https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=591:_Troll_Slayer&feed=atom&action=history591: Troll Slayer - Revision history2024-03-28T20:50:02ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=591:_Troll_Slayer&diff=312642&oldid=prevChristmasGospel: Edit by ClassicalGames2023-05-09T07:14:31Z<p>Edit by ClassicalGames</p>
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</table>ChristmasGospelhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=591:_Troll_Slayer&diff=302229&oldid=prevLiv2splain: Rvv2022-12-22T04:19:42Z<p>Rvv</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST EXPLOIT NfgfdGGER CATTLE GdfsYIM SUBdfsMANS PAYING THEM DIRT LOW WAGES AND WORKING THEM TO THE BONE NEARLY DRIVING TO SUICIDE ALL TO BUY YOURSELF A NICE MANSION AND A YACHT!!!!! THAT</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">S LE BAD AND IMMORAL!!!! YOU CAN</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST IMPORT MILLIONS OF REdfsTAfdsED BROWN SUdfsBHdfsMANdfS TO PLUMMET THE WAGES AND MANIPULATE HOUSE PRICES SO THAT EVERYONE REMAINS A RENTKdfsEK TILL THE END OF THEIR DAYS!!!! YOU CAN</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST OUTSOURCE JOBS TO SMELLY PretdsgfJEETS WORKING FOR 1$/HOUR IN INdfsDdfsA AND AUTOMATE THE REST!!!!!! YOU CAN</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T BRAINWASH DsdffdsdfK MONGOLOIDS INTO CARING ONLY ABOUT THE CURRENT THING ALL THE WHILE MAKING THEM POORER AND UNHAPPIER AND ENRICHING YOURSELF!!!! THAT</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">S</del>... <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">THAT</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">S LE BAD!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T TURN SOULLESS GOdfsdfsM SUBfsdfsdAN CATTLE NdfsdfsdfsRS BARELY DESERVING OF LIFE INTO OBESE UNHEALTHY GOLEMS ADDICTED TO PdfsOGRAPHY SOCIAL MEDIA AND CORN SYRUP FAST FOOD WITH MICROPLASTICS AND TdsfNY HORMONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST DUMP MILLIONS OF TONNS OF TOXIC POLLUTANTS INTO THE AIR AND WATER KILLING OFF ALL WILDLIFE AND CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEN LOCK UP EVERYONE IN THE PODS AND FORCE THEM TO EAT BUGS BECAUSE OF IT!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST BRAINWASH WOMEN INTO BECOMING EGOMANIACAL WdsfdsfS ONLY SLEEPING WITH TOP </del>1<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">% GIGACHADS</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">YOU CAN</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST TURN MOST OF MEN INTO LOSER INCELS READY TO BLOW UP SCHOOLS WITH OTHER CATTLE SdfsHUMANS!!!!!!!!THAT</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">S LE EVIL!!!!!!!!!!</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{w|Stephenie Meyer}} is the author of the {{w|Twilight (novel series)|Twilight novels}}, a series of {{w|vampire}} novels popular with young teens. It is a love it or hate it type of novel, with a large following and a large portion of haters as well.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The title of the comic is drawn from the internet slang term {{w|troll (internet)|troll}}, which refers to actively attempting to get a rise out of a forum. In this instance, 4chan attempted to troll a Twilight board and Meyer acted against the troll, making her a "slayer" of them. Obviously the pimpled boy she chats with is very dismayed by this result, as there are now so many more vampire-book-fans than computer geeks on 4chan, and they cannot get through with any of their funny/evil plans anymore. There may also be a reference to the famous {{w|vampire slayer}} known as {{w|Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy}}, seeing that Stephenie</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s main character vampires do not need to be slain, but she then turns on those who tries to do so in real life on the message board.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Liv2splainhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=591:_Troll_Slayer&diff=302224&oldid=prev162.158.38.159: /* Explanation */2022-12-22T04:17:54Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{w|Stephenie Meyer}} is the author of the {{w|Twilight (novel series)|Twilight novels}}, a series of {{w|vampire}} novels popular with young teens. It is a love it or hate it type of novel, with a large following and a large portion of haters as well.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST EXPLOIT NfgfdGGER CATTLE GdfsYIM SUBdfsMANS PAYING THEM DIRT LOW WAGES AND WORKING THEM TO THE BONE NEARLY DRIVING TO SUICIDE ALL TO BUY YOURSELF A NICE MANSION AND A YACHT!!!!! THAT</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">S LE BAD AND IMMORAL!!!! YOU CAN</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST IMPORT MILLIONS OF REdfsTAfdsED BROWN SUdfsBHdfsMANdfS TO PLUMMET THE WAGES AND MANIPULATE HOUSE PRICES SO THAT EVERYONE REMAINS A RENTKdfsEK TILL THE END OF THEIR DAYS!!!! YOU CAN</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST OUTSOURCE JOBS TO SMELLY PretdsgfJEETS WORKING FOR 1$/HOUR IN INdfsDdfsA AND AUTOMATE THE REST!!!!!! YOU CAN</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T BRAINWASH DsdffdsdfK MONGOLOIDS INTO CARING ONLY ABOUT THE CURRENT THING ALL THE WHILE MAKING THEM POORER AND UNHAPPIER AND ENRICHING YOURSELF!!!! THAT</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">S</ins>... <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">THAT</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">S LE BAD!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T TURN SOULLESS GOdfsdfsM SUBfsdfsdAN CATTLE NdfsdfsdfsRS BARELY DESERVING OF LIFE INTO OBESE UNHEALTHY GOLEMS ADDICTED TO PdfsOGRAPHY SOCIAL MEDIA AND CORN SYRUP FAST FOOD WITH MICROPLASTICS AND TdsfNY HORMONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST DUMP MILLIONS OF TONNS OF TOXIC POLLUTANTS INTO THE AIR AND WATER KILLING OFF ALL WILDLIFE AND CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEN LOCK UP EVERYONE IN THE PODS AND FORCE THEM TO EAT BUGS BECAUSE OF IT!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST BRAINWASH WOMEN INTO BECOMING EGOMANIACAL WdsfdsfS ONLY SLEEPING WITH TOP </ins>1<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">% GIGACHADS</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">YOU CAN</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T JUST TURN MOST OF MEN INTO LOSER INCELS READY TO BLOW UP SCHOOLS WITH OTHER CATTLE SdfsHUMANS!!!!!!!!THAT</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">S LE EVIL!!!!!!!!!!</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The title of the comic is drawn from the internet slang term {{w|troll (internet)|troll}}, which refers to actively attempting to get a rise out of a forum. In this instance, 4chan attempted to troll a Twilight board and Meyer acted against the troll, making her a "slayer" of them. Obviously the pimpled boy she chats with is very dismayed by this result, as there are now so many more vampire-book-fans than computer geeks on 4chan, and they cannot get through with any of their funny/evil plans anymore. There may also be a reference to the famous {{w|vampire slayer}} known as {{w|Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy}}, seeing that Stephenie</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s main character vampires do not need to be slain, but she then turns on those who tries to do so in real life on the message board.