms have really allowed them to identify themselves in full public view.
Except our troll isn't actually anonymous, being a well-known public figure.

I also learn a lot in the process of debunking his propaganda. While this knowledge is useless when directed at the troll who already knows everything, but I add it to my arsenal and use that when debating with reasonable people in real life, and I assume that other reasonable posters on this site can also use the knowledge.

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.

[blackpowder]

Glenn is an interesting critter. Think he’s intelligent and well educated but bats for whatever team to the point he plays double duty when his team can’t hit base hits. Even when he is right it is hard to give him a like or agree as it is a Segway into another level of whatever weird game he has afoot. Bad publicity is better than no publicity so not taking his bait and ignoring him is probably the best for his wife so maybe she can get some morning time if you know what I mean. More than just coffee.

Define well educated.

And you just know he's a missionary once a month kinda guy...

[Guest]

I find interaction to be a fascinating psychological study.
And it offers a pain free way to view how the left thinks, or doesn't think.
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Plus he offers endless entertainment with his off the wall responses whenever his blind ideology is challenged.
Jordan Peterson has a lot to say about the narcissistic psychopaths amongst us, and how anonymous social media platforms have really allowed them to identify themselves in full public view.
Except our troll isn't actually anonymous, being a well-known public figure.

I also learn a lot in the process of debunking his propaganda. While this knowledge is useless when directed at the troll who already knows everything, but I add it to my arsenal and use that when debating with reasonable people in real life, and I assume that other reasonable posters on this site can also use the knowledge.

You’re doin a fine job shutting that BS up , but does he have a demeaning handle for you ? Like crap ,
Flipper, J ass , etc . Haven’t noticed one ?

[blackpowder]

And really, to me written English flows with a cadence, much like a spoken dialect.
I will reserve snobbery for those who write for journals who believe themselves above explanation.
As for the everyday internet or print consumption, flaws stand out like reading a Chinese to English translation.
So much of what is out there is fodder for the lazy. Evidence for fools. As if written by carnival barkers, who after being quoted need to up the spiel. Whose audience can't hear the schlock.
All the writers I'm familiar with would be decrying most of what I can find to read today.
We must not stoop to define intelligence. But we can adjust the bar for what we call educated.