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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

VintageEmma Since: Jan, 2023
#16676: Apr 1st 2023 at 9:18:42 AM

You know, it still amazes me that, despite this TLP draft being an obvious April Fools prank that's meant to bait people into bombing it, people are still bombing it like it's a legit stub draft. Oh well, I guess me pointing it out kinda ruins the prank so who am I to judge the OP's way of having fun today. Still, good prank regardless.

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#16677: Apr 1st 2023 at 9:23:37 AM

[up] That's the second April Fool's TLP draft so far! I wonder if this is allowed or not.

CG for short
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#16678: Apr 1st 2023 at 9:31:36 AM

Sapient Quadrupeds doesn't look like a joke to me considering the troper has almost no other activity on site.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#16679: Apr 1st 2023 at 9:35:19 AM

I am pretty sure it's not a joke. It's just a TLP made by a newbie as usual. In any case, people shouldn't be mass bombing.

Macron's notes
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#16680: Apr 1st 2023 at 9:36:13 AM

What makes it obviously a prank? It's no different from any other non-trope with minimal description and examples that I've seen, and unlike We Don't Need No Stinking Guidelines lacks any kind of hint or punchline that would indicate self-parody.

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
VintageEmma Since: Jan, 2023
#16681: Apr 1st 2023 at 9:40:02 AM

Wait, what? But it's made on April Fools Day. Surely that means it's an April Fools prank, right?

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#16682: Apr 1st 2023 at 9:44:23 AM

Not necessarily. We see these kind of low effort drafts from inexperienced tropers all of the time and I don't think the concept is outlandish enough for it to clock as a joke to me.

Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 1st 2023 at 12:47:26 PM

Macron's notes
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#16683: Apr 1st 2023 at 9:46:34 AM

The site used to do a lot of jokes for April Fools' Day back in the day, which you can read about on that trope's page. We've brought those back in a way with Trope Report.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Apr 1st 2023 at 1:48:56 PM

Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#16685: Apr 1st 2023 at 10:52:05 AM

[up][up][up][up]It's indistinguishable from an everyday low-effort draft, and it's not particularly amusing from any angle. If it was an April Fool's joke, it was a bad one.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#16686: Apr 1st 2023 at 12:43:42 PM

It was almost certainly just a normal stub that got duplicated, as sometimes happens if someone presses the button too fast.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#16688: Apr 1st 2023 at 4:50:40 PM

I actually set my launch date for a trope for today but I think I'll hold off until tomorrow. I don't want my legit trope forever attached to a day of fools. tongue

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
VintageEmma Since: Jan, 2023
#16689: Apr 2nd 2023 at 6:45:08 AM

Uh... What is up with SelfDemonstrating.Spamton? The text on display is nearly incomprehensible...

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#16691: Apr 2nd 2023 at 6:51:01 AM

I've always wanted to make one. Heck, while I may say the Pantheon made me get a TVT account, those pages first gave me the idea of making one in the first place. What do you do to make one? What are the requirements? I want to know.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#16692: Apr 2nd 2023 at 7:01:45 AM

Just sandbox one and ask here. The only requirement is having a unique speech pattern as far as I know.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#16693: Apr 2nd 2023 at 7:09:03 AM

The idea of making a Self-Demonstrating page probably never occurred to me cuz I don't have any characters in mind, or none that seem iconic enough for it.note 

I made my account here to used You Know That Show. Ah, 2020. Simpler times. (I swear jormis29 almost always has either the answer or an answer. Man just correctly answered another one of mine today.)

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Apr 2nd 2023 at 10:17:42 PM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#16694: Apr 2nd 2023 at 8:46:09 AM

[up]Characters don't have to be iconic, they just have to have a distinct patern of speaking.

My musician page
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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
#16696: Apr 2nd 2023 at 9:24:47 AM

I think I still have one for Darth Maul that I never completed somewhere in my files.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
good-morning Lord Something, Forgetter of Cool Titles from Brazil Since: Nov, 2021
Lord Something, Forgetter of Cool Titles
#16697: Apr 2nd 2023 at 10:06:10 AM

Is Brazil the only Useful Notes country with a list of trivia? I've always found that some of them were a bit arbitrary compared to the more straightforward Japan, and some of the facts aren't always the most accurate. I think there was a bullet point saying there weren't mountains in Brazil, which just isn't true.

Edited by good-morning on Apr 2nd 2023 at 9:26:54 AM

oh hey how are you doing?
CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#16698: Apr 2nd 2023 at 10:30:37 AM

Ah, countries with Useful Notes. Reminds of when I had to clean up the situation between Saudi Arabia and Pokemon. No guys, the games aren't banned anymore. We even have access to the cards.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#16699: Apr 2nd 2023 at 10:47:06 AM

I remember when UsefulNotes.Italy had a list of important things about the country that ended with the name of an infamous politician potholed as Villain with Good Publicity. That was indeed a different time.

VintageEmma Since: Jan, 2023
#16700: Apr 2nd 2023 at 11:25:19 AM

Makes me wonder if every country useful notes page had at least one Flame Bait / ROCEJ statement at one point.


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