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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

turingfan Since: Nov, 2012

Nov 14th 2012 at 4:59:31 AM •••

Let's have real life examples...

I just added a couple of real life examples. I notice that others have been added in the past and then deleted.

I don't get it. The trope is clearly limited to In Universe examples, but it is NOT listed under No Real Life examples please. I don't see any logical reason why real life examples should not be included.

It's important that the person making the statement should know it's an understatement and expect their listeners to know it too in some way. But there are some great real life examples out there and I can't see why they should get excluded.

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turingfan Since: Nov, 2012

Nov 14th 2012 at 5:02:47 AM •••

E.g. Actually Pretty Funny and Don't Explain the Joke are under In Universe only but have real life categories.

BreakTargets Since: Jul, 2011

Jul 12th 2011 at 6:34:51 PM •••

Is it just me or does every page has a link to this page?

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TwinBird Since: Oct, 2009

Jul 12th 2011 at 6:41:41 PM •••

Yeah - I usually edit it out if I'm around; it's usually either unnecessary or just plain stupid.

My posts make considerably more sense read in the voice of John Ratzenberger.

BRPXQZME Since: Jan, 2001

Jul 30th 2011 at 5:35:53 PM •••

I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if more of these Sink Holed links were actually understatements.

Edited by BRPXQZME

Antheia Since: Jan, 2001

Jul 21st 2011 at 2:52:41 PM •••

The Tabletop Games section looks ... odd. Are the quotes from the actual games (rule sheets, RPG books, etc.), or are they just things that have been said about them? In the latter case: by whom`? I'm also pretty sure examples should be from works, not about them. In the former case: please, state where the quote is from!

Edited by Antheia

REV6Pilot PoweredArmor feet go 'clomp clomp' Since: Jan, 2011

PoweredArmor feet go 'clomp clomp'

Jun 30th 2011 at 1:18:10 PM •••

You know what, leave it alone.

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Laukku Since: Jan, 2011

Jun 4th 2011 at 10:09:02 AM •••

Wait, what? What? Huh? Who photoshopped the page image?! It used to have an exclamation mark in a triangle above the "sand" sign. That's a rather poor edit too, you can see the edges of the blue sky pasted on, and the shadow still has a triangular shape.

eljonno Since: Oct, 2009

Jun 1st 2011 at 5:39:54 AM •••

The current picture is hilarious. Where was it found?

DrPepper42 Since: Jan, 2001

May 19th 2010 at 2:03:51 AM •••

The image here intrudes into the examples. How can we fix this, because right now it looks awful.

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FastEddie MOD Since: Apr, 2004

May 20th 2010 at 6:53:42 AM •••

It looks better than so much whitespace the example content is driven off the page.

Edited by FastEddie Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

SomeGuy Since: Jan, 2001

May 20th 2010 at 8:44:22 AM •••

Well, I left-justified it and added some more description so there's no white space. Sorry I bludgeoned the edit history there- I sort of forgot about the preview option.

Edited by SomeGuy See you in the discussion pages.

FastEddie MOD Since: Apr, 2004

May 20th 2010 at 6:27:41 PM •••

Crappy picture, anyway. I just cut it, so we can move on with our lives.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

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