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Spun off the main odd confessions thread; this thread is for odd confessions related to TV Tropes itself.

Excessive complaining isn't allowed anywhere on the site. Keep it out of this thread.

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I have noticed some of the posts on the Odd confessions thread are related to TV Tropes. I thought, why not make a separate thread for such confessions?

I felt guilty about having to remove some of the real life examples on Mandela Effect. I would not have removed them if they didn't violate site policy. I enjoyed reading those examples, and I'm sure the people who wrote them are not happy about them being removed.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 14th 2023 at 2:58:34 PM

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)
#476: Dec 30th 2022 at 7:40:39 PM

I decided to write the description for January's Trope Report for the first time since I started working on it, and I didn't realize until a bit after making the decision that the zodiac sign for next year made me feel like I probably was the best choice out of the issue's contributors. This was otherwise unintentional.

I got a rock for Halloween.
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#477: Dec 30th 2022 at 8:31:20 PM

It makes me happy when a non-franchise 'short' work (two hour movie or novella or something) has a fleshed out character sheet.

CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#478: Dec 31st 2022 at 5:12:40 AM

I did not know non-mods were allowed to add crowner options in Image Pickin'

How my brain not piece together that with the ability to add crowner options I do not know

I feel like I should've known by now since I used to frequent it

Edited by CardboardBot on Dec 31st 2022 at 4:13:06 PM

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
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)
#479: Dec 31st 2022 at 7:25:17 AM

[up]I think that wasn't the case when the new crowner system was first implemented; I think crowners were completely read-only for non-mods (aside from voting, which obviously shouldnt be mod-only) when the admins changed the crowner system. Though ideally, non-mods would be able to make crowners, since the previous system allowed that, and just had to have mods hook them to threads. (Currently, the hook button simultaneously makes a crowner, though this might be a stopgap... not completely sure, though.)

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 31st 2022 at 9:26:21 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#480: Dec 31st 2022 at 5:34:23 PM

New year resolution: reduce the on-site To-Do list.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
zero-gravity i think coolsville sucks from anywhere but where you are (Private) Relationship Status: That's rough, buddy
i think coolsville sucks
#482: Dec 31st 2022 at 11:26:38 PM

seeing some tropes turn into disambiguation pages or get wicked makes me feel that this website's becoming more devoid of humour with each new year. i'm fine with removing tropes and understand the purpose of it, but i do miss the charm tvtropes once had.

BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#483: Dec 31st 2022 at 11:32:23 PM

[up] by "get wicked" I assume you mean "dewicked"?

I don't really have an opinion on these recent changes, honestly.

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
JankyKong He's finally back to kick some... wait from a Secret Base on the Moon Since: May, 2021 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
He's finally back to kick some... wait
#484: Jan 1st 2023 at 12:01:27 AM

I've been doing work on a sandbox for a while now, but I don't know when I should feel satisfied enough with what I'm making to actually launch it into proper pages.

Your melody still remains in this room and it rings
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#485: Jan 1st 2023 at 5:20:52 AM

More often than not I keep clicking on people's profile picture and get surprised it's not potholed to a work.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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)
#486: Jan 2nd 2023 at 11:36:45 AM

Sometimes I wonder if most people active on the wiki consider doing maintenance boring and thus would think it's odd that that I like doing it. At the same time, I can't even explain why I like doing it. I suppose it's fitting that I can't explain why I like doing the main thing I do on the site when the game series my username came from is one that's difficult to explain to people who aren't familiar with it.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 2nd 2023 at 1:37:16 PM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#487: Jan 2nd 2023 at 11:44:05 AM

I guess I'm not most people as I prefer doing maintenance because it's easier than troping, or more accurately I have too much maintenance to-do to do anything else.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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
#488: Jan 2nd 2023 at 11:46:47 AM

I have not much else to do with my time. I also like picking a project and taking it on.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
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)
#489: Jan 2nd 2023 at 11:47:57 AM

I don't necessarily find it fun, but it is something I'll dedicate hours of my life to doing at a time. It might be the satisfaction of finally seeing a large project end.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#490: Jan 2nd 2023 at 11:50:08 AM

Maintenance is alright but I don't have the energy for it lately. I find troping and creating new pages to be more fulfilling (which is why I plan to do more of that this year)

Macron's notes
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#491: Jan 3rd 2023 at 6:46:20 AM

Open Secret was on Images Without a Source even though it already shouldn't be, but... you've gotta double-check...

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_5_20.png

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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)
#492: Jan 3rd 2023 at 10:40:54 AM

[up]The note saying it's a real sign has been there since 2015, so I would think ImageSource.Photography would be obvious to anyone who reads that... but apparently it wasn't.

I got a rock for Halloween.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#493: Jan 3rd 2023 at 10:43:22 AM

[up] I was clearing Images Without a Source one by one, so I've noticed it's at ImageSource.Photography late (and tbh there are a lot of stock photos).

btw did the same for Tourist Bump.

Edited by Amonimus on Jan 3rd 2023 at 9:43:56 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#494: Jan 3rd 2023 at 11:56:03 AM

I once thought what happened in The Simpsons Movie was a good example of a Space Whale Aesop: “Take care of the environment or else the government will put a giant dome over your hometown.”

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
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)
#495: Jan 4th 2023 at 11:41:52 AM

I will often attempt to draft pages in sandboxes, but rarely actually save the content into my sandbox because I usually just finish the work in one go and at that point it's ready to be posted.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#496: Jan 4th 2023 at 9:41:37 PM

I thought that the Trans Equals Gay trope meant something like "someone who's both gay and trans", not its actual definition.

CG for short
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)
#497: Jan 5th 2023 at 11:36:04 AM

I realized recently that this year marks the 20th anniversary of when I first used the username I use here (on another website, since TV Tropes didn't exist yet) and that makes me feel old. (Yes, I did mean to post this here and not the regular Odd confessions thread, since it's still related to this site.)

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 5th 2023 at 1:41:49 PM

I got a rock for Halloween.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#498: Jan 5th 2023 at 5:34:30 PM

I don’t follow any threads.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
Superjohn Muscle witch from Tokyo Empire Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Muscle witch
#500: Jan 5th 2023 at 6:47:58 PM

I just Bookmark the threads I like.

"Give our Captain back, you jerks!"

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