trolling

The act of deceiving people (solely for entertainment) by projecting a false perspective that differs from your true perspective.

Trolling isn't just an internet thing, it's been around for millennia. The term trolling came around recently as a reference to the fishing term, making the analogy that you're in a boat trailing a joke net behind you for anyone in the wide ocean of the web to be swept up in. Then you just cruise along chuckling, enjoying your day.

As Billy Joel once said, "Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis"

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