The Index of the Giant's Comments V―On a Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need this Index

[Jasdoif]

Take out the Alliterative bit; I added it in at the end when I realized that Alliterative also started with "A" (and so does Assonance...)

Sadly, "Apprehensively Assessing Analytical Assertions" is still too long at 46 characters.

EDIT: ...all these years later and I still end up posting across page boundaries? Eesh.

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Okay, we're talking thread titles for the next thread (so I don't have to rush to squeeze it in if we end up voting on quotes later on). Proposals so far:

• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - All Inclusive Memories
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Er, What Were We Discussing, Anyway?
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Quicker than Laser-Snail(?)
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Sanity is an Allusion
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Yes, ALL of His Comments

[Lissou]

I vote for "Now up to 50% on topic".

[Squire Doodad]

I vote for "Now up to 50% on topic".

I'll vote for it too. Also the Bimonthly Bannananana Bread

[137beth]

IotGC VI: Utterly dwarfed

I vote for "Now up to 50% on topic".

I vote for this one too.

[Squire Doodad]

IotGC VI: Utterly dwarfed

Joking aside, that's great timing.

Maybe "Dwarfed, Utterly"?

[Zherog]

I vote for "Now up to 50% on topic".

Likewise .

[Reboot]

Okay, we're talking thread titles for the next thread (so I don't have to rush to squeeze it in if we end up voting on quotes later on).

Howsabout "Making dogma from a few zapped pines"? (Re: #1136)

[Joerg]

IotGC VI: Utterly Bananad

[Peelee]

Ever since third iteration, this index has really gone bananas.

[D.One]

Howsabout "Making dogma from a few zapped pines"? (Re: #1136)

Ever since third iteration, this index has really gone bananas.

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI ― Making Dogma from zapped bananas

[Ron Miel]

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's what HE said.

[rbetieh]

Has anyone suggested "The Undiscovered Comment" yet?

[DataNinja]

I vote for "Now up to 50% on topic".

Likewise here.

[Ron Miel]

Has anyone suggested "The Undiscovered Comment" yet?

I considered it, but decided it's too similar to the current "Things I never noticed" thread. Also, inappropriate, because it's discovered comments.

[Jasdoif]

Okay....The still-alive proposals are:

• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - All Inclusive Memories
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Dwarfed, Utterly
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's what HE said
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Utterly Banana-ed
• The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Yes, ALL of His Comments

I'll start tracking and counting of the votes later....Still taking new suggestions in the meantime! I mean, so far the lead contenders are one I threw together in a couple minutes, and one DataNinja proposed three-and-a-half years ago; plenty of opportunity for surprises.

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In more serious matters, we have three quotes (in two entries) from the current comic discussion thread (1177) up for inclusion in...late October, unless we get another three quotes before then:

On Loki and (Dis)honesty "...because his followers believe he is incapable of honesty, he actually is incapable of honesty (except to Thor)". Also, "honesty" is distinct from "not lying": "If Loki tells the truth in the cause of trickery, he is still not being honest.".	#1177	2019/08/26
The Mutable Nature of the Gods "...the fact that the gods are the way they are now does not preclude them having existed in some other form in the past—one that we might not have thought of as 'gods' ".	#1177	2019/08/26

[Peelee]

My only issue with Now Up to 50% On Topic is that the number seems unreasonably high.

[Squire Doodad]

My only issue with Now Up to 50% On Topic is that the number seems unreasonably high.

Why, the natural thing to do is to change the topic to being about whether or not it is 50% on topic!

Though it is kind of up to. See also the whole "Up to 15% or more" (which, I might add, includes all values).

[Jasdoif]

My only issue with Now Up to 50% On Topic is that the number seems unreasonably high.

You're certainly welcome to make a counterproposal

[Doug Lampert]

My only issue with Now Up to 50% On Topic is that the number seems unreasonably high.

It's "Up to 50% On Topic," technically, that's anything of 50% or less, so we're fine, clearly the title is just advertising copy.

Humm, I think I'll suggest that:
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI―Clearly Just Advertising Copy

[Squire Doodad]

You're certainly welcome to make a counterproposal

Hm, how about "Index Up to 15% or More"? The Gieco stance, really.

[Lord Torath]

I rather like:

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Yes, ALL of His Comments

Can we put smilies in thread titles? If we can, I vote:

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Yes, ALL of His Comments

[Keltest]

I don't know. We specifically DONT include all of his comments, so having that as a thread title seems, at best, deceptive.

[DataNinja]

...and one DataNinja proposed three-and-a-half years ago...

...well I'll be darned. I'd not even realized that.

I still feel like 50% is a good reasonable upper bound. There's still generally mostly tangentially related topics being discussed. It's not that often that it gets off topic from comment discussion/meta-thread topics. Honest.

[Gift Jeraff]

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments

[Reboot]

I don't know. We specifically DONT include all of his comments, so having that as a thread title seems, at best, deceptive.

Indeed. I would strike that for that reason.

[Fyraltari]

TIotGC VI - The Annotated Edition.

If we can vote for several things I'd like to jump in the "Now Up to 50% On Topic" train too.

[137beth]

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI ― Making Dogma from zapped bananas

I'm switching my vote to this one.

I don't know. We specifically DONT include all of his comments, so having that as a thread title seems, at best, deceptive.

Agreed.

[NobleCuriosity]

I like
“The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in comments”

the best thus far, I think.

I don’t want to name the index “The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's what HE said,” but I will admit that it got a chuckle out of me when I read it.

[Rollin]

I vote for the "up to 50% on topic" one.

[D.One]

My vote goes for

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI ― Making Dogma from zapped bananas

or

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's what HE said

I liked "Rich in Comments", but last iteration was already a "Rich" joke.