• Trolling as a life philosophy - My experiences
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So for 2 years I've been doing debate. I'm terrible at it because the general advice for the debate is to "Form your side of the argument off of whats given to you, not based off what you want to do with it" basically, argue the best supported side of the argument, instead of your own opinion, because it more often than not isn't relevant to the topic at hand, and is hard to support. I used to take every topic seriously because I would always put a bit of myself in each case; I would base my cases off of opinion. Naturally, I took losses very personally. I would win about 50% of my debates. Pretty average, but when 50% of the people you know think you're wrong, then you take it as an insult. By the end of the year, I was pretty burnt out. Then the second year of debate rolls around, and all the novices are coming in and take it as seriously as I did, so they end up getting in arguments with me not because they think they're right, but because it's their own PERSONAL belief. So about half way through the year, I adopted the philosophy that: Everybody I know is an idiot and their input is invalid, unless they have proven otherwise. Now this sounds a bit selfish, and it may incite conflict, but instead it actually diffused a lot of situations with my catchphrase that I learned in elementary school: "Okay" I used to get bullied by some kid in 4th grade who thought it was funny to piss me off. I got trolled easily. One day, he came up to me and said "You're ugly!", looking for a reaction. I looked at him, blankly stared and said "Okay" He stared back and repeated "You're ugly" to which I retorted the same. he seemed confused, discouraged, and he walked away. I survived the rest of the year like that. I eventually realized: He's an idiot, why do I care about his opinion? Instead of arguing with people and saying "YOU'RE AN IDIOT", I would just listen to their dumb, uneducated opinion, and say "Okay" and disregard anything they say. This also led to a lot of distrust and disrespect amongst my teachers, but that's for the best anyway: Trust and respect are earned, not given. Not even to teachers. Anyways, This eventually ended in me trolling, because instead of defending my viewpoint or just saying "Okay", I would piss THEM off like they used to piss ME off. For example: One time this kid comes to sit next to me in lunch and starts railing on Obama being a socialist and how he's a muslim and a terrorist, to which I reply "Yeah, and y'know who's even worse? the jews!" He was so shocked at how I countered his bigoted ignorance with my own even MORE bigoted ignorance, that he got made and left. Many lols were had. So here's my advice. Either: accept that everybody is an idiot and that their opinions don't matter, so keep your own to yourself unless in good company. OR Troll the fuck out of them til they leave. Either way, you still get to keep friends amongst people who ARENT fucking retarded, AND you live a stress-free lifestyle. Note for mods: this applies to real life. I dont troll on internet forums (Including this one). thats not what theyre there for.
So basically you're philosophy is to become an idiot like everyone else if in the company of an idiot or just be an arrogant dick? Isn't that counter productive?
Holy shit I did this to my parents for about a year and they got extremely pissed at me. In retrospect I shouldn't have been so annoying. But it's so easy to just say "okay", while completely ignoring someone.
[QUOTE=solid_jake;28502089]So basically you're philosophy is to become an idiot like everyone else if in the company of an idiot or just be an arrogant dick? Isn't that counter productive?[/QUOTE] no, imagine this: someone comes up to you and says that 2+2=5. you tell him that 2+2=4, and you even draw it out for him and use visual representations, but he doesnt get it. So instead of dragging it on, just accept that he's an idiot and you'll never convince him otherwise, so just save your thoughts for people who you consider to be good company (good company doesn't necessarily mean that they agree with you, just that you think they're smart enough) or pretend to be dumber than him and say 2+2=2
Back in my day trolling was noble, and meant something. Now-a-days whippersnappers are running around screaming troll at every little thing. "Shut up you idiot" "OMG TROLL WOW WTF TROLL SOMEWHERE ELSE" Kinda strange that troll has become a word that everyone just lightly throws around now.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;28502125]no, imagine this: someone comes up to you and says that 2+2=5. you tell him that 2+2=4, and you even draw it out for him and use visual representations, but he doesnt get it. So instead of dragging it on, just accept that he's an idiot and you'll never convince him otherwise, so just save your thoughts for people who you consider to be good company (good company doesn't necessarily mean that they agree with you, just that you think they're smart enough) or pretend to be dumber than him and say 2+2=2[/QUOTE] I completely misunderstood what you said then, this makes perfect sense.
That's not really trolling at all.
[QUOTE=Savaril;28502179]That's not really trolling at all.[/QUOTE] Exactly. Someone called you a fag, thats not trolling. Like I said, people just throw around the word troll when it makes no sense at all.
OP you need to review your definition of trolling [editline]8th March 2011[/editline] btw pissing people off doesn't make them like you
Dude, I do the exact same thing. Just today I wrote that the Spanish were barbaric uncivilized scum who carried out a holocaust on millions of innocent, welcoming, native americans and that I will show genuine interest for their culture when they buy back all their land in the Americas, return it, and reimburse the Natives for all natural resources ever extracted. Like I really give a fuck about Native Americans.
trolling is a art
Everyones an idiot unless they prove me wrong is what I live by, we seem kinda similar :v:
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;28502125]no, imagine this: someone comes up to you and says that 2+2=5. you tell him that 2+2=4, and you even draw it out for him and use visual representations, but he doesnt get it. So instead of dragging it on, just accept that he's an idiot and you'll never convince him otherwise, so just save your thoughts for people who you consider to be good company (good company doesn't necessarily mean that they agree with you, just that you think they're smart enough) or pretend to be dumber than him and say 2+2=2[/QUOTE] what is this, 1984?
[QUOTE=Rick Ross;28502246]Dude, I do the exact same thing. Just today I wrote that the Spanish were barbaric uncivilized scum who carried out a holocaust on millions of innocent, welcoming, native americans and that I will show genuine interest for their culture when they buy back all their land in the Americas, return it, and reimburse the Natives for all natural resources ever extracted. Like I really give a fuck about Native Americans.[/QUOTE] You sir are a god among gods.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;28502125]no, imagine this: someone comes up to you and says that 2+2=5. you tell him that 2+2=4, and you even draw it out for him and use visual representations, but he doesnt get it. So instead of dragging it on, just accept that he's an idiot and you'll never convince him otherwise, so just save your thoughts for people who you consider to be good company (good company doesn't necessarily mean that they agree with you, just that you think they're smart enough) or pretend to be dumber than him and say 2+2=2[/QUOTE] No, 2+2 ALWAYS =5 1984. [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] Fuck you skiazo ninja
Good advice bro.
have fun being alone
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;28502173]Back in my day trolling was noble, and meant something. Now-a-days whippersnappers are running around screaming troll at every little thing. "Shut up you idiot" "OMG TROLL WOW WTF TROLL SOMEWHERE ELSE" Kinda strange that troll has become a word that everyone just lightly throws around now.[/QUOTE] when I say that jews are the problem with america to piss people off, that's trolling.
I think we had a countering arguments thread a week ago that fits more than this does
[QUOTE=del-re-re;28502255]trolling is a art[/QUOTE] Don't you mean an art?
What are your parameters?
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Okay.
Trolling is a art
ok?
The biggest mistake anybody made in an argument was not listening. Most people put a lot of thought into their opinions, so sometimes it's not that they're stupid, it's that you'd like to believe them to be.
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;28502297]have fun being alone[/QUOTE] So whats this I hear about a Pokemon fetish?
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[QUOTE=Atwal;28504157]So whats this I hear about a Pokemon fetish?[/QUOTE] you didn't hear anything you read it
wow, you're ugly.
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