Troll Slaying (by XKCD)

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Reply #1 - 2009 June 01, 4:50 pm
harusame Member
From: USA Registered: 2009-04-22 Posts: 149

Jarvik, you inspired me to post this. smile

http://www.xkcd.com/591/

Reply #2 - 2009 June 01, 5:08 pm
nac_est Member
From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

Haha that comic is awesome. They should do a Japanese version...

Reply #3 - 2009 June 01, 5:11 pm
Jarvik7 Member
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2007-03-05 Posts: 3946

heh, from the JLPT1 in 3 months thread? tongue

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Reply #4 - 2009 June 01, 8:25 pm
uberstuber Member
Registered: 2007-03-27 Posts: 238

nac_est wrote:

Haha that comic is awesome. They should do a Japanese version...

http://ameblo.jp/xkcd-trans/

Reply #5 - 2009 June 01, 9:37 pm
Thora Member
From: Canada Registered: 2007-02-23 Posts: 1691

Q: does trolling required intent?

Reply #6 - 2009 June 01, 10:11 pm
Nii87 Member
From: Australia Registered: 2009-03-27 Posts: 371

Thora wrote:

Q: does trolling required intent?

AWESOME! Something in Japanese I actually want to read =P

Reply #7 - 2009 June 01, 11:06 pm
yukkuri_kame Member
From: Florida US Registered: 2008-05-30 Posts: 185

Click here if you are a troll:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachme … edium-.jpg

Last edited by yukkuri_kame (2009 June 02, 7:18 am)

Reply #8 - 2009 June 02, 12:00 am
Ryuujin27 Member
Registered: 2006-12-14 Posts: 824

uberstuber wrote:

nac_est wrote:

Haha that comic is awesome. They should do a Japanese version...

http://ameblo.jp/xkcd-trans/

I... I think... I think I love you.

Reply #9 - 2009 June 02, 12:15 am
Thora Member
From: Canada Registered: 2007-02-23 Posts: 1691

Nii87 wrote:

Thora wrote:

Q: does trolling required intent?

AWESOME! Something in Japanese I actually want to read =P

Meant to quote uberstuber, I assume

Last edited by Thora (2009 June 02, 12:52 am)

Reply #10 - 2009 June 02, 1:53 am
Nii87 Member
From: Australia Registered: 2009-03-27 Posts: 371

Ahem, yes. Sorry! The quote button is in a unintuitive position.

Reply #11 - 2009 June 02, 2:16 am
Jarvik7 Member
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2007-03-05 Posts: 3946

I'd say the Report button is in an unintuitive position. I've used it a few times to reply because I wasn't paying attention.

Reply #12 - 2009 June 02, 2:34 am
nac_est Member
From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

uberstuber wrote:

nac_est wrote:

Haha that comic is awesome. They should do a Japanese version...

http://ameblo.jp/xkcd-trans/

That's something, thank you very much!

Reply #13 - 2009 June 02, 2:39 am
Thora Member
From: Canada Registered: 2007-02-23 Posts: 1691

My post was kind of mangled English. I had wanted to ask if it's still considered trolling if a poster had no intent to troll. For e.g. an innocently posed question that will obviously get folks all riled up. Or someone with a personality type that isn't aware she's being confrontational or belligerent. Just curious.

Reply #14 - 2009 June 02, 2:47 am
bodhisamaya Guest

The designation of "troll" does seem to be evolving to describe anyone with an unpopular question.

Reply #15 - 2009 June 02, 2:59 am
Ryuujin27 Member
Registered: 2006-12-14 Posts: 824

However, it does usually refer to someone who started a particular topic to rile up the masses. Usually the troll will only post the initial topic and then leave it to... hmm, I guess the best word is "fester," but sometimes they will return to feed the flames.

Reply #16 - 2009 June 02, 7:16 am
yukkuri_kame Member
From: Florida US Registered: 2008-05-30 Posts: 185

Thora wrote:

My post was kind of mangled English.

