You know that you've been on TVT forums too much when...

1) You start typing double apostrophes when trying to get italics on Word.

You get a date from it. Wait...that happened very quickly on my forums staying.

You look at a thread title and think, I know who made this.

@Ira - So true.

You remember a thread like this in Forum Games. -Brick'd-

You never need to reference the markup help anymore.

You start having dreams about reading or posting things here.

You type "(doublebracket)quoteblock(doublebracket)" when you should be posting [quote].

You look for the "Report the Mod" button. In offline conversations.

edited 14th Jan '13 4:56:48 PM by dRoy

When the first thing you do when you just got done watching something for the first time is to look up it's Tv Tropes page.

You remember the It Just Bugs Me subforum.

And need I mention the Forum Lust Game?

No one needs to mention that, ever.

You feel a sense of emptiness in your life that compels you to log into the forums even though you know they won't satiate that void that grows ever larger, encompassing all of your mind, your thoughts, your being, and it soon consumes you, eventually leading to your mother becoming scared, and telling you, "You're movin' to yer auntie and uncle's in Bel-Air," so I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said FRESH and it had dice in the mirror; if anything, I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, "Nah, forget it, yo home to Bel-Air!" and then I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo, home, smell ya later," and I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there—sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air.

You use Wiki Words on other forums.

Also [=[[quoteblock]]=] ends up as [[quoteblock]].

edited 15th Jan '13 7:10:42 AM by Lock

You call people by the wrong name as soon as they change their avatars.

You've read every post in the first four pages of Wiki Talk threads.

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#1, #6, #7, #8, #10, and #13 all fit. Dammit.

Lock: Well, you don't even need to do that depending on the situation. If you just use an opening tag, it'll display as plain text rather than trying to render half a quoteblock.

...or you are careful to avoid accidental Wiki Words elsewhere.

Since I have no idea how to write in italics with textes, I use apostrophes when texting something with emphasis to my troper brother*

I dont currently post regurlaly in another forum, so I don't have any problems with the markup.

edited 15th Jan '13 8:54:40 AM by QuestionMarc

The first thing you do when you wake up is to check your thread watchlist.

You make all your asterisks like this [=*=] in every website.

edited 15th Jan '13 10:29:18 AM by ThatOneGuyNamedX

You know the markup help off by heart and can recite it when asked.

You start to sleep at 7 AM.

edited 15th Jan '13 10:39:17 AM by Quag15

I was doing that long before I found this site...

You use tropes in real essays.

You start calling tropers their real-life names on the fora, and their handles irl.

Oh! And your troper circle of friends is much mor expansive and deeper than your rl circle.

edited 16th Jan '13 6:17:39 PM by Inphonelessguy

You try to use wiki markup on Skype.

You try to use wiki markup on Facebook chat. And then you have to explain to your friend that you weren't trying to use scare quotes; you were trying to get italics.