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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
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Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, but how does one change the color of their text? I thought that I've seen certain Tropers use colored text before.Thanks![[down]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_down.png "[down]"){kind=icon}
What colors can you use?
edited 28th Jul '16 10:04:59 AM by SeducedByTheLight
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[[green:Have you clicked on the show markup help button yet?]]
Let's see what the Show Markup Help button says... works for pink, gray, purple, blue, teal, gold, cinnamon, forestgreen, white, red, and evil .
"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
The manual for the Amiga version
of Turrican describes the main villain, MORGUL, as an ancient creature that spreads nightmares, and it makes it sound like the game is in a fantasy setting. However, the Genesis version's manual talks about space colonies and mutants and describes MORGUL as a computer. Do we have a trope for when two versions of something, in this case specifically a manual, have totally different stories?
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Adaptation Deviation? This sounds like a job for Trope Finder.
edited 30th Jul '16 2:56:56 PM by war877
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How tall is the average 14 year old girl? How much does the average 14 year old year old girl weigh?
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14 yrs 105.0 lb (47.6 kg) 62.5" (158.7 cm)
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Which, of course, will vary considerably depending on ethnic heritage; Japanese people are on average considerably shorter than Europeans and European-descended peoples, for example (think ~10 cm difference). And within the USA alone, Europeans would have a different average from African-descended people... who themselves would vary depending on which African ethnicity they descend from (some of them have unusually high average height).
edited 1st Aug '16 4:42:44 AM by MarqFJA
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I'll ask anyway. Is Cardcast free to use?
edited 1st Aug '16 11:36:04 AM by SeducedByTheLight
It is. You just gotta create an account and you can make your own decks. The only thing that costs money is printing the cards, if I remember correctly.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Is there an art gallery online where I can view many of the old, famous works (you know the kind) randomly? like, hit a button and a random painting comes up?
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The two best Online archives for images neither have a classic art random search function.
How is the given name Gideon pronounced?
I've only ever heard it pronounced as 'gih-dee-uhn'. Like this.
Huh. All this time I thought it was pronounced Guy-Don. That isn't a proper pronunciation, right?
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Yeah, it's supposed to pronounced as ![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
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Sometimes elided to "Gidjun"
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Formerly G.G.
Edit: I found a thread.
edited 14th Aug '16 4:19:11 PM by GAP
"Eratoeir is a Gangsta."
*Vague plotting intensifies*
Is the only way to add images to your Gallery by changing your avatar?
edited 14th Aug '16 12:46:18 PM by ZeroL
My new plan is so secret that even I cannot understand its full scope!
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And then you can change it back from a different menu.
Formerly G.G.
Does anyone know how I can invest in Pokemon GO stock?
edited 16th Aug '16 1:12:53 PM by GAP
"Eratoeir is a Gangsta."
Step one: go back in time to the week it launched. Stock in Nintendo and Niantic dropped again when they announced they didn't have a plan for how to monetize the app, and I understand the last few updates have been unpopular changes.
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Step 2. Talk to a stock broker. They can add it to your portfolio.
The only relevant company you could purchase stock in is Nintendo, Niantic and The Pokémon Company are not publicly traded.
I have no intention of doing so. Thanks for that.
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