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<description>The New York Times Magazine has a long story about trolls. After a cursory history of trolling, there&apos;s a long interview with Jason Fortuny, who did the &quot;Craigslist Experiment,&quot; publishing photos that people sent to his phony ad a few years back. A flat-screen HDTV dominated Fortuny’s living room, across from a futon prepped with neatly folded blankets. This was where I would sleep for the next few nights. As Fortuny picked up his cat and settled into an Eames-style chair, I asked whether trolling hurt people. “I’m not going to sit here and say, ‘Oh, God, please forgive me!’...</description>
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<title>Comment by Non</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The perfect metaphor for trolls: an angry boy projecting his shame and hurt on other victims.</p>

<p>Classic. </p>

<p>What a sad little man.</p>]]></description>
<author>Non</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090650</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090650</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:01:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by scary tyler moore</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>he lives in KIRKLAND!!!  until i saw the picture, i thought it was mr. poe.</p>]]></description>
<author>scary tyler moore</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090656</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090656</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:02:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Jack Nasty</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Sadder still, everyone is able to see that but him. (to 1)</p>]]></description>
<author>Jack Nasty</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090662</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090662</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:04:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Henry</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Ha, I think this is the same Jason that was b& from the Seattle LJ community for drama/trolling. What a shining star.</p>]]></description>
<author>Henry</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090696</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090696</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:38:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Fnarf</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I hate, hate, hate this use of the word "troll". Troll is not a noun, it is a verb, and it derives from fishing; you troll your baited hook behind you as you slowly cruise the newsgroups, looking for bites.</p>]]></description>
<author>Fnarf</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090713</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090713</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:51:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Steve S</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I don't even know where to begin, I'm so mad.</p>

<p>Fortuny outed me on his despicable craigslist attack, and I've tried very hard to forget how much damage he's caused. I've had to rebuild from scratch because of that monster.</p>

<p>Now... to see he's at it again, I just want to scream. I can't stand it. I hate that such a lowlife like Fortuny is allowed to continue without punishment, without remorse, and without someone taking a stand.</p>

<p>Well this is it. I'm not going to take Fortuny's crap anymore. I won't stand by and let more people be destroyed by this psychopath.</p>

<p>Fortuny is about to get his. And I'm about to get mine.</p>]]></description>
<author>Steve S</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090723</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090723</guid>
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<title>Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@5, but fnarf, what lives under the Aurora Bridge? What am I when I'm on Manhunt?  Troll can be a noun, right?</p>]]></description>
<author>Jubilation T. Cornball</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090739</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090739</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:17:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Gloria</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Does it mention how mean Slog commentators are? If not, I'm not interested. </p>]]></description>
<author>Gloria</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090744</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090744</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:20:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by crk on bellevue ave</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>These aren't trolls and this article gives a bad name to trolls everywhere.  "Trolls" are simply people who beg to differ with the provaling groupthink on a given forum.  For example, many here think marijuana is safe and harmless but the increase in gang activity in Belltown clearly shows otherwise.</p>]]></description>
<author>crk on bellevue ave</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090745</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090745</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:21:08 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Fnarf</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>What's under the Aurora Bridge? Diarrhea with a Volkswagon. Manhunt I don't know from. Yes, a troll can be a noun but in this sense it's always a verb. "X is just a troll" = wrong; "X is trolling you" = right.</p>]]></description>
<author>Fnarf</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090764</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090764</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:43:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by bobcat</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>"Dissent Is the Highest Form of Patriotism"</p>]]></description>
<author>bobcat</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090779</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090779</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:02:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Ejaculation &quot;The T Stands For Troll&quot; Horndog</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Damn! This thread sure am funky down here. Who Fartfed?<br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>Ejaculation &quot;The T Stands For Troll&quot; Horndog</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090783</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090783</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:07:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Weev</title>
<description><![CDATA[<blockquote>“The question we have to answer is: How do we kill four of the world’s six billion people in the most just way possible?" - Weev</blockquote>

<p>Well, I can think of two to start with, and I [the sock puppet, not the soon to be deceased) expect to be reading their obituary's on Monday.</p>

<p>This why the death penalty for child rape is a good idea. While euthanasia for the victims would be a political non-starter, telling the "perps" that the penalty is the same whether you leave a witness or not... Of course one has to hope they don't realize murders are investigated more thoroughly.</p>]]></description>
<author>Weev</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090803</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090803</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:25:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by scary tyler moore</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>what is the Seattle LJ community?  and yes, fnarf, trolling is a verb.  my grandpappy and i used to go trolling on flathead lake for hours in the beautiful summer evenings when i was a young 'un.  even caught a fish once.</p>]]></description>
<author>scary tyler moore</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090812</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090812</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:36:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Matt from Denver</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Fnarf, if you had your way about things like "troll is a verb not a noun," language wouldn't evolve. Please let it go and try to be irritated only by worthwhile things.</p>]]></description>
<author>Matt from Denver</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090842</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090842</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:16:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by jebus h. xst</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Really, though, any usage post 1377 is just too, too, oh!  From the OED:</p>

