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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
#17551: May 10th 2023 at 2:18:40 PM

nobody better derail the train topic

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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)
#17552: May 10th 2023 at 2:20:36 PM

I feel bad sometimes when I point out that people are derailing, I feel like such a buzzkill, or I'm interrupting a discussion midway to say "ok but can we get back to the OG topic"? Usually this happens on the left side forums though where a derail can be much more serious

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#17553: May 10th 2023 at 2:22:13 PM

when in doubt private message them,the shock of a private out of the blue might shake them into going back on topic

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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)
#17554: May 10th 2023 at 2:22:37 PM

Nooo I'm way too socially awkward to PM people most of the time lol

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GastonRabbit 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)
#17555: May 10th 2023 at 2:24:29 PM

I was thinking before the mods have to remind people,sometimes topics rerail on their own

Ah, OK. I agree.

when in doubt private message them,the shock of a private out of the blue might shake them into going back on topic

I'm pretty sure it's red that would shake them into going back on topic, not blue.

Edited by GastonRabbit on May 10th 2023 at 4:26:27 AM

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Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#17556: May 10th 2023 at 2:40:42 PM

"A private out of the blue"? Do you mean a picture of someone's genitals, or a soldier knocking on their door? I'm sure either of them would shock them, but I'm not sure that it's the best way to keep the conversation going.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#17557: May 10th 2023 at 2:42:26 PM

a soldier knocking on their door

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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
#17558: May 10th 2023 at 2:46:48 PM

The soldier in question being one of the TV Troops.

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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
#17559: May 10th 2023 at 3:46:22 PM

...who presents you with a picture of someone's genitals.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#17560: May 10th 2023 at 8:03:31 PM

For once, I’m actually confused as to why one of my image suggestions is getting downvoted. Is Guts Man’s Ass just not as well-known as it used to be?

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
#17561: May 10th 2023 at 8:06:19 PM

Apparently it isn't.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#17562: May 10th 2023 at 8:50:00 PM

[up][up] It's not well known, no. I also would've never gotten it was an ass if you hadn't told me, plus it doesn't even look like a meme to me.

Edited by FernandoLemon on May 10th 2023 at 12:50:07 PM

Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#17563: May 10th 2023 at 9:11:29 PM

Guts Man's Ass is more of an old school meme (it was at its most popular in the 2000's). I think it was used mostly in Youtube Poops in that era. Didn't seem to have much staying power unlike, say, Rickrolling.

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Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#17564: May 10th 2023 at 11:49:08 PM

What's Guts Man's Ass?

CG for short
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#17565: May 11th 2023 at 12:45:06 AM

It's a meme from Mega Man (Ruby-Spears). In one episode, Guts Man was in disguise, and Mega Man recognized him when a hole was made in the costume, exposing his rear.

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JethroQWalrustitty Since: Jan, 2001
#17566: May 11th 2023 at 2:02:37 AM

Sometimes I read a trope page (and specifically if I check out multiple similar tropes in a row) and I get frustrated and wish there was a page a bit like the Laconic Wiki, but "Not This Trope" that lists, using examples removed from the original article if needed, what specifically does not fall under the definition of the trope.

[ed.] also, I was just checking out Money Song, and the page quote is a song that just quotes another song. Why quote the Wycleaf song when literally every word relevant to the trope in the quote is directly lifted from the Wu Tang Clan song? Hell, the Wu Tang song is arguably more well known of the two.

Edited by JethroQWalrustitty on May 11th 2023 at 12:06:38 PM

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
#17567: May 11th 2023 at 6:22:26 AM

I wonder if it would be good for indices to share disambig pages' green pothole color.

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CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#17568: May 11th 2023 at 6:33:02 AM

Again, that would cause some unnecessary confusion.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
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
#17569: May 11th 2023 at 6:34:49 AM

Well, then perhaps a different color. Either way, Indices aren't supposed to be potholed any more than disambigs are, so you shouldn't be seeing either on regular pages.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on May 11th 2023 at 9:35:33 AM

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#17570: May 11th 2023 at 9:31:28 AM

The index color link thing was put to rest by an admin here because there was too much disagreement about it so I don't think it's going to happen. There is a new query about index icons so maybe you can comment on that if you find it of interest .

Indexes are allowed to be in trope and index descriptions when appropriate unlike disambigs so it's not exactly the same thing.

Edited by MacronNotes on May 11th 2023 at 12:35:54 PM

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Sourguy Doesn't do much (He/Him) from The Peach State Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Doesn't do much (He/Him)
#17571: May 11th 2023 at 10:17:03 AM

I've noticed that if a work has a Quotes/ subpage, more often than not the quotes will be random sayings from the work or reviews (typically negative) of the work.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#17574: May 11th 2023 at 1:19:10 PM

Well, it's run by the people listed here + Kory so that's 9 (unless there's other people that aren't on that page). I don't know who specifically handles site design though.

Edited by MacronNotes on May 11th 2023 at 4:19:46 AM

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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
#17575: May 11th 2023 at 1:19:59 PM

We have a design team? I thought it was just one guy with a major in Graphics Design.

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