Garbage Post Kid/Playing With

Basic Trope: An Internet Troll, who posts irrelevant links and imagery to get a Web community all riled up.
 * Played Straight: In the middle of a Flame War, Trolly McLulz posts links to a Shock Site in reply to a rival's post.
 * Exaggerated: Every single thing Trolly Mc Lulz posts is something like this. He may also use Sock Puppets.
 * Inverted: Trolly posts links and imagery relevant to the topic(s) at hand, that aren't disturbing, disgusting, or incendiary.
 * Justified:
 * Trolly is a Troll.
 * The topic is "Most Disgusting Picture I've Ever Seen"
 * A warning is included that the link or picture is disturbing and/or NSFW
 * Trolly is posting Satire
 * Trolly is posting on a certain Image Board, where this sort of jackassery is both normal and expected behavior.
 * Subverted: Trolly posts a link that is relevant to what's being discussed
 * Double Subverted: The link contains disturbing imagery, and no warning that the link is disturbing or NSFW
 * Deconstructed: All this serves to do is to cause Flame War and Internet Backdraft, and gross people out.
 * Reconstructed: The mods and admins quickly ban Trolly Mc Lulz and remove his posts, or lock the topics.
 * Lampshaded: "Ewww! Don't post shit like that!"
 * Parodied: Trolly posts G-rated LOLcats, and people react like he's posted links to Brazilian scat porn.
 * Averted:
 * Trolly Mc Lulz doesn't do this, though he may engage in other forms of trolling and Cultural Posturing.
 * Trolly Mc Lulz doesn't post on the forum.
 * Enforced:
 * The topic is "Most Disgusting Thing I've Ever Seen Online"
 * GIFT
 * Invoked: Trolly Mc Lulz finds himself on a pro-choice forum, and posts pro-life propaganda and pictures of aborted fetuses.
 * Defied:
 * Trolly decides he's better than that, and moves onto something more interesting, or gets a hobby.
 * The mods and admins chastise Trolly and take down his posts, or ban him from the site.
 * Discussed:
 * Conversed:
 * Played For Laughs:
 * Played For Drama: The Flame War gets out of hand.

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