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IIRC, both forms work. Trolling is done by hand with a fishing pole, sometimes on a dock. Trawling is from the back of a boat, generally with a net.
by Qworg 4y ago
IIRC, both forms work.
Trolling is done by hand with a fishing pole, sometimes on a dock.
Trawling is from the back of a boat, generally with a net.
- ben_w 4y agoInteresting. Until now I only knew the verb "troll" as in "being mean on the internet".
- pksebben 4y agoIf I'm not hallucinating like GPT, I think the etymology of troll as in internet actually stems from trolling as in fishing. I have a hazy recollection of folks in the early days of 4chan describing 'trolling for idiots' - as in, feigning ignorance to get a rise out of folks. Like, you post a dumb, obviously stupid but infuriating comment and watch people get all worked up about it. You know, for the lulz. I feel like since then it's changed to just actually being a dumb asshole and enjoying when people are mad at you. Or maybe I've just gotten smarter. In any event at the time it certainly didn't seem like the kind of thing racist lunatics would go out of their way to do. Perhaps more the fool I, as I was a teenager at the time and as such that opinion cannot really be trusted.