[HN Gopher] TV Tropes
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TV Tropes
Author : quantified
Score : 58 points
Date : 2022-11-13 18:53 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (tvtropes.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (tvtropes.org)
| Lichtso wrote:
| A true comedy gold mine IMO, is not page of, but the tropes of
| https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealLife
| chiph wrote:
| Poor Chuck, got a trope named after him after disappearing
| upstairs at the end of season 2 of _Happy Days_
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| https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChuckCunninghamS...
| insin wrote:
| Nice try, quantified, nice try
| quantified wrote:
| Next time.
| zote wrote:
| Quite like the site, it's a great source of facts and trivia
| about various mediums(including software). I actually learnt
| about demoscenes from this site
| PrimeDirective wrote:
| Offtopic, the cookie screen on this site is one where you have to
| unconsent manually for each vendor
| the_third_wave wrote:
| Block all 3d-party content and you won't have any such
| problems. The site still works as intended. Use this as the
| default for uBlock Origin and you'll be spared many if not most
| of these obtrusive dark-patterned "consent" things.
| 9dev wrote:
| No, that's not the point. It's simply not compliant with
| GDPR, and they expose themselves to litigation with it.
| MollyRealized wrote:
| Years later, people begin emerging, blinking as the sunlight hits
| their eyes. "WHAT DECADE IS THIS?!"
| labrador wrote:
| All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely
| Players; They have their exits and their entrances,
| And one man in his time plays many parts, - William
| Shakespeare, As You Like It
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| The funniest thing about TV Tropes is the realization while
| reading them that people can be categorized in real life by
| personality types and these roles we play are not entirely within
| our control. We've been conditioned to play them. Funny for me as
| an American because we've been simultaneously taught that we're
| individuals with the freedom to be who we want to be. Why do we
| end up playing well trodden roles? Is it because it's easier or
| do we not have free will? [1] [2] [3]
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| There are various techniques for waking up and breaking out of
| patterned behavior put forth by various spiritual practices which
| are interesting
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| [1] Robert Sapolsky: You don't have free will,
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX7bs4uvPyc
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| [2] Human behavior on social media is similar to collective
| behavior in nature [today's front page],
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33582795
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| [3] The Illusion of Free Will,
| https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-illusion-of-free-will
| xg15 wrote:
| I found the whole "free will" discussion always somewhat
| strange. There seems to be some underlying assumption that
| anything short of being able to pull completely novel ideas
| from thin air is not free will. This seems odd to me, because
| everyone knows that our decisions and motivations are
| influenced by all sorts of things, both intrinsic and
| extrinsic. We are inspired by common culture and learned
| knowledge and we are influenced by memories of past events,
| emotional affinities which were also shaped by past events and
| for a good parts biological drives as well.
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| Nevertheless, _within_ all those influences and based on the
| information we have, we are able to make a decision. I would
| still qualify that as "free will".
| jakey_bakey wrote:
| Wow I should really start reading this Worm thing
| yreg wrote:
| Did you mean Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality?
| cirgue wrote:
| If you want to destroy someone's productivity for a day, link
| them to tvtropes.
| citizenpaul wrote:
| Long term it saves time though. Once you start seeing how often
| TV/Movies lean on the cliches the site deconstructs it kind of
| ruins much of the mass produced low quality media these days.
| So you don't have to waste time watching them anymore.
| reilly3000 wrote:
| This! I've noticed my watching habits have waned to almost no
| mass produced (visual) media. I'm no paragon of self-control,
| its just distasteful and not my first choice. It's all been
| demographically motived, paced, tested, optimized formulas
| that maximize ROI. For me the there is vibrance online that
| doesn't exist on TV. Regrettably, a lot of that is happening
| on TikTok right now, where authoring is so easy, all barriers
| removed. You don't have to show your face or use your real
| voice, the trends feel fresh and organic. There are lots of
| new voices, and the unstructured AI topic and audience
| clustering has helped some otherwise impossible communities
| to emerge. Short form video is wildly engaging, especially as
| a variety show. Sure tropes emerge and trends get tired, but
| the sheer diversity of iterations and reactions feels like
| some raw genesis energy.
| rzzzt wrote:
| Lampshaded in "Bert & Ernie Go to the Movies", where Big Bird
| receives a link to the website.
| CM30 wrote:
| For a day? More like introduce them to TV Tropes and leave them
| addicted to the site for the rest of their life. If you're the
| kind of person who likes spotting patterns in works of fiction
| (like myself), you'll end up checking the site for every single
| of media you watch ever again, lol.
| csdvrx wrote:
| It may take some time to explore the site, however I believe
| more in revealed preferences (here, the time spent) than in
| declared preferences ("omg my work is so important!")
|
| My hypothesis is understanding the social fabric we live in is
| of the utmost importance, so maybe spending a day (or more,
| personally I spent weeks on tvtropes!) means that we
| unconsciously realize that, since it's more important than
| immediate productivity.
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| To say that differently, since we live a social life and
| interact with others, I think the long-term gains that come
| with a better understanding of the "common mental picture"
| allowing more fruitful interactions may be way more important
| than writing a few more lines of code.
| boomboomsubban wrote:
| I seem to be alone, but tvtropes never does this to me. I'll
| read something I find interesting there, but rarely do I find
| the links intriguing enough to continue.
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| Clicking the wrong Wikipedia link can cause me to lose hours of
| my life, but never tvtropes. I feel like I'm missing some
| enthralling way to use the site. Maybe that's for the best.
| Vivtek wrote:
| You're not alone.
| howlin wrote:
| That this comment is in every discussion of TV tropes is a
| weird trope in and of itself.
| reilly3000 wrote:
| Do we owe this to that Minecraft welcome message? Or is
| fundamentally one of those self-fulfilling prophecies? .
| kibwen wrote:
| Indeed, and here's the page for it: https://tvtropes.org/pmwi
| ki/pmwiki.php/JustForFun/TVTropesWi...
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