… also known as today’s Douchehound of the Day! I’m not even touching this one, just throwing it out here for y’all to bat around. Mr. George P. Burdell writes: Why do fat people always assume that people are making fun of their weight? I personally dislike most fat people for their lack of will … Continue reading »
Filed under Trolls …
Turn that douchehound upside down
We’ve got a fairly desperate concern troll in the mod queue today; he’s left comments on three different posts in the last hour AND sent an email to Kate about how we are ruining feminism, which is a crock of man-hating shit anyway. Needless to say, he’s banned (thanks for playing, Richard! Feel free to … Continue reading »
Learn to troll logic
Since it’s been shooting trolls in a barrel week, I couldn’t resist sharing this gem from the moderation queue: I don’t believe that anyone *chooses* to be a large size, but I feel that we all have a choice in whether or not we let ourselves get there. You don’t choose to be fat! You … Continue reading »
Douchehound of the day: Brevity is no longer the soul of wit
Hey all, if we’ve seemed a little touchy lately, it’s because we’ve been getting a lot of trolls. Some of them write gigantic screeds about how we’re delusional and should probably die violently (before our inevitable death from our puddles of fat, natch); some, like our friend “Ripley” below, are more pithy. Just as I … Continue reading »
Meta: Why I’m Such a Bitch
You know, comments are simultaneously the best and the worst thing about blogging. The immediate feedback is gratifying, often educational, and (at least around here) usually fun. I love getting to “know” the regular readers of the blog who participate (though I don’t forget about you lurkers, either), and I’ve even developed a few real-life … Continue reading »
Troll logic
Hey all, I just wanted to share this stunning new information that I learned from reading the moderation queue: The reason that obesity is equated with unhealthy is because except for a few rare cases, people who are obese are more unhealthy than normal weight people Did you hear that? The reason people think obesity … Continue reading »
Hostility
The elevators in my building, like all elevators everywhere, have a little plaque saying “Capacity 2600 lbs.” The other day, I noticed that in the far lefthand elevator, someone had scratched this out and written “PIGGY MOO.” I can’t really imagine what was going on here. Did they think 2600 pounds was the weight recommendation … Continue reading »
QOTD: Troll Psychology
It’s not about fat, but this quote from my fave advice columnist Carolyn Hax‘s live online chat is just startlingly accurate. Especially on a week when the whole fatosphere has been seeing increased troll activity (including just oodles of hate speech here that you guys thankfully never have to see), I think it’s worth pinning … Continue reading »
I am Spartacus!
Reader Arashi-san alerted us in comments that an astute and worthy opponent had finally unearthed the dark secret of this blog: Kate, I was actually mistaken for you today while engaged in an argument…! I took it as a complement, though what the commenter actually said to me was, “Arashi-san, We know you are that … Continue reading »
Douchehoundz!!! Special Savage Edition
Please enjoy the first three (and so far, only) trolls who arrived here via the Slog. 1) Author : Demonchild Comment: [Edited to add: Several people have pointed out that everything in the following comment — which I’ve quoted verbatim as it came to my inbox — is taken from the recent Violent Acres post … Continue reading »
