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BainsBane

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1. Sadists
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 12:08 PM
Feb 2014
Overall, the authors found that the relationship between sadism and trolling was the strongest, and that indeed, sadists appear to troll because they find it pleasurable. “Both trolls and sadists feel sadistic glee at the distress of others,” they wrote. “Sadists just want to have fun ... and the Internet is their playground!”

Yep.

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