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The pictures used on the two panels showing the 4chan imageboard tells a lot about their users. It is unclear what the text page refers to. And also what it is that [[Cueball]] is standing next to. But a black hat, as shown in the third picture is typical for an internet troll (see the xkcd version of [[Black Hat]]), and also the guy saying {{w|LOL}} is already laughing out loud at you before you read his text. He also LOL</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s in his comment about the angsty teens that reads the books, and whom he looks forward to trolling.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In the second 4chan panel all four images relate to </del>''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Twilight</del>''. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The first picture most likely depicts {{w|Edward Cullen}} and {{w|Bella Swan}} (from the movies) standing with their backs against each other</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This person enjoys being anonymous</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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</table>162.158.38.159https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=591:_Troll_Slayer&diff=302213&oldid=prevLiv2splain: Rvv2022-12-22T04:14:00Z<p>Rvv</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Explanation ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Explanation ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The worst fear </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">edgy /pol/faced rightoids is being mocked as impotent.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{w|Stephenie Meyer}} is the author </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the {{w|Twilight (novel series)|Twilight novels}}</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a series of {{w|vampire}} novels popular with young teens</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is a love it or hate </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">type </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">novel</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with a large following </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a large portion </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">haters as well</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They're immunized against most insults; ugly</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fat, evil, monstrous, degenerate - even failsons</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They can shrug </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">all off.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The /pol/face meme on the other hand acts on their deepest fears. Their pathological sense </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inadequacy</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">impotence </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fear </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">emasculation that informs their worldview</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It's okay to be ugly</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">undesirable</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even a cdsfm-guzzling didfsaper-sdfscat bottom-furry</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As long </del>as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- deep down - they're feared</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In the comic, {{w|4chan}}</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an {{w|imageboard}}</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is featured</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Imageboards such </ins>as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">4chan have the feature to post anonymously</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The users of 4chan launch an attack on a Twilight board </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Stephenie Meyer asks </ins>them <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to stop</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">When they refuse, Meyer writes 4chan into her next novel</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">thereby drawing in a large number of fans of her novel as a counter</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">attack to what 4chan ran on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Twilight forum</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This results in what </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">original 4chan users consider a ruined imageboard</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They're okay with being ignored, denounced, even mocked. But they can't stand being laughed at as impotent </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">powerless. It's many times worse than being ignored or mocked in other ways.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It's like the incel fear that women will laugh at </del>them. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It's not the rejection itself</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it's having their deep seated self</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">loathing and impotence publicly acknowledged by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Other</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Specifically: The fear of being perceived as powerless is greater than </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">actual fear of being powerless</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Liberals </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">course play right into this by portraying rightoids </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including /pol/faced mass shooters</del>) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">terrifying unstoppable evil that should be feared by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">masses</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Something </del>they get <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">off </del>to<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Every. Time</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The title </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the comic is drawn from the internet slang term {{w|troll </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">internet</ins>)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|troll}}, which refers to actively attempting to get a rise out of a forum. In this instance, 4chan attempted to troll </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Twilight board and Meyer acted against </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">troll, making her a "slayer" of them</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Obviously the pimpled boy she chats with is very dismayed by this result, as there are now so many more vampire-book-fans than computer geeks on 4chan, and </ins>they <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cannot </ins>get <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">through with any of their funny/evil plans anymore. There may also be a reference </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the famous {{w|vampire slayer}} known as {{w|Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy}}, seeing that Stephenie's main character vampires do not need to be slain, but she then turns on those who tries to do so in real life on the message board</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/pol/ has been mocked for years, going back </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the 7+1chan days</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">So far nothing stuck</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Leaders exposed </del>as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ziondfssts </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pedodfsles? Nothing</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Furfdsries </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nazis in drag? Nothing. Hypocrisy? Statistics? Actually existing white genocide by rightoids? Nothing</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The pictures used on the two panels showing the 4chan imageboard tells a lot about their users. It is unclear what the text page refers </ins>to. