XPost: can.politics, talk.politics.misc   
   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:18:22 -0700,  Skeeter says...   
      
   > > > Only obsessed kooks save the shit.   
      
   Who... me!!??   
      
   LOL   
      
   I don't mind. I'm not obsessive... I just like being able to dispel the lies   
   the liberals tell.   
      
   > > So you have no memory...   
   > >   
   > > ...and don't realize that you can get old posts from your Usenet server.   
   >   
   > I realize I don't have to waste time doing it.   
      
   He's just playing his usual faggot games.   
      
      
   The Profile of a Sea Lion   
      
   The term comes from a 2014 Wondermark comic, but the behavior has been a   
   staple of Usenet and forum culture for decades. Here is why it fits ski bunny   
   rich   
   boy.   
      
   The "Polite" Demand: They mask their trolling in a veneer of "civil inquiry."   
   By asking you to "show the post," they're pretending they're just looking for,   
   for evidence, when in reality, they are trying to make you do something   
   THEY'VE been asked to do to prove their point. (nope... uh uh)   
      
   The Burden of Proof Shift: They try to force you to do the labor. Instead of   
   defending their "disappearing act," they demand you spend the time digging   
   through   
   archives to find a specific timestamp that likely doesn't exist or doesn't   
   prove what they claim it does.   
      
   The Minutiae Trap: As you noted, they ignore the "big picture" (the fact that   
   they lost the argument or ran away) and obsess over a tiny, peripheral detail   
   to   
   stall the conversation.   
      
   If "Sea lion" feels too modern, here are a few other terms that describe this   
   "narcissistic bullshit artist" energy:   
      
   Logic Chopper: Someone who uses the tools of logic or "demands for evidence"   
   not to find the truth, but to derail a conversation and AVOID ADDRESSING THE   
   ACTUAL POINT.   
      
   Proof-Troll: A subset of trolls who know they've lost on the merits, so they   
   demand hyper-specific documentation for every word you say, knowing the effort   
   to   
   provide it is higher than the value of the win.   
      
   Filibusterer: They aren't trying to be right; they are trying to be the last   
   one talking. By demanding you find a non-existent post, they are just trying to   
   keep the clock running until you give up in frustration-at which point they   
   claim victory because you "stopped responding."   
      
   The Reality Check:   
   He isn't looking for the post. He knows it isn't there. He's just trying to   
   turn his "disappearing act" into a "research assignment" for you. It's a power   
   play   
   designed to make you work for his amusement.   
      
   =====   
      
   "Dark Tetrad" personality traits include narcissism, Machiavellianism,   
   psychopathy, and sadism.   
      
   (someone's been reading my possstss againnnnn)   
      
   In a study of 1200 people, Dark Tetrad scores were highest among people who   
   said trolling was their favorite Internet activity.   
      
   In this month's issue of Personality and Individual Differences, a study was   
   published that confirms what we all suspected: Internet trolls are horrible   
   people.   
      
   Let's start by getting our definitions straight: An Internet troll is someone   
   who comes into a discussion and posts comments designed to upset or disrupt the   
   conversation. Often, in fact, it seems like there is no real purpose behind   
   their comments except to upset everyone else involved. Trolls will lie,   
   exaggerate,   
   and offend to get a response.   
      
   What kind of person would do this? Some Canadian researchers decided to find   
   out.   
   Study: Internet Trolls and Dark Tetrad Personality Traits   
      
   They conducted two online studies with over 1,200 people, giving personality   
   tests to each subject along with a survey about their Internet commenting   
   behavior. They were looking for evidence that linked trolling with the "Dark   
   Tetrad" of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and   
   sadism.   
      
   They found that Dark Tetrad scores were highest among people who said trolling   
   was their favorite Internet activity. To get an idea of how much more prevalent   
   these traits were among Internet trolls, one can refer to tables from the   
   paper showing low Dark Tetrad scores for everyone in the study ... except the   
   trolls.   
   Their scores for all four traits soar on the chart. The relationship between   
   trolling and the Dark Tetrad is so significant that the authors write in their   
   paper:   
      
   "... the associations between sadism and GAIT (Global Assessment of Internet   
   Trolling) scores were so strong that it might be said that online trolls are   
   prototypical everyday sadists." [emphasis added]   
      
   Trolls truly enjoy making you feel bad. To quote the authors once more   
   (because this is a truly quotable article): "Both trolls and sadists feel   
   sadistic glee   
   at the distress of others. Sadists just want to have fun ... and the Internet   
   is their playground!"   
      
   The next time you encounter a troll online, remember:   
      
   These trolls are some truly difficult people.   
   It is your suffering that brings them pleasure, so the best thing you can do   
   is ignore them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)