You say this was snowcloned from Idiot Ball? Knowing that, I'm inclined to guess Idiot Ball But More So.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.Oh, geez. That is so completely unintuitive, not to mention that it has next to nothing to do with Idiot Ball. And the description doesn't help.
edited 8th Aug '11 8:21:06 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.Argh, what a stupid snowclone. I actually can figure out the logic - it's an Idiot Ball that's fired at people - but still, yeurgh. And I don't understand how this is supposed to be different from Phlebotinum-Induced Stupidity, which as far as I remember covered weaponized uses.
Sorry about the name, but... well, see the YKTTW archive for how we got to it. Not that better suggestions aren't welcome. Anything in the description need tweaking, would you say?
What's precedent ever done for us?I figured out the logic behind the name, but it's still a really bad snowclone.
Stupid Gun works a lot better as a title.
she her hers hOI!!! i'm tempeThe problem with Stupid Gun is that people will assume they know what it is without reading it, and start using it for guns they think are stupid.
Stupidity Gun would work.
edited 9th Aug '11 2:49:33 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.Stupidity-Inducing Attack is a redirect, we could go with that?
I wouldn't be posting at this forum if I didn't think it a necessary step.That sounds like a plan to me. Stupid Gun means something entirely different to me.
There is now a single proposition rename crowner for this trope here.
I support a rename because I think the current name is somewhat confusing and does not indicate that the trope is actually about someone being made to be stupid. Given the light usage for this trope, I do not believe that wicks and inbounds are an issue here either.
"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 dCrowner hooked.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickStupidity Inducing Attack sounds perfect. And its already a redirect? Even better
Stupidity Gun or Stupidity Ray would definitely work better.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.Due to the overwhelmingly support for a rename, there is now an alternative titles crowner for this trope here.
"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 dStupidity-Inducing Attack is winning, but I'd really like a few more votes. If this hasn't changed by the end of the day, I'm calling it.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickCalling and doing swap.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
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Idiot Cannonball has a fairly unintuitive name, snowcloned off of a barely-related trope that tends to give the wrong impression of what it's about. More importantly, even though it's been around since January and isn't a particularly rare trope, its stats are beyond anemic:
Idiot Cannonball found in: 18 articles, excluding discussions.
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