Discuss TV Tropes itself, such as observations you've made about the site/forum/wiki.
NOTE: Keep it civil; try not to get into any Flame Bait-y territory, per the forum rules
(in particular, drama importation and popcorn posting are not allowed, and this thread is for discussion about the site and not the users). In addition, while discussing the Edit Banned thread is not prohibited on its own, discussing and/or alluding to specific ban/suspension cases is not permitted.
One thing I've noticed is that for all how the page for They Might Be Giants claims them to be the unofficial official band of this wiki, there's relatively few people on this site who seem to ever reference them.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 13th 2024 at 12:59:03 PM
There's other topics too. I assume. I don't use it.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallOTC is for politics and anything people want to have an on topic/serious conversation on. There's several threads for general topics. Sometimes, OTC and Yack Fest would have two threads with the same topic but different atmospheres as being off-topic isn't a big deal on YF.
Edited by MacronNotes on Aug 12th 2022 at 6:40:43 AM
Macron's notesThe only thread I used to frequent on OTC is the Space Thread because I was looking forward to discussing planetary science over there which is my experienced field, but I stopped after realizing just how boring it is. Most of the topics are about rocket stuff, physics news, and whatever Elon Musk is cooking in his backyard, none of which interested me, and very rarely do I get to discuss anything planet-related. A bummer, really, but I guess I'm the minority in the grand scheme of things when it comes to space.
Alternatively you could try and spin off an Astronomy thread to keep the Musk stuff to the general space thread. (Hell, if you make in YF I'd participate too, Astronomy is awesome)
Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 12th 2022 at 6:56:03 AM
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I accidentally started a dupe Covens thread once for cat lovers without realizing one already existed.
Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Aug 12th 2022 at 7:21:16 AM
Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallIt goes back to the Live Journal days. I distinctly recall !tags being used all the time for kink meme requests in the 00's. And I admit to using them here as well. Feel free to toss fruit at me while chanting "Shame!" I deserve it.
Edited by Parable on Aug 12th 2022 at 6:09:43 AM
Yeah, I get it. I just think the wiki's explanation for why they're banned is, at best, comically hypocritical and that's all :P
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallMight want to rephrase that, I know what you mean but it sounds like you're saying bigotry is an example of something to "not" get pissed over.
Also tbh it's real hard to change your mental perception of something after it's already ingrained. It's not as simple of 'read it differently' in most cases.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallIf it's the dinosaur one, I guess you can bump it after a couple of days, but as said many times in the past most tropers aren't interested in dinosaur talk and aren't knowledgeable in that field so getting answer might not be easy, It sucks but sometimes you just no response on forums in general.
Macron's notes
Well, I do try to change the way I read shub-Niggurath in my head as I don't wanna end up saying a slur, y'know. So if you're pissed off over something because of how you read it in your mind, then well, change it.
That might be a doomed effort, since the resemblance to a slur was quite intentional on Lovecraft's part.
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.I mean... it's the Cthulu Mythos, do you really think that it's not intended to be read with the slur knowing Lovecraft? If changing it in your head makes you more comfortable, fine, but it's a different case than just being stumped by a Punctuation Shaker.
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We have, like, 50 gajillion threads for every political stance under the sun and even some that aren't.
Edited by BackSet1 on Aug 12th 2022 at 6:24:49 AM
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