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PlutoniumFist · 2012-02-04 19:35:10

I think the main problem with treating the SWAT Kats as role models is that their philosophy tends to be "If your first try to take them alive fails, just kill 'em."

it's better to just try and kill them first

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-04 20:00:23

Optimus Prime is my role model.

[coolface]

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 12:52:49

Oh shit, all the Troper Tales.

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Obā-san · 2012-02-06 13:03:52

It's a miracle the page doesn't mutate into some kinda lolihentaiscatdinosaur with a Badass Longcoat and a Deadpan Snarker attitude.

This Troper, IT BUUUURNS.

I really gotta delete my TVT account....

Imipolex G · 2012-02-06 13:07:54

Brilliant But Lazy Magnificent Bastard

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 13:09:08

I dunno, I'm pretty much Brilliant But Lazy... >_>

Imipolex G · 2012-02-06 13:15:13

Troper Tales kind of fascinates me, on a certain level. How it basically consists of the day-to-day bullshit (with wishful self-aggrandizing) of people's lives. Is human existence really that sad?

Justice4243 · 2012-02-06 13:57:10

Brilliant but lazy always struck me as an attempt to say "Oh, I COULD be doing more with my life. I just don't FEEL like it."

Vriska · 2012-02-06 14:01:15

8est Troper Tale ever was the pencil 8reaker guy.

Viani · 2012-02-06 14:14:06

I thought it was the guy who wanted to console his sister after his younger brother's death by having sex with her.

millercross · 2012-02-06 14:18:45

The funny thing is, I think most people identify with the idea of being called smart but lazy. The problem is how the tales always sounded so smug. Like Justice said.

Justice4243 · 2012-02-06 14:24:26

I vote pencil breaker guy because this is the first time I've heard of wincest-death and also the later is reminder of just how fucked up we can be as a species.

Vriska · 2012-02-06 14:25:39

The 8est thing a8out pencil 8reaker guy is that he had to have a friend help him 8reak two of the pencils 8ecause they were too tough for him.

Justice4243 · 2012-02-06 14:26:40

See, I just grinned because I had forgotten that little detail.

I doubt wincest-death story has such charming details.

millercross · 2012-02-06 14:30:08

You guys are acting as if the pencil breaker guy wouldn't ruin everything you love.

Haven · 2012-02-06 14:30:37

I actually shit myself when I read that. There I realized I wasn't just dealing with the usual horrifyingly egotistical Troper Tale. This person will BREAK YOUR PENCILS without a second thought. Should he meet you, without any regret, he will DESTROY your beloved pencil collection. Your Crayola, your HB, everything. That beloved pencil you had for three years? Snapped in two with no remorse. Even if you reinforce your pencils to try and stop him, he has a good friend, even better in the arts of pencil-snapping. And when he is done, you will be nothing, sobbing in a heap of pencils as broken as your dreams. And he will laugh. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

Imipolex G · 2012-02-06 14:45:13

...damn.

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 14:46:37

millercross · 2012-02-06 14:55:30

The kicker's the Alfred quote. It always makes me read it in Michael Caine's voice.

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 15:22:25

Mulling it over, I'm not "brilliant but lazy", but "Smart, but with simple goals".

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-06 15:32:44

Brilliant but lazy always struck me as an attempt to say "Oh, I COULD be doing more with my life. I just don't FEEL like it."

I think that adequately describes about nine tenths of all humans alive today.

Ace Rimmer · 2012-02-06 15:34:12

Brilliant but Lazy for me means "I am a useless wanker but instead of saying that I'll say I'm Smart but idle"

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-06 15:35:58

"Brilliant" tends to be an exaggeration. But I genuinely think that the problem with "my generation", as it were, is just a general lack of ambition.

A problem I contribute too, I might add. :/

Justice4243 · 2012-02-06 15:50:26

You can solve that by setting incredibly unreasonable expectations.

Like Cowboy Astronaut Billionaire.

Beholder · 2012-02-06 16:14:35

Well, I could be described as "quite smart as a child but wasting all my ability by being too lazy, unmotivated and overconfident and now not even being smart anymore"

LeighSabio · 2012-02-06 19:35:39

Pencil breaker never mentioned their age or sex, did they? It's possible PB is a preteen girl or something.

Justice4243 · 2012-02-06 20:05:40

Hmmm, I see TVT dosen't even allow Wonder Threads anymore.

I think this sort of highlights a problem with the fora. There seems to be little cohesion on if it's a relaxing place to have fun or for srs bsns

I think it's leaning quite a bit too far towards srs bsns, or rather, instead of having serious discussions in some places and silly ones in other places, a certain level of seriousness is to be held at all times.

...and yet, we have things like the Gush thread that basically just turns mega-thread for a bit.

It's all very schizophrenic, if you ask me.

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 20:09:15

Yeah.

I should make a whole buncha Wonder Threads.

Unknown · 2012-02-06 20:13:25

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Obā-san · 2012-02-06 20:14:46

If I get banned for making wonderthreads I most certainly won't be banned from a worthwhile website.

Unknown · 2012-02-06 20:16:11

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Anonus · 2012-02-06 20:16:12

Can we not talk about trying to commit account suicide here? It just seems a bit tactless.

millercross · 2012-02-06 20:16:34

EPIC was a thirteen year old boy, if he wasn't trolling.

Anonus · 2012-02-06 20:16:52

...what happened? Did I miss something?

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 20:17:18

EPIC?

Unknown · 2012-02-06 20:17:25

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millercross · 2012-02-06 20:17:39

I was replying to Leigh Sabio's post.

Anonus · 2012-02-06 20:19:31

...alright then.

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 20:42:39

I've made a Wonder Thread, nothing bad has happened.

What made you say they aren't allowed?

Anonus · 2012-02-06 20:43:44

More recent ones have had a tendency to get locked, which wouldn't have happened a year ago.

Haven · 2012-02-06 20:44:27

^^ After briefly hopping back over the line, I'd guess it was this.

Vriska · 2012-02-06 20:45:06

Yeah, EPIC aka pencil 8reaker.

Justice4243 · 2012-02-06 20:46:25

^^ Correct.

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 20:49:21

Why?

I demand an explanation.

Mr_W · 2012-02-06 20:50:41

I thought it was " We can leave your friends behind" or something.

TV Tropes really needs change in management.

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 20:56:10

Eeyup.

Mr_W · 2012-02-06 21:00:46

First off, get an admin that doesn't look like a fisherman and doesn't act like a child. :P

Obā-san · 2012-02-06 21:02:31

What did children ever do to you? D:

Justice4243 · 2012-02-06 21:06:00

Or Fishermen, for that matter...or at least people that look like fishermen.

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