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People who think TV Tropes is composed entirely of perverts

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  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    >Tendo

    Why is everyone insulting my boyfriend
  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET

    http://stuffgeekslove.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/sex/


    Obnoxiously formulated, but has a point.

  • AHRAHR
    I can say, at the very least, the EGS forum seems to hold no ill will to tv tropes.

    The Internet is vast enough that even a bad reputation means jack to others. Even Sonichu is completely unheard of by some, if not most.
  • DarkDecapodianDarkDecapodian
    Clean your room little Billy
    ^^ You know who geeks hate? Geeks.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-10-03 08:30:18
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^You've noticed that too, have you? I think it's because they see the people who can't let go of high school issues (sometimes for good, sometimes for not) and swing way too far the other way.

    Also, Stuff Geeks Love falls into the classic geek trap of 'trying too hard to be funny and instead coming off as spiteful and vindictive'.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I find that geek girls are way worse about this than geek guys. Most geek guys I know are happy to keep their sex quiet and normal. The girls though? Freaky and loud.

    ain't that the truth
  • DarkDecapodianDarkDecapodian
    Clean your room little Billy
    Are we defining normal as anything that doesn't appear in Fetishes?
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-10-03 08:36:30
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I think there's a subset of female nerd that feels they're doing a service by being loud about things they like because they think they're subverting gender norms.

    To be fair they actually are, but being loud about it makes them all look like twits.

    ^The idea of a 'normal' sex life is rather mystifying to me because, you know, it's behind closed doors and only participants are going to know and care.

    Unless you're one of those jackasses who won't shut up about it.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    but...but...actions speak louder than words!
  • AHRAHR
    For most people, it's actually not that interesting, sorry to say.
  • EvergreenEvergreen
    Y'know what's interesting about all this? For all the detractors and people who mock us, and people within the TVT community who are worried about the state of things, and all the people here who are too...

    ...there's a whole other type of person out there.

    The kind that has never been to the forum, if they even realize it exists. The kind who, when TV Tropes is brought up in discussion IRL, will first talk about how addicting it is and not much else. Who do sometimes shout out tropes when they see them come up in media. It would never occur to them that anything is wrong with TV Tropes, or that anyone would have cause to be so negative towards us. Not to mention, they don't know that people are negative, they've never seen This Troper or the SA thread or anything.

    They don't think of a creepy aspect because they're just scratching the surface. Blissfully ignorant, I guess you might say. It's both refreshing and kind of sad to watch. I think I've occasionally tried to tell people "Y'know, the site's actually falling apart at the seams, awash in debate and controversy..." (not those exact words of course) and they just kind of shrug it off. This all describes every single person I know IRL who is familiar with TV Tropes.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Man, EG it's almost like all the internet drama is overblown and really silly when you think about it.
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    What I find is fascinating is how a so-called "asexual" is posting in Fetishes.

    Then again, I guess I shouldn't expect much from Tvtropes.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    Is this about Combat Butler Edmania?
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    edited 2011-10-03 11:37:29
    They're somethin' else.
    ^^ >:/

    Let me kick their ass.
  • ElbeemElbeem
    edited 2011-10-03 11:40:00
    Regarding SA's opinion on TV Tropes, back when I actually had time to edit the latter I would often go through the inbound links page to see what articles were getting the most outside discussion, and to see what was being said about them.

    The times I looked at inbound links from forums.somethingawful, while there were some links coming about via the TVTropes bashing thread, the majority of article mentions were indeed using the wiki as a resource without major controversy.

    This may have changed in the last month or so, since I really haven't had time to follow my normal editing routine.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    http://i.imgur.com/v8rin.png

    Meh
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    Oh, it's not that bad.

    You guys are wimps.
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    If that's the worst thing on the internet they've EVER seen, they should be thankful. Buncha pussies.
  • EvergreenEvergreen
    This thread has me terrified to even consider referring to myself as asexual.

    I don't think there's an exact word for my sexuality. It's just, in Fetishes when you simply say "straight", people assume you are either having sex now or constantly want it. Neither of which applies to me. If you say "asexual" they at least back off from making that assumption.
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    And now they're talking about where they thought babies came from when they younger... and one person mentions they thought it was "Shitting out babies"
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Y'know what's interesting about all this? For all the detractors and
    people who mock us, and people within the TVT community who are worried
    about the state of things, and all the people here who are too...

    ...there's a whole other type of person out there.

    The
    kind that has never been to the forum, if they even realize it exists.
    The kind who, when TV Tropes is brought up in discussion IRL, will first
    talk about how addicting it is and not much else. Who do sometimes
    shout out tropes when they see them come up in media. It would never
    occur to them that anything is wrong with TV Tropes, or that anyone
    would have cause to be so negative towards us. Not to mention, they
    don't know that people are negative, they've never seen This Troper or the SA thread or anything.

    They
    don't think of a creepy aspect because they're just scratching the
    surface. Blissfully ignorant, I guess you might say. It's both
    refreshing and kind of sad to watch. I think I've occasionally tried to
    tell people "Y'know, the site's actually falling apart at the seams,
    awash in debate and controversy..." (not those exact words of course)
    and they just kind of shrug it off. This all describes every single
    person I know IRL who is familiar with TV Tropes.
    Y'know, this kinda sounds a bit like me.

  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    This thread...IT'S GROWN SO LARGE...


    Which just goes to show, if nothing else, how badly a wiki about patterns in fiction has managed to get its metaphorical knickers in a twist about sex. It's as if Wikipedia were beset with drama about asexuality and lolicon.

  • DarkDecapodianDarkDecapodian
    Clean your room little Billy
    ^ Wikipedia probably is. It just keeps such drama a better secret.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Nah, Wikipedia's drama is basically people fighting to delete everything pre-20th century or to keep it.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars

    It's kind of sad that a TvTropes version of this article would be shouted down as an atrocity by the rest of the wiki.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Flavor of Love
    Should second-season winner "Deelishis" be credited as her birth name, Chandra Davis, or her stage name, London Charles? Months of IP additions and months of "IF YOU REVERT WITHOUT DISCUSSION, YOU'RE GONNA BE BLOCKED!" ensue. In the end, nobody got blocked and the dispute died down on its own, probably because both sides realized they were battling over a woman who willingly went on a reality television show to "fall in love with" Flavor Flav. Yeah, boyeeeeeee!

    why does this matter so much

    why
  • BobBob
    edited 2011-10-03 17:17:34
    This thread has me terrified to even consider referring to myself as asexual.

    Unless you actually are one of those "I'm asexual, meaning I don't like sex, meaning I'm better than you" people, there's really nothing to fear.

    I don't think there's an exact word for my sexuality. It's just, in Fetishes when you simply say "straight", people assume you are either having sex now or constantly want it. Neither of which applies to me. If you say "asexual" they at least back off from making that assumption.

    You could go with asexual, or you could just try to explain that you're straight, yet also not all that interested. Then again, they probably won't really get it (not trying to sound like I'm smarter than the average Fetisher / Troper / whatever), so I understand the reasoning behind just saying asexual.

    ^Not the first time a few tropers made a big deal over nothing.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Hyposexual and demisexual sounds like they would be much more appliable labels to Evergreen's sexuality.

    and that's a sentence i won't ever utter again.
  • ViviVivi
    $80+ per session
    Quasisexual
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