Y’all, remember when trolls were vaguely cute dolls that you won in a vending machine or at Chuck E. Cheese and they had bright colored hair that was fun to style and it was like the only doll your brother would play with because it wasn’t really a doll but a troll? Those trolls were awesome. I particularly loved the one I had with a jewel in it’s belly button- I called it my fancy troll and when Reba McEntire’s song “Fancy” would come on the radio, I would always think she must have a fancy troll too but then I got older and realized that song was about an empowered prostitute. The good old days y’all. The good old days.
Personally, I abide by the motto “Don’t feed the trolls” because it totally works with the kind of trolls who actually want to eat you and also the internet trolls. Instead of engaging, I just delete the comments. Done. Except, it isn’t because I *did* see that comment and it *did* make me incredibly angry and it *did* affect me, so even though the troll doesn’t know it got to me, it did. So, I guess my question is: Where are the trolls of yesteryear?
-Mae
There’s a post discussing something similar here – http://joeberhardt.com/2012/08/27/self-censorship-of-the-internet/
These people don’t have a life obviously if the only pleasure they get is by insulting others online, they don’t even have the decency to do it face to face
Hey, I hope you’re ok?
You are right, the best way to deal with trolls is to ignore them, they feed on the attention they get.
It doesn’t make their comments less hurtful but at least you have the satisfaction that they won’t get the reaction they wanted.
Those jeweled trolls were the best! I never had any, but my older cousin did, and I thought she was SOOO cool because of it. Internet trolls, however, are SOOOO uncool.
Exactly. I am sick and tired of the worship we give internet trolls when they are really just mean!
Treasure trolls > Internet trolls for sure.
What an utter waste of existence. These people must lead very unsatisfying lives.
But sometimes I worry what kind of mentality it can instill in the human mind… that they can act like complete a*holes and never suffer any consequences. No wonder customer service is dead. No wonder there are random shooting sprees.
I do miss those little neon fellows… I found one at an antique store not too long ago, but it was outrageously priced… so yeah. lol
Why let a comment upset you when you recognize it’s been posted by a troll? If the whole point of trolling is to upset you, then they’re likely going to say the most horrible things they can think of, even (especially) if they’re not true. So just assume none of it is true and they’re idiots, and also that you must be really awesome and popular if a troll is spending his/her time trying to upset you. Voila, happy again!
I know the feeling! I HATE those guys!
Every time I get trolled, I just remember what this guy probably looks like, and what he does on a daily basis. Then I hug my dog, kiss the wifey, and rejoice in the knowledge that I’m not him.
Works with office jerks too!
My mom collected the jewel trolls and all other manner of that brand when I was kid; there were marching lines of trolls that would cover the banisters of the house for every season, and even still it’s not Christmas without the redhead troll in the candy cane shirt merrily watching the front door.
Today’s trolls gives the trolls of yesteryear a bad name.
http://lazylauramaisey.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/trolls/. I also did a post about trolls! (More about the toys though.)
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