This "Fires of History: Trolls Save the World” and the subsequent followup books are really good, entirely worth reading. And I think the author is doing something really cleverly unique, retraining LLMs on classical texts and various internet flamewars to try to make the primordial troll as an interview subject. But the proper historical documentation of the subject matter of trolling is done very well. Probably the most rewarding return for namesearching myself in a while.

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LOL the niggers burned the magic nigger building. https://x.n0g.xyz/TF1Info/status/2105574157798838618

God it must be fucking sweet to be a French cop on a day like this

> Trailers for sale or rent > Rooms to let, fifty cents > No phone, no pool, no pets > I ain't got no cigarettes > Ah, but two hours of pushing broom > Buys a eight by twelve four-bit room Roger Miller's classic *King of the Road*, detailing the economic conditions at the time for the itinerant (who, witnessing vagrants at train stations, inspired him to write this song) details how good the boomers had it -- two hours of minimum wage labor could get a room for a night. I did a simple search for rooms in what were described as America's cheapest capitals. The cheapest actual room I found when I put in "I'm flexible" and willing to not accept any specific date was $60, which is slightly more than one can make on minimum wage in an 8 hour shift. I'm sure there are some roadside motels not indexed on the Internet somewhere, but I'm absolutely sure that none of them are as cheap as $14.50, two hours of the federal minimum wage. I found hostels in cities with train hubs for roughly $20, so anyone today would have to work an extra hour to not even have a room, just a bed in a room full of other "people" who are statistically certain to eventually steal your possessions over a long enough timeline. 50% increase in cost in labor-hours for something so significantly less that it is a fundamental threat to being able to live a stable life. It is materially impossible to be an itinerant laborer living solely off the virtue of your labor now.

LOL, Lightning completely owned again. The payment system of the future, people! https://x.n0g.xyz/Blockstream/status/2105836307096490036

I'm not encouraging violence or terrorism here. I’m just saying that IF someone decided to do a spree killing at a Hindu temple on Diwali it would generate the most anger and coverage of any mass murder ever. The entire subcontinent would rage about it. Definitely do not get a Juggernaut-themed wrap on your truck or van and run over jeets screaming “I’M THE JUGGERNAUT BITCH”.