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A few deep SW questions. Discuss.

Trolls. Time-wasting morons. Catfish. Obviously pilfered pictures from Google, Flickr, Tumblr, etc. which have been posted numerous times. Women scoff, because they can usually suss out an old picture better than men, and guys drool, a) because they're guys, and b) they're idiots.

Falakata. The comfort troll. A thousand "Am I Hot?" posts which clearly are not women.
It's the same shit over and over and over, like Groundhog Day. It's difficult to imagine that someone has a "comfort" fetish and/or really gets their jollies doing this shit, but the evidence is incontrovertible.

People really must enjoy doing this!(I already drew a parallel between trolling and junk mail). So....do you think that's it's that simple--in an Occam's Razor sort of way--or do you think there's something more sinister going on--in a Criminal Minds sort of way, that this is the only thing keeping a few users here from going [i]completely[/i] mental, like seriously off the deep end.

Is this just a bunch of sub-basement dwellers who just have nothing to do, or should someone seriously intervene and have these people committed before something truly terrible happens? Thoughts, reflections, snarky comments, and further Google Images are encouraged.
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PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
…what would you have us do though, to save us, them, the world from these…posts? That last word needs great emphasis because that’s all they are…posts. I think it’s very simple because I don’t feel that those with a Criminal Minds mentality are here. That level of sinister mixed with evil genius just isn’t in SW’s programming. The posts you see. The comments even. They’re hands reaching out for attention on some level and the more you expose yourself to the game they’re playing for their own amusement, the more infected you become by their content. The people who legit need help always reveal themselves. They have a certain vibe to them, which can even be caught through typed words. But those you speak of? They’re the “for shits and giggles” variety that simply need attention and will go to great lengths on here to get it…and they will succeed.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart You make some great points. However, I HAVE encountered some hateful posts here. One was racist rhetoric that, to me, if not copied from some antisemitic tome, was deeply, deeply upsetting to read. This was before we could report posts, I believe, and I have no problem considering that a person who thought in those terms could have become a legitimate danger.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@uncalled4 Oh, I don’t doubt you’ve come across those kind of posts. I’ve come across some pretty disturbing ones that unapologetically displayed the weakness that could turn into some serious levels of threatening in the real world. But I see the real threat in those who don’t advertise their demons needing to breathe the air we do and because of that, even though it may be foolish, I view many of the sensational posts here as nothing more than smoke and mirrors.