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WaterBlap Since: May, 2014
2017-11-12 12:45:18

Looks like veiled complaining. Troper responsible for the first bullet: tsstevens; troper responsible for the second bullet: MsCC93.

Looking over their forum posts, it's definitely complaining. tsstevens made a complaint in the thread about it being Serious Business here and MSCC 93 has gotten thumped in that thread at least once.

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ElloMe Since: Jun, 2016
2017-11-12 13:26:04

Well, that's getting cut then.

Xtifr Since: Jan, 2001
2017-11-12 13:34:22

The second troper could stand to receive a PM about Example Indentation too.

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MsCC93 Since: May, 2012
2017-11-13 11:42:32

While yes, I will take responsibility for my part and admit that complaining about it on the main page is wrong. However, it's the truth. That's why I stay away from that thread anyway because some tropers who mean no type of harm get insulted by other tropers and then thumped. Is it worth getting your panties in a bunch when tropers unintentionally violate the rules? Then you wonder why some website hate TV Tropes so much (I don't, hate TV Tropes but I see why others hate it).

Edited by MsCC93
Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2017-11-13 12:09:51

Are you really angling for a site ban, MsCC93? Because that's the only place this is going if you can't keep a lid on it.

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AegisP Since: Oct, 2014
2017-11-13 13:26:14

You are going way beyond "Unintentional" Ms C

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WaterBlap Since: May, 2014
2017-11-13 13:30:35

Just in case the blank edit with the angry edit reason by Ms CC 93 was missed, here's a link to the history page of SeriousBusiness.Real Life: link.

Also, and I'm just mentioning this to be complete, tsstevens took the entry to the discussion page (courtesy link) to discuss how to rewrite the example to be less complain-y.

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NubianSatyress Since: Mar, 2016
2017-11-13 13:41:03

I responded to that discussion page.

My reasoning is basically why I find having a Real Life page for that Trope an absolutely terrible idea.

AegisP Since: Oct, 2014
2017-11-13 15:42:36

Agree with Nubian Satyress.

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GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2017-11-14 01:03:13

The page just now is full of complaining, so if nothing else it needs a cleanup. But the very nature of the trope makes it almost impossible to for a real-life example not to be passive-aggressive complaining or outright flamebait, so I think it's a good candidate for NRLEP.

AegisP Since: Oct, 2014
2017-11-15 08:07:46

How do we nuke that section? Its nothing but complaining...

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WaterBlap Since: May, 2014
2017-11-15 08:20:01

I think the particular question in the OP has been asked and answered. In case anyone is wondering, I've brought Serious Business to the RL section thread (courtesy link). I think this ATT thread could be locked, honestly.

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