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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

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#12351: Oct 27th 2022 at 8:10:55 AM

[up] Troper's Law was updated to reflect this too, cool.

When you talk about "locked thread", you mean this?

Edited by FernandoLemon on Oct 27th 2022 at 12:14:37 PM

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12352: Oct 27th 2022 at 8:15:46 AM

Yes. Forgot to capitalize.

Edited by Amonimus on Oct 27th 2022 at 6:16:00 PM

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#12353: Oct 27th 2022 at 8:21:41 AM

The "x in popular culture" list the essay says Wikipedia has too much of has helped me find examples in TLP more than once in the past.

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HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#12354: Oct 27th 2022 at 8:25:11 AM

[up] Yeah, I was surprised that that wasn’t allowed now. I do like how they complain about how we rename our tropes all the time before realising that they do it as well.

Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#12355: Oct 27th 2022 at 8:27:58 AM

I may be wrong, but I feel like people are posting less frequently on the Forums lately...

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#12356: Oct 27th 2022 at 8:40:32 AM

[up] I mean exams are a thing but I think the forums are still in their normal activity I think.

CG for short
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#12357: Oct 27th 2022 at 8:41:41 AM

Fair, I just feel like the forums are going slower than normal..... then again I have no life so I'm basically just waiting for threads to update so I can talk to people

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#12358: Oct 27th 2022 at 9:34:40 AM

Do bounced users keep their avatars? I noticed one who I recall having an avvie but it's not there anymore.

CG for short
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12359: Oct 27th 2022 at 9:55:09 AM

[up][up] I mean, TRS, IP, and the Projects forums are being pretty active lately... as is Edit Banned. It depends on which part of the forum you look at.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#12360: Oct 27th 2022 at 9:56:21 AM

[up][up] Yes, they do. They just have no access to it (can't change, delete or add avvies). Some people delete their account after they get bounced so that's probably why that user doesn't have an avatar anymore.

Edited by MacronNotes on Oct 27th 2022 at 2:23:21 PM

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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#12361: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:09:45 AM

Can bounced users use the watchlist or to do list?


My most wicked TLP launches:

  1. Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears: 426 wicks (inbounds: 3,792)
  2. Secret Message Wink: 117 wicks (inbounds: 561)
  3. High-Five Left Hanging: 90 wicks (inbounds: 502)
  4. No Poker Face: 80 wicks (inbounds: 1,054).

Interesting that there's such a spike in inbounds for that last one.

My lowest (not counting indexes) is my very first launch, Ram by Braking at 18 wicks.

My most inbounded launches:

  1. Completed Webcomics (9,724)
  2. Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears (3,792)
  3. Wild West Tropes (3,333)
  4. Theatre Tropes (1,911)
  5. No Poker Face (1,054)
  6. Tropes of Awkwardness (1,004)

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#12362: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:22:07 AM

^ I tested it by bouncing myself: I had access to the watchlist and I follow and unfollow pages. I couldn't access the to-do-list though.

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12363: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:23:49 AM

It's hysterical to me that mods can just casually bounce and unbounce themselves.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12364: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:26:49 AM

They have secret secondary accounts for this, though the phrasing is funny.

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#12365: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:28:26 AM

Fortunately, mod powers don't interfere with bans so I don't have to log into Hastily Made Sock Puppet.

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themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#12367: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:36:25 AM

[up] Same but I won't be surprised if it was made by Fast Eddie. That sounds like a very Eddie thing.

CG for short
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#12368: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:37:28 AM

The main thing I know about sock puppets is the great jokes about them they made on my favorite TV shows. XD ^_^;; Homer is scared to death of them and Frasier got peeved when Daphne tried to cheer him up with a sock puppet routine she used to do for her brothers. tongue

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12369: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:38:33 AM

Reminds me of when I ran a warrior cat's RP clan (on the warrior's forums) and my friends and I decided to do something silly in our third "generation" and create a shared account called the "WaterfallClan Leaderboard", though we all had specific text colors to identify ourselves I would often just roleplay with that account instead of logging into my normal one [lol] Occasionally we'd edit a post someone else wrote to be goofy.

Now I'm imagining the mods deciding to use Hastily Made Sock Puppet to enact Voice of the Legion when carrying out mod tasks.

Edited by WarJay77 on Oct 27th 2022 at 2:39:53 PM

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mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#12370: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:41:27 AM

Now I'm just picturing the Phineas and Ferb "doomed by a puppet" scene.

(BTW my trope with the most wicks is Alternate Self Shipping. My YMMV items tend to get slightly more traction I guess.)

Edited by mightymewtron on Oct 27th 2022 at 2:42:44 PM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12371: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:51:06 AM

I was wondering how is CM/MB thread is doing because it's now at whooping 132 pages and I've not been following.

Fortunately, Sandbox.Thread Suggestions tells me everything I wanted to know. Wow as well.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#12372: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:52:17 AM

the thread is really just waiting for mod input at this point, and the mods are still in the process of discussing the suggestions, so it's kind of stalled out at the moment.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12373: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:53:14 AM

People also just like to keep posting there about, at this point, mostly minor things?

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12374: Oct 27th 2022 at 1:10:04 PM

The Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory entry at Sonic Dreams Collection made me do a Spit Take due to how it sounds out of context, even if I know what it's trying to say.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12375: Oct 27th 2022 at 1:11:50 PM

Lmao, that's, uh... a very silly take on the game.

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