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Post #113 (isolation #1) » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:45 am
Postby Kublai Khan »
Can we stop trying to give Title Fairies new titles to honor their ascension? It kinda highlights the problem "let's give a title for the sake of giving a title".
In post 113, Kublai Khan wrote:Can we stop trying to give Title Fairies new titles to honor their ascension? It kinda highlights the problem "let's give a title for the sake of giving a title".
Man, you're like, taking this way too seriously, ya know? Could you like, chill the fuck out a bit? They're just lines of text man. Is there need to get so hostile about it, bro? It'll be fiiiiiiine.
Psyche wrote:oh yeah
maybe we should finally get rid of "Khan Man"
but then who will be our example of what a bad title is
We could always replace one bad title for Kublai Khan for another! That way, he'd still be our example of what a bad title is, while still getting rid of Khan Man!
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Post #405 (isolation #10) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:23 pm
Postby Kublai Khan »
In post 394, Ser Arthur Dayne wrote:("I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" - reference from the movie scene for those who don't know).
In post 439, Psyche wrote:what does the reference to the killers song do? wikipedia says that lyrically the song depicts the jealousy and paranoia of a man who suspects his significant other is cheating on him
despite the name "Mr. Brightside" it seems like the exact opposite of the kind of point you're trying to make
Killers songs are not something you really have one fixed interpretation of. Nonsense lyrics are something they do (and are kind-of notorious for), and sure that's *a* possible interpretation of the song (and apparently is the official one), but it's far from the only one. There's enough ambiguity where you can write whatever meaning you want into them. And I feel like that ability to write a spin on things is part of Aristophanes's charm; he can support something that would otherwise superficially be negative, and make it clear he is supporting it because he sees it as a positive thing.
That makes the song reference a perfect fit for his character--the song might officially have a negative connotation with it, but Aristophanes is the type of guy who can put a positive spin on it such that it is a
good
thing, matching the upbeat nature of the song's tune rather than the literal nature of the song's given meaning.
No, we need to go the opposite direction. We need to bring back the Title Fairy attitudes of old. The ones who didn't go out of their way to create elaborate tiered discussion and waiting periods or encourage a lot of input from scummers to appease or keep popularity
We need a Title Fairy who will rule with an iron fist and is the sole arbiter who what makes a good title or not.
In post 1368, ConManMick wrote:You know, it occurs to me that, technically, psyche's poll on who should get to keep their April Fool's titles is the equivalent of people actually voting for those titles. You could argue that everyone who gets at least five votes, then, should have their title reviewed as per usual and approved or rejected as appropriate. Whadya think?
if we take the analogy too far, i should reject the titles i think are mediocre, which i think are
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Post #1487 (isolation #33) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:34 am
Postby Kublai Khan »
In post 1486, schadd_ wrote:what is the expected amount of entendre? because i have one for someone that's a double-meaning but i think i remember something about a three-meaning minimum
In post 1628, Elbirn wrote:Someday I will be title fairie and it will be an entire term length of literally no one getting a title.
That's what you get with this new age generation and their entitlement issues
Psyche's "hey come discuss" attitude is what gets you 100s of pages of people suggest dumb stuff like "doot" and "salmon! because salmon!" over and over and over. Psyche didn't learn from his predecessor's mistakes.
In post 1628, Elbirn wrote:Someday I will be title fairie and it will be an entire term length of literally no one getting a title.
That's what you get with this new age generation and their entitlement issues
Psyche's "hey come discuss" attitude is what gets you 100s of pages of people suggest dumb stuff like "doot" and "salmon! because salmon!" over and over and over. Psyche didn't learn from his predecessor's mistakes.
i considered the alternative but then when the thread was dead for two days i felt sad and lonely
Yes, but I made a valid nomination to recognize a long-term member of this site who contributed a notable and well-done contribution for the 15th anniversary of the site. Instead of discussion, there is just garbage in the thread.
Kinda obnoxious. But I guess people are used to it.
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Post #1968 (isolation #45) » Fri May 05, 2017 6:12 pm
Postby Kublai Khan »
In post 1964, PJ. wrote:I don't get why he's getting a Hamilton title, because it's not like he's the only person around who likes themself som Hamilton, but "Not Throwing Away My Shot" is like...THE Hamilton reference. It's the whole play. Spoiler alert: he throws away his shot.
It's not because he's a Hamilton fan. It's because he parodied Hamilton with mafiascum references for the 15th anniversary.
Foe-ing vonflare makes mafiascum.net a better place to browse. Panzer's image is the first time in a month that I wondered if vonflare said a thing worth reading.
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Post #3905 (isolation #49) » Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:05 am
Postby Kublai Khan »
In post 3853, PJ. wrote:Also, I'm not a title historian but aren't sleepo, Shea, and I the only people in site history with 2 titles? I feel that club should be more exclusive than "let's give this guy a second title because the title that we railroaded 6 months ago sucks now"
Well, BROseidon, DrippingGoofball, Mr. Flay, Lady Lambdadelta, and CuddlyCaucasian are in that club.
xRECKONERx, quadz06 & Cheery Dog could be considered part of that club as well.
Has anyone ever done a poll of favorite titles? Since the topic of "what makes a good title" is under constant debate, it might help if we had a good concrete examples of titling done right.
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Post #3914 (isolation #51) » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:11 am
Postby Kublai Khan »
In post 3912, PJ. wrote:Also want to point out that the two titles club thing was a joke that's why I had it striken when I wrote it, mostly cause I knew that people would get their undies in a bunch over it.
I'm glad KK is back.
I figured, but I was honestly curious so I went and checked. Then reported my findings.
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Post #3920 (isolation #52) » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:45 am
Postby Kublai Khan »
In post 3917, animorpherv1 wrote:Kk and Panzer both forgot me, but hey. Neither title of mine are particularly good and the reason I took this one is so I didn't get memes on every post I ever wrote.
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Post #4048 (isolation #53) » Thu Dec 28, 2017 7:46 am
Postby Kublai Khan »
In post 4047, Shaziro wrote:I thought it was pretty clear that Annadog was saying that small text is even harder to read than rainbow text. Why does that have to be taking away from your point (which I agree with) that rainbow text doesn't make for good titles?
I think because it's irrelevant. Nobody is proposing a small text title so it's a pointless point to interrupt with.
In post 4112, Vijarada wrote:Of the titles given out in this thread, only wisdom's, mhsmith's, singer's and fferyllt's are related to mafia (4/12). in the last thread i think it was even less.