15-08-2002 01:31									#1
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They are improving their technique, but still rough around the edges.

1) They get the basic trolling in, and come up with good opening gambits, but are still not getting the blazing "you are such a moron" response.

2) They are also only getting reasoned responses which they ignore. A true troll would be able to twist words effectively to make the reasoned argumentor lose their cool.

3) They are still not working as a unit and are distracted by their own countrymen who say "I don't agree with you". A good troll will incite his brothers to arms.

4) They still lack a leader, a man who can take the baton of stupidity and lead the way. Europe has Spink, Ozzieland has a Horse, the US (and their Canadian lackeys') are sorely lacking.

5) Their technique for spotting trolls has a bit to be desired. They are still making false positives, mainly due to a mistaken belief that any attack on America must be a troll.

6) A better discernment of troll, and genuine question of the status quo would greatly improve their technique.

Conclusion:

Overall the gap is closing, which can only be a good thing - we will at last have something in common.

	15-08-2002 01:34									#2
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Why, you dirty, no good, rotten, sonofa--

Oh...wait...I see...

	15-08-2002 01:36									#3
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Positive feedback is always helpful to the less able of the class.

	15-08-2002 01:39									#5
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Look, we're just too busy engaging in global hegemony to deal with the likes of you.

Besides, there's no need to troll when the truth is always on your side.

Dave

	15-08-2002 01:40									#6
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there are no US trolls

and Canadians only troll Canadians

Jon Miller

	15-08-2002 01:44									#7
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I think the problem is that America, being such a diverse place, will inevitably produce a far more varied amount of responses, making effective "bandwagon" trolling impossible. Unlike the filthy Eurocom states, wherein racial superiority and cultural monolithism reign supreme, America is beyond such automaton-like consensus-building. We're also much less likely to get behind a leader, unlike the slavish Euros who love to goosestep to fascist or monarchal types. Our brand of American independence is quite the opposite of your willingness to kiss blueblood arse.

*resists urge...to use...smiley...*

	15-08-2002 01:56									#8
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To all Americans troll wannabes

	15-08-2002 01:58									#9
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have you been following me? I KNEW I had the feeling someone was watching...

	15-08-2002 01:59									#10
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That's not fair to us Americans who quite reasonable and non-chauvinistic.

	15-08-2002 02:00									#11
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For every goat there lives a troll,
For every troll a goat
He'll lie in wait,
Trailing bait,
'Til you jump down his throat...

	15-08-2002 02:01									#12
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Although.. the spelling thing I MUST disagree with. Yeah, we spell different than you... we IMPROVED the english language!

	15-08-2002 02:01									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov That's not fair to us Americans who quite reasonable and non-chauvinistic.

Ammended the accusation.

	15-08-2002 02:02									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin To all Americans troll wannabes

LOL! That was really funny, I'm not sure why though...

	15-08-2002 02:02									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin To all Americans troll wannabes

That was . . .

	15-08-2002 02:03									#16
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We removed so many extraneous letters. Who needs the extra u's in color, harbor, etc.?

And it's pronounced "civiliZed," so why spell it "civilised?"

We made the language more sensible, you tea-swilling warthogs.

	15-08-2002 02:03									#17
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara That was . . .

Cultural humour I think..

	15-08-2002 02:04									#18
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Humor, you mean.

	15-08-2002 02:04									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov We removed so many extraneous letters. Who needs the extra u's in color, harbor, etc.? And it's pronounced "civiliZed," so why spell it "civilised?"

To make spelling bees more malevolent.

	15-08-2002 02:04									#20
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humour? tsk, tsk, point in case. Humor is just so time-efficient.

	15-08-2002 02:05									#21
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(blush) or case in point. Dyslexia's a b__ch

	15-08-2002 02:06									#22
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quote: We made the language more sensible, you tea-swilling warthogs.

We were keeping it so only the educated people who could remember weird vowel usage, and superfluous "u"s could spell properly, and then we can poke fun at those who can't.

So we resort to poking fun at americans.

	15-08-2002 02:08									#23
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So you mock us for our spelling more sensibly, and we get to mock you for your bandy-legged, funky-teethed, foul-cuisined, inbred-monarch-worshipping ways?

Seems fair.

	15-08-2002 02:08									#24
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Americans don't need expertise in the art of trolling. We have guns.

	15-08-2002 02:08									#25
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elitest arses. It would take the British to come up with a language designed to provide the opportunity to poke fun at those whose country is better in every other way besides.

	15-08-2002 02:11									#26
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hooray!! you spelt "arses" correctly

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Don't cheer so soon, he was only getting around the auto censor.

Or should it be "censour?"

	15-08-2002 02:13									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov So you mock us for our spelling more sensibly, and we get to mock you for your bandy-legged, funky-teethed, foul-cuisined, inbred-monarch-worshipping ways? Seems fair.

I forgot to add as one of my original points.

The English have a great tradition of degrading themsleves and their acheivements. They are thus immune to the troll who attempts to bait an English by insulting his heritage. In order to troll an Englishman you must focus on their positive attributes.

If for example you suggest that the English have the worst cricket team in the world, you will get no contrary statement - a consensus of Englishmen will probably chime in about how crap England are. A better strategy is to say England will win the World Cup of Cricket, and then you will be flamed and reviled for talking absolute tosh.

	15-08-2002 02:14									#29
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well ... that's what happens if your're invaded by Romans, Angles, Saxons, Vikings and Normans (who were sort-of Vikings, but not really). You get a language full of words borrowed from all over the place that follow bits and pieces of the grammatical rules of about 5 other languages.
It makes no sense, but we like it.

	15-08-2002 02:15									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin If for example you suggest that the English have the worst cricket team in the world you will get no contrary statement, and a consensus of Englishmen will chime in about how crap England are. A better strategy is to say England will win the World Cup of Cricket, and then you will be flamed and reviled for talking absolute tosh.

erm .... Bangladesh and Kenya are both worse than us, and they count since they've now both got test-playing status.



but yeah ... we SUCK at cricket.