The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If you have to identify the property something is from, it's not "iconic."

 

[Alzrius]

I feel Bard's are best envisioned as old school English teachers that viciously mock others for improper grammer.

And student bards never interact with their underclassmen unless they're alumni.

 

[Deset Gled]

If you have to identify the property something is from, it's not "iconic."

In general, I agree. But I could find exceptions. For example, I would argue that for various reasons one very iconic spaceship is the original ship from Asteroids. But if I posted a picture alone, I would probably have to identify it because the image alone is just too minimalist.

I also think this conversation is probably safe to have in the original thread. Probably.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

In general, I agree. But I could find exceptions. For example, I would argue that for various reasons one very iconic spaceship is the original ship from Asteroids. But if I posted a picture alone, I would probably have to identify it because the image alone is just too minimalist.

That's a compelling example. Hmm.

 

[Reynard]

In general, I agree. But I could find exceptions. For example, I would argue that for various reasons one very iconic spaceship is the original ship from Asteroids. But if I posted a picture alone, I would probably have to identify it because the image alone is just too minimalist.

I also think this conversation is probably safe to have in the original thread. Probably.

The problem is that references age while remaining iconic. That is to say, to use a extra dumb example, not everyone who recognizes Superman's S shield have evervread a Superman comic or seen a Superman film/TV episode and might not know who Jimmy Olsen or Braniac are. Superman and the S are an icon, and being so, it is more likely that someone who recognizes the icon knows very little about it. Some people probably assume the character originated with the Reeves film.

 

[RealAlHazred]

If I post an image of a deerstalker cap, many would be able to identify it as Holmesian, but not younger Holmes fans. It's iconic for those who watched the Basil Rathbone films and a couple generations after, but no longer. Icons definitely do age.

 

[Scribe]

Huh, thought that was Orcs.

 

[Maxperson]

Some of y'all haven't made pizza under the influence, and it shows.

Everyone knows that you don't make pizza while under the influence. You eat it! Duh!

 

[Maxperson]

Repeating that claim does not make it true, but I am not inclined to argue with you.

Man. Of all the posts in this thread, this one has to be the one that's utterly impossible to pin down to whatever thread you are talking about.

 

[ichabod]

A lot of the threads around here seem to have Undead Fortitude and a high Con.