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Can this trigger Too Bleak, Stopped Caring like World of Jerkass?

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Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: XJustX problems, started by Twentington on Apr 11th 2011 at 4:56:53 AM

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

The webcomic Something Positive is probably the oldest webcomic example I can think of for this trope, but considering the problems we've been having with zero-content examples I don't want to add it unless I can get a second opinion beforehand. And perhaps a better example than something "generically witty".

This example is problematic:

• Writers for the HIVE Series face a challenge upon entering the fandom: writing clever remarks is required for all characters, in all situations, at all times. In-universe, arguments go on for pages about who is the funniest. Needless to say, these arguments are hilarious.

The problem is that it's basically a Zero Context Example; it doesn't actually say anything about the HIVE Series, only about the challenges of writing fanfiction for it. In fact, when I first saw this example, I thought it was in the wrong place and moved it to the Fanfiction folder. Could someone who is familiar with the HIVE Series (I've never heard of it before) please rewrite this example to make it less misleading?

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I'm sorry guys. But when I was editing, something...messed up. I don't know, all I did was add an example, but something weird happened and the top part of the page is gone. Is there any way I can think it?

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I deleted this example. One Deadpan Snarker on the show does not fit the definition.

• Zero Punctuation, if only because its lone inhabitant provides enough snark all on his own to fill up an entire world.

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World of Snark has way too many Zero Context Example entries. Here is a list of wicks that need context or some polishing. Please consider providing context.

• Soredemo Machi Wa Mawatteiru
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
• The Social Network, and many other things written by Aaron Sorkin.
• Anything written by Kevin Smith.
• Easy A.
• ''North By Northwest'
• The Thin Man series. Amajority of the comedy from the Studio System era, and a good deal of the mystery and suspense, falls into this trope.
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Last Boy Scout, because of Shane Black.
• {{1776}}
• The Elenium
• Most of Pratchett's work is this trope.
• ''Codex Alera': Nobody in Jim Butcher's works takes anything seriously unless they're the bad guy.
• The main cast of the first four Star Trek series qualify, in a relatively restrained way, adding more to the "high-class" image of Starfleet and Trek humans than anything else.
• ''Scrubs. Janitor, Cox, Jordan, Kelso, Carla, JD... List goes on and on.
• My Family
• Married... with Children
• Arrested Development
• Fawlty Towers
• Red Dwarf
• Everything Joss Whedon has written, ever.
  • Firefly
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Dr. Horrible
  • Angel
• Gilmore Girls
• Wizards Of Waverly Place
• iCarly
• Victorious
• Big Time Rush
• That '70s Show
• Community. Especialy Jeff, but all the characters have some pretty good snarks.
• Seinfeld
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• The Big Bang Theory
• Two And A Half Men
• Corner Gas
• Sherlock
• Elementary. Must be a Sherlock Holmes thing.
• Babylon 5
• Kaamelott
• Agnes.
• Basic Instructions
• The Order of the Stick
• Out There
• Questionable Content
• Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery
• Schlock Mercenary
• Something Positive
• Sluggy Freelance
• 8-Bit Theater
• Hodges Pond.
• That Guy with the Glasses.
• Red Vs Blue - context by Arkady Darell
• Zero Punctuation, if only because its lone inhabitant provides enough snark all on his own to fill up an entire world.
  • (qestionable entry, if it's one-man-show, I think it doesn't qualify as World of Snark)
• Teenage superhero teams often result in this. Teen Titans and Young Justice are prime examples.
• Adult superhero teams can also have this, as evidenced by Justice League and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Avengers is particularly notable for having Hulk be a Deadpan Snarker
• Any Western Animation based upon Spiderman must be this trope to qualify as a Spidey cartoon.
• The Simpsons can be this at times.

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I just realized that "World Of Snark-ness" would've been so much better title for this trope. So that's what, three months too late?

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