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So, as a counterpoint to the other thread, this is where we talk about entries that we find incredibly amusing and intelligent. To start us out, I present the entirety of Real Life, which had me cracking up when I first read it.

Edited by GastonRabbit on May 29th 2023 at 9:30:10 AM

Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#2326: Aug 20th 2016 at 10:26:15 PM

I hear those boards are indestructible.

TotalWeirdo Weirdo from idfk Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Weirdo
#2327: Aug 21st 2016 at 12:18:11 AM

Absurdity Ascendant

Scroll down to the H's

Getting hit with a fish has GOT to be humiliating. (They/them, please)
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#2328: Aug 22nd 2016 at 7:08:12 AM

[up] *snerk* Well played, whoever did that. *golf clap*

edited 22nd Aug '16 7:08:22 AM by Willbyr

SkeletalPumpkin Since: Mar, 2015
#2329: Aug 22nd 2016 at 10:22:11 PM

The caption for the picture on Bright Is Not Good and its footnote. Good God. [lol]

Aetol from France Since: Jan, 2015
#2330: Aug 30th 2016 at 9:34:01 AM

The sheer Epic Fail of this entry on SciFiWritersHave.No Sense Of Energy:

Star Carrier: Earth Strike gives the power of a capital ship's spinal particle accelerator as 1.15 TeV.

Wolfram Alpha equates that to 1.2 times the kinetic energy of a flying mosquito.

edited 30th Aug '16 9:34:22 AM by Aetol

Worldbuilding is fun, writing is a chore
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#2331: Aug 30th 2016 at 3:31:51 PM

Someone confused Teravolt (TV) with Tera electronvolt (TeV). It's not just a difference of scale, they measure different things (electric potential versus energy, like comparing the height of a cliff and the effort it takes to climb it).

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
Aetol from France Since: Jan, 2015
#2332: Aug 31st 2016 at 12:52:41 AM

My guess is that they did mean to use a unit of energy, and used electronvolts probably because it sounds more science-y than joules, but never stopped to check just how much an eV is and assumed the tera- prefix would be large enough (since for most units it is indeed a lot).

Worldbuilding is fun, writing is a chore
SkeletalPumpkin Since: Mar, 2015
#2333: Sep 5th 2016 at 3:08:07 PM

In a Crosses the Line Twice way, the bit under the Firefly Fridge Horror page about Reavers being "Semi-Intelligent Rapist Space Zombies with Knitting Skills", if nothing else for the sheer mental image of Reavers sitting around knitting like a stereotypical grandma.

edited 5th Sep '16 8:34:25 PM by SkeletalPumpkin

Demetrios Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
SkeletalPumpkin Since: Mar, 2015
#2335: Sep 9th 2016 at 12:40:12 PM

The caption for the film section of Fridge Horror. [lol]

Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#2336: Sep 11th 2016 at 11:28:04 AM

Similarly Named Works:

  • Lost is a 2004 mind screwy television program created by J. J. Abrams. But there was also a short-lived reality-TV show by that same name in 2001, as well as a pair of movies, three books, four albums, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#2337: Sep 12th 2016 at 7:58:54 PM

This gem in Tomodachi Life. I lost it at the Serial Escalation occuring within the example.

  • Perpetual Expression: While all Miis have happy/angry/sad/surprised facial expressions, these show up fairly infrequently, to the point that in some cases, it's rather unsettling when a Mii uses their default expression for something that's negative, especially if one is a Perpetual Smiler.
    "Darn, I lost it." (Failing to sneeze in the Sneeze mini game, the Mii has their default expression.)
    "We're not quite friends yet." (Failing to befriend another Mii, the Mii still has their default expression.)
    "I'm kinda sad today." (A Mii after getting a sickness or entering a Heroic BSoD, the Mii still has their default expression.)
    "I'm not in a good mood." (Angered after having a fight, the Mii STILL has their default expression.)
    "I'm feeling kinda stressed..." (A Mii is in love with someone, the Mii STILL has their default expression.)
    "I'll try to do a better job with my proposal next time..." (A Mii failed at their proposal, the Mii STILL has their default expression.)

edited 12th Sep '16 7:59:40 PM by Berrenta

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#2338: Sep 13th 2016 at 9:34:31 AM

[lol] I get the feeling whoever wrote that was getting increasingly frustrated as they did so.

Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#2339: Sep 14th 2016 at 3:09:36 PM

Two years' worth of examples made a loading noise as they flowed endlessly onto my screen.

Has that been posted yet? (It's The Stinger for SAO's YMMV page)

edited 16th Oct '16 7:38:09 PM by Smasher

DrFurball Two-bit blockhead from The House of the Rising Sun Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Two-bit blockhead
#2340: Sep 14th 2016 at 6:35:36 PM

From Spider-Man 3:

Eddie's response? To go into a church and pray to God for Him to kill Peter. Then he got the Venom suit... Guess God doesn't like Spider-Man either. Which explains a lot, to be honest.

Weird in a Can (updated M-F)
IncognitoNinja Gravity Beams and BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Gravity Beams and BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI
#2341: Sep 16th 2016 at 10:31:40 PM

[up][up] On the topic of funny stingers, kudos to the guy who put the following stinger on the Love Live! funny page:

Nozomi: "If you girls don't stop fooling around on TV Tropes, I'll have to punish all of you!"

For context, here's what Nozomi's "punishments" are like:

"Learn as if you will live forever, live as if you will die tomorrow."
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#2342: Sep 16th 2016 at 10:32:59 PM

Uh...so if I'm a guy is she gonna grab my junk?

.......I'd allow her.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#2343: Sep 16th 2016 at 11:18:41 PM

This made me go "lolwut"? From Radar /Gravity Falls

  • Gravity Falls starts with G. So does George Washington. George Washington owned nigger slaves. Furthermore, Gravity Falls has the words Gravity and Falls in it, just like how a plantation farmer's hand "Falls" when he whips a disobedient nigger, and his hand "Falls" because of "Gravity"! Alex Hirsch sure is a white supremacist Jew.

edited 18th Sep '16 12:18:02 PM by Smasher

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#2344: Sep 16th 2016 at 11:25:13 PM

I don't get that entry.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
aNinjaWithAIDS Mario's not the only Wonder here. from Animal Town Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Puppy love
Mario's not the only Wonder here.
#2345: Sep 17th 2016 at 12:46:47 AM

On the topic of funny stingers, kudos to the guy who put the following stinger on the Love Live! funny page:

Even though I watched Love Live! in its entirety, I never really thought much about that edit. To me, it was simply natural for someone to write it in to maintain the Running Gag. It's still great nonetheless.

As for my lol-worthy example, it's this entry under Arbitrary Skepticism as well as that trope's page image.

Rokujyouma No Shinryakusha: Ghosts? Aliens? Underground civilizations? Sure, why not? But a magical girl? Clearly she's a deluded cosplayer.

These two may literally be more bark than bite, but they are no less tenacious than everyone else.
PhysicalStamina Since: Apr, 2012
#2346: Sep 17th 2016 at 3:43:58 AM

[up][up]It's just someone taking the piss out of the type of Radar entries that are (used to be?) common around here.

IncognitoNinja Gravity Beams and BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Gravity Beams and BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI
#2347: Sep 17th 2016 at 10:30:44 AM

@dRoy: Pretty sure that particular Cool and Unusual Punishment from Nozomi only applies to girls... [lol]

"Learn as if you will live forever, live as if you will die tomorrow."
aNinjaWithAIDS Mario's not the only Wonder here. from Animal Town Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Puppy love
Mario's not the only Wonder here.
#2348: Sep 19th 2016 at 2:54:39 AM

[up] Love Live! is well known for its Chromosome Casting, so we'll never truly know for sure.

These two may literally be more bark than bite, but they are no less tenacious than everyone else.
Lemurian from Touhou fanboy attic Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
Volatile-Fox Surprisingly unstable from Norse by Norsewest Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Surprisingly unstable
#2350: Sep 19th 2016 at 10:11:19 PM

One side of it seems rather monochromosone.

edited 19th Sep '16 10:11:38 PM by Volatile-Fox


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