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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

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#12501: Oct 30th 2022 at 10:56:14 AM

Why would you want to even do that?

Honestly makes me concerned you'd want to

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#12502: Oct 30th 2022 at 10:56:45 AM

I wanna troll them

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#12503: Oct 30th 2022 at 10:59:04 AM

No you don't

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NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#12504: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:00:33 AM

Gosh, the original version of the site looks like when webpages load as raw text.

Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#12505: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:00:52 AM

I do. I like trolling bad people.

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#12506: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:08:00 AM

Or you just like trolling

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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)
#12507: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:08:51 AM

Back then, troll posts got fucking deleted from existence so your trolling wouldn't be recorded in history

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#12508: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:09:30 AM

Troll Post may be gone,but one day he'll return or so they say

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BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#12509: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:12:25 AM

Its a slippery slope from Trolling bad people to just trolling everyone.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#12510: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:14:55 AM

yep,you slip and then you slide down

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#12511: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:17:00 AM

yall have met Archsage, right?

he already trolls everyone, he just keeps it to a reasonable maximum of irritation most of the time. presumably he takes the limiters off when he's trolling bigots.

[down]see, i would have potholed Vitriolic Best Buds

Edited by ChloeJessica on Oct 30th 2022 at 11:20:14 AM

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#12513: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:20:09 AM

[up][up] What he does is not Trolling, its just insults. There's a difference that a lot of people don't seem to understand.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#12514: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:29:50 AM

I do. I like trolling bad people.

You'd love to chat on Omegle, then.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Oct 30th 2022 at 3:30:11 PM

m-95 SauaS GoodooG from my place of residence Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Loves me...loves me not
SauaS GoodooG
#12515: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:34:54 AM

I miss how the old way this site was only cuz I wasnt around to experience it. I wish I could go back in time and experience the chaos when it was fresh.

I pretty much feel the same way not just about this site but the old internet in general. In terms of this site in particular, I'd love to experience first-hand the utter nightmare that was Troper Tales. Alas, we only have the Wayback Machine and YouTube to see just how nightmarishly chaotic it was.

JustForFun.How To Be An Anti Hero
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#12516: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:35:56 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] My friendship with Demi is a lot different from my friendship. I love em both the same, I just show it in different ways lol.

Edited by Archsage on Oct 30th 2022 at 2:36:13 PM

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#12517: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:47:15 AM

I was kind of around for the old days - didn’t have an account and I was a kid too. I remember when anonymous editing was allowed.

I also remember Troper Tales—I think either They Changed It, Now It Sucks! or Ruined FOREVER had one page I distinctly remember being filled with complaining, I believe about Windows versions among others.

I remember Wall Banger too—though that came and went later. I remember Mr. Enter had a WB page that was particularly complain-y—and I don’t even like him or his content.

I created my account in late 2019 after years of lurking, but I only started editing/getting active around late 2020. I did lurk the forums a little for years - I remember lurking the Deader Than Disco cleanup thread when it was created because I read that trope a lot prior to its cleanup.

Honestly I like the site now better. For all the fun of the chaos of the old site, I think the new site does its job really well, and I still can’t think of a comparable site that covers this site’s niche that wasn’t a split from this site. Part of the reason I started doing workshop stuff was because I genuinely like this site and want to see it succeed. Also because I like putting a lot of effort into something like a wick check and seeing the results of my effort. I don’t know. Hopefully this site will continue to improve in the coming years. It’s a fun site, I must say.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
GastonRabbit MOD C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#12518: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:49:05 AM

Look, this thread's scope may have been broadened, but that doesn't mean anything goes. Aside from the post directly above this one, most of the past several posts are off-topic even for this thread.

Update from February 2023: Retracted the thumps because since this is Yack Fest, derailing isn't a big deal. Leaving this post up for transparency's sake.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 24th 2024 at 9:36:14 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#12519: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:54:40 AM

Ow,ow,ow.

-rubs head-

Anyway,an observation I have made is that we have a lot of media forums,which is fitting really,only problem is that we probably have too many so some escape notice so you have threads like Sinfest which festered with negativity for years and was only shut down recently

I don't actively search for them but there's bound to be others we should probably take notice of

Edited by Ultimatum on Oct 30th 2022 at 6:55:42 PM

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FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#12520: Oct 30th 2022 at 11:59:56 AM

[up] That's the wrong way to look at it. Even if we had only one media forum, Sinfest would've likey slipped through the cracks because that forum would've still had too many threads.

Working on a wick check, it's been a while since the last one. How do you guys usually work on yours?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#12521: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:00:45 PM

I've never done a wick check since I mostly do minor edits

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#12522: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:02:34 PM

[up][up]quoting myself from the wick check thread:

tbh... last time i did a wick check i just scrolled randomly up and down and picked whatever my eyes landed on when i stopped. i made sure to get a variety of namespaces so i could be certain the problem was widespread. if i got a wick that was a pain to check, i discarded it and scrolled for another one. so... that's a method... and a convenient one if you're on mobile.

NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#12523: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:04:03 PM

Usually I use a list randomiser to pick all of the required wicks, list them all in the sandbox, and sort them as I go. Once in a while, a miracle happens and other people edit them.

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#12524: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:05:20 PM

I used the random number generator and Notepad's Ctrl+T function. I do admit that method was time-consuming, though.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#12525: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:13:13 PM

> [up] That's the wrong way to look at it. Even if we had only one media forum, Sinfest would've likey slipped through the cracks because that forum would've still had too many threads.

I don't know about having too many threads,but having a single dedicated forum for media would mean it was all in one place

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