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And also what it is that [[Cueball]] is standing next to</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">But a black hat, </ins>as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shown in the third picture is typical for an internet troll (see the xkcd version of [[Black Hat]]), </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also the guy saying {{w|LOL}} is already laughing out loud at you before you read his text</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He also LOL's in his comment about the angsty teens that reads the books, </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">whom he looks forward to trolling</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/pol/face though made them melt down within 24 hours</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">To be </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">point they</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ve spend days spamming with thousands </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">IPs </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">prove how "not mad" they are</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(Mind that they</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ve never done this before)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In the second 4chan panel all four images relate to ''Twilight''. </ins>The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first picture most likely depicts {{w|Edward Cullen}} and {{w|Bella Swan}} (from the movies) standing with their backs against each other</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This person enjoys being anonymous.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The second picture with the text ''Dawnz'' refers, in "plural" form, to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">last book </ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'{{w|Breaking Dawn}}'' which was split into two films {{w|The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1|part 1}} and {{w|The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2|part 2}}. This person wish to know about peoples favorite vampire, exactly the kind of questions the trolls would have mocked on the Twilight board, now infesting their own site. The third picture is </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a person who has tried </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dress up like a {{w|goth}} vampire, even commenting on the darkness of the picture</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The last picture depicts the cover of the last book ''Breaking Dawn'</ins>' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with the two chess pieces. This fan seems to be searching for a date around Dallas...</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Liv2splainhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=591:_Troll_Slayer&diff=302182&oldid=prev162.158.38.24: /* Explanation */2022-12-22T03:54:19Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{w|Stephenie Meyer}} </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the author of the {{w|Twilight (novel series)|Twilight novels}}</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a series of {{w|vampire}} novels popular with young teens</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is a love </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or hate it type </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">novel</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with a large following </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a large portion </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">haters as well</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The worst fear of edgy /pol/faced rightoids </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">being mocked as impotent.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They're immunized against most insults; ugly, fat, evil, monstrous</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">degenerate - even failsons</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They can shrug </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">all off.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The /pol/face meme on the other hand acts on their deepest fears. Their pathological sense </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inadequacy</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">impotence </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fear </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">emasculation that informs their worldview</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In the comic</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{w|4chan}}</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an {{w|imageboard}}</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is featured</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Imageboards such </del>as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">4chan have </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">feature to post anonymously. The users of 4chan launch an attack on a Twilight board and Stephenie Meyer asks </del>them <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to stop</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">When they refuse</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Meyer writes 4chan into her next novel, thereby drawing in a large number of fans of her novel as a counter</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">attack to what 4chan ran on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Twilight forum</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This results in what </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">original 4chan users consider a ruined imageboard</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It's okay to be ugly, undesirable</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even a cdsfm-guzzling didfsaper-sdfscat bottom-furry. As long as - deep down - they're feared.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They're okay with being ignored</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">denounced</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even mocked</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">But they can't stand being laughed at </ins>as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">impotent and powerless. It's many times worse than being ignored or mocked in other ways.