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Deadlock Clock: Oct 11th 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Sep 14th 2017 at 11:05:04 AM

This suggestion did not get enough consensus in the Image Suggestion thread. Other ideas?

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
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#4: Sep 14th 2017 at 9:21:53 PM

That can work.

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#5: Sep 14th 2017 at 9:45:52 PM

Not as wordy as the OP, so looks good to me.

edited 14th Sep '17 9:46:09 PM by Adept

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#6: Sep 15th 2017 at 11:31:32 AM

+1 for 3 pending seeing them at wiki size and arranged horizontally...I think having them arranged vertically would be too tall. That said, I think we could get away with the first four panels in a 2x2 arrangement.

edited 15th Sep '17 11:31:44 AM by Willbyr

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#7: Sep 17th 2017 at 2:50:38 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deegan_dbfphorizontal.png
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deegan_dbfp2x2.png

The 2x2 is definitely better.

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#8: Sep 17th 2017 at 7:35:49 AM

The Dominic Deegan idea is more Bad News in a Good Way (but works as a good picture for that).

Adept (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#9: Sep 17th 2017 at 9:28:48 AM

[up]Come to think of it, the picture might be a better fit on that page, given the context. Commenting on one's health has nothing to do with praise/insult anyway.

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#10: Sep 17th 2017 at 5:36:13 PM

Would panel 4 of #3 be good on its own for Damned by Faint Praise? The expression of the other person is clearly that of an insulted person, while the expression of the speaker seems good enough to convey that they're trying to be nice about it or that they realize it's kind of insulting.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#11: Sep 17th 2017 at 6:22:37 PM

[up][up] That's a fair point...I'd be fine with putting the DD pic on that page instead of this one.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#12: Sep 23rd 2017 at 2:57:05 PM

Anyone remember that Archie comic about a guy who was using the mantra "peace" to deal with stress, but one side-effect of it was him praising his girlfriend's outfit too mildly? That one seems almost perfect for this.

edited 23rd Sep '17 2:58:11 PM by neoYTPism

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#14: Oct 16th 2017 at 3:44:30 PM

Clock expired; closing.

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