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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2550529, member: 24314&quot;]By that definition it appears that I can be CALLED a troll. However, it also appears that many posters here are also trolls.&nbsp; Example:&nbsp; A simple question as in Post#99&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" rel="nofollow">extraneous</a> qualifies this poster as a troll!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s look at the definition further as it applies to this thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <span style="color: #0059b3">In </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0059b3">Internet slang</span></a><span style="color: #0059b3">, a <b>troll</b> is a person who sows discord on the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0059b3">Internet</span></a><span style="color: #0059b3"> by starting arguments.</span>&nbsp; You call a disagreement an argument; I&#039;ll call it a discussion.&nbsp; Sometime one of the posters will learn something sometimes not; BUT each may discover a different and VALID side exists even though they may not change their personal opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. <span style="color: #0059b3">In </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0059b3">Internet slang</span></a><span style="color: #0059b3">, a <b>troll</b> is a person who sows discord on the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0059b3">Internet</span></a><span style="color: #0059b3"> by upsetting people.</span>&nbsp; We all know how this goes.&nbsp; If someone gets upset, it ONLY hurts them.&nbsp; Get a set, take a pill, or push the &quot;Ignore&quot; button.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. <span style="color: #0059b3">In </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0059b3">Internet slang</span></a><span style="color: #0059b3">, a <b>troll</b> is a person who posts with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0059b3">emotional</span></a><span style="color: #0059b3"> response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion, often for their own amusement.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry but I&#039;M NOT GUILTY!&nbsp; IMO, very few members post things for this reason; however, I can understand how some folks here that get upset over little things WILL take offense at posts showing great humor and imagination that are directed at them.&nbsp; In that case, many of the members making here fit the definition of a troll - <span style="color: #b300b3">but not by me</span>!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>-[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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