Someone get me to rehab...

Should tvtropes come with a warning label?


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Cuyval Dar

...I just spent 6 hours straight on tvtropes, and I'm wondering why I'm so hungry.
 
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Rubicon

I honestly never saw the appeal of tvtropes.. I mean its just a really comprehensive database of genres, archetype labeling and plot outlinning. Basically a more in depth wikipedia. Not that's a bad thing, it's a cool site I just don't see how people get sucked into reading it for hours and hours..
 
I tried it a few times, but I think I don't know enough popular culture to really enjoy it. I don't watch that many films or shows, play that many games, read that much comics...
 
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Lally

I got through so many boring classes reading TVTropes... I also lost so many free hours I could have been doing something productive during, but that's okay too. As a writer, it's been a big help in learning what plot points/character types are overdone.
 
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Andromache

i spent about ten minutes on Tvtropes. I've also never really heard of Amy Winehouse.
 
I like it okay.
I guess I can see the potential for addictive clicking, but I always get enough after a few pages.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, usually someone links into a specific article based on the topic at hand, and maybe I read it, and then maybe a couple related articles, then I'm out. Ten or twenty minutes, tops.
 
Yeah, usually someone links into a specific article based on the topic at hand, and maybe I read it, and then maybe a couple related articles, then I'm out. Ten or twenty minutes, tops.
Exactly. There will be those 10 or 20 minutes each time, but I could never spend hours on the site.
 
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coolbeans

The place is the biggest timesink I have access to. I'd agree its groovy from a writing point of view but I tend to get very little writing done whenever the tropes rears its head :(

Speaking of rehab, any good ways to get me out of WoW, I just started again and I've a bad feeling about it this time.
 
The place is the biggest timesink I have access to. I'd agree its groovy from a writing point of view but I tend to get very little writing done whenever the tropes rears its head :(

Speaking of rehab, any good ways to get me out of WoW, I just started again and I've a bad feeling about it this time.
Stop buying additional months of playtime after your subscription runs out. Alternatively, let someone other than you who can keep a secret change your password.
 
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