“What did comment trolls do before the internet?”

In response to recent twitter queries from @BenFordham & @jonkudelka, plus a seeming holiday uptick in general trollery on a few sites I follow, just felt it was time to give this classic @Lileks tweet from 2010 a re-run:

What did comment trolls do before the internet? Strip down, paint themselves red, and yell at the parakeet?

— James Lileks (@Lileks) November 9, 2010