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Okay, I’ll bite: who’s Anna? New hire? Maybe a real live lesbian for once?
Anna is our fabulous new copy editor.
Thanks, Gillian. And welcome, Anna!
Well, I voted for Charles, but then I realized that nobody would ever say that. He’s not LIKE an internet troll…he IS an internet troll.
Thanks, Gus!
“Defenseless editorial intern”
I laughed.
CHARLES????!!!!
For Reals???
One thing I learned in school while breezing through multiple-choice exams is that unusually short or long answers are almost always the right one. Not every time, but enough to put you in the 90th percentile even if you don’t know what the quiz is about. The standout here is “Defenseless editorial intern”.
Hello, Anna! I regret to inform you that I find copyediting and copyeditors highly fascinating and even erotic, and I’m likely to frighten and annoy you on a regular basis. Which is pretty much what I do to everyone, but hey. It’s not even six and I’m already snockered, after the worst day of work ever. Pleased to meet you.
I voted for Paul. I sense a great deal of anger in that one.
Ha! but who is missing from the list? those of you above troll suspicion? What about the person who trolled me into answering this internet note?
This is Goldy, because trolls post things that they don’t really believe in to get a rise out of people. I really believe that Charles is honest in every post, which by definition makes him not a troll. Maybe a red wine swilling communist, but not a troll.
Team Lindy here, ’cause if her IRL persona is like her prose, she’s cool and **sparkles** like that.
wily like someone with a unicorn trapper…
@9: I have lost my temper in this office exactly once in six years. My blood pressure is perfect. I admit that I write like I’m angry, but I am as docile and placid as a swan on water. Your IRL troll is elsewhere.
@13: It’s precisely your placid manner that makes us certain a psychopath lurks beneath. You’re fooling no one, Constant. No one.
Just wondering if the folks in single digits at this point feel strangely bereft.
Really, people!? OF COURSE the correct answer is Grant Brissey! He was getting way too much enjoyment from annoying me.
IMPORTANT QUERY: Does “IRL” extend to their writing on Slog/the paper? Or are we literally just talking human face-to-face or voice-to-voice telephone interactions? These lines get blurry sometimes…
I’ve been around Goldy for a good long while now, so I’m saying affectionately that it’s true about him.
“With whom,”: please…….
@9, 13:
Anger leads to hate.
Who is Gillian Anderson?
@20,
Yes. Paul was turned to the dark side long ago.
@21,
Dana Sculley
Lily Bart.
Of course it’s Grant. He can be a real jerk sometimes.
obviously Anna’s never met a troll in real life…..