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12th Feb: A new policy is being put in place for TRS threads: Make your case that the name/page is broken in the Opening Post, or the thread will be nuked immediately. See Everything You Wanted To Know About Changing Names for what "Make your case" means.

5th Feb: Echo Chamber Season 1 blooper reel on Youtube here

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Describe Troper here.

Yeah, like that's going to happen. The first occurrence of "troper" as a name for the people who record their thoughts here was in 2003, about a month after we launched. It was coined by a guy who wrote a lot of good TV.

And a few movies.

Moving on.

Mostly, it means You. That's right, You. Time Magazine's person of the year, 2006. A Vigilante Taxonomist. A person who gets it.

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