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:I thought the same thing when I saw this article. Not unusual, and not page-worthy. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 04:03, 22 May 2017 (UTC) | :I thought the same thing when I saw this article. Not unusual, and not page-worthy. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 04:03, 22 May 2017 (UTC) | ||
::I don't entirely agree. While some of these uses are pretty mundane, there's a fair number that are unusual, either in that they seem to be random uses of the word (e.g., a whole mess of marshmallows") or else positive uses of this normally negative word (e.g., this mess rules!) {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 05:36, 22 May 2017 (UTC) | ::I don't entirely agree. While some of these uses are pretty mundane, there's a fair number that are unusual, either in that they seem to be random uses of the word (e.g., a whole mess of marshmallows") or else positive uses of this normally negative word (e.g., this mess rules!) {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 05:36, 22 May 2017 (UTC) | ||
| + | :::In real life, the word "mess" is usually used to describe an actual mess— something unorganized, dirty, etc. It's hardly ever used to describe random objects: ketchup, popcorn, email shows, or books, for example. Even if "mess" ''is'' used in this context occasionally, it's still notable, since it's used in Homestar Runner much more often than it is in real life. It definitely seems like a running gag, similar to, say, [[Total]]. (However, you're probably right about most of the examples being perfectly normal. I'm not really sure which instances are regular and which aren't, so you can probably remove the un-unusual ones.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 05:54, 22 May 2017 (UTC) | ||
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All I can say is: Spoons (or whatever is appropriate now that that's a thing). A large number of these instances are perfectly normal. RickTommy (edits) 02:45, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
- I thought the same thing when I saw this article. Not unusual, and not page-worthy.
The Knights Who Say Ni 
04:03, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
- I don't entirely agree. While some of these uses are pretty mundane, there's a fair number that are unusual, either in that they seem to be random uses of the word (e.g., a whole mess of marshmallows") or else positive uses of this normally negative word (e.g., this mess rules!) Heimstern Läufer
05:36, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
- In real life, the word "mess" is usually used to describe an actual mess— something unorganized, dirty, etc. It's hardly ever used to describe random objects: ketchup, popcorn, email shows, or books, for example. Even if "mess" is used in this context occasionally, it's still notable, since it's used in Homestar Runner much more often than it is in real life. It definitely seems like a running gag, similar to, say, Total. (However, you're probably right about most of the examples being perfectly normal. I'm not really sure which instances are regular and which aren't, so you can probably remove the