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Q: Apart from being a mythical Norse creature, what's a Troll?

It seems that a lot of  rather oversensitive Americans are referring to Trolls frequently.   Why are they so paranoid about this subject?

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I'm going to give you a benefit of the doubt and assume you really don't know.

 

A troll is someone who goes on the internet and starts an argument or posts something shocking/disgusting/controversial just for the sake of watching people react and having a laugh. For example, I could make an anonymous question like, "Baby killing: totally rad?" And inevitably some people would act all scandalized and I could have a good laugh. I don't actually kill babies, I just want to ruin people's lives on the internet, which is surprisingly easy.

 

It is a corruption of "trawl" (pronounced as "troll" in some accents) , a method of fishing. It's a pretty apt metaphor, I think.

lokethebloke:

Thanks for your polite reply.   I genuinely had no idea.

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Comic for February 10, 2005

crimochina:

i'm posting here since this seems to have been closed. you are clearly an idiot because you are claiming everyone is american. get a life. douchebag

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Yaya's biography?

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