this is stupid
its a nice poem but this dude doesn't know what a troll is
i think he believes that they are depressed hunchbacked failures who only exist to talk people into Self Delete
trolls are usually people who just screw around to get reactions or do something funny. starfishs are the kind of people who talk people into Self Delete over facebook.
I don't mean to single you out, but I want to prevent possible future confusion.
You cannot immediately assume that Shane is using the definition of troll that you're most familiar with.. Somewhat like what I had mentioned originally, everyone has a different view on things.
In the beginning of the video, he was portraying a troll as a horrible person that'd hurt others along with denying all new ideas and things, possibly implying that there was no such thing as the internet at the time. Later on, the "trolls" adapt to the technology, which obviously made the entire situation worse.. The poem develops over time, describing technological advances, so it'd make sense.
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Then one day, the world changed..."
I think he just uses the term because it characterizes the terrible people in this world in an effective way and it adds on to the quality of the poem; It can be interpreted in countless various ways because Shane is very metaphorical with his work.
Shane Koyczan is an amazing person, and he's trying to make the world a better place-- I respect him, and he's one of my inspirations (which is probably why I'm so defensive) as a writer. I understand what the other side is saying, it's just that I think it'd be nicer if you had a more positive outlook on this.
