Monday, April 14, 2014

MORE FERRERMAN'S TROLL-FIGHTING TIPS

Alert reader, Anita Schpanken, writes:

"Ferrerman, that awful, vertically challenged poster- Sublime1- habitchually writes about you being a horrible father. You've never addressed any children you may or may not have here and Sublime1 doesn't actually know you. In hundreds of postings about "your kid" he's never even been certain of the child(s) gender! Come to think of it, since in his estimation you are elderly, doesn't his dumb ass realize that he might be talking about a boy, girl or a few boys and girls in their 30's or even 40's? Maybe even 50's!? How old does he suspect you are?  How fucking stupid is that asshole? Hold on, Ferrerman, that's not my question. We don't have all decade here. My question is: Why don't you address Sublime1's vicious comments in the threads? For extra credit, did you see what I did there with "haBITCHually"? 

Yes, Anita, I did catch that! Sub does put the bitch in habitually! I can be an alert reader too! Your main question is a very good one!

Trolls like Sublime regularly make false accusations because they are assholes. But, that's over-simplification of a very basic troll tactic. Accusations are supposed to be answered right? Well, that's exactly what the troll wants! It's like the old loaded question: "Have you stopped beating your wife?" You can't answer that yes or no. You shouldn't answer that at all except maybe with a punch in the nose and a question posed to the questioner such as: "When do you think I'll be done kicking your fucking ass, punk?"

But, it's the internet. Anybody- even midgets- can be e-tough. The troll is looking for that too but he or she really wants you to defend their baseless accusation. They'd come in their pants if you'd confirm, but, a denial is fine too. They've got your attention and everyone elses's too. And all the troll has to do is say: "Well, you WOULD deny that, wouldn't you?"

That's just like real life if you've ever been around 6th grade school girls, old biddies or construction workers. Are there enough saucers of milk to go around for all these trolls IRL and on the internet? In the case of Sublime1, is their any reason to exclude lawyers? Evidently not. You'd like to think that a college educated guy with a career and a family would be more responsible but, we're talking about Sublime here. He still promotes Angelique770's lie about the dick pic from some six years ago even though he denies *her* existence despite a preponderance of evidence and the fact he still posts with *her*. I put the asterisks around her because I don't know if A770 is a woman or not. You know who else doesn't know? Sublime1. Probably no one who has posted with *her* knows either. For all anyone knows, A770 may well be a 300# retired longshoreman named "Lou". I may have mentioned that before....

So, such loaded questions/accusations are pretty basic troll shit whether they come from someone's mother's basement or the corporate offices of a foreign car company, during business hours. You ignore Lou just as you would ignore Mike or Billy. Neither is owed an answer to their own desperate accusations. They'll keep trying though for it seems to be their life's work. What a life...

The bottom line is that you don't owe imaginary people explanations, just because they ask. Some of these assholes will argue what day it is and demand you link a calendar- to prove them right. It's not worth that any more than it's worth defending yourself from their imaginations.

Thanks for your question, Alert Reader, Anita Schpanken!

4 comments:

Just Me said...

Brilliant post, Ferrerman!

It's amazing what they come up with in lieu of facts, isn't it? They've done the same with me and so far they've missed the mark every time. I just figure that each time they try it's further proof of how desperate they are. (Note to Persephone: you might want to stop trying. You're really bad at guessing:)



ex-ferrer said...

Thanks! I do seem to recall them saying a few thousand times that you were quite large, single and had a houseful of cats. That's light years from the truth...just like they are!

Accuse and Deflect Attorneys At Law said...

Poor Sub. Daddy probably helped him with the math to get through law school. Can't help but think Bambi cuckold the short boy. A name like Bambi and a willingness to engage in swinging? Thats a woman who married for a secure paycheck.

Kinda like those Swedish sedans.

Badcat said...

I have found that most of the crowds I faced on Topix were perhaps one or two people represented by at least half a dozen socks. I find it effective when they throw things back at me from the past to remind them of their own sins and sometimes it shuts them right up.

I ended up becoming allies with you and others in basically the same way. Somebody would create a post or a poll and falsely attribute to somebody else or they tried to link me to somebody else's imagined perversions. How foolish of them because those who had comments or polls falsely attributed to them quickly banded together and formed an army of their own. I guess they never heard of the saying, union gives strength.