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Mar 1st 2023 at 2:27:56 PM •••

Should we merge the Web Original and Web Videos folders under Fictional Examples together?

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One-Three-Seven [title currently repossessed by Bank of Carolina until remaining debt of {3961.28 TropeBucks} is repaid in full plus interest} Since: May, 2016
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Nov 13th 2019 at 5:16:26 PM •••

I've started to notice that in some of the entries about recent tech, the page is starting to take a "New Media Can Do No Wrong" position. Like, I noticed that one of the later entries in "Real Life - Present" dismisses all criticism of alt-tech websites as mere propaganda by Big Tech jealous of their freedom of speech and success. Seeing as how the two examples cited (Bitchute and Gab) were both specifically founded by alt-righters who were kicked off of their mainstream equivalents for hate speech and violent rhetoric, it seems like the editor in that case was simply trying to push political messaging.

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Ploopyandproud Suzerain of Nothing Since: Jan, 2014
Suzerain of Nothing
Dec 12th 2016 at 10:51:04 AM •••

Could we please add a new page image that isn't an Andrew "inflated ego" Dobson comic?

faunas Since: Jan, 2013
Jul 7th 2016 at 2:05:41 PM •••

Can someone add this to the 1945-1988 folder, please? (Without the extra spaces):

  • [[ https:// youtu. be/Q Ig ZH Zpiq 1 U A '70s percursor to those cable/satelite ads ]]: "pay TV"[[ note]]what cable was then called[[/note ]] vs "free TV"[[ note]]i.e., over the airwaves[[/note ]]. It was a Scare Campaign which urged people to sign a petition to ban cable, as people shouldn't pay for what they already had for free and [[Scare Em Straight it would be another place where monsters appeared ]]. A percursor to Cable Satellite Mudslinging that was run in movie theaters. According to some commentaries, this bilge was successful in some communities up until the day [[ Money Dear Boy local governments discovered cable could be taxed]].

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faunas Since: Jan, 2013
Jul 7th 2016 at 2:21:06 PM •••

How it will stay without spaces:

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faunas Since: Jan, 2013
Jul 7th 2016 at 2:23:15 PM •••

Sorry, it's this one:

ValiantWarder Since: Dec, 2013
Apr 8th 2014 at 8:46:47 AM •••

Could we include the image source?

DonaldthePotholer Since: Dec, 2009
Oct 8th 2011 at 3:29:58 PM •••

While it would work better actually showing the screen, DeviantArtist Tom Preston illustrates the conventional attitude using Minecraft as the scapegoat de jour

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Achiro Since: Feb, 2011
Sep 22nd 2013 at 11:36:38 AM •••

Why'd you have resort to Tom "Carnivale Critique" Preston of all people?

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
May 29th 2010 at 4:19:09 PM •••

The first page quote ("There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?") is rather ironic when you consider that there really is comedy in the streets; Improv Everywhere comes to mind.

Perhaps then the "comedy in the streets" part should link to a trope related to this; for me, "analogy backfire" is what came to mind.

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randomfanboy Since: Jan, 2001
Feb 25th 2012 at 8:59:51 PM •••

That would obnoxious and missing his point, I think.

Caswin Since: Jan, 2001
Sep 14th 2010 at 3:01:38 PM •••

For what it's worth, I think you could make a case for the psychology of "spending hours in the library" versus "spending hours playing a video game" being different cases. Is that line recent? I don't remember it.

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