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Concerning the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Trolling

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Warrior:

--- Quote from: truste1 on July 14, 2008, 01:02:57 am ---Well each troll would continue to attempt to outtroll and thus everyone would be trolling.

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this. it is very easy to shift from one of the two defined groups: troll or been trolled. an individual must always strive to be in the first group, thus there will always be those in the second. the system balances itself. it has for millions of years.

Warrior:
to elaborate on my previous point, the two groups are not so much titles as they are categories based on recent actions, by no means permanent
you can be a self proclaimed troll yet still belong (for a temporary, or extended amount of time depending on your level of failure) to the second group.

a recent example is warz and his horrid blasphemies against trolls & co, was he in the first group during the time my barrage of insults mutilated his dignity? no. after the smoke cleared however, he remained a senf-proclaimed troll -- this is a personal title and not the two groups which makeup the fundamental order of our society.. (now, is this merely a byproduct of his obsession of myself and his worship of my actions? perhaps..)

Ender:
this is getting good

rabbit:
But if it's possible to flip between the two categories, then it is obviously not a universal law.  Anyone who believes that trolling should be universal would never allow themselves to flip to the non-troll category, and as such the flow would be one way.  Eventually, there would be no non-troll category as everyone would be in the troll category.  Now, since everybody is behaving the same, all trolling loses all meaning, and no longer exists.

Warrior:

--- Quote from: rabbit on July 14, 2008, 08:31:44 am ---But if it's possible to flip between the two categories, then it is obviously not a universal law.

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This is not true, the universal law that is trolling merely encapsulates these two concepts.


--- Quote from: rabbit on July 14, 2008, 08:31:44 am ---Anyone who believes that trolling should be universal would never allow themselves to flip to the non-troll category, and as such the flow would be one way. 

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The two categories do not stop you from being a trolled, it is simply a title based on recent actions. The example I cited with warz shows this pretty well.


--- Quote from: rabbit on July 14, 2008, 08:31:44 am ---Eventually, there would be no non-troll category as everyone would be in the troll category.  Now, since everybody is behaving the same, all trolling loses all meaning, and no longer exists.

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See above, and taking what you say as hypothetical truth -- the inherent fallibility of humanity cancels out that argument either way.

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