Why is it that a lot of people don't understand what a 'troll' is?

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Quote from: flavius on June 15, 2013, 04:48:52 PM

ive come to the conclusion ~~everyone~~ most fools on this forum ~~has~~ have a very ~~linear opinion~~ huge nutsack

they want to ~~toss~~ scam you ~~aside~~ constantly if you aren't "~~professional, legitimate and run a real business".~~ a member of their little club. ~~everyone~~ most fools here is are obsessed with the idea that btc can ~~replace dollars~~ make you a bagillionare, and they think because they ~~use it~~ steal from the average joe that they are somehow ahead and more intelligent then the rest of the world.

secondly ~~everyone~~ most fools here dismisses crime and bitcoin, most likely because they have never ~~been on the darknet~~ been forced to suck cock in a jail cell and are too ~~christian~~ caught up with scamming money for their ~~mothers~~ brains to ~~even like~~ kick in and work.

that's great that people have made a lot of money with bitcoin but they are too ~~cocky~~ criminal ~~because~~ and ~~they made~~ will eventually ~~some great investments and got lucky~~ rot in prison.

thirdly the speculation section of this forum is ~~a complete joke~~ fake and fixed by MtGox. This place deserves to be trolled to the highest extent possible

FTFY

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Quote from: FirstAscent on June 15, 2013, 03:35:31 AM

There's just a lot of stubborn groupthink fuckheads in this forum who think one doesn't belong if you're not a government hating anarchist libertarian gun lovin' steven molywhatever worshipping conspiracy believing Atlas Shrugged promoting I put fancy latin sayings under my avatar I like to call everyday people statists I talk about fiat currency problems as if I was some academic and knowledgeable kind of person type of people in this forum.

Simple as that.

If there's one thing the various ideologies you are lumping together have in common, its that we are all ANTI-groupthink...

It's always the case that a group which comes together who think they are independent thinkers and all think alike are absolutely group thinkers.

You and I are not using the same definition of groupthink... my point illustrated perfectly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

Nope. Same definition. And Wikipedia has nailed the symptoms perfectly. See quoted paragraph below:

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Loyalty to the group requires individuals to avoid raising controversial issues or alternative solutions, and there is loss of individual creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking. The dysfunctional group dynamics of the "ingroup" produces an "illusion of invulnerability" (an inflated certainty that the right decision has been made). Thus the "ingroup" significantly overrates their own abilities in decision-making, and significantly underrates the abilities of their opponents (the "outgroup").

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Quote from: BitcoinBarrel on June 15, 2013, 03:35:53 PM

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because uh some people out there in our nation don't have trolls and uh I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.

You from South Africa?

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Quote from: FirstAscent on June 15, 2013, 01:10:58 PM

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Quote from: FirstAscent on June 15, 2013, 03:35:31 AM

There's just a lot of stubborn groupthink fuckheads in this forum who think one doesn't belong if you're not a government hating anarchist libertarian gun lovin' steven molywhatever worshipping conspiracy believing Atlas Shrugged promoting I put fancy latin sayings under my avatar I like to call everyday people statists I talk about fiat currency problems as if I was some academic and knowledgeable kind of person type of people in this forum.

Simple as that.

If there's one thing the various ideologies you are lumping together have in common, its that we are all ANTI-groupthink...

It's always the case that a group which comes together who think they are independent thinkers and all think alike are absolutely group thinkers.

You and I are not using the same definition of groupthink... my point illustrated perfectly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

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Quote from: ktttn on June 15, 2013, 02:15:31 AM

Quote from: acs26 on June 15, 2013, 02:04:45 AM

Just asking. All over this forum, if you have a different opinion, or hate a idea you're instantly labeled a troll by most people. I'm not saying all over like you see a thread like this everyday, but it's annoying when people do it. It just makes no sense.

Sometimes, I personally just want to strangle people who do it. I go on various forums, and on every forum there's somebody like this. (I can't blame it all on BitCointalk.) And when somebody tries to explain their definition of 'trolling' or being a 'troll' is false, but they still use a false definition.

If this same logic was used 'offline', everybody in the world would be a 'troll'.

Is there something I'm missing? Can you just label anybody a troll? Why do people do it? Am I just crazy, and imagining things?

God-tier master troll lord detected.

The second cap, ktttn, is 'coz men have a natural loathing for compound words. It's a patriarchal thing, you won't understand...

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Quote from: BitcoinBarrel on June 15, 2013, 03:35:53 PM

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because uh some people out there in our nation don't have trolls and uh I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.

This is the greatest post ever created.

Wait a minute,this sounds strangely familiar.

EDIT #3:I remembered.Subtle 9/10.

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Quote from: Lohoris on June 15, 2013, 04:42:01 PM

Quote from: acs26 on June 15, 2013, 03:53:22 PM

Quote from: BitcoinBarrel on June 15, 2013, 03:35:53 PM

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because uh some people out there in our nation don't have trolls and uh I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.

What are you talking about?

I've no clue, can anyone translate?

Sure. This is an example of trollbait. Visual aid:
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/321/754/f2d.png
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Most people don't understand what a troll is' because we come in many shapes and colors. As suggested above, most people are probably in fact trolls in hiding, nothing to be ashamed of people.

Darn Tootin! Own it!
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Quote from: flavius on June 15, 2013, 04:48:52 PM

ive come to the conclusion everyone on this forum has a very linear opinion

they want to toss you aside if you aren't "professional, legitimate and run a real business". everyone here is obsessed with the idea that btc can replace dollars, and they think because they use it that they are somehow ahead and more intelligent then the rest of the world

secondly everyone here dismisses crime and bitcoin, most likely because they have never been on the darknet and are too christian for their mothers to even like.

that's great that people have made a lot of money with bitcoin but they are too cocky because they made some great investments and got lucky

thirdly the speculation section of this forum is a complete joke and deserves to be trolled to the highest extent possible

'everyone'

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welcome to riches

fourthly that's great you have 20k sitting in your mtgox account with your genuine bank account and ID scan attached, but I have 200 grand sitting in silk road that turns into cash that sits in my dresser

let there be light

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welcome to riches

ive come to the conclusion everyone on this forum has a very linear opinion

they want to toss you aside if you aren't "professional, legitimate and run a real business". everyone here is obsessed with the idea that btc can replace dollars, and they think because they use it that they are somehow ahead and more intelligent then the rest of the world

secondly everyone here dismisses crime and bitcoin, most likely because they have never been on the darknet and are too christian for their mothers to even like.

that's great that people have made a lot of money with bitcoin but they are too cocky because they made some great investments and got lucky

thirdly the speculation section of this forum is a complete joke and deserves to be trolled to the highest extent possible

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Quote from: acs26 on June 15, 2013, 03:53:22 PM

Quote from: BitcoinBarrel on June 15, 2013, 03:35:53 PM

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because uh some people out there in our nation don't have trolls and uh I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.

What are you talking about?

I've no clue, can anyone translate?

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Quote from: BitcoinBarrel on June 15, 2013, 03:35:53 PM

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because uh some people out there in our nation don't have trolls and uh I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.

What are you talking about?

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Trolls are complicated people.

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I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because uh some people out there in our nation don't have trolls and uh I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.

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Quote from: FirstAscent on June 15, 2013, 03:35:31 AM

There's just a lot of stubborn groupthink fuckheads in this forum who think one doesn't belong if you're not a government hating anarchist libertarian gun lovin' steven molywhatever worshipping conspiracy believing Atlas Shrugged promoting I put fancy latin sayings under my avatar I like to call everyday people statists I talk about fiat currency problems as if I was some academic and knowledgeable kind of person type of people in this forum.

Simple as that.

If there's one thing the various ideologies you are lumping together have in common, its that we are all ANTI-groupthink...

It's always the case that a group which comes together who think they are independent thinkers and all think alike are absolutely group thinkers.

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Quote from: ktttn on June 15, 2013, 02:15:31 AM

Quote from: acs26 on June 15, 2013, 02:04:45 AM

Just asking. All over this forum, if you have a different opinion, or hate a idea you're instantly labeled a troll by most people. I'm not saying all over like you see a thread like this everyday, but it's annoying when people do it. It just makes no sense.

Sometimes, I personally just want to strangle people who do it. I go on various forums, and on every forum there's somebody like this. (I can't blame it all on BitCointalk.) And when somebody tries to explain their definition of 'trolling' or being a 'troll' is false, but they still use a false definition.

If this same logic was used 'offline', everybody in the world would be a 'troll'.

Is there something I'm missing? Can you just label anybody a troll? Why do people do it? Am I just crazy, and imagining things?

God-tier master troll lord detected.

+1 rofl

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So funny how you guys didn't get it.

I will walk you through it.

1. A large group of people here think the same, and I named the qualities of that thinking. We now have a group.

2. A significant subset of that group labels others who don't hold those beliefs trolls.

3. That second group, the subset, is composed, obviously, of fuckheads, precisely because they like to ostracize those who don't hold their beliefs by calling them trolls.

4. If you're a member of that subset, then you're a fuckhead.

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If there's one thing the various ideologies you are lumping together have in common, its that we are all ANTI-groupthink...is why we're often correlated, we do not keep or want constituencies. Most of us don't give a fuck who belongs to what.

Don't bother explaining it to him. It's always through one ear and out the other.

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Quote from: FirstAscent on June 15, 2013, 03:35:31 AM

There's just a lot of stubborn groupthink fuckheads in this forum who think one doesn't belong if you're not a government hating anarchist libertarian gun lovin' steven molywhatever worshipping conspiracy believing Atlas Shrugged promoting I put fancy latin sayings under my avatar I like to call everyday people statists I talk about fiat currency problems as if I was some academic and knowledgeable kind of person type of people in this forum.

Simple as that.

Woah... that is simple.

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