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I am not ready to quit TV Tropes yet

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  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    What's Leechblocking?
  • delta534delta534
    Tech support
    For chrome users, use Chrome Nanny. And what does trope newcasting mean. 
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    So anyways, did anyone find my "meta humor" in this thread funny?

    I mean, linking to past posts to represent the number of people who don't even bother readying and then parrot out the phrases?

    Or that pretend Troper Tale I made, how about that, do I have mind reading powers or what?
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    Apparently, Eddie meant adding tropes to newscasting stuff or something like that.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    We have tropes about news broadcasts, apparently. 

  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    I think I'll just read the thread from now on and wait for the Crowner to end.

    Note that I'm not promising that, though.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    So anyways, did anyone find my "meta humor" in this thread funny?

    I mean, linking to past posts to represent the number of people who don't even bother readying and then parrot out the phrases?

    TBH, Clocky, I've been skimming your posts.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    @Counterclock: Your TT made me laugh. Although it feels like a stab in the gut reading it now, it still amuses me.
  • AnneBeecheAnneBeeche
    edited 2011-08-09 23:12:35
    I stand on Grendel's shoulders
    Making decisions based on a vote supermajority over strength of argument was a dumb idea in the first place.
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    Making decisions based on a vote supermajority over strength of argument was a dumb idea in the first place.
    Q-F-fucking-T.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^Marry me, Anne.
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    Anne speaks the truth.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Part of me wants to agree, the other doesn't, for a variety of reasons.

    I feel that many of us wouldn't be saying much of this stuff if we were losing and moderation were applying the same undermining to the opposing side...>_>
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Wait, but we're winning... and saying popular vote is silly...
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    Yeah, but the ratio is hovering just slightly above 2:1.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    We're winning, but the rate things are going...well, yeah. 
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    edited 2011-08-09 23:21:45
    I don't know. I'm not sure if I'd prefer voting to be disregarded entirely, but it's incredibly stupid to overrule strong arguments and a majority vote just because it doesn't meet the arbitrary ratio of 2:1.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^Okay, fair enough... but if we were definitively winning, I feel we'd still say it's because our side had the right arguments. If we were losing, we'd complain about how our reasons were more right.

    Either way, we feel rightness is on out side.
  • AnneBeecheAnneBeeche
    edited 2011-08-09 23:24:35
    I stand on Grendel's shoulders
    CA:

    Yeah, I agree.

    The supermajority ratio should only be consulted if there's a difficulty identifying the stronger side of an argument.

    Regarding rightness: Well, we are only human.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-08-09 23:25:49
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^Yeah, 'we are only human' was kind of my point.

    Edit: Man, this Crow avatar makes things look a lot more snarky than I mean them to.
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    Really, over 200-300 people have voted on this. I think that we can settle for majority at this point.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I don't know. I'm not sure if I'd prefer voting to be disregarded entirely, but it's incredibly stupid to overrule strong arguments and a majority vote just because it doesn't meet the arbitrary ratio of 2:1.

    Pretty much how I feel, actually. I don't want to disregard voting because I feel that if we just let this to the higher ups, Eddie and Madrugada would do some admin fiat, and I'm definetly not cool with that. 

    And I don't think that bobby, fighteer and ironeye would be happy with that. One of them would at least leave.
  • AnneBeecheAnneBeeche
    edited 2011-08-09 23:48:15
    I stand on Grendel's shoulders
    I guarantee that the entirety of TT takes less money to serve up than any
    10% of the pointlessly huge avatar libraries people keep. We host those
    just for fun, too. This isn't a financial decision.

    He brings up a good point about the avatar galleries.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I wasn't aware money was on the table as an issue. Granted I haven't really been following the issue.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-08-09 23:51:10
    You can change. You can.
    But I like those. -_-

    Personally, they're not that necessary, but whatever. 

    ^I'm guessing it's because TT generates some ad revenue. Specially as it is now our...most visited namespace.
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    I'll give him that.
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    FE has just said it isn't an issue, since apparently some people's avatar libraries are bigger than the whole TT section itself. Is this true?
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^Yep. I think a few people have over 10,000.

    I've always been shocked that this is allowed.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^^Oh... well that is a significant defense for it from a cynical standpoint if so.
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    edited 2011-08-09 23:55:00
    ^^ My understanding is that the main issue with the avatar galleries isn't server space, but the cost of the bandwidth for loading a thousand images at once...which is why the galleries are paginated now.
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