Do trolls know they're trolls?
Posted by kevin Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:40:13 GMT
The idea of a troll is older than the Internet.
My grandfather is a troll, and I doubt he’s ever been online for more than 5 minutes. It’s a certain grumpy personality – where saying mean grumpy things is a joking way to pass through the world. He doesn’t think he’s being mean, he thinks he’s being funny. It doesn’t bother me too much really, I’m good at playing along. But it drives my Mom nuts.
Social communication in our society sucks.
There needs to be a way of telling people you hate something about them without them hating you forever for it. Is this what “Honor” does, makes us hate people for brining up valid points? It’s one of those things, if we did it more often, it’d be easier to do. Because it’s so rare, it’s more difficult. We all like to think that we’re perfect.
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Speaking as a troll, we know. The beautiful thing about people who are habitually abrasive is that there is little danger that they will find what you say offensive. The only way to really find out is to be brave, and bring it up with him.