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What Internet Trolls Look Like

Internet trolls trawl the web, leaving inflammatory comments on blog posts, forums and articles. Their aim, it seems, is to insult other internet users and elicit a negative emotional response from anyone who crosses their path. Artists and videographers across the globe have begun creating renditions of what internet trolls look like.

What is an Internet Troll?

Wikipedia's entry on Internet trolls states that "In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community". Essentially, internet trolls are people who join a discussion on a forum, blog post or article and leave inane rubbish in their wake. Generally, their posts go beyond expressing a personal opinion and aim to incite anger or frustration in other internet users.

Trolls deliberately try to goad other internet users on message boards to have a flame war, by raising topics that aren't relevant to the post. Often, they will insult a person's religion, race or family simply to get a rise out of that person. Trolls are also infamous for making controversial comments on current affairs, social problems and historical events. Their aim is to disrupt a conversation with verbal vandalism.

Do Not Feed the Trolls

Internet trolls 'feed' off of the reactions of other internet users. They get their kicks out of deliberately making people angry. The concept of starving trolls by ignoring them is a collective effort, as it only takes one person's reaction to the troll to encourage (feed) a troll. Even when every forum member on a thread is ignoring the troll, the troll might post incessantly in an attempt to get a rise out of someone.

How to Deal with Internet Trolls

You can avoid being 'troll bait' by not getting involved in debates that you feel passionate about. Chances are, if you have strong feelings about religion, homosexuality or racism, trolls will attempt to tear apart your opinions on these matters. The troll mentality is that they are right, you are wrong and they will go to the ends of the Earth to prove just how wrong you are while insulting you every step of the way.
Rising to the challenge of interacting with a troll is a waste of time, time that could be spent on far more worthwhile activities. Trolls do eventually begin trolling another part of the internet if they are ignored, but sometimes the only way to deal with a troll is to leave a conversation or debate.


What Internet Trolls Look Like

Internet trolls can be recognised by their comments. These will usually be deliberately off-topic, abusive of other internet users or social groups and will often involve profanity and name-calling. In reality, there are no physical traits that mark an internet troll. Internet trolls can be anyone, anywhere, lurking in a forum waiting for troll bait to show itself...


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10 Paintings by Adolf Hitler

Hitler is known for being one of the most evil and murderous men in Jewish history. Yet few people know that he also produced a large amount of paintings, focusing on flowers, landscapes and cathedrals.

 Adolf Hitler, Dictator of the Holocaust
Adolf Hitler, failed dictator of Germany during World War II, produced a variety of oil and watercolor paintings. In addition to being responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people, including the genocide of six million Jews, Hitler was an artist who used cathedrals and flowers as subject matter for many of his paintings.
"Dianthus", a fine art painting by Adolf Hitler. This painting is surprising to many, as the feminine, gentle flowers don't reveal the cruelty of the man who painted them. Many of Adolf Hitler's paintings were like this; weak in composition and lacking in any vibrant visual appeal.
This painting by Adolf Hitler is called simply, "Roses". Although Hitler was not a great artist, his paintings are not terrible either. However, there is a level of insecurity and immaturity in this painting. Hitler has forgotten to add a shadow beneath the pot, which is a commonly a child's mistake. While the flowers seem finished, the pot seems to have been hurriedly plonked into the scene without any finishing touches such as shows, highlights and reflections. A more careful and skilled painter would not have made these mistakes.

Adolf Hitler's Failed Art Career

Before becoming involved in politics, Hitler applied several times to The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, hoping to further his artistic career. He was turned down each time, and was forced to live on the streets, selling paintings to tourists and exchanging them in restaurants for meals.
Hitler called this painting, "Cathedral in Vienna". Hitler's paintings of architecture sometimes had more detail and contrast between light areas and shadows than his still life paintings. 
"Mother Mary with the Holy Child Jesus Christ". Hitler's paintings of Mary and Jesus has caused a lot of controversy among Christians. Hitler himself was a Christian, yet he was the creator of much misery and despair during the Second World War. He has been held responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews, gypsies and people from other social sects that Hitler didn't deem worthy of being included in his future Germany.
Many of HItler's paintings portrays the scenery that he encountered during his military campaigns around Europe. When Adolf Hitler opened his own art museum, he very sternly rejected modern art, favoring classical styles over the more adventurous and sometimes brutish modern art styles, yet in the painting above, the style is more akin to the Impressionists; a modern art movement that rebels against classical art styles.
Not only are these paintings unique because of their infamous painter, they also give us a view into the past; showing us buildings and fashions from Hitler's time.
Before becoming involved in politics, Adolf Hitler used to paint pastoral scenes which he sold to tourists. Many of these paintings included churches, farm buildings and farmland; the kind of scenes that people might want to look at in their living room.
Adolf Hitler was known for using a variety of different paints, so he didn't just stick to oil painting or watercolor painting. This makes his art works even more difficult to authenticate. It is believed by many art professionals that some of Hitler's paintings that have previously been sold for a lot of money may in fact be fakes.
Note the difference in styles between each of Hitler's paintings. It is possible that this painting, or any one of the others, is a fake because Hitler didn't have a distinctive, recognisable style.
It's crazy to think that the man who painted this peaceful, gentle landscape was responsible for so much pain, horror and death during WWII. 

Fake Hitler Paintings

The authenticity of Hitler’s paintings is often hard to prove, as he seldom mentioned the paintings by name or description in his correspondence and diaries. His friend, Reinhold Hanisch, sold fake Hitler paintings during the fuehrer’s reign over Germany, an act that Hitler did not approve of. During Hitler’s youth, Hanisch pushed him to create a painting per day, a grueling pace which otherwise managed to feed them each evening. 
Adolf Hitler's signature appears to have changed as he matured, and so it is possible that some painting that are believed to be the work of Adolf Hitler, were actually forgeries or fakes.
This is Hitler's signature on an authentic, verified sketch by Adolf Hitler
This is the signature that Adolf Hitler used on official documents, which is completely different from the signature that he used on his art works.
It's possible that Adolf Hitler was simply trying to sign his name in an impressionist style to match the painting, but this signature is considered by many to be fake, and paintings that bear this signature are often suspected to be forgeries.

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