New trolls
TheeOSU
FUCK IT!
I might catch lots of flak from some of you and this probably won't be a very popular thread because although it's not directed at anyone in particular it might hit too close to home for many of you guys but then again you might not even see yourself as being described here.
Have you guys ever wondered why there are so many new trolls here? It appears that every time I come around there's always a new troll, sometimes more than one. TUSCL must average at least a new troll every day. Maybe the new trolls sign up and post because after lurking and reading the topics they see what I've been seeing.
Every once in awhile we get a funny entertaining troll but it seems that most of them are over the top stupid or trying to play it straight while looking for reactions. The play it straight ones are the ones I'm alluding to here.
It's unbelievably amazing yet somewhat entertaining how quickly and easily many of you guys fall for an inconsistent story from a new troll. It's like you're desperate to believe whether it's a new fake PL with repeated asinine questions or a fake stripper with a contradictory story whose really some nerd named Justin looking for reactions, you just line up to reply and offer help. I suppose it's the same PL mentality that makes many guys softies for a stripper sob story and an easy mark that turns into a white knight with an open wallet.
The online world is full of scammers and bullshitters and because of that I'm a skeptical guy and many of you post about not falling into a stripper's trap yet you fall into the online troll's trap.
I'm really not trying to offend anyone, I just had the urge to post my thoughts after seeing all the responses to our latest fake stripper.
Have you guys ever wondered why there are so many new trolls here? It appears that every time I come around there's always a new troll, sometimes more than one. TUSCL must average at least a new troll every day. Maybe the new trolls sign up and post because after lurking and reading the topics they see what I've been seeing.
Every once in awhile we get a funny entertaining troll but it seems that most of them are over the top stupid or trying to play it straight while looking for reactions. The play it straight ones are the ones I'm alluding to here.
It's unbelievably amazing yet somewhat entertaining how quickly and easily many of you guys fall for an inconsistent story from a new troll. It's like you're desperate to believe whether it's a new fake PL with repeated asinine questions or a fake stripper with a contradictory story whose really some nerd named Justin looking for reactions, you just line up to reply and offer help. I suppose it's the same PL mentality that makes many guys softies for a stripper sob story and an easy mark that turns into a white knight with an open wallet.
The online world is full of scammers and bullshitters and because of that I'm a skeptical guy and many of you post about not falling into a stripper's trap yet you fall into the online troll's trap.
I'm really not trying to offend anyone, I just had the urge to post my thoughts after seeing all the responses to our latest fake stripper.
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There's also some "little girl looking at a rainbow" factor going on, kind of funny considering what a crusty group of fucks we are. I mean, there's STILL a bunch of dopes here who want to give the likes of Mtent the "benefit of the doubt", as if he hasn't tipped his hand a hundred times already. While I'll sometimes respond to trolls when they ask questions that are otherwise interesting, I pass when they are this puerile and transparent.
Hard to know for sure who's a troll and who's not - with time one kinda decides which handles are worth reading and which ones to scroll-past, troll or not.
Some trolls are obvious and they don't necessarily try to hide-it (e.g. Mamiassan, realDougster, etc) - others seem to try to live vicariously thru their handles and seem to make-up some wild stories ("yeah that "10" stripper did actually say she wanted to fuck me for free - blew my mind man") - hard to know who's who and what is fact and what is fiction - so no need to lose too much sleep over it per se - a post/question can be bullshit, but it can lead to a somewhat interesting discussion as Subra mentioned which may help someone else on the board (or a lurker).
If a poster keeps posting one outlandish post after another then I tend to ignore him after the 2nd or 3rd "wild story" - or if they keep asking one dumb question after another I will also start ignoring his posts.
Again - hard to tell for sure many times so I take-it as part of the TUSCL ecosystem and accept it's not perfect and don't sweat it too-much but it does suck if one spends their time/effort writing-something/giving-advice when the OP is not being honest and kinda BSing us; but again it's not a perfect system.
I agree with BJ99: this group is rather intelligent overall - probably because we make enough money for dancers which as a group implies education - but I've NEVER been in a group with so many immature people. Guess it goes with the territory.
And thus you will have trolls. I'm not going to tip my hand any further than what I have already but the bottom line is if you accept the methodology of how this board is moderated it includes the acceptance of trolls and multiple handles from a single poster.
As for how we interact with each of them I can only speak for myself in that I accept people at face value until they provide me enough of a reason not to do so. So I am an innocent until proven guilty type of person. It doesn't mean I not seeing the BS, it simply means I take the bad with the good.
Where else in your regular life so you get to state whatever you want with out any filters? If we didn’t have
That ability on tuscl I doubt many of us, including trolls, would frequent this place.
So why so many whiny little bitches.
"Ish: what research there is on it, consistently paints a pretty horrible picture of the kind of people who get entertainment out of it, and a worse picture of the lives they lead."
That certainly explains Josh43 posting as randumbmember and then as realdougster.
For example, I don't know what Mtent has posted that got everybody so worked up. Some of his questions are naive, but he hasn't posted anything too obnoxious. He strikes me as an example of a guy who may be trolling (i.e., trying to get a reaction) or just saying shit.
