What I have learnd from AN in the last 24 hours...

by secret ASian man on Jan 24, 2005 4:51 PM PST

Wow...

Can't we just go through a 24 hour period without a heart attack inducing event?

First the insufferable "Byrnes to..." rumors and then the troll that would just not go away.

Here's a few things I have learned...

Ownership of A's season tickets does not grant you immunity from being a troll on this site.
Putting "I'm not a troll..." in your posts does not grant you immunity from being a troll, especially if your next post you decide act like a troll.
Having three big ass threads that were dominated by a troll is a little absurd, next time, just try to keep it down to one big ass thread.
Trolls apparently don't sleep. I saw a whole bunch of posts between 3-9AM.
Ohad, although I respect you, I have to say this. The next time a troll comes by AN, don't start an "Ignore the troll" thread. Those threads seem to accomplish the exact opposite.
I'm too blogged out from out last troll to think of a #6.
RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication."
Don't mess with Kos, he was in the Army, he'll fuck you up.

Anything I might have missed?

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more then 2 garlic fries orders in one sitting

can induce a Koch Like Stomach Event

by jayho on Jan 24, 2005 4:55 PM PST reply actions

nice

I am going to use that line at some point! "Koch like stomach event!!!" Classic.

by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 24, 2005 8:28 PM PST up reply actions

the score from the "sellout" debate

...was probably about 30-2. It was 2-2, then the pro blog proliferation side put up a lot of unanswered points. Now it's 30-1. Some would call that decisive.

"When I went to church that same Sunday, I picked up a 2x4. I went up to the pulpit and clubbed the preacher in the head..."--Wesley Willis

by Cutthemullet on Jan 24, 2005 5:06 PM PST reply actions

You're talking about...

...unique posters, right?

"I love Scotch, Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch, here goes down, down into my belly, mm, mm, mm..." - Anchorman

by secret ASian man on Jan 24, 2005 5:09 PM PST up reply actions

just an estimate. Thanks to the literally tireless efforts of the AN philanthropist/A's season ticket holder/"troll" (you believe him on the first two?), my side fared better when scored according to number of posts...maybe something like 127-40.

"When I went to church that same Sunday, I picked up a 2x4. I went up to the pulpit and clubbed the preacher in the head..."--Wesley Willis

by Cutthemullet on Jan 24, 2005 5:15 PM PST up reply actions

what I have learned in the past 24 hours, then, is

...what it feels like to run for Senator in Idaho against Mike Crapo (Crapo garnered 99% of the vote).

"When I went to church that same Sunday, I picked up a 2x4. I went up to the pulpit and clubbed the preacher in the head..."--Wesley Willis

by Cutthemullet on Jan 24, 2005 5:11 PM PST reply actions

Hey

But at least our discussion had civility and class.

"I love Scotch, Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch, here goes down, down into my belly, mm, mm, mm..." - Anchorman

by secret ASian man on Jan 24, 2005 11:13 PM PST up reply actions

I learned...

...there's a Tsunami Relief donation button over there on the side! Very good. I hadn't noticed that before. I'll bet THERE's a few million people who don't really give a flying crap about "whether 29 other MLB sites will start to look like this one..."

Perspective, please. AN is only one of our many, many little blessings. Can that be #6? ;)

by Poppy on Jan 24, 2005 5:13 PM PST reply actions

good call

"When I went to church that same Sunday, I picked up a 2x4. I went up to the pulpit and clubbed the preacher in the head..."--Wesley Willis

by Cutthemullet on Jan 24, 2005 5:16 PM PST up reply actions

I learned....

that trolls are stubborn as hell. I also learned to never make the mistake in confusing "commandments" and "amendments" because a troll will go after me unwilling to drop it until I blow up. One more thing. I learned not to try and confuse myself with figuring out computer stuff. I'm still confused over RSS because I googled it and ended up on this computer geek website that just confused the hell out of me.

My best friend- "I can't wait to go to A's games again! then i can be like...look at Crosby's buns... i mean... look at crosby run!"

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jan 24, 2005 5:22 PM PST reply actions

FYI

The First Commandment:

"I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, thou shalt have no other gods before me."

-King James Bible

The First Amendment:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free excercise thereof; or the abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacebly to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

"I love Scotch, Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch, here goes down, down into my belly, mm, mm, mm..." - Anchorman

by secret ASian man on Jan 24, 2005 11:37 PM PST up reply actions

The Flame Warriors categories are accurate

I'm sure everyone has seen the Flame Warriors List before- I think we were seeing several classic types.

Remember, there's no "I" in "Anarchy"

by AlamedaAphid on Jan 24, 2005 6:01 PM PST reply actions

Thanks

That was hilarious. The "Acne". The "Android."

