Say, about those trolls…
21 March 2007 by Naomi
Stardust and I have instituted a new policy on fundie trolls: We are no long “flaming” them. It takes too much time to do the alterations and the insulting is getting so fucking booooring…
We now alter their screennames, email addys and URLs–they are frequently porn-ish, by the time we’re done. Then we delete the body of their tiresome posts and replace it with this:
This post has broken a GifS Commandment: Thou shall not proselytize. Read Comment Policy Guidelines, for reference. Mods
It’s expedient, humane (even if they don’t deserve it!) and soothing to Mod-nerves.
If we were the sort who would invade their territory and smear feces on their walls, it would be only fair for them to come here and do the same. WE don’t–so THEY can’t, either! Honestly, now why should Star and I have to be the “bad guys” to the bullies?
(Usually, the little cowards lurk in the catacombs, leaving their dog turds out of sight of everyone but the Mods. However, one courageous little troll left a comment on Jesus Found, Alive & Well!; you can check out comment #10. The screenname indicated it was a female, and she was pimping her cheap-ass xian bumper stickers!)
As ChuckA would say: Of all da noive!
UPDATE from Stardust: It is easier for us just to copy and paste a standard warning and delete the objectionable content and not feed the trolls anymore–they seemed to love being flamed. I think that’s why they came, in the first place.
I want to make the point that Christians who wish to comment here in current discussions and participate in current debates, and are willing to abide by the comment policy they are more than welcome to…however…they should see by our banner what they are getting themselves into when they come here to proseltyze, warn us about hell, or tell us that gawd and jeebus love us. We can delete their “message of Jeebus’ luv” just as easily in the daylight as we can in the dark catacombs!
21 March 2007, on 9:19 am
We are no long “flaming” them. It takes too much time to do the alterations and the insulting is getting so fucking booooring…
Not to mention that it was getting entirely out of control! The archives are POLLUTED with their turds! And they keep coming back for more when we do that…they WANT us to keep the flame war going on and on and on and on and it’s just a waste of our time.
These trolls in the archives are probably mostly children (or “slow” adults with no lives) who think “poopy jeebus” or “shitman” probably is some kind of trophy for them and probably laugh wildly when we do this–I think while it was funny for awhile, it’s been overused.
So, now… it is easier for us just to copy and paste a standard warning and delete the objectionable content and not feed the trolls anymore.
I want to make the point that Christians who wish to comment here in current discussions and participate in current debates, and are willing to abide by the comment policy they are more than welcome to…however…they should see by our banner what they are getting themselves into when they come here to proseltyze, warn us about hell, or tell us that gawd and jeebus love us.
21 March 2007, on 10:02 am
Thanks, Star. After I put it up, I wondered about going back in and adding that part.
We shall see what happens–but I think it’s the wiser (and *gasp!* the more adult!) way of handling the childish antics of fundamentalists who, let’s face it, have been retarded by their parents and their pastors. No matter what age they attain, they’re still “gawd’s children”! (*snorts*)
I’ll take maturity every time!
21 March 2007, on 10:35 am
Naomi, maybe you can add that part at the end as an editor’s note for those xians who can and actually will read what you have written.
Flame wars can be pretty funny, but when they are “regular” they become as stupid and senseless as knock-knock jokes.
21 March 2007, on 10:53 am
Could you post the crapping jeebus, one last time? It makes me laugh hysterically.
21 March 2007, on 10:57 am
Travdawg, I’m not saying we will never have to use crapping jeebus again or shitman…if conversations with a fundie who starts out ok and the conversation deteriorates…then we of course will use our little friend.
It was just getting overused and wasted on archive trolls.
Here it is just for you anyway, travdawg.
21 March 2007, on 1:27 pm
Yes, Naomi…you coitenly have it right. How ‘roighteous’ you and Stardust are, after all!
And your accurate protrayal of my pseudo-Bert Lahr, Stooges, Groucho, etc. linguistic ’style’ hits the mark.
Yeah…of all da noive!…We definitely have no shortage of hungry, fundie eating…even MGM type lions, here at GifS…and, coitenly, they’re not of the ‘cowardly lion’ persuasion.
Well…maybe SOME are!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUVNipfxpUU
Is this, perhaps, some of what goes on with you mods; unbeknownst to the rest of us…hmmMM?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbA83Fqfh8E
21 March 2007, on 2:03 pm
ChuckA - that second link was some great rare footage! We can find all kinds of stuff on YouTube. I think I am becoming a YouTube junkie. LOL!
21 March 2007, on 2:36 pm
I protest; this new policy is discriminatory!
Now it means that only the Mods will have the ability to study the abnormal psychology of these sub-cretinous religious trolls, and that this important resource will no longer be available to the rest of us.
Suddenly, a source of great amusement has been removed from my life.
What am I going to do for laughs now?
21 March 2007, on 2:44 pm
TOG, this is mainly obvious trolls who are merely drive-by idiots who may or may not be xians who are just trying to get asshatted for a good laugh. However, I am sure that there will be enough “sincere” xian commenters for our amusement.
21 March 2007, on 2:44 pm
As for ‘FairlyKinky’ - the post #10 that was referred to in the intro - that was just a ‘come-on’?
I mean who wants to know someone who is only fairly kinky - when you get to my age, you need the full-blown version, not some antiseptic wishy-washy pathetic imitation. Why, even the embedded link to ‘her’ website failed to work.
Fucking amateur!
21 March 2007, on 2:45 pm
Star,
Forgive me, but I was pulling your leg, metaphorically speaking.
21 March 2007, on 2:50 pm
I hate when their links don’t work, or when they give us links to advertisement sites like they are really putting one over on us!
Sorry TOG - the metaphor sailed right over my head.
Your comment sounded so sad and disappointed…and trolls can be quite amusing sometimes.
21 March 2007, on 4:32 pm
ROTFL Thank you so much, I have used the positive laughing energy to “enterbulate” engrams and body thetans (aliens blasted out of volcanoes by hydrogen bombs by the evil Xenu) from my mystical true-thetan meat body.
I love this blog!!!!!
21 March 2007, on 5:38 pm
Great idea, Star and Naomi; even Pooping Jesus runs out of ammo once in a while!
21 March 2007, on 6:21 pm
So I guess we could say that Jesus is… all pooped out..?
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
21 March 2007, on 11:10 pm
I say to send the trolls over to my blog. A blog just isn’t as much fun if there are no dissenters.
22 March 2007, on 12:33 am
beepbeep - You don’t know what you are wishing for! It was hard for even a team of us to keep up with and draining all of our creative wit! Too much exposure leads to brain drain.
You have a pretty good party going on a lot of the time at your place, though! I see you have a few pet xians of your own.
8 April 2007, on 3:35 am
I can’t believe how vicious christian trolls can be. It can feel like i’m dealing with serial killers.
One particulary nasty christian quoted Ps 2, saying that all qualities of god (such as laughing and mocking god are ones all good christians should emulate.
This is from the same psalmist who wrote in 59:5-10 that God should not show mercy but should laugh as he kills his enemies?