Posted on 08/13/2004 8:29:49 PM PDT by NOTFRP
It seems that people are quickly labled "troll" around here and then castigated and banished for eternity.
I challenge you, if your cause is worthy and you are half as clever as you think you are, to no longer think of these antagonists as trolls but potential freepers.
Convert them! Reason with them. Just a little bit, maybe???
You guys yell "troll" more than a liberal cries "racist". That should tell you something.
If you are unable to convert a "troll" or two, maybe there is something substantially wrong. Maybe your not all that you're ZOTTED up to be.
I don't watch much these days--we don't get the good old ones, anymore. I REALLY miss Joel (damned Hamdingers).
Cheap Seats on ESPN makes me laugh out loud, though.
That sounds like a precarious situation. I will pray for some rain down there.
So how is school going for you?
At least you two can still watch them (*stifled sobs*)
We catch all of America's dross on TV down here (Cops, Judge Judy, old re-runs of Dynasty, you name it we get it), why couldn't they have bought the one decent thing to come out of the US?
(*stamps foot and goes to stand in corner, sulking*)
The stuff I'm watching tonight is on tape. I'm not sure the SciFi Channel even shows them anymore. For a while they were showing mostly Season 10 stuff but then they finally stopped, and I haven't checked to see if they started again. Earlier today though I was doing an inventory of what episodes I have on tape and noticed I had "Rocketship X-M", so I decided to watch that. These are the other ones I have:
Season 2
201: Rocketship X-M
204: Catalina Caper
Season 3
303: Pod People
319 Short: Mr. B. Natural
321: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Season 4
410: Hercules Against the Moon Men
424: Manos: The Hand of Fate
Season 5
511: The Gunslinger
Season 6
609: The Sky Divers
Season 8
810: The Giant Spider Invasion
811: Parts: The Clonus Horror
813: Jack Frost
816: Prince of Space
819: Invasion of the Neptune Men
820: Space Mutiny
821: Time Chasers
822: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Season 9
902: The Phantom Planet
907: Hobgoblins
908: The Touch of Satan
910: The Final Sacrifice
911: Devil Fish
912: The Screaming Skull
913: Quest of the Delta Knights
Season 10
1002: The Girl in the Gold Boots
1003: Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders
1004: Future War
1005: Blood Waters of Dr. Z
1006: Boggy Creek II
1007: Track of the Moon Beast
1008: Final Justice
1009: Hamlet
1010: It Lives By Night
1012: Squirm
1013: Diabolik
Even I can only watch them on tape now (joins sobbing). Can you get them on DVD, though? I know MST3K "Manos" is on DVD. Probably other episodes are as well.
First "family," then "marriage." Now "ZOT?"
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Count up the number of FReepers over the years vs. the number of trolls and it comes down to the old playground maxim: If you can't get along with the other kids, you get the nasal mucous beat outta you.
Zot. Simple as that.
It's just another example of how radical the left has become in its attack on traditional ZOT values.
We shall have to find a way to get you some MST3K. It's just not right anyone should be deprived of "Manos"! I'll check to see if anyone makes the VHSs/DVDs in Australian format.
the election is geting close. I suppose we will see a definite uptick in new registrations, legit and otherwise.
So far the worst of the rain has skirted to my east.
And no lightning.
Zardoz!
NOTFRP,
Welcome to Free Republic, newbie.
I shall give you the benefit of the doubt, this once, and assume you are completely unfamiliar with: the Moby Gambit ("I am a life-long conservative, but...(Bush sucks)" or "I have always voted Republican, but...(Bush sucks)" and all other variations on that theme); the serial-retread invaders from DU; the hallmarks of a Troll post (remarkably poor command of syntax, grammar, spelling, let alone logic); and the KKK "Republican" Gambit (where the troll posts in the guise of a conservative with the sole purpose of polluting this board with racist pathology even Senator Byrd, D.WVa, would hesitate to utter). As I said, I shall assume that YOU are ignorant of these known gambits (and others).
We, however, are not.
We do keep track of these things, you know.
This is how it generally goes down:
1. A person signs up. It is, at this point, a "newbie"
2. Within 48 hours, that newbie posts a vanity (a self-generated editorial). At this point, various anomaly detection gear among various FR Junkies begins to whir - as most people are wise enough to lurk a while and participate on established threads and news discussions before being so bold as to editorialize. At this point, it is a "red-flagged newbie"
3. If that vanity falls into one of the trite little categories listed above, a preliminary Troll Alert and ZOT! request can be submitted to the Almighty Mods by any FReeper.
Additionally, those of us in the VKS and RKBA can and do privately or publicly ping one another to the presence of a questionable newbie and formulate consensus about its merits or lack thereof. Some among those shall usually post a non-ZOT rebuttal with specific points begging address and response from the newbie. IF the newbie responds, we make note of that fact. If the newbie responds intelligently, we modify our evaluations accordingly.
Failure to engage in debate is considered a quite reliable indicator of trollery, and such failure is publicly noted.
And ruthlessly mocked, lampooned, paraded, and denounced.
At this point, the newbie is considered FTD - Fixin' Ta Die.
4. The Mods shall make an assessment of the newbie's post, posting history (if any), and shall also scope the newbie's IP address. If, upon such evaluation, the Mods find sufficient reason to do so, they shall nuke the newbie's account, or re-title the thread to indicate ongoing-ZOTtage, or delete the thread, or enact any of several other veiled and sinister Mod-only options which they have on-tap and which are secrets to the majority of the general FR populace.
5. Then, we go to town.
Certainly, many of us have, now and then, jumped the gun on a newbie.
It happens.
Unlike Democrats (and all the other flavors of Leftist), we do not make any pretense of perfection.
However, NOTFRP, you must diligently bear in mind one clear fact: We, the guests of FR, have no power to nuke a newbie's account. Only the Almighty Mods and JR himself have those Powers.
Your "challenge" to us is, on that point, meaningless.
Consider yourself castigated.
Admin Mod,
I think King Prout's tutorial on newbies should be required reading for new signups.
;)
I kinda had that in mind.
if someone sent you a cheap American-format vhs player, would that make your life easier?
Bravo!!
Take a bow!
Bookmarked for future ZOT threads.
*executing bow*
Informal ping of my VK/ZOT ping list to KP's #154.First draft of a VK/ZOT Declaration of ZOTependence ??
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