Today's aforism

Men fart, women just let the noise come out from the other end.

Ode to trolling

- "What say you?" is the instant reaction from mr. or mrs. Narrowminded when they realize that I think trolls are very important in the internet.

- "They're the disease of all internet forums!" says the Internet Sysop.

- "They make us mad!" scream the users of those internet forums.

- "Do not look at my finger, look at the moon im pointing at." Buddha would say.
I also prefer the Confucius' version of it "When a wise man points at the moon, an idiot looks at the finger." Or the internet version, "A man points at the moon but the dog only licks the finger."

Quite alot of ancient wise men have said the same thing, mostly to men. Some feminist would say it's because of male supremacy that regarded women unfit for philosophy. Maybe so, but do you really think women have any need of 'finger pointing at the moon' and the Socrates' method? Only men need to learn those things. Women are mostly so versatile in conversation and social culture they don't need any old bearded man tell them how to do it. That shit is encoded in their second X chromosome or something!

Right, so where was I? Oh yea. Keeping the moon and the finger in the mind, it's quite obvious the finger is the troll. The troll is pointing at your own insecurities, and you get mad because they're exposed to the world, and worse, to yourself. Instead of going to yourself and working on the insecurities to make yourself stronger, you blame the finger, not the moon. You want to throw the teacher outside the class. You're like a child, thinking the teacher is evil because she wants you to eat your broccoli. You don't understand that you feel emotional pain for a reason.

Look at the moon, you idiot! Why do you get so mad? If you really were what you claim to be, you'd know how to handle opposing information correctly. Don't shield it by bans and whining. Go on, FEED the troll, no matter what they're saying! If you ignore the troll, you ignore the problem. Problems are supposed to be solved. Converse with the troll, have some practice. This is internet afterall, nobody REALLY cares what you say. Who knows, you might one day meet a hatemonger that really opposes you. Armed with the training with the troll and your own new-found intelligent you'll be the one who makes the smart-ass cry before you. Then you can have your shits and giggles instead of the troll.

It does not matter are the trolls 12 year old kids doing it for shits and giggles. To me, they're the Dark Riders of the Internet, doing the thing other people hate because it is needed. They take the bullets so you wouldn't be brainwashed and needlessly nurtured by like-minded thinking. Thank the trolls, because of them, you ain't a sheep.

Motivational poster

Keep that in mind when you read this blog.

I made it, feel free to share and feel free to slap it on forums next time someone says something that bases on some dumb blog or wikipedia.

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