Greybeard (aka Tom Zunder) writes:
Do people agree that Humakti in Orlanthi society in Sartar are outlaws?
The Troll (aka Tom Zunder) writes:
So Glorantha isn't Earth? So we can have hippos in a Northern European
climate but I can't have gay Humakti?
The Troll (aka Tom Zunder) writes:
I think Humakti are technically outlaws. They are outside the law,
no-one need pay weregeld for their death but also no-one is responsible
for their actionsns.
The Jargon File says:
:troll: v. To utter a posting on {USENET} designed to
attract stupid responses or {flame}s. May derive from the phrase "trolling for {newbie}s" or some similar construction. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more like idiots than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it.
Some people claim that the troll is properly a narrower category than {flame bait}, that a troll is categorized by containing some assertion that is wrong but not overtly controversial.
As Kibo's personal representative, I hereby ban the jejune act of trolling from Glorantha Digest. That *especially* goes for lame trolls. Knock it off, Tom.
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