In the strange and wonderful world of Topix and the internet, you're bound to make enemies. You usually don't even have to try. They'll just find you for no readily apparent reason.
Take Sublime, for example. He claims he battles me to defend the honor of Angelique770. He admits he doesn't know 'her'. So, why does he do this? Is he some kinda uber-gentleman who defends ladies sight unseen? Maybe. I'm kinda thinking that Sublime is probably about as 'real' as A770. He's a little over-the-top even by Topix standards.
It's very typical that a poster will use a picture of a pretty girl to present themselves as a pretty girl. I've never been a pretty girl but I know some and they generally get enough attention in real life that they don't need the extra, unwarranted attention of strangers on the 'net. You know what kinda woman puts up a pic of a pretty girl as an avatar on Topix? A man, that's who.
I think that's a safe bet. It's almost impossible to prove but the consensus tends to be it's usually a dude exploring his feminine side. The internet is a lot cheaper than surgery. And, less permanent.
Which brings us to Sub. He presents himself as a high-dollar, corporate patent attorney for a foreign car company. Well...
And, despite being 'happily married and a father of three', he's a ladies man. Well...
And, him and the wife are swingers. Well...
I'm not buying that. Oh, I believe they could be swingers because I've read about that stuff and seen the people who are involved and they are some of the most average looking people you could imagine and would not want to imagine having sex.
What I'm not buying is that a guy who claims to have all that on his plate, (a) bothers to spend any time posting on Topix, (b) would risk job and family like that and, (c) set the bar sooooo low in their life as to make a Ferrerman their arch enemy. It truly boggles the mind!
But, that's what Sub does. His dialogue concerning me is pretty much centered on my liberal politics with a very liberal slobbering of my alleged marital/family history thrown in, evidently for some sort of internet death blow. The thing is it's his dialogue, not mine.
That's Internet Trolling 101: make an accusation and make them defend it. Repeat as necessary. Beat it to fucking death. Then repeat again...
That brings us to today's Troll-fighting Tip.
Don't defend yourself against spurious accusations!
Troll-fighting bears remarkable resemblance to brawling with 6th grade school girls. If you deny the accusations and defend yourself, well...you would say that, wouldn't you....
If that's the kind of tactics they're teaching in law school these days, I'm glad I went to internet posting school on a painting scholarship.
This is Sublime's dialogue though. Whether it's mean-girl shit about me or self-fellating stuff about himself, I don't have to buy it. A troll has absolutely nothing to lose on the internet. They have no shame and nothing to be ashamed of. Whoever Sublime is, in real life, likely no one knows who he pretends to be on the internet. These worlds don't usually collide which is good because I don't want to know 99% of these people on the threads, never mind real life!
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I think if Sublime paused for a minute and realized how desperate he looks on Topix when he tells his stories, he'd stop. It's pitiful to see a grown man work so hard for adulation and validation. If it were just once or twice I'd think nothing of it, but he's been at this for years. The details might vary but the stories remain pretty much the same. Certain themes are in heavy rotation and seem to be used when he's especially pissed off. Good thing he's got a few women on Topix who're always happy to fawn over him when he starts in, but if Perse is the best he can do his options in real life must be exceptionally grim.
I feel sorry for his wife. He's never been able to discuss anything on Topix without making it personal (like he does with you) because his temper gets the best of him every fucking time. Just one more indication of how his crippling insecurities rule his behavior. He must be hell to live with being so emotionally needy, not to mention his anger issues. But... he can make it all better by going on Topix and telling stories about how everyone always likes him best. Yep! Emotionally stable men do that all the time. *rolls eyes*
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