<p>troll, v.<br />
 I. 1. intr. To move or walk about or to and fro; to ramble, saunter, stroll, ‘roll’; spec. (slang) of a homosexual: to walk the streets, or ‘cruise’, in search of a sexual encounter; cf. sense 13.</p>

<p>1377 LANGL. P. Pl. B. XVIII. 296 And us hath he trolled [v.r. tollid] forth is two & thretty wynter. [1561: see 15b.] 1691 tr. Emilianne's Frauds Rom. Monks (ed. 3) 107 Another sort of Pilgrims..who spend their time in trouling from one place of Devotion to another. 1942 E. LANGLEY Pea Pickers I. iii. 41 Past rows of hawthorn hedges in leaf, but lacking flowers, we trolled. 1967 A. WILSON No Laughing Matter III. 201 At first..I just got myself picked up... But later I started trolling. 1967 Listener 21 Dec. 814/3 They all come trolling on in form-hugging black and do evocative things with chairs and ladders and planks of wood. 1981 R. BARNARD Sheer Torture xi. 120, I trolled off quite happily and entered the house.</p>]]></description>
<author>jebus h. xst</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090849</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090849</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:23:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by K</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>What's nagging about that snippet is that it is exactly the sort of story that I would expect rfjason to tell just to see what sort of shit it stirred up.</p>

<p>But moms don't lie (do they?) so it must be true.</p>]]></description>
<author>K</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090852</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090852</guid>
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<title>Comment by Fnarf</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The thing is, I'm trying to head off a bad language change at the pass. People who don't know what "trolling" is or where the internet usage came from think it has something to do with the creature under the bridge. It doesn't.</p>]]></description>
<author>Fnarf</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090854</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090854</guid>
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<title>Comment by AnonymousCoward</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Fnarf, I think "troll" / "trolling" is as evocative a word as it is because it also invokes the troll as obnoxious denizen of the underworld.</p>

<p>As "trolling" has become less about baiting people and more about being a jackass, I think it's perfectly acceptable to link it with folkloric jackasses.</p>]]></description>
<author>AnonymousCoward</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090863</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090863</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:37:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Matt from Denver</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Fnarf, that battle may have been lost the moment someone coined "Don't feed the trolls."</p>]]></description>
<author>Matt from Denver</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090872</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090872</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:46:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by jebus h. xst</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Troll is both a floor wax and a dessert topping!</p>

<p>OED (slight reprise):</p>

<p>DRAFT ADDITIONS JUNE 2006<br />
troll, n.<br />
   Computing slang. A person who posts deliberately erroneous or antagonistic messages to a newsgroup or similar forum with the intention of eliciting a hostile or corrective response. Also: a message of this type.</p>

<p>1992 Re: Why Not? in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet newsgroup) 14 Dec., If I didn't know better I would swear that this post bears the mark of the inevitable Peter van der Linden in troll mode. 1995 Toronto Star (Nexis) 23 Feb. G3 Posts that are designed to encourage angry responses are called ‘trolls’ because the purpose is to fish for flames. 1996 M. TEPPER in D. Porter Internet Culture 41 The hoped-for response to a troll is an indignant correction. 2005 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 28 Jan. 4, I have not included a feedback page or forum with this site, because those things just seem to attract trolls.<br />
    <br />
troll, v.<br />
   intr. Computing slang. To post a deliberately erroneous or antagonistic message on a newsgroup or similar forum with the intention of eliciting a hostile or corrective response. Also trans.: to elicit such a response from (a person); to post messages of this type to (a newsgroup, etc.).</p>

<p>1992 Re: Post the FAQ in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Oct., Maybe after I post it, we could go trolling some more and see what happens. 1993 Re: Bread and Napolean's Lemur[D[D[D[D[DHorse in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Feb., This looks like perfectly good AFU material... Or have I just been trolled? 2001 D. CRYSTAL Lang. and Internet ii. 53 Not all chatgroups troll; some insert clues to the existence of a troll into a message that only the cognoscenti recognize; some are very much against the whole process, conscious of the communicative disruption that can result. 2005 B. MCWILLIAMS Spam Kings iii. 69 Once, after a spammer trolled Nanae, accusing antis of having no life, Mad Pierre sarcastically responded that the spammer was correct.<br />
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<author>jebus h. xst</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090874</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090874</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:48:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by John Bailo</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><br />
Sort of disingenuous since every newspaper headline every created is a "troll".</p>]]></description>
<author>John Bailo</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090899</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090899</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:24:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by ecce homo</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Wow, a whole thread about trolls and no one mentioned my name even once.</p>

