when did "troll" become a legitimate term to use outside of the internet

Verbatim · July 23, 2015, 01:06:44 AM

i just heard the term "troll" used on a national news program

MSNBC--they were taking about rick perry's slamming of donald trump regarding his comments about john mccain

and one of the guys was like, "it's almost like trump is trolling the republican party"
which received mild chuckles

what is my life
i thought it was weird when i started hearing terms like "butthurt" outside of the Internet, but

Darkarrow · July 23, 2015, 01:09:43 AM

I'm not sure but I think "troll" is in the dictionary now. Like selfie.

maverick · July 23, 2015, 01:15:19 AM

I just can't wait for the news to start having "dank meme" segment.

Elai · July 23, 2015, 01:18:28 AM

It's getting out of hand. Soon there'll a "Green Party" with a platform of making the US a theocracy in the service of Shrek.

Darkarrow · July 23, 2015, 01:29:05 AM

Quote from: Maverick on July 23, 2015, 01:15:19 AM

I just can't wait for the news to start having "dank meme" segment.

"Pepe of the day"

Thun · July 23, 2015, 01:30:18 AM

When Charlie Sheen used them in his rants about Chuck Lorre that were highly publicized by the media.

Casper · July 23, 2015, 01:31:27 AM

Well you see, trolls have been around since the oooolllddd fairy tales of yore.
And they freak me out to no end.

Casper · July 23, 2015, 01:34:59 AM

These are the fuckers I mean.

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Hahahaha very funny Zonda · July 23, 2015, 01:37:33 AM

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Verbatim · July 23, 2015, 01:38:38 AM

Quote from: ねこ on July 23, 2015, 01:37:33 AM

I just hate how anyone is immediately called a troll for not liking what another person likes

that's my life

Thun · July 23, 2015, 01:40:52 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on July 23, 2015, 01:38:38 AM

wtf you're not trolling?

Jono · July 23, 2015, 01:53:02 AM

July 23, 2015, 01:57:07 AM

Quote from: Thunda on July 23, 2015, 01:40:52 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on July 23, 2015, 01:38:38 AM
wtf you're not trolling?

omg your avatar is the best

OT: it never did

and anyone or any station that uses it irl should be immediately discredited

Coco · July 23, 2015, 02:12:45 AM

Years ago. Stuff like that normally happens right after something on the internet trickles its way down to Facebook.

Five · July 23, 2015, 02:21:00 AM

Tbh it's a pretty good example of a meme.

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Meme:
an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

But instead of being passed around the internet, like it had been for however many years until recently, it's begun to spread into real life. I guess this is because w/ things like reddit, 9gag, buzzfeed, and other easy-access internet sites gaining traction, more normal (not addicted to the internet) people are seeing things like "troll", etc. and (because they're not addicted to the internet) are bringing them into real life. And from there it just propagates exactly like it did on the internet.

Honestly, it's a little cringey to hear people use terms like "troll" irl, but it makes sense why and I wouldn't be surprised to see more things break out of the internet in the future. The line between the internet and the real world is blurring, just like Serial Experiments Lain predicted

Verbatim · July 23, 2015, 02:29:56 AM

thanks for defining the word "meme" for us

i'm not sure if too many people on sep7agon are familiar with that term

Mat Cauthon · July 23, 2015, 02:49:13 AM

It's an effect of social media, making it common.
Which is unfortunate.

nͫiͤcͫeͤ · July 23, 2015, 04:19:15 AM

its what happens after internet terms transcend past the hot topic t-shirt death ritual

True Turquoise · July 23, 2015, 04:29:50 AM

I already hear Epic and Dank

WHY THE HELL NOT

challengerX · July 23, 2015, 04:31:12 AM

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True Turquoise · July 23, 2015, 04:32:51 AM

Quote from: challengerX on July 23, 2015, 04:32:12 AM

Quote from: True Turquoise on July 23, 2015, 04:29:50 AM
I already hear Epic and Dank

WHY THE HELL NOT
Dank was used by (primarily white) stoners before it got used heavily on the Internet.

Hearing college kids saying it makes it bad then, right?

Mat Cauthon · July 23, 2015, 05:39:18 AM

Dank was a nice word before stoners got it.

Rinev · July 23, 2015, 05:51:51 AM

Hasn't 'meme' been a word that was used for a long time?

It was apparently coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976.

Dopameme · July 23, 2015, 05:34:59 PM

Quote from: Byrne on July 23, 2015, 05:39:18 AM

Dank was a nice word before stoners got it.

bitch please, it's still a nice word

traversing through the Dank Cave in dragon age 2 always made me chuckle a little bit

Solonoid · July 23, 2015, 05:49:15 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on July 23, 2015, 02:29:56 AM

thanks for defining the word "meme" for us

i'm not sure if too many people on sep7agon are familiar with that term

My thesis is actually on memes.

Of all of his contributions to modern society, we can thank Richard Dawkins for nothing more than creating the meme.

Solonoid · July 23, 2015, 05:51:18 PM

Quote from: Byrne on July 23, 2015, 05:39:18 AM

Dank was a nice word before stoners got it.

I actually like it better now.

Dank used to be such a nasty word.
You never used to want anything to be dank.

Turkey · July 23, 2015, 05:59:18 PM

You gotta pay the troll toll if you wanna get in that boy's hole, OP.

Verbatim · July 23, 2015, 06:00:01 PM

Quote from: Rinev on July 23, 2015, 05:51:51 AM

Hasn't 'meme' been a word that was used for a long time?

It was apparently coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976.

that is correct

eggsalad · July 23, 2015, 06:04:42 PM

never
anyone who uses it as a verb needs to fucking die