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Trolls just want to have fun. (Trolling likely manifestation of everyday sadism)

• moron4hire 13y ago
  This is surprising? Did the authors never tease anyone? But there are multiple shades of trolling, and I wouldn't necessarily call all of them "sadism". When I take a contrary opinion on a friend's Facebook post to draw them into making a fool of themselves because I already know their opinion is not based on logic (even if I necessarily agree with their end decision), that's not sadism, that's just teasing. But I have noticed a trend in recent years that people have gone so far into anti-bullying being their pet issue of the year, that they are quick to call any form of teasing "bullying". I had a friend who, for years, hated that people teased him but never said anything about it. I mean, we all teased each other, it's what friends do. Stuff like, whenever he'd try to show off with climbing on monkey bars (at age 30, mind you), I'd call him a monkey (not attention whore, mind you, which was what he really was), and that would upset him. He even engaged in the teasing of us, but couldn't take it himself. He said we bullied him and that we were not good people and must hate him. We assured him that we liked him a lot. He refused to believe it. We are not friends anymore. The general lesson of the story: cut the wilting flowers out of the garden. Teasing is fine, and if someone can't take it, leave them to their own devices.