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[emet_sulk]

[ Sometime during the month, an image is uploaded (the infamous LONG BREAD), accompanied by the following caption: ]

Assist me in proving a point to my unrepentant friend: this is not how one slices bread.

Comments

[emet_sulk]

[ grumble grumble mutter ]

I have observed many favour avocado with their salmon. That and egg. I suppose that will have to do.

[whatsamada]

What about the olives? Wouldn't that bring out the flavor too?

[Still going with it]

[emet_sulk]

Olives? Really?

[ Well, he's not much of a culinarian, that said... ]

[whatsamada]

You never know until you try!

[Yup, just trolling along]

[emet_sulk]

[ Sigh. ]

Fine. If it tastes disagrees with me then I can always feed it to my foolish friend.

[whatsamada]

Why foolish? I think he’ll like it! Just like how he likes to think outside the box.

[emet_sulk]

Hythlodaeus would eat a rotting fish if I dared him to. I have little hope for his sense of taste.

[whatsamada]

Would he really? That is one daring person if I say so myself!

[emet_sulk]

I would hesitate to call it daring. He would do it for no other reason than to disgust me.

[whatsamada]

Seems like he is someone who does things to get a reaction out of you.

I think the better word is a 'troll'?

[emet_sulk]

A...troll? You mean the creatures that have been blocking the bridge of late?

[ Might have to explain to this old-as-rocks boomer what a modern troll is. ]

[whatsamada]

[....Oh no, has Ken finally met a boomer not familiar with internet lingo??]

No, more like someone on the internet who likes to make people angry. It can be the same for people in real life too.

I’m guessing you’re not familiar with the internet, are you?

[emet_sulk]

[ Thankfully this boomer knows what internet is thanks to the world he was in prior. But... ]

I understand the concept though I do not understand how it functions in a magic-less world. I attempted to recreate it with aether before but the experiment failed.

[whatsamada]

Have you tried to be mean or confuse someone online? It's about trying to getting a reaction both good or bad.

[emet_sulk]

Then the purpose of a 'troll' on these networking devices is simply to incite a reaction? Why would--

[ Actually, no. It's not like Hythlodaeus acts that way for a reason either. He thinks? ]

Nevermind. What an odd term to give these sorts of people.

[whatsamada]

I'm not sure who coined the term but that is what trolls are suppose to do.

[Ah the joys of explaining internet culture to a boomer]

I know it's strange to think about but that's what people do online.

[emet_sulk]

'Tis not a behaviour confined to the virtual space, I assure you. You have my thanks - I now have a term with which to describe my friend's behaviour.

[whatsamada]

Glad I could be of some help!

Just let me know how that bread wrap goes. I am curious to see if he will try it.

[emet_sulk]

Oh I'm sure he will. If there is one thing I can count on, it is that he sees such things as a personal challenge.

[ Now... off he goes to make that bread wrap and force it stuff it down his friend's throat. ]