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Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001

Mar 30th 2022 at 11:13:32 PM •••

Collected more examples here

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain)

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Mar 10th 2022 at 5:21:46 AM •••

Mailer Daemon has been renamed to Unseen Pen Pal. TRS thread

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legendaryweredragon Since: Apr, 2013

Jan 5th 2022 at 5:50:19 AM •••

Similar to the SCP example I just added, I once read a short story in a kids horror anthology book, which I can't remember the title of, where the narrator, who seems to be a child, makes an online friend and starts to suspect that said friend is lying about their age. When they decide to meet in real life, it turns out that the online friend is actually much older than they said they were, but then in a Tomato Surprise, the narrator is revealed to have also lied about their age and they are really a dinosaur, who preys on other online predators.

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Mar 23rd 2021 at 7:02:17 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Difficult Description, started by Scardoll on Jan 6th 2011 at 8:15:11 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain)

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May 28th 2016 at 7:29:18 AM •••

I know I'm probably not going to get any replies buut... Mailer Daemon's name makes no sense to me. I know it was explained but I have no idea how it relates to the trope in any way

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Willbyr MOD Hi (Y2K)

Jan 22nd 2012 at 7:47:15 PM •••

This page needs a rename so badly it's painful.

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IndirectActiveTransport Since: Nov, 2010

Jan 7th 2014 at 12:53:06 PM •••

I see nothing wrong with the name, other than the possibility of mistaking it for a real mailer daemon. Since there has not been anyone suggesting a trope for that though there is no reason to change the title.

fairywaif Since: Mar, 2010

Jul 3rd 2010 at 9:27:59 AM •••

Is Mailer Daemon a suupernatural entity that meets you on a date? Or is it any prolonged correspondence that turns out to be someone other than who you expected it to be? Because the main description sounds like the former, while the examples sound like the latter.

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laughterfromthesky Since: Mar, 2011

Aug 5th 2013 at 2:21:54 AM •••

Yeah, the trope page as it is now has a vague, schizophrenic purpose. from what I can tell, it's a paranormal entity/malicious human that poses as a normal human/love interest over the internet/some other means of communication. And as the above thread states, it needs a rename badly. Putting this up on TRS.

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TrickyDick42 Since: Apr, 2011

Aug 21st 2012 at 9:18:42 PM •••

I'm not sure where the image picking thread for this page is, but the current image is a textbook case of Just A Face And A Caption

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Telcontar MOD Since: Feb, 2012

Aug 22nd 2012 at 2:21:41 AM •••

It was kept by this thread; you may want to read that.

That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.

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