This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Why do I know that? launched as ...Or So I Heard: From YKTTW
Working Title: Why do I know that?: From YKTTW
Drow Lord: Er...this seems to have been up for a while, with no examples. Are any expected?
Adam850: Not particularly.
Doug S. Machina: None I'll admit to.
Danel: This is increasingly being used as a tag to indicate "This is just rumour, I'm not sure if it's true." Taking the title literally. Should we have a trope-tag for that?
Bob: Yes, we should. You should probably create a YKTTW about it.
Random Surfer: is there a "contrast with" for this? I just used Or So I Know, but was unsatisfied. (Besides the fact that there's no article for it.)
Document N: You could call it "Troper Knowledge Check Failure" maybe.
Lyger: (Whoops! Thought it would auto-append my name.) This seems to be a Troper Trope, as it were. Does it apply when used in television? "[a victim has died, apparently during S&M sex] Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers: No defensive wounds. Det. Lennie Briscoe: That's odd. Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers: Yeah, the fun part for these guys is the struggle AFTER they've been tied up. [pause] Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers: Or so I've heard." Is this an example of a different Trope, or no Trope at all?
- A work you are willing to defend on its own merits. But admitting you know it means you probably know of plenty you won't defend.
Danel: Used as a pothole, I personally find this one even more annoying than I Am Not Making This Up. It's horribly overused... and it's not like anyone cares on a wiki, since no-one'll check who added what. It's a contemptible mix of cowardice and smugness, blended with just a hint of Take That!.
