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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Teh Internets Fictional Troll Trap Becomes Real Troll Trap

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:56 AM

Last week, The Onion came up with a great idea for a website: A "decoy website" that "lure[s] moronic Internet commenters away from all other websites." Here's a taste:

According to sources, Outkube boasts thousands of articles and forums carefully crafted to draw in dim-witted web users and effectively quarantine obtuse, uninformed comments on topics such as gay rights, Ryan Gosling, the threat of Sharia law in the U.S., health care reform, whether Kobe is better than LeBron, Jewish control of the government and media, the New York Jets, the Second Amendment, and professional wrestler John Cena.

Now, Outkube is real. It's packed with all kinds of troll bait:

Don’t you think it’s time we knock it off with the guns already? Just get rid of them. Make them illegal. What’s the point? The only people who use guns are criminals and they need to be put in jail before they hurt somebody, or before their kids find their guns and shoot each other with them.

Just watched this video and it made me cry. I don’t think I have to tell you guys just how amazing Justin Bieber is, but in case you aren’t a Belieber then watch it, below. I think it’s obvious to any sane person he’s the most underrated performer we have today.

The comments are perfect, too: Exactly as even-handed, intelligent, and pleasant as you would expect.

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Amazing. They've out-Slogged Slog. I'm impressed.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 25, 2011 at 8:08 AM

They even have a Dan Savage shout out in the comments. They're good!

Posted by Cracker Jack on October 25, 2011 at 8:19 AM

What comments are you guys reading???

Everyone on there seemed to be in on the joke or just there to call everyone else a faggot. DOA

Posted by Danger on October 25, 2011 at 8:24 AM

Monday A.M.’s are for cute vids →

Death Cab for Cutie: the best band you’ve never heard of.

Posted on October 24, 2011

I like some underground bands all right, but by far my favorite is a little-known outfit from Arkansas named “Death Cab for Cutie.” A weird name, I know, but TRUST ME: these guys are good, and by far my favorite part is the lyrics. The singer (I think he’s the guy on the left in the photo) also writes the words, and he just has a poetic touch that you will absolutely love. I know there’s a lot of bands out there and it’s hard to please everyone, but do yourself a favor and give this little band a listen. You will be so glad you did.

FIRST also I’m like 99% sure they’re not from Arkansas

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not Arkansas says:

October 24, 2011 at 1:33 am

They’re from Athens GA

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REM4life says:

October 24, 2011 at 1:34 am

Ur thinking of REM

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not reallly no says:

October 24, 2011 at 1:35 am

Nobody thinks of REM but thanks for playing

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Is this real says:

October 24, 2011 at 8:57 am

You’re all idiots. Death Cab is from Bellingham, WA.

Posted by biffp on October 25, 2011 at 8:36 AM

I heard when they checked the trap this morning they found they had caught a Sarah Palin.

Posted by Drew2u on October 25, 2011 at 9:22 AM

The "about" page says that it's a homage to the Onion article, and the page looks to have been registered the same day the article came out. So The Onion didn't even register the domain? This is a tribute? Weird.

Posted by g on October 25, 2011 at 9:48 AM

Hearty congratulations to Charles on the launch of this promising venture.

Posted by Joe M on October 25, 2011 at 10:09 AM

"Now you can read an article or enjoy multimedia on your favorite websites without having to endure the revolting, barely coherent comments these troglodytes used to leave at the bottom of every page," Kamangar continued. "At long last, a new era has dawned for the Internet."

Say "sayonara" to Slog's rotating cast of conservatards.

Posted by Original Andrew on October 25, 2011 at 10:17 AM

This isn't the Slog as it is already?

Posted by Spindles on October 25, 2011 at 11:02 AM