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Old 10-07-2015, 07:13 AM
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Why do you people get off on this? (OP)
I'm not sure. I've spent hours trying to figure out why the art of trolling holds so much appeal for me.

My first thought is it's an outlet for socially maladjusted people to practice normal social skills, and who doesn't like a creative story. Contrary to what cartoons and disney fairy tales might tell you about people, we are a bunch of assholes in real life. The only reason people hide their asshole-ness is because they want to fit in with society and climb the social ladder.

I see plenty of trolling in real life, at work, at the gym, in the grocery store. It's all around us. Some motivations might be more "valid" socially than others but people always try to tear down / troll others.

Trolling out of anger or just to annoy people seems like a low caliber reason to troll. It lacks subtlety. The guy who spams "nuh uhh, ur wrong LOLZZ" repeatedly isn't even worth engaging. There is no creativity there.

Trolling for political reasons or to make a statement about certain laws seems like a medium caliber reason to troll. Although sometimes it can be incredibly amusing at the same time. Like when the swedish conservative party set up a gay pride parade through a muslim ghetto. What could possibly go wrong? Progressives looked like asses canceling the parade because they offended muslims "were not all like that!", and if they let the parade go there would be murders and show that all the lies libruls put on the media about the passive and peace loving muslims is full of shit.

Trolling just for entertainment and to make people laugh seems like a high quality reason to troll. Know your audience of course and not try to harm anything more than just feelz and everything is fine with me. People insult each other constantly in life. It starts in grade school and progresses into adult life. Who can toss the most entertaining insults usually has the highest social standing in a given situation.

TL/DR: I view online trolling as a way to sharpen my wit. Being able to spout off random funny nonsense in real life social situations is definitely helpful in many settings.
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Old 10-07-2015, 04:39 PM
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People insult each other constantly in life. It starts in grade school and progresses into adult life. Who can toss the most entertaining insults usually has the highest social standing in a given situation.
You don't seem to be aware that the described behavior, as well as basing social standing on who can mock somebody the best, are not actually parts of adult life. If they are a part of your life then you are not an adult, just a grown up kid.
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Old 10-07-2015, 04:41 PM
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You don't seem to be aware that the described behavior, as well as basing social standing on who can mock somebody the best, are not actually parts of adult life. If they are a part of your life then you are not an adult, just a grown up kid.
Either you're really dumb, or really meta.

Either way 10/10.
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Old 10-07-2015, 06:13 PM
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You don't seem to be aware that the described behavior, as well as basing social standing on who can mock somebody the best, are not actually parts of adult life. If they are a part of your life then you are not an adult, just a grown up kid.
Disagree. Most socializing structures (single men, single women) involve AMOGing and indirect/subtle insults and one-uppance against other parties etc.

You are sorely sheltered/misguided.
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Old 10-07-2015, 06:16 PM
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Disagree. Most socializing structures (single men, single women) involve AMOGing and indirect/subtle insults and one-uppance against other parties etc.
lol wat

Is this from that PUA garbage?
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Old 10-07-2015, 06:15 PM
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You don't seem to be aware that the described behavior, as well as basing social standing on who can mock somebody the best, are not actually parts of adult life. If they are a part of your life then you are not an adult, just a grown up kid.
Wall-street and finance banking aren't mature adults producing good income for themselves?

They insult as part of socialization and status climbing among themselves and their peers. Whether in the office, or the bar. The funnier and more subtle and well-timed the insult (The better the comic) the more status they collect gain and achieve.

You are simply non-competitive. You are not an adult. You are just a low status male.

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Old 10-07-2015, 06:22 PM
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They insult as part of socialization and status climbing among themselves and their peers. Whether in the office, or the bar. The funnier and more subtle and well-timed the insult (The better the comic) the more status they collect gain and achieve.

You are simply non-competitive. You are not an adult. You are just a low status male.
Do you realize that you sound socially maladjusted when you say shit like this? This is pretty much you, except instead of kids, it would read "fellow adult males":

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Stop watching movies like Wolf of Wall Street and American Psycho to try to find out how to socialize and just go talk to people, for fuck's sake.
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Old 10-07-2015, 06:38 PM
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Do you realize that you sound socially maladjusted when you say shit like this? This is pretty much you, except instead of kids, it would read "fellow adult males":

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Stop watching movies like Wolf of Wall Street and American Psycho to try to find out how to socialize and just go talk to people, for fuck's sake.
I'm from NYC. Most of my friends got jobs with BoA, Morgan Stanley, and the like. Many lost jobs during the 2008 crash. I personally do not work in finance, but these are my childhood friends. I have exposure to highly competitive adult culture. My friends are all financially successful and insult as part of a culture of dominance. We were all given money for education, the poorest of us was only given 200k and had to scrape by when tuition is over 40k a year.

What background do you come from to say that insults are not part of being an adult? Do you think its because of your socio-economic background perhaps that you do not have any exposure to highly competitive people and environments?

You don't work in competitive jobs, you aren't from the city. You are likely lacking real-world experience among adults in competitive fields. That is all.
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Old 10-07-2015, 06:52 PM
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Otherwise known as a beta cuck, or cuckold.
Goddamnit I thought I was free. I THOUGHT I WAS FREE FROM IT HERE.

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Old 10-07-2015, 07:20 PM
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Goddamnit I thought I was free. I THOUGHT I WAS FREE FROM IT HERE.

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you seem stressed. how about a nice caramel macchiato to calm the nerves?
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