"I love Scotch, Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch, here goes down, down into my belly, mm, mm, mm..." - Anchorman

by secret ASian man on Jan 24, 2005 11:11 PM PST up reply actions

Some of them are scary accurate

I have a friend who moderates a literature forum, and she knows all the Flame Warriors names by heart. As in, "We had some problems with an Evil Clown and a Troglodyte last week."

Our recent problems have been coming from a mix of Acne, Palooka, and Rebel Without A Clue.

Remember, there's no "I" in "Anarchy"

by AlamedaAphid on Jan 25, 2005 10:14 AM PST up reply actions

Rebel Without a Clue

"Rebel Without a Clue's deep seated and infantile hostility to authority motivates his random and seemingly gratuitous attacks on list owners, Admins, Nannies or anyone else who attempts to maintain order and civility in discussion forums. Differing markedly from Rebel Leader, he is unattached to any cause other than petulance for its own sake, and will therefore seldom inspire general insurrection. In his frequent and ineffectual attacks on the established order he will often cite the Bible, or the US Constitution to support incoherent arguments. Rebel Without a Clue NEVER reads forum FAQs , and loudly decries as fascism any enforcement whatsoever of forum rules."

Damn.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!!" -Brick Tamland, Anchorman

by secret ASian man on Jan 25, 2005 8:32 PM PST up reply actions

I learned .......

I just may be a "bliss ninny" -- but without the cat.

by Bobblehead on Jan 25, 2005 7:53 AM PST up reply actions

I learned

ya gotta laugh at these things sometimes. I know it couldn't have been fun at the time. But, it did manage to positively impact my afternoon. Let me explain.

My afternoon went something like this:

Get home from school, grade some quizzes and write my master teacher about what I'm doing tomorrow. Majorly stressed out from emotionally exhausting class that morning.

Head over to AN (gotta read the 2nd part of that Beane interview!!)

Read Beane interview, good stuff.

See "Blez sold out" diary with 150 or so comments, think "oh, dear this can't be good" Hope for best, prepare for worst, click.

Skim comments, did he just call GnGG on mistakenly typing "commandment" instead of "ammendment"? Wow, that's uhh... classy...

See "do not feed troll thread" Think: Dave... must... not... click... waste... of... time...

Click anyway.

See "know the difference between amendmen*y* and commandment now" comment. Laugh out loud. Read Uncle Charlie's comment. Just about pee my pants.

Stress gone.

by Hegenberger Road on Jan 24, 2005 6:04 PM PST reply actions

well i learned...

to appriciate AN because it is so much better than other sports blogs out there.... to escape the whole "troll" mess i wandered over to a Sacremento Kings web log (gotta have some sports to watch since there's no hockey) and it just isn't the same.... even though people post their pictures and profiles, it just doesn't seem as personal. maybe it's because i only like the Kings, whereas i LOVE the A's....or maybe it's because Blez has created a community with this site, and i'm glad to be a part of it...thanks Blez and fellow ANers who make my day much more enjoyable.

by high street on Jan 24, 2005 6:31 PM PST reply actions

why the troll was effective

I think it shows people actually care about the community here, and to a surprising degree are quite mature and interesting. Before troll-boy, the worst we had were a ton of oaklandasno1 posts (on topic, just a ton) and Grover smacking down teenagers. If that's the worst, that's a pretty nice community.

Also, everyone stuck up for each other, including for G&Ggirl, (who presumably is not a 45 year old man sitting around in his underwear in Nevada)(in which case he does a damned good impersonation).

Nice board. Glad to have met you all.

by Apricot on Jan 24, 2005 6:32 PM PST reply actions

Awww.....

Just goes to show that you can learn to love people you meet online. :) I thought it was crazy cool that people defended me from the big hairy troll.

And you have no proof that I'm a 45-year old man sitting around in my underroos. I gues you'll just have to take my word for it that I'ma 14 year old teenager infatuated with Barry Zito... :)

Ahhh AN is my extended family. And, it's the only bar I can be at until I'm 21. :)

My best friend- "I can't wait to go to A's games again! then i can be like...look at Crosby's buns... i mean... look at crosby run!"

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jan 24, 2005 7:02 PM PST up reply actions

Teenagers deserve a smacking now and again

Don't hate me because I do the hard things. :)

by grover on Jan 24, 2005 7:03 PM PST up reply actions

That's lovely....

I forgot... has anyone seen any posts from Oaklandsno1 latley?

My best friend- "I can't wait to go to A's games again! then i can be like...look at Crosby's buns... i mean... look at crosby run!"

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jan 24, 2005 7:04 PM PST up reply actions

"Latley"

If you think I'm wrong than say so.

