• colin@lemmy.uninsane.org
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    9 months ago

    Crowder says stupid words specifically designed to provoke a reaction from people.

    196ers react to it.

    we had a phrase for how to respond to this type of person/provocation, back in the day. something about food and trolls… but it’s long forgotten 😐️

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        9 months ago

        It’s the same analogy originally. The verb “troll” means “To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly moving boat”.

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      9 months ago

      I can assure you he has genuine fans who don’t see what he does as trolling

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      9 months ago

      Seriously, I grew up on sm forums where people would constantly say don’t feed the trolls. Shame society at large didn’t get the memo