I don't know and I don't really care. However, I do get a chuckle from people losing their shit over his posts.
But he continued to read my posts and replied to one. So I said it was funny that he was still reading my posts. At which point he went off on me. I decided not to reply because I felt it was kind of cruel at that point.
But he was ultimately trolling himself.
And I'll let everybody in on a secret. Saying "brilliant!" and "aces!" all of the time is stupid. It also makes me laugh. Hence my continuing to do it!
So read what you want to read and if somebody irritates you enough to put them on ignore just ignore them. Ignore doesn't work if you still read the posts of people you have on ignore! ;)
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It case anyone actually cares: @Josh43 was my original handle some 3.5 yrs ago. I used to start political threads under that handle, took criticism for doing so, and left the board for a few months. I did come back as @RandomMember and, as a compromise, I don't start any political threads under this username. In fact I haven't started a thread since 2015.
I having absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with @realDougster. It would be easy enough to ask @Founder to compare IP addresses. Ask @founder whether we are in the same state or the same part of the country. There are something like 150 million people who dislike Trump and the fact that two of them happen to post on TUSCL doesn't mean we are the same. Someone like @OSU -- who has the analytical ability of a fourth grader-- probably wouldn't understand. I have absolutely no reason to troll @Dougster (who is one of my favorites). I stayed out of the controversy with @Vince. I would never troll one of the dancers under any circumstances.
There are other things that bother me more than trolling. For example @Smith's memorably post about sitting next to a smelly Muslim woman (which gathered over 100 responses). Or @GammaNu calling other members "porch monkeys," race baiting, and stating that LBGTs have a "genetic defect." There's a constant background here that's somewhere between sexism and outright misogyny.
There's very little of the trolling that actually bothers me. Even this flame war with @OSU hardly bothers me. He's sort of an angry guy, with a room-temperature IQ, who likes to persecute @SJG. It's the online equivalent of beating up homeless guys on the street.
Next thing you know, people will be refusing make trolls wedding cakes
It has nothing to do with how many threads you started, your anti conservative comments in other's threads over your time here mirror the threads you eventually started as RD after Dougster left. You actually stopped posting as randumb and only posted as Rd until I called you out a couple times then you suddenly stopped posting as Rd and started posting as randumb again. You're as predictable as a pile of shit attracting flies and about the same speed as a pile of shit.
And drop the IP whining Einstein, proxys and VPNs are available everywhere.
Yes I know it stings that a troll with a superior intellect such as yourself is stymied by the fact that a room temperature IQ guy has the ability to see through your self perceived well thought out and executed plan and your subsequent denials.
So what does that really say about your intellectual abilities moron? LMAO
Fixed it for you moron. Lol
Is RandomMember also RealDougster??
A) yes
B) No
C) (Gay little joke ab strippers liking Olive Garden)
I just PM'ed Founder for the first time in 3.5yrs asking for suggestions on how to deal with being accused of something that's NOT true. I doubt Founder has the time or inclination to do anything.
As I said, trolling dancers is not my style.
Why should he help you? You have never written a review, you're only purpose here has been to troll other members, John Smith for example as randumbmoron, and Dougster as realdougster, among others, in addition to pushing your political agenda. You're SJG light except at least the creep does occasionally discuss strip clubs.
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No, @realDougster stopped posting after he fucked up and posted material meant for @Sven under @realDougster's account. He made a mistake logging in. @OSU accused me of being @realDougster long before that. You've got your facts wrong.
Suppose @RandomMember always posts from Los Angeles and @realDougster always posts from the bowels of Arkansas? I thought perhaps @Founder could monitor the locations in the background without posting IPs for everyone to see. But a competent troll might hide his true location via proxies.
The timeline is exactly as I stated above. You've been busted pussy!
https://www.tuscl.net/discussion.php?id=…
we never hear from realDougster again.
Here's just one example where that dipshit @OSU accuses me of posting as realDougster on March 10,2018
https://www.tuscl.net/discussion.php?id=…
@OSU accused me posting as realDougster long before that, too.
https://www.tuscl.net/discussion.php?id=…
That doesn't answer why for the most part randumb had stopped posting while realdoug was prolifically posting then started posting as randumb again after realdoug disappeared. It does raise the issue that maybe Sven was another of randumb's monikers.
I do give you credit for having a thick skin and a good sense of humor, @OSU. I guess you're okay, even for a sub-moron.
Wait! You haven't fooled anyone, never mind.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
TheeOSU was so bothered by RandomMember’s post that he replied over a month later.
Seriously TheeOSU, you need to relax. Get yourself a brilliant rimjob and then whatever RandomMember posts won’t bother you so much.
On the other hand, if you’re making a mountain out of a molehill for laughs I have one thing to say to you: brilliant!
Come to think about it, that didn't work out well for The President in Mars Attacks. ;-)
Death, Taxes and Trolls. Can't avoid. Suck it up.
At least TUSCL trolls are interesting. Most of 'em.
Really really surprised TheeOSU and RandomMember are flaming each other.
From their posts both seem fun guys who love fine women.
I bet if both were sitting one table away from each other at a strip club - they'd be downing shots and sharing stories of wild encounters with hot girls.
Internet can be so inanimate