<p>You people are finally realizing who insulated and incestuous your little sorority here is. </p>

<p>The comment about being called a troll for simply not agreeing with the prevailing groupthink describes the infection that festers in the heart of 99% of SLOG commenters and about 75% of SLOG contributers and Stranger staffers.</p>

<p>Lets see how long it takes for whoever replaves AKH to start deleting comments he/she finds a little offensive and whose composer is not an endeared member of the community - ala the little shitbag Poe.</p>]]></description>
<author>ecce homo</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090904</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090904</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:28:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Dramatica</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Livejournal name = RFJason</p>]]></description>
<author>Dramatica</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090908</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090908</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Mr. Poe</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Oh, Ecce. You're so jealous. It's really cute. But kind of pathetic, ya know?</p>]]></description>
<author>Mr. Poe</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090931</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1090931</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:15:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by jean enersen&apos;s old sockpuppet</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>ouch, schooled!</p>]]></description>
<author>jean enersen&apos;s old sockpuppet</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091003</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091003</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:23:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeways is an elitist prick</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@ Mr. Poe...</p>

<p>Actually, Ecce has been more entertaining than you, recently.</p>

<p>You saving your good shit for Gawker?<br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeways is an elitist prick</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091010</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091010</guid>
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<title>Comment by Greg</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>What a douche.</p>]]></description>
<author>Greg</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091048</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091048</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:35:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeway&apos;s prick shops at target</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@27, he got booted from Gawker.  La Poe has returned to his home base to regroup for the next assault on some unknowing website.</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeway&apos;s prick shops at target</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091050</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091050</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:38:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Mr. Poe</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@29</p>

<p>Uh, I'm back on Gawker. Well, mostly Defamer. And I never left Slog. That's something you guys came up with to deal with my lack of excessive posting.</p>]]></description>
<author>Mr. Poe</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091066</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091066</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:17:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by The Incredible Haiku</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><i>Stranger</i> babes give novel Rize, novel drink Rize, NOVEL BECOME HAIKU!</p>

<p>No, I don't.<br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>The Incredible Haiku</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091070</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091070</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:22:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by scary tyler moore</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>ooh!  what is your name on defamer/gawker, mr. poe?  i wanna read your comments, honeybuns!</p>]]></description>
<author>scary tyler moore</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091101</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091101</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:02:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Mr. Poe</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>E-mail me and I'll tell you. (Tired of stalkers.)</p>

<p>caderack(at)gmail.com</p>]]></description>
<author>Mr. Poe</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091109</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091109</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:13:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Greg</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>From the piece, Jason Fortuny comes across as a pit viper: cold, remorseless, and dangerous to confront. In a just world such people would be shot in the streets.</p>]]></description>
<author>Greg</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091125</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091125</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:30:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Mr. Poe</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@34</p>

<p>He's a sociopath. And as he's proven, he's dangerous. He can come up with any excuse he wants, but in the end of the day he's using his life's tragic events to excuse his disgusting behavior. I put him on the same line as his molesting grandpa.</p>]]></description>
<author>Mr. Poe</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091138</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091138</guid>
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<title>Comment by snooze</title>
<description><![CDATA[<blockquote>cold, remorseless, and dangerous to confront</blockquote>
Really? Like any of these guys, they put up a front and are surely "dangerous" online, but in a real world confrontation (i.e. someone steps up to them and calls them on their bullshit) they'd immediately pee their pants and flee.

<p>Let's remember that these "uber-trolls" (including Weev) are flat-out lying about their money, accomplishments, ability to live "off the grid", etc. I've been online long enough to know delusions of grandeur when I see them.</p>

<p>I think it's also safe to conclude that the only use Fortuny's gun (if it exists) will ever see is his own inevitable suicide once he realizes he's 40+, marginally employed and still trolling message boards "for the lulz".</p>]]></description>
<author>snooze</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091149</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091149</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:50:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Mr. Poe</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@36</p>

<p>Everybody thought that Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were harmless. Eric even had a blog where he mocked people he knew. Look what happened. Yeah, real harmless.</p>]]></description>
<author>Mr. Poe</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091153</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091153</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:54:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Eric Grandy</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Nice V for Vendetta mask.</p>]]></description>
<author>Eric Grandy</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091167</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091167</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:03:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeways</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>hmmmmm...I don't recall authorizing the use of my copywrited pseudonym to any douchebags lately, and if I have, in a drunken stupor, I certainly know I have NOT been compensated for the misuse of my moniker...</p>