Besides, my verbal abuse is meant to be constructive. :)

by grover on Jan 24, 2005 7:14 PM PST up reply actions

"Than say so"

I think that's wrong. :)

Besides, everone needs constructive critisism. Even grover.

My best friend- "I can't wait to go to A's games again! then i can be like...look at Crosby's buns... i mean... look at crosby run!"

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jan 24, 2005 7:17 PM PST up reply actions

Absolutely!

But "than" was me being pretentious.

by grover on Jan 24, 2005 7:30 PM PST up reply actions

Big words confuise me

But i caught your mistake. :)

Nice choice of vocabulary. You learn a new word everyday.

pretentious- adjective: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved)
importance or distinction

My best friend- "I can't wait to go to A's games again! then i can be like...look at Crosby's buns... i mean... look at crosby run!"

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jan 24, 2005 7:37 PM PST up reply actions

You didn't get to go to school today...

and education is important. One of the things I love about this site is that I get to use words and phrases that I wouldn't normally be able to in my daily life.

by grover on Jan 24, 2005 7:43 PM PST up reply actions

I actually wanted to go to school today......

and online, you can be anyone you want to be. You can sound smart, dumb, trolly, or just weird. I prefer to be myself but in real life I'm a lot more..... interesting than AN projects me to be. I can't fully express myself. :)

If I said half the stuff that I say on here to my friends, they'd think I was on something. At least some of my friends would. You guys won't get such a shocker at AN day.

My best friend- "I can't wait to go to A's games again! then i can be like...look at Crosby's buns... i mean... look at crosby run!"

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jan 24, 2005 7:48 PM PST up reply actions

outrageous

calumny, you cad. I speak in this manner all the live-long day. Word.

by Apricot on Jan 24, 2005 8:16 PM PST up reply actions

I may have been in the Army

but I'm too small a guy to fuck anyone up. No one will ever confuse me for being an enforcer.

Blez, on the other hand...

by kos on Jan 24, 2005 11:35 PM PST reply actions

But, Kos, you can slay trolls!

That makes you a mighty hero in my book.

The triple of Jeremy Brown's imagination was, in reality, a home run.

by ArakSOT on Jan 25, 2005 7:44 AM PST up reply actions

An official announce from secret ASian man

In commeration of the Day of the Troll, the secret ASian man will change his change his signature line to a more appropriate quote from Anchorman.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!!" -Brick Tamland, Anchorman

"I love Scotch, Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch, here goes down, down into my belly, mm, mm, mm..." - Anchorman

by secret ASian man on Jan 24, 2005 11:58 PM PST reply actions

Wow

That post sure had its share of bugs...

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!!" -Brick Tamland, Anchorman

by secret ASian man on Jan 25, 2005 12:22 AM PST up reply actions

This whole thing is

much ado about nothing

by china bob on Jan 25, 2005 12:43 AM PST reply actions

Sorry

But I was trying to make light of a situation that pissed off alot of people yesterday. I mean, as the old saying goes, if we can't laugh at ourselve, who can we laugh at.

Also, the bar in Hong Kong that I told you about a few weeks ago. I heard it closed down during the SARS crisis. I'm still a little bit sad from the news of its passing.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!!" -Brick Tamland, Anchorman

by secret ASian man on Jan 25, 2005 8:14 AM PST up reply actions

I'd never seen a troll before

But I'm really, really, really going to try and not feed the next one I come across. They're suprisingly difficult to ignore.

The triple of Jeremy Brown's imagination was, in reality, a home run.

by ArakSOT on Jan 25, 2005 7:19 AM PST reply actions

I'll be glad...

... when real baseball returns because I'm going insane. No baseball is causing me to watch way too much Law and Order: Special Victims Unit right now and I can't get away.

by Jennifer on Jan 25, 2005 9:45 AM PST reply actions

Great show

Must have baseball soon...the beginning of baseball and spring coinciding is a beautiful thing..maybe I'll have a fling :)

by oakwin2004 on Jan 25, 2005 10:06 AM PST up reply actions

DONK-DONK!

I watch too much of that show too.

"The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time." -Catfish Hunter

by kaweahkaweah on Jan 25, 2005 10:08 AM PST up reply actions

At my other job...

.... we walk around making the LaO donk-donk and singing the "Hot Pockets" theme. Great times.

by Jennifer on Jan 25, 2005 10:21 AM PST up reply actions

I'm looking forward to the season because...

...I have a new DVR and won't have to miss an inning! I can start watching an hour before the game ends, FF through all the breaks, and catch up to live action just in time for the A's to close it out!

Shweeeeet!

P.M.:It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room. J.C.: No. It's awful.

by McFood on Jan 25, 2005 10:57 AM PST up reply actions