Troll Alert: 'laura'

[Menard]

As several of us have already had pointless conversations with this aimless ditz who just does not 'get it', any further conversation is just going to spur 'it' on. 'It' has come along and decided to launch unwarranted attacks on ASH, but wants to claim them as personal opinions. Attacks against any member of the board is something we all feel as it is unwarranted, certainly unkind, and disrupts the flow of the board.

I realize that some do get a kick out of the banter with a troll, and for some it is infuriating. Perhaps if we just ignore this troll, it may crawl back into the hole from which it came; but, this just a perhaps.

I did want to point out to other members who have not experienced this troll yet, that 'it' posts under the member name of 'laura' and seems to have an infatuation with ASH.

Why do trolls have a fascination with ASH? Remember last December?

[odinn7]

I enjoy the back and forth with trolls now and then but it does get to a point that it becomes too much for the good of the board.
Obviously myself and Menard like to have fun and pick on people now and then (Ash happens to be one of my targets but I believe he knows I'm not serious), we are not mean spirited about doing so. To just appear on the board and one of your first comments to someone is "why don't u get a life?", well, that says "troll" to me. Laura must like this because she keeps coming back to play up the "poor me" end of it just looking to get more reactions and unfortunately, I'm guilty of giving those reactions. Perhaps someone can get Kate Beckinsale to punish me for doing this? Anyway...Laura should be hung out to dry. If she can't add anything worthwhile and has only negative comments to make, she has no business being here. We could ignore her or if it gets to the point, maybe Andrew will remove her.

[daveblackeye15]

Why don't we let her stay around a little longer.

She amuses me.

And these endless back and forth conversations where she doesn't get it border on surrealism.

[trekgeezer]

I've never understood what entertainment value anyone gets from trying to start a flame war with someone else. I guess  they like to push peoples buttons and not in a good way. This kind of behaviour is certainly not in line with the atmosphere we like to maintain here on our good natured forum.

Maybe "laura" likes being talked to in that vulgar way and hopes to entice this sort of reaction out of our friend ASHTHECAT or maybe she is just a lonely troll living in a basement somewhere, her only means of garnering attention is to attack those she so jealously wishes to emulate. Tsk, tsk, maybe we should just pity her.

[Derf]

I should know better, but...

Guys, guys, guys! You shouldn't disrespect poor laura. Sure, she may be a little abrasive, but with the proper respect and care, she might turn into a real beauty and a valuable addition to the board.

[raj]

Derf, I couldn't get to the first pic, but the second definitely needs to come with a warning label.  I'm going to have to look at some Playboy playmates just to wash my eyes out.
And Odinn7, that Kate Beckinsale line forms right behind me.

I usually try and give someone the benefit of the doubt at the beginning, I can't imagine someone's life is so empty that they get a real thrill out of starting a pointless flamewar.  Ah well, looks like a cheesefest on Sci-fi tomorrow night.

[ulthar]

I thought about responding to the 'get a life' comment, but decided not to.  I figured why feed the troll?  It would not get the point anyway.

But I do have to thank it for one thing; if not for that bit-o-trolling, I would not have gotten Odinn's little gem

Sprechen Sie Troll?

I ALMOST made that my sig on a LUG forum I joined last night (though it would not have really fit there).  I will find a place to use it.

Priceless.

[Dunners]

I say f**k the troll with an rusty iron rod and sell the rod on ebay.

[Andrew]

Warning email sent to "laura's" address.  That will be the end of it, if it means dropping the IP into the deny pool and deleting their Phorum account.

[odinn7]

First I say: Andrew is kicking some ass.

Second: Ulthar, I'm glad you enjoyed that comment. Use it as you will.

[Ash]

What I want to know is, why do they always single ME out?

I oftentimes wonder if some of you believe the transgressor to be an accomplice of mine that I've told to egg you all on....someone I know perhaps.

NOT TRUE!

This s**t is really totally random.

I haven't the foggiest who "laura" is.

[odinn7]

ASHTHECAT wrote:

> I oftentimes wonder if some of you believe the transgressor to
> be an accomplice of mine that I've told to egg you all
> on....someone I know perhaps.

Wow...paranoid?

Seriously, the reason they single you out is because I pay them $5 to do so.

[dean]

>>>Seriously, the reason they single you out is because I pay them $5 to do so.

Wasn't it standard signing up procedure to put $10 into the 'annoy Ashthecat' club treasurey when joining this site?

Where's my money gone!!!  Odinn7 is skimming money from our funds!!!  I knew it was a bad idea to put him in charge of the money... It better be to start the off shoot club 'arm Dave with swords to get Menard' club, otherwise I am going to tear up my membership card, burn my club t-shirt and will erase the secret handshake from my memory....


[oh and Laura is annoying]

[raj]

Dean,
that other $5 goes for the secret decoder ring.

[odinn7]

raj wrote:

> Dean,
> that other $5 goes for the secret decoder ring.

Yes, I thought that was rather obvious...it's become apparent to me that Dean didn't bother to read the fine print before he agreed to send the money.