FREE SPAM!

[calamus]

Here's a free digital image of Spam!

[catbert]

I'd rather be spam-free.

[calamus]

They do make a low sodium, low fat version now. Probably tastes like plasticized shredded cardboard, though. But no spam at all? That wouldn't go over well in Hawaii.

Oh wait. You said YOU want to be spam-free. Ah, yes. I understand. Sorry.

[calamus]

[Niner]

My first thought upon seeing the topic was "Why is Spam in jail?"

Not really. But I claim that that's a funny line.

[Scrawler]

I suddenly feel like Spam fritters for breakfast.

[EdHall]

Why did the low sodium, low-fat version of spam decide to go on a diet?

Because it heard that cutting out the spam entirely might leave you feeling a bit too "pharmacy chic" with a side of Abacavir & Lamivudina!
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Alex Heyy
Import Aprazer

[calamus]

Spam, spam, spam, rat, and spam has only a tiny bit of rat in it.

[calamus]

spam-spam-spam-spam.jpg

[Ron Z]

Now there's an idea. What if every spam post got the image....

[Wile E Coyote]

Now there's an idea. What if every spam post got the image....

The server would need an upgrade.

[calamus]

I'm not a big fan of psycho-babble, but I found this article interesting:

Excerpt from "Who are Internet Trolls in Real Life and How to Deal with Them?"
https://www.learning-mind.com/who-are-internet-trolls/

Who Are Internet Trolls?

Surprisingly, despite the frequency and amount of internet abuse on social media, there is little to no research about it. However, one study does shed some light on the type of person that will engage in trolling. Although the study was relatively small (only 415 participants), it did throw up some interesting details.

Research suggests that three main factors stand out amongst internet trolls:

1. Trolls are more likely to be male and score highly on the Dark Triad (psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism) personality test.

2. Trolls have little affective empathy (they can’t feel the suffering of others) but high cognitive empathy (they can understand what makes people suffer).

3. Trolls are very likely to suffer from poor social skills.

In other words, trolls have a dark side to their personality. They are also good at working out who is most likely to get upset. This is despite them having no empathy for their victims.

“Trolls employ an empathic strategy of predicting and recognizing the emotional suffering of their victims while abstaining from the experience of these negative emotions.” Sest, et al.

Two Kinds of Internet Trolls

The Vindictive Troll

I believe there are two kinds of trolls. The first is the vindictive, nasty types that enjoy the suffering they cause. The second types are loners with poor social skills. These types feel powerful behind the safety of a keyboard.

Further studies confirm the first type, the vindictive troll. Canadian researchers conducted personality tests on over 1,200 people. Participants were asked about their internet behaviour. In particular, in regard to comments they had made online.

Results showed that those people who admitted to enjoying internet trolling also scored highly on the Dark Triad personality tests. Not only that, but they also scored highly on sadism. Sadism is the enjoyment of causing psychological or physical pain to others. Coupled with psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellism, sadism is certainly another one of the dark sides of our behaviours.

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