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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#1: Jun 21st 2015 at 1:59:20 PM

I feel the current image does not describe the trope in question. All it shows is a "You must be this tall to enter" sign with a druggie on it. Aside from the druggie on the sign, there's nothing showing actual people getting stoned. Furthermore, those unfamiliar to the source material wouldn't know what the sign is for, resulting in a case of Fan Myopia.

Is there any good substitutes for this image?

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#2: Jun 22nd 2015 at 2:12:31 AM

Some trope pages feature Visual Puns or other jokey pics rather than something that actually demonstrates the trope, usually because these pages have been very hard to find a better pic for. Don't request a thread just because you don't like the joke; if you've got an actual example, that's fine. Also, see the "Don't change the pic" note in the next section.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#3: Jun 22nd 2015 at 3:08:25 AM

The pun on the word "high" in combination with the hippie works for me.

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#4: Jun 22nd 2015 at 7:46:33 AM

[up][up]So it's meant for a Visual Pun? If only I knew prior to this. Unfortunately, I never got the pun behind it.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#5: Jun 22nd 2015 at 8:06:48 AM

It's good enough for me to vote to keep, but I'm open to suggestions if someone has one.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#6: Jun 22nd 2015 at 9:03:37 AM

Pun is good.

The only problem is that the word "must" (in both title and image) implies the trope is about some kind of imperative, rather than something just happening.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#7: Jun 22nd 2015 at 1:28:59 PM

If this thread gets opened, I don't understand why there is an approval system in IP at all. It's very frustrating.

The OP says explicitly, literally "could be better but I don't have a suggestion". Waste of time, and gives other readers the impression that's okay.

I'd rather all threads get opened immediately, than have wildly different standards for opening different threads. Let us talk about all of them (and a "motion to close thread" could become more common), including threads that might be dumb: if not it's good that we're talking about it, and if so we can be trusted to figure that out.

edited 22nd Jun '15 11:19:53 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#8: Jul 4th 2015 at 6:44:57 PM

I think we can go ahead and close this one.

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