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[polly_mer]

Is troll identification going to be covered in the refresher course?

And is there a protocol for sitting on snarky, smart-arsed one-liner comebacks that will feed the troll(s) and make me feel better? So far, I am resisting. I am resisting. (Don't tell me resistance is futile!) 

The snark containment field is down to 10% and I canna hold her much longer, Cap'tn!

The inner Trek geek is fighting through the Vulcan reserve and it's gonna get ugly.

We have a one-offs thread for those snarky one-liners that shouldn't go to feed the troll.  Post 'em there and we'll all be amused.

[mountainguy]

Love the Star Trek reference, Bioteacher.

I've decided to disengage from the one-offs thread for a while. It makes me feel better about this place, and quite frankly, ignorance is bliss. I don't need to know where all of the trainwrecks are.

[voxprincipalis]

And is there a protocol for sitting on snarky, smart-arsed one-liner comebacks that will feed the troll(s) and make me feel better? So far, I am resisting. I am resisting. (Don't tell me resistance is futile!) 

The snark containment field is down to 10% and I canna hold her much longer, Cap'tn!

That's what the one-offs thread has turned out to be for! Let 'er rip.

VP

[promovenda]

Aw, but I LIKE to feed the trolls and watch them snap.

[post_functional]

And is there a protocol for sitting on snarky, smart-arsed one-liner comebacks that will feed the troll(s) and make me feel better? So far, I am resisting. I am resisting. (Don't tell me resistance is futile!) 

The snark containment field is down to 10% and I canna hold her much longer, Cap'tn!

That's what the one-offs thread has turned out to be for! Let 'er rip.

"Let 'er rip" suggests to me the perfect metaphor for what the one-offs thread has become: flatulence.  It makes the person doing it feel good, but when everybody does it, it stinks up the place.

[llanfair]

I've decided to disengage from the one-offs thread for a while. It makes me feel better about this place, and quite frankly, ignorance is bliss. I don't need to know where all of the trainwrecks are.

I, too.  Same reason(s).

[bioteacher]

Hey!

I lost my syll.. syphilu. oh, heck, that paper you passed out on the first day and said we needed to read. I can't find it anywhere. I think my roomate took it out in the recyclables.

Now, I haven't been to class the last two months, 'cause I've been real busy and all, but did I miss anything important? And why won't the CMS let me in? I can't find my current grade!

Please respond ASAP 'cause I just have to get an A in this class or I lose my skolarship. I'm an A student and I really am stressing about the next exam.

Thanx!

[mountainguy]

The DNFTT Center for Professional Development would like to issue a general advisory that being nice to people is good for your overall karma. Worry about the problems that really matter.

That is all.

[bioteacher]

Here is a real problem: How can we get one clubhouse donkey to haul enough wood for the venting thread bonfires so that the universe quits crapping on good people?

That should be more than enough distraction from troll feeding. I agree, MG, that kindness is never inappropriate.

By the way, when is our next DNFTT seminar?

[geonerd]

Here is a real problem: How can we get one clubhouse donkey to haul enough wood for the venting thread bonfires so that the universe quits crapping on good people?

The solution is to throw the crappiness of the universe into the Gaping Chasm of Ignorance. This is a fabulous yet seriously underutilized resource.

[bioteacher]

The solution is to throw the crappiness of the universe into the Gaping Chasm of Ignorance. This is a fabulous yet seriously underutilized resource.

Are we permitted to send students there, too? I have a few that might benefit from a field trip.

[chromatic]

I learned a lot from this development series. For example, I now know that DNFTT stands for Do Not Feed The Troll.

I have a Question though, What if you have the feeling that you are being trolled but cannot tell for sure?

[polly_mer]

I have a Question though, What if you have the feeling that you are being trolled but cannot tell for sure?

The boy-I-hope-it's-a-troll response is to whap with the biggest stick available and then run away.

The unsure-how-I-feel-about-trolls response is wait for someone else to post and watch the replies.  You may have to repeat a couple times until you have a big enough sample.

The genuinely-nice-person response is to treat the post as real with a poster with poor social skills (or whatever), post a useful response, and watch to see what happens.  The troll will up the ante; the poor social skills person usually won't.

[compdoc]

I have read all the back pages for the DNFTT PDS. Thank you for inviting me to join in and submit, Dr. mountainguy. (Note: Pepsi U might not have seen the letter to the troll boss, but I did.)

I have also read Dr. Mouseman, PhD's excellent peer-reviewed paper on Common Trolls. All the trolls I have seen are bright green and eight feet tall, so I am confused by the mustard color and small height... Perhaps these are baby trolls?

I did not find a syllabus, but the learning objectives were interesting and I love the green gel pen grading only to 9.

Unfortunately, despite my valiant attempt to catch up on the DNFTT PDS, the tenure review committee has refused to let me go up five years early. I'm being collegial and everything.

Also, I was wondering if trolls eat dogs that eat holes in all the blankets? If so, are you sure I can't feed the trolls? (Okay, I'm mostly kidding. Though the pathetic whimpering of the blanket-destroying dog sitting all alone in the media room instead of on the couch with me in the living room may cause my synapses to overload. I would let her outside, but apparently we are trying to have torrential floods in my desert homeland this winter.)

Oh, yes, my seminar-related question was: If no one feeds the trolls, what will I do for PDS next semester?

We have to have something to fill in the blanks and I'm hiding in the living room from my students and in the elevator from my coworkers and don't want to go to the basement to give presentations and papers do not write themselves, despite what my Wonder Woman colleague seems to believe.

[amlithist]

I haven't really participated in this PDS, but I'm thinking about joining.  A couple of questions:

Who should I talk to here to get my thank-you letter to put in the "service to college" section of my promotion binder?

Is there an option to do a paper or something so that I can get grad hours for taking part?  And can I use my professional development funds to cover the tuition?

Thanks for any help!