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Also known as: You Have Been Trolled, YHBT YHL HAND
You Have Been Trolled, posted after someone answers bait sincerely, often expanded to YHBT, YHL, HAND: you have been trolled, you have lost, have a nice day. The formula announced that a thread was a setup and invited everyone to stop replying. Common in the late 1990s and rare now, though the underlying advice about not feeding trolls long outlived the abbreviation itself.
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