Cruel and Unusual Punishment

[Wavaryen]

Well, I think it's saying something when even the regular trollers on these forums don't cross the lines the OP has. To their credit, they clearly possess something resembling a moral compass.

I think he just does not care about his account. Unlike some of our other trolls who still enjoys the game.

I have to disagree; someone taking pleasure out of antisocial behavior isn't just "trolling". This goes beyond your average troll. This is a person who spends a significant amount of time trying to generate ire in the people around him. The ire is a fuel, for more antisocial behavior.

Normal, relatively-well-adjusted humans don't sit down at their computers for the sole purpose of shocking people, to this extent. If your child, spouse or family member were behaving like this, you wouldn't just chalk it up to trolling. At least I seriously hope you wouldn't.

One day, pissing people off online might just not feed the urge.

This isn't healthy behavior... like, objectively, it isn't healthy. I cannot imagine a therapist looking at the types of things OP has said, and just responding with, "don't worry, it's just trolling." There's a pain at the center of this. It should be dealt with. OP might be a person suffering some kind of abuse; gaining pleasure (and thereby numbing their own pain) by making others feel bad.

I'm 46 and speaking from not only a lifetime of experience dealing with mental health issues, but thousands and thousands of hours communicating with other people "out there on the internet". I get trolling. I get, "yeah, well you're stupid!" I get Godwinning. This is beyond that.

Being disable, I think about this a ton. I got wayyy to much free time. And I'm not going to say my two cents is right. This is what I think it is.


Misery loves company. It is just that simple. After watching social media, and thinking about Shadowbane, UO and other mmorpgs I played over the years. MMO players had a hint of anti social elements to them. Using the world to escape in, and just have fun. Trolling each other and getting a rise out of people. At first I think it was just silly as people get so upset over the game. As years passed, the trolling has got worse through social media, and just gaming overall. Counter-Strike use to have a clan call Myg0t that was all about getting a rise out of people for laughs. They would use cheats and anything they could. That was not the normal, and now it would be.

To me I think as a society the more miserable we are, the more people use online as a way to destress and make others upset. It is sad, and I could very well be wrong.