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[Pathos]

Stress inoculation therapy.

Essentially, by getting worked up by trolls, you're less likely to get worked up by people in the real world, as you've gotten used to the concept of being stressed out by a person's actions or opinions. There's also research that suggests (can't find it at the moment) that people are becoming depressed more often because they aren't being annoyed by people enough (this concept links together with the stress inoculation therapy) and therefore aren't used to having their opinions challenged.

And, just think, you're getting all of it for free, too!

That's all, folks.

[Rilder]

PATHOS YOU ARE A STUPID TROLL AND SHOULD BE BANNED, IF I COULD I'D BEAT YOU REPEATEDLY WITH A PIECE OF REBAR.

Hey their right, that did feel good

[Jackrabbit]

Yeah, but getting enraged about the latest game/movie/album from a group you like, the details of which haven't even been released yet, is the equivalent of a marathon in comparison.

[olemars]

Yeah, but getting enraged about the latest game/movie/album from a group you like, the details of which haven't even been released yet, is the equivalent of a marathon in comparison.

Reminds me of this 2000 post flamewar/rant over the pixel count in some scenes in Alan Wake.

[Hawkfrost]

Bullshit, all they do is raise my blood pressure.

[smigenboger]

I'm no expert, but I play one on B12. Classical conditioning is a bitch, a bitch that could hone in on always becoming enraged whenever someone pesters you. If you blow up at a troll, you may be training yourself to blow up even more at real life people.

Classical conditioning goes both ways.

[Mishy]

You called?

[Sensei]

I think that the researchers are their own subjects here- they're trying to find out if trolling is fun.

This seems to go along the lines of every article making broad controversial statement like "wine reduces your cholesterol" or whatever their phrase du jour happens to be.

[ChairmanPoo]

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[Grakelin]

I think that the researchers are their own subjects here- they're trying to find out if trolling is fun.

This seems to go along the lines of every article making broad controversial statement like "wine reduces your cholesterol" or whatever their phrase du jour happens to be.

Too bad that isn't how studies work, and wine really does lower your cholestrol.

You might as well try telling me that insulin doesn't work because it's just a phrase of the day (not really sure why you used a french translation of that, is that particularly popular?) spouted by silly researchers who injected themselves with insulin and discovered that diabetes did not affect them.

[ChairmanPoo]

For the record, it's very moderate ammounts of wine. Like, a glass a day.

I say this because people often use this argument to justify alcoholic binges.

[Sir Pseudonymous]

Actually, it's any kind of booze, given that the ethanol itself is responsible. And if I'm remembering correctly, it's not that it reduces your cholesterol, it's that it reduces the harmful effects of it by acting as a blood thinner. Of course, more than one or two drinks a day and the ethanol starts damaging your system, but the point stands.

[Enzo]

For the record, it's very moderate ammounts of wine. Like, a glass a day.

I say this because people often use this argument to justify alcoholic binges.

Funny, I usually use alcoholic binges to justify my arguments.

Also, this theory works on the assumption that you get pissed off and explode at the trolls, right? What about the 99% who just quietly breathe a sigh of annoyance?

[Sir Pseudonymous]

They're probably not in need of desensitization to annoyance then, are they?

[Mishy]

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The good old days.