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I have to stay away from snopes

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:54 am
by Ghost
I go to check one thing and 3 hours later I am still there.

Any other website that do that for you?

Re: I have to stay away from snopes

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:04 am
by Bally
TV Tropes. It's a harsh mistress.

Re: I have to stay away from snopes

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:49 am
by Julia
Bally wrote:TV Tropes. It's a harsh mistress.
I logged in just to say something about Tv Tropes when I read the thread title- but you beat me to it.

Seriously, I gotta find some way to block that site cause if I go there, even accidentally, half my evening is blown.

Re: I have to stay away from snopes

Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:16 am
by olthar
yeah, tvtropes is even worse than wikipedia...

Re: I have to stay away from snopes

Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:42 am
by Sarah
On another board I frequent, someone recently posted that whenever she sees the character of Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers on Law and Order, she is reminded of me (or at least the me that posts on that board). Since I don't watch any of the various versions of Law and Order (on which Leslie Hendrix holds the honor of being one of only two actors who has reprised the same role in every one of the series, I had to record an episode just to see whether I should be offended or not by the comparison (I wasn't), and this led me to muse on the stereotype of the medical examiner on cop shows. In conversation with my sister, having just been reminded of the existence of the site by the discussion here, I bet that tvtropes would confirm my thoughts on the cliché. I won. Unfortunately, no money was at stake.

Note: Apologies for this post. I am loony today.

Re: I have to stay away from snopes

Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:27 pm
by Lucretia
Ghost wrote:I go to check one thing and 3 hours later I am still there.

Any other website that do that for you?
Snopes also.

Cracked.com

findadeath.com

Re: I have to stay away from snopes

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:50 am
by Gravious
olthar wrote:yeah, tvtropes is even worse than wikipedia...
The huge list of examples! The intriguingly named tropes linked everywhere that need checking out! With more examples! Whole days…

*sob*