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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!
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This started happening in my high school within the last 2 months actually... it seriously pisses me off. Dumb underclassmen ~.~
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I remember reading it.. unfortunately it got significantly worse since that post, unlike the metagame word 
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On April 25 2011 07:32 Puosu wrote:
u trollin??
Reported, expect a PM from intrigue soon!
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It's freaking awful.
The worst is when you're arguing with someone, and they just say "stop trolling".
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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.
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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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United States23887 Posts
Before intrigue I had made a similar thread with similar results LOL
Yeah it's annoying.
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Sweden5392 Posts
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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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.
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United States246 Posts
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 :[
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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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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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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 :<
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United States10320 Posts
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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classic XD
seriously though, that word does get overused
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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.
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Maybe all the people misusing the word are trolling you O.O
+ Show Spoiler +jk  I also think the the word misused and overused.
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