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I found his picture.



Might be fun to post our favorite Bieber pix every time he starts a thread.

He's horn4life from OB and shag. We should flood his threads with the most embarrassing sip pics

Golden Nugget or Futures Bleak

I have seen pics of this guy wearing 'horn gear, but cannot find them now



Ran another search and saw that this guy died back in 2012. Weird as he was, that is a bit sad. He was a fixture on the Drag.

"Bert is fat" does not strike me as "trolling." I agree that this sort of post is a bit childish and a bit narcicistic ("stop your substantive discussion and LOOK AT MEEEEEEE"), but it is not an affirmative effort to inflict pain, etcetera.

I am talking about two different behaviors, I suppose. One is the LSUforLife12 sort of thing, where he starts asinine threads and jumps into existing threads just to incite discord.

Another is the guy who spends hours plotting how to draw people into a discussion on a given topic, expecting certain responses, with the sole intent of atacking when he receives those responses.

I actually found a series of interesting articles on this issue, including this one.

Basically, they say "Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists" with an emphasis on the sadism. Interesting.

Basically, they say "Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists" with an emphasis on the sadism. Interesting.



Charles Satterfield

For the TL;DR crowd : Bert is still fat

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"Bert is fat" does not strike me as "trolling."

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Bert is fat is often used - myself as well - but not sure anybody really takes it serously. After living in Arkansas for a part of my life it can be used to deflect a bully before they can attack. Much like when I joke about jizz jars and sheep when discussing TAMU to deflect before the other poster can launch an attack.

My belief in the SEC as a family is real as my life has been spent living and loving the south in general. Being old enough to remember Georgia Tech and Tulane while those before me were connected to Sewanee as well. I to do not understand the value of a troll especially when it covers up real and interesting discussions.

Something as simple as starting this thread when I noticed Stanford had never played an SEC team at their home. Pretty soon all kinds of posters united and each contributed to the eventual research as a whole. Overall it was a good thread but fewer and fewer seem to result in useful discovery or discussion.

My off beat sense of humor may be misunderstood but my support of folks are very real. I support Kige often, as he seems genuine and he really is passionate about sports without all the name calling. This new guy Clanga from Mississippi State seems along the same line from the videos he sent to Paul Finebaum. Even my avatar reflects my appreciation of folks who are just happy to be at a game. If I am sitting next to any of these 3 gentlemen I feel sure there would be amicable discussion and lots of high 5 handslaps. I am old school and I a too damn old to change now.

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I am talking about two different behaviors, I suppose.

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it may all root back to a single behavior, and that is to focus the spotlight on self (or other people) as that is the easy route. Discussing things or ideas requires more effort and listening to learn from others to grow ones own point of view. When I was young you went somewhere an took pictures of other people, things, or places. Now folks just go elsewhere and take pictures of themselves. Radical departure in a generation or less. With no Facebook or Twitter account nobody else is bored by my less than exciting life. The younger folks think the world is wowed when they say they got ice cream. Heaven forbid they actually discuss with the vendor how ice cream is made or the history of ice cream.

Some folks live pretty bland lives and perhaps trolling allows them to displace their daily anger on unknown and invisible posters on the internet. It amuses folks who go after me on the internet who would never do so in the real world. Mostly they amuse me, but if I were still young and had limited social interactions or skills it could easily be quite hurtful. Different generations and different levels of empathy in the base populations.

Some groups eliminate their trolls and some embrace them. Personally, I would like to think the good folks with TAMU roots would be the former and not the latter.

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The Rant is clearly very different. At times, its primary reason for existence actually seems to be childish name-calling and trolling.

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Trolling is part of the reason the SEC rant was started, or so it's been said. Gives everyone a common playground.

The definition of "trolling" has evolved quite a but over the years. It used to apply specifically to bored people who tried to draw others into stupid arguments. These days, I can make a joking comment that I consider to be obviously facetious and be accused of trolling.

Bottom line: don't take it too seriously and take a break if other posters are pissing you off.

In real life, you'd be able to see the other fella's facial expressions and laugh when he laughed. It's not that deep or complicated.

Of course, being an Aggie from Houston with a lot of Louisiana ties, I could be a little biased in thinking the Rant is normal. I mean, I show up for a family get together on Saturday and the first thing my dad says to me is,"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR TEAM?"