EPTBut I think you're actually overrating most trolls. Sure, there are the guys who troll with style and dignity (hotbid, old athene vids, max from ytmnd) but most of them are and always have been bored/angry kids on the internet. "trolls" as you describe them aren't dying out, they just weren't very common to begin with-- I remember ALWAYS having to scrounge the depths of youtube, ytmnd, 4chan in order to find some gem of witty and original humor.
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Erik.TheRed
United States1655 Posts
But I think you're actually overrating most trolls. Sure, there are the guys who troll with style and dignity (hotbid, old athene vids, max from ytmnd) but most of them are and always have been bored/angry kids on the internet. "trolls" as you describe them aren't dying out, they just weren't very common to begin with-- I remember ALWAYS having to scrounge the depths of youtube, ytmnd, 4chan in order to find some gem of witty and original humor. | ||
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ohokurwrong
Brazil283 Posts
you need a sense of humor to enjoy a sense of humor and most ppl dont have that. a nice example of this is earlier i said on a thread on overclocked.net that i thought since america was the best country in the world we should get what we want when we want it. this was in regards to a bunch of EU ppl getting the new zowie mouse first. needless to say my sarcasm was lost and some of them freaked out. it wasnt even that funny i was a harmless stab at every other country in the world and ppl just lose it. the shittiest part about it is that they are wrong and that america is totally a country full of good looking ppl who get laid and party all the time. ppl are just hating on us | ||
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YoureFired
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
Not to mention the huge influx of new users on TL has contributed to more posts which has inevitably resulted in more garbage posts being made. I don't see the point of bemoaning the loss of "purity" or whatever in trolling, especially because funny trolling is always going to be around. | ||
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Riku
United States1064 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + On December 30 2011 14:32 FullNatural wrote: Kinda like how Riku thinks everything she does is trolling. "i trolled u" "i trolled this" blah blah. Kids these days don't know what trolling really is. I think there was a write up of the diferent styles of trolls a year or 2 ago. I miss the good ol days  O.o; I believe you are quite confused about my opinion and "trolling" claims. In fact, I don't think you can find me even using the term "troll" in the past 8 months. As for the "good ol' days," I really believe you actually have no idea what you are talking about, especially since you seem to be implying that those days existed a mere two years ago. Also, stop trying to act like someone who can be justified calling others "kids" when you write like a middle school girl. *le sigh* On December 30 2011 13:33 Newbistic wrote: Notice how the OP of the thread made a perfectly legitimate post with mostly proper grammar. And how this poster here, wailing away at his keyboard like a chimpanzee, calls the OP a troll. Oh, correction, you write like a crazed chimp. The rest of you, please excuse my grumpy reply, I tend to be rather cranky first thing in the morning, especially on a recovery day. Oh, and, OP, good post. The art of trolling has definitely been on the decline for years, since internet humor gained more popularity. However, I feel that arguing about it often seems too much like a newfag/oldfag argument and it's best just to facepalm and move along. | ||
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Burns
United States2300 Posts
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Mobius_1
United Kingdom2763 Posts
But you do have a point, a lot more attempts at humour but a lot less interesting, subtly entertaining posts. Also, too often people defend a bad argument that they have completely failed at by saying "lol I was trolling". "xxx imba" "No, he had such a huge lead he could safely get up a huge army of xxx and roll over xyz. If he had made 200/200 of abc he also would have won." "Dude chill I was trolling" (And then there's about a million memes and "lol"s and "rofl"s and people being overly serious and feeling hurt until Moderator uses Battle Cry and restores order) | ||
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Newbistic
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Australia3894 Posts
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Kreig
Germany79 Posts
On December 30 2011 18:32 rauk wrote: i'm pretty sure "trolling" has always meant when you deliberately make everyone flame you by saying retarded shit. it's only recently "trolling" has been taken to mean "prank" or "joke." QFT so either OP is completely clueless or just meta-trolling | ||
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