<p>You'll be hearing from my attorney, Mike Gallagher.</p>

<p>what the fuck is wrong with Target? It has affordably priced seperates for those on a limited budget. Also; how can I be elitist and shop at Target? That doesn't make much sense, does it? </p>

<p>If you're going to be an asshole, at least be a consistent asshole.</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeways</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091179</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091179</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:18:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeways</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Mr Poe, I'm confused...you're tired of stalkers so you won't give out your Gawker name, yet you just posted your email address...does not compute.</p>

<p>also, I was not on the 550. I don't know what that means.</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeways</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091182</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091182</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:22:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Mr. Poe</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Michael, that's not the e-mail address I use to validate my Slog handle. It's my general everything e-mail. Packed with spam and all the jam.</p>

<p>The 550 is a bus. It must be your doppleganger.</p>]]></description>
<author>Mr. Poe</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091191</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091191</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:26:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Peter P.</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Classic victim of abuse behavior: victimizing and hurting innocent others in desperate attempts to regain self power.</p>]]></description>
<author>Peter P.</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091214</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091214</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:44:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeways</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I'm afraid my Evil Twin/Arch Nemesis, "Michael Strangeways is an Elitist Prick" must either live or work on the Eastside.</p>

<p>Be afraid.</p>

<p>Be very, very afraid.</p>

<p>And aroused.</p>

<p>Very, very aroused.</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeways</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091242</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091242</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:00:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by inkweary</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Since troll is both a noun and a verb it perfectly illustrates the beauty of English.<br />
Words evolve to include nuances that grow through usage. What started as a verb describing the act of planting a canard to elicit strong reactions has become the name of people who do so. I call that lovely.</p>]]></description>
<author>inkweary</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091344</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091344</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:03:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeway&apos;s prick shops at target</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I am not the elitist prick dude - I posted my name in protest to him calling you elitist, IOW "He's not elitist, he shops at Target."  I shop at Target.  I love Target.  I want a Michael Graves enema bulb.</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeway&apos;s prick shops at target</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091428</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091428</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:53:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeways</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>awwww....that means a lot to me.</p>

<p>but Michael Graves stuff sucks; over-priced and falls apart.</p>

<p>I'm waiting for the Isaac Mizrahi enema kit.</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeways</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091481</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091481</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:16:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by JA</title>
<description><![CDATA[<blockquote>#34: Jason Fortuny comes across as a pit viper: cold, remorseless, and dangerous to confront. In a just world such people would be shot in the streets.</blockquote>

<p>Well, don't let us stop you.</p>]]></description>
<author>JA</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091636</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091636</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:04:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Gomez</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The interesting line is that Fortuny's trolling is directed in principle towards the very sort of high horse attitudes that are all over the comments section of Slog (and, to some extent, the writing proper).</p>

<p>Now, I'm no fan of Fortuny's endeavors.  He is what he is.  His actions reveal a lot about everyone involved.  But before you fire away with more venom, keep in mind that you're validating his worldview each time you spew shit.</p>

<p><i>You look for someone who is full of it, a real blowhard. Then you exploit their insecurities....</i></p>]]></description>
<author>Gomez</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091900</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1091900</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:46:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by John</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Meh...Fortuny's gun is a pellet gun. But he also has a baseball bat and an escape exit! (Out his bedroom window). The view outside his bedroom window, which was in the NYT article, is interesting. All dark and creepy and deserted. How does he sleep at night! Won't someone's molesting Grampa go and comfort Mr. Fortuny?</p>]]></description>
<author>John</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1092772</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1092772</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:47:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Greg</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Jason Fortuny Fun Facts!<br />
He weighs 130 lbs<br />
He's about 5'5"(5'7" if he's telling it).<br />
Has posted a photo of himself naked in fron of a fire. (Not for the faint-hearted!)<br />
Has had treatment for low testosterone levels and lack of sexual function.<br />
Is searching for his biological Daddy. How? How? DNA tests? No, he interviews potential Pops. Great method.<br />
Cries alot, frequently depressed.<br />
Is broke and begged people for money for a lawyer to assist with the invasion of privacy case in Illinois. Didn't get any donations so wrote a pleading letter to the judge himself.<br />
Is about 20 years older than his internet "friends".<br />
Has admitted to wearing women's "essentials".<br />
Has had to sell his transformer and Star Wars figures on Ebay as he's BROKE. (Action figures. Whoda guessed?)<br />
Has been living in terror since 2006</p>

<p><br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>Greg</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1092877</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tldr#c1092877</guid>
<category>Teh Internets</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:22:00 -0800</pubDate>
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