Didn't even noticed the error until you pointed it out.  What you meant was clear. I just took it as a delightful rhetorical question.  I assume others did, too, and hence the lack of responses.

Reply #17 - 2009 June 02, 9:31 am
to_nihon Member
Registered: 2008-11-09 Posts: 29

uberstuber wrote:

nac_est wrote:

Haha that comic is awesome. They should do a Japanese version...

http://ameblo.jp/xkcd-trans/

Would that be a good test in Japanese sarcasm? I would assume that the sarcasm and irony would have to be translated.

Reply #18 - 2009 June 02, 10:30 am
thorstenu Member
From: Germany Registered: 2008-12-22 Posts: 99

jmkeralis wrote:

Jarvik, you inspired me to post this. smile

http://www.xkcd.com/591/

This one is stupid. I needed one day to understand it. Since when do I have to know authors and their books for teenage girls to understand xkcd comics?

Last edited by thorstenu (2009 June 02, 10:32 am)

Reply #19 - 2009 June 02, 11:20 am
Ryuujin27 Member
Registered: 2006-12-14 Posts: 824

thorstenu wrote:

jmkeralis wrote:

Jarvik, you inspired me to post this. smile

http://www.xkcd.com/591/

This one is stupid. I needed one day to understand it. Since when do I have to know authors and their books for teenage girls to understand xkcd comics?

Have you been living under a rock or something? Perhaps a pineapple under the sea?

Reply #20 - 2009 June 02, 11:44 am
harusame Member
From: USA Registered: 2009-04-22 Posts: 149

xkcd picks up a lot from popular culture (and subculture and counterculture).  For example, frequent references to Firefly and Serenity are made, with one entire week's series based on it: (http://xkcd.com/577/) through (http://xkcd.com/581/).
A reference to Star Wars: http://xkcd.com/469/
Snakes on a Plane: http://xkcd.com/107/

Last edited by jmkeralis (2009 June 02, 11:57 am)

Reply #21 - 2009 June 02, 12:01 pm
thorstenu Member
From: Germany Registered: 2008-12-22 Posts: 99

jmkeralis wrote:

xkcd picks up a lot from popular culture (and subculture and counterculture)

Yeah, I know. But romances for teenage girls? Is this the new big thing in the USA everyone should know about?  Ok, I am from old Europe....

Reply #22 - 2009 June 02, 12:04 pm
harusame Member
From: USA Registered: 2009-04-22 Posts: 149

Well, the books were INSANELY popular, and then the movie came out, and now the stars of the movie are all over the tabloids because they're *actually* dating, and they're even having a cruise with the actors and some fans...you get the idea.  It's sort of like Harry Potter 2.0.

Reply #23 - 2009 June 02, 12:18 pm
Tobberoth Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

thorstenu wrote:

jmkeralis wrote:

xkcd picks up a lot from popular culture (and subculture and counterculture)

Yeah, I know. But romances for teenage girls? Is this the new big thing in the USA everyone should know about?  Ok, I am from old Europe....

Which part of Europe are you from? At least in Sweden, you have to pretty much live under a rock to miss out on what Twilight is. (I haven't seen the movie or anything, just saying.)

Reply #24 - 2009 June 02, 12:31 pm
thorstenu Member
From: Germany Registered: 2008-12-22 Posts: 99

Tobberoth wrote:

Which part of Europe are you from? At least in Sweden, you have to pretty much live under a rock to miss out on what Twilight is. (I haven't seen the movie or anything, just saying.)

I am from Germany and I heard about the Twilight movie some time ago so I was not totally clueless. But while scanning the comic I didn't recognized the women as the author..

Last edited by thorstenu (2009 June 02, 12:33 pm)

Reply #25 - 2009 June 02, 1:57 pm
harhol Member
From: United Kingdom Registered: 2009-04-03 Posts: 496

Twilight is famous for being one of the worst books ever written. It has also sold several billion copies, perhaps even several trillion.