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camarillobrillo · 3562 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pondering the nature of hostile vs positive commenters
Nothing but the last gasps of a dying breed. The pessimist plants do not flower here. Keep your pail full and your garden will thrive.
user-inactivated · 3562 days ago · link ·
Ah, but trolls have existed throughout the span of time, and will probably continue far after our small epoch in history ceases to exist. https://www.quora.com/Who-were-some-of-historys-greatest-trolls
A quote from self-professed troll Alan Sokal that cracks me up:
- "Just as liberal feminists are frequently content with a minimal agenda of legal and social equality for women and 'pro-choice', so liberal (and even some socialist) mathemeticians are often content to work within the hegemonic Zermelo-Fraenkel framework (which, reflecting its ninteteenth-century liberal origins, already incorporates the axiom of equality) supplemented only by the axiom of choice."
There's also Loki, the Trickster: http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/enigmatic-loki-trickster-among-gods-norse-mythology-002484