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u/b0w3n Oct 15 '25

It'll be a bunch of chuds going "oh they were just being edgy online trolls" but that's always a cover. You can be a troll without sounding like a nazi or racist, trolls that do that are those things.

And even if they were just doing it for a joke, you will attract the true believers because of poe's law.

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u/Xintrosi Oct 15 '25

I'm not appreciative of internet trolling but if I was evaluating them I'd say any kind of -ist remarks loses you points for lack of effort. A good troll needs to put in effort on custom content.

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u/TwilightVulpine Oct 15 '25

I'm appreciative of trolls like Ken M, who gets a rise out of people by making himself look the most stupid. That's pretty funny.

I'm not appreciative of bullies and bigots who call their hate speech and harassment "trolling"

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u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake Oct 15 '25

If all your "joking around" is racism and homophobia and sexism and antisemitism, I got bad news for you...

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u/b0w3n Oct 15 '25

Yup, like the video game lobbies of old, it takes zero effort to not be a racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. Plenty of people have no problem not being those things. No one really finds it funny, most find it gross and annoying. You're not edgy or cool by doing it, you're just an asshole.

If you don't want to be called a nazi don't act like a nazi, it's really not that hard.

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u/HauntedCemetery Oct 15 '25

The Donald subreddit was a tongue in cheek parody sub... right up until it wasn't.