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It's like </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">incel fear that women will laugh at </ins>them. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It's not the rejection itself</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it's having their deep seated self</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">loathing and impotence publicly acknowledged by </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Other</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Specifically: The fear of being perceived as powerless is greater than </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">actual fear of being powerless</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The title </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the comic is drawn from the internet slang term {{w|troll </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">internet</del>)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|troll}}, which refers to actively attempting to get </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rise out of a forum. In this instance, 4chan attempted to troll a Twilight board and Meyer acted against </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">troll, making her a "slayer" of them</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Obviously the pimpled boy she chats with is very dismayed by this result, as there are now so many more vampire-book-fans than computer geeks on 4chan, and </del>they <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cannot </del>get <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">through with any of their funny/evil plans anymore</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There may also be a reference to the famous {{w|vampire slayer}} known as {{w|Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy}}, seeing that Stephenie's main character vampires do not need to be slain, but she then turns on those who tries to do so in real life on the message board</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Liberals </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">course play right into this by portraying rightoids </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including /pol/faced mass shooters</ins>) <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">terrifying unstoppable evil that should be feared by </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">masses</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Something </ins>they get <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">off to. Every</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Time</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The pictures used on the two panels showing </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">4chan imageboard tells a lot about their users</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is unclear what the text page refers to</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And also what it is that [[Cueball]] is standing next to. But a black hat, </del>as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shown in the third picture is typical for an internet troll (see the xkcd version of [[Black Hat]]), </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also the guy saying {{w|LOL}} is already laughing out loud at you before you read his text</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He also LOL's </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his comment about the angsty teens that reads the books, and whom he looks forward to trolling</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/pol/ has been mocked for years, going back to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">7+1chan days</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">So far nothing stuck</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Leaders exposed </ins>as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ziondfssts </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pedodfsles? Nothing</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Furfdsries and Nazis </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">drag? Nothing. Hypocrisy? Statistics? Actually existing white genocide by rightoids? Nothing</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In the second 4chan panel all four images relate to ''Twilight''. </del>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first picture most likely depicts {{w|Edward Cullen}} and {{w|Bella Swan}} (from the movies) standing with their backs against each other</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This person enjoys being anonymous.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/pol/face though made them melt down within 24 hours</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">To be </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">point they</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ve spend days spamming with thousands of IPs to prove how </ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not mad</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they are</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(Mind that they</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ve never done this before)</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The second picture with </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">text </del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'Dawnz'' refers, in </del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plural</del>" <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">form, to the last book ''{{w|Breaking Dawn}}'' which was split into two films {{w|The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1|part 1}} and {{w|The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2|part 2}}</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This person wish to know about peoples favorite vampire, exactly the kind of questions the trolls would have mocked on the Twilight board, now infesting their own site. The third picture is of a person who has tried to dress up like a {{w|goth}} vampire, even commenting on the darkness of the picture. The last picture depicts the cover of the last book </del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'Breaking Dawn'' with the two chess pieces. This fan seems to be searching for a date around Dallas...</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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</table>162.158.38.24https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=591:_Troll_Slayer&diff=269850&oldid=prevDavidy22: Reverted edits by The author of xkcd (talk) to last revision by Theusaf2022-05-16T23:28:53Z<p>Reverted edits by <a href="/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/The_author_of_xkcd" title="Special:Contributions/The author of xkcd">The author of xkcd</a> (<a href="/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:The_author_of_xkcd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:The author of xkcd (page does not exist)">talk</a>) to last revision by <a href="/wiki/index.php/User:Theusaf" title="User:Theusaf">Theusaf</a></p>
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