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ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
April 24 2011 22:26 GMT
#1
Am I the only one who's really annoyed by the nonstop usage of the word trolling?

Sarcrastic joke - haha, you're trolling me!
Ironic joke - haha, you're trolling me!
Hyperbole joke - haha, you're trolling me!
Simple making fun of the other guy joke - haha, you're trolling me!

Where did this plague come from? I can't remember reading a funny topic/post here at TL without someone talking about trolling.. last examples would be hotbid's interview and poll. And I'm not even mentioning non-joke situations like - A: i think XYZ; B: trolling? it's obviously MNO..etc.

It's seriously getting worse than this.

Chill, we need your help!

Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-24 22:27:49
April 24 2011 22:27 GMT
#2
Intrigue made a long post about this once.

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=130403
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synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
April 24 2011 22:31 GMT
#3
This started happening in my high school within the last 2 months actually... it seriously pisses me off. Dumb underclassmen ~.~
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ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
April 24 2011 22:31 GMT
#4
I remember reading it.. unfortunately it got significantly worse since that post, unlike the metagame word
Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6985 Posts
April 24 2011 22:32 GMT
#5
u trollin??
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
April 24 2011 22:32 GMT
#6
On April 25 2011 07:32 Puosu wrote:
u trollin??


Reported, expect a PM from intrigue soon!
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PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
April 24 2011 22:32 GMT
#7
It's freaking awful.

The worst is when you're arguing with someone, and they just say "stop trolling".
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ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
April 24 2011 22:36 GMT
#8
On April 25 2011 07:32 Puosu wrote:
u trollin??


you lucky bastard, having no report button!

seriously, I think there should be a banling who would be focussed only on users who use word trolling and ban all of them. I'd gladly do that.
Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
Z3kk
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4099 Posts
April 24 2011 22:36 GMT
#9
I think "troll" generally has been bastardized to the point of meaning something along the lines of purposeful fooling/"messing with" others, i.e. someone trolling me is messing with me. :|
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24660 Posts
April 24 2011 22:37 GMT
#10
Before intrigue I had made a similar thread with similar results LOL

Yeah it's annoying.
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salle
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Sweden5554 Posts
April 24 2011 22:46 GMT
#11
On April 25 2011 07:36 Z3kk wrote:
I think "troll" generally has been bastardized to the point of meaning something along the lines of purposeful fooling/"messing with" others, i.e. someone trolling me is messing with me. :|


That's what it's always meant. synonyms includes amongst many other's anger, rile and antagonize. Although I guess it always meant doing these things in a bit of a covert manner.
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deafhobbit
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States828 Posts
April 24 2011 22:56 GMT
#12
Turns out, language is defined by consensus. Words only have meanings because groups of people collectively understand them to, and those meanings can and do evolve.

When arrhythmic, non-rhyming verse is defined as "poetry," that's language evolving.

When television advertisements are defined as "commercials," that's language evolving.

And, as it turns out, when attempting to elicit a response is defined as "trolling," that's just language evolving too.

At the end of the day, if someone says a word, and most people understand the word to mean roughly the same thing, that's what the word means.
I cheer for underdogs and Flash
FetusFondler
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States246 Posts
April 24 2011 23:24 GMT
#13
There's no real set "definition" for troll, so it's bound to be misused. But yeah, it does annoy the crap out of me whenever it's used :[
None are so busy as the fool and knave.
Iyerbeth
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
England2410 Posts
April 24 2011 23:33 GMT
#14
On April 25 2011 08:24 FetusFondler wrote:
There's no real set "definition" for troll, so it's bound to be misused. But yeah, it does annoy the crap out of me whenever it's used :[


Actually there kind of is. That's the problem.
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Parametric
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1261 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-24 23:36:27
April 24 2011 23:35 GMT
#15
I always thought trolling was brought over from fishing.

If that's true, all trolling is is trying to get you to take the bait and create a response, so all the examples you listed in your OP can be considered trolling; it's such a loose term for human interactions because getting someone to laugh at a preconceived joke can be considered as "taking the bait" and doing what the joker wants you to do.

I think malicious trolls are the more "correct" type of troll because a fish taking the bait is screwed, and a person arguing with a malicious troll is getting screwed with, both in a negative way.

That's my take anyways.
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Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
April 24 2011 23:42 GMT
#16
On April 25 2011 07:31 synapse wrote:
This started happening in my high school within the last 2 months actually... it seriously pisses me off. Dumb underclassmen ~.~

You upperclassmen too :<
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
April 24 2011 23:56 GMT
#17
On April 25 2011 07:32 Puosu wrote:
u trollin??


smart alecks reportin'

"troll" is definitely overused

but these are the internets! everyone is trolling duh
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Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11143 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-25 02:43:04
April 25 2011 02:42 GMT
#18
classic XD

seriously though, that word does get overused
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Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
April 25 2011 04:34 GMT
#19
On April 25 2011 07:26 ondik wrote:
Am I the only one who's really annoyed by the nonstop usage of the word trolling?

Yeah, it's really annoying and I read it all the damn time. Really want to avoid that but people write it in all kinds of threads.
relyt
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1073 Posts
April 25 2011 04:43 GMT
#20
Maybe all the people misusing the word are trolling you O.O

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jk I also think the the word misused and overused.
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