Racking the Trolls

For me, good trolling involves 2 things:

1. Satire which you know is on the outer edges of the recipient's brain power
2. A good user name

We're all pretty good at #1, but it's #2 that can really light someone's gas can. Seinfeld knew this, those were the lamest one-liners since SCTV, but the set-up was flawless.Suppose you want to troll Genesis Skye, an easy but illustrative example. Obviously your posts would have lots of long words related to drug use, probably a liberal use of the word "whore," maybe even a few lines taken Grandmaster Melle Mel's "White Lines" which was written before she was born, but which just about everyone knows about (see...on the fringes of her intelligence). The setup would be a clever, but very inflammatory username. Once she reads that, she knows she's gonna get flamed like Hiroshima. Maybe "Skye's Rx Depot," "Genesis' Meeth," you get it. The other good troll is the 1-line e-mail, which you post somewhere it will be seen, but never actually sent. You never sign you own name, just something referential.

Dear Taylor Rain,
We're meeting by the Pasteur today. Please show up at 5:05
Sincerely,
The Waldos