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| Below the Line with timjag: the troll with a heart | Below the Line with timjag: the troll with a heart |
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| BTL (below the line) is a weekly profile of a particularly delightful, prolific or controversial member of our robust comment community. If you love commenting or love a particular commenter, nominate them here. | BTL (below the line) is a weekly profile of a particularly delightful, prolific or controversial member of our robust comment community. If you love commenting or love a particular commenter, nominate them here. |
| Need to know: timjag | Need to know: timjag |
| Joined: 7 May 2009 | Joined: 7 May 2009 |
| Comments to date: 2,952 | Comments to date: 2,952 |
| Abuse reports: 43 | Abuse reports: 43 |
| Most recent comment: | Most recent comment: |
| Thank you, well said. And it's not going bust either - it is supported by the Scott Trust, that is there to give it financial and therefore political independence. It doesn't need to make much of a profit. | Thank you, well said. And it's not going bust either - it is supported by the Scott Trust, that is there to give it financial and therefore political independence. It doesn't need to make much of a profit. |
| Tell us what draws you to comment on a story. What kinds of stories do you most often comment on? | Tell us what draws you to comment on a story. What kinds of stories do you most often comment on? |
| Injustice, stupidity and music, mainly, I like to get involved in Mariella's agony column once in awhile. Mainly because I'm a narcissistic nosey git who thinks that everyone wants to listen to him! | Injustice, stupidity and music, mainly, I like to get involved in Mariella's agony column once in awhile. Mainly because I'm a narcissistic nosey git who thinks that everyone wants to listen to him! |
| Describe your comment persona in three words: | Describe your comment persona in three words: |
| Troll with heart. | Troll with heart. |
| So why timjag? | So why timjag? |
| I'm Tim, and I have a very old Fender Jaguar guitar. | I'm Tim, and I have a very old Fender Jaguar guitar. |
| Tell us something about who you are offline | Tell us something about who you are offline |
| I work in the oxymoron that is the music industry. | I work in the oxymoron that is the music industry. |
| Share a comment (either yours or someone else's) that you think is particularly fantastic: | Share a comment (either yours or someone else's) that you think is particularly fantastic: |
| There are so many great ones from other people so here's a stupid one from me. | There are so many great ones from other people so here's a stupid one from me. |
| Have you learned anything (about yourself or the world) since you started commenting on the Guardian? | Have you learned anything (about yourself or the world) since you started commenting on the Guardian? |
| Yes. That my dyslexia is a problem. | Yes. That my dyslexia is a problem. |
| What's one thing that people ATL should know about what goes on BTL? | What's one thing that people ATL should know about what goes on BTL? |
| That we're watching and we don't like fact massaging propaganda. Comments are the future of the newspaper. Cif for all its silliness has actually made change in the world – that's two things. | That we're watching and we don't like fact massaging propaganda. Comments are the future of the newspaper. Cif for all its silliness has actually made change in the world – that's two things. |
| Tell us a secret: | Tell us a secret: |
| I've never finished reading a book. | I've never finished reading a book. |
| Which Guardian writer do you have a crush on? | Which Guardian writer do you have a crush on? |
| Glenn Greenwald – it's a brain thing. | Glenn Greenwald – it's a brain thing. |
| Which commenter do you admire? | Which commenter do you admire? |
| Strummered, because he's got a heart as big as the planet. | Strummered, because he's got a heart as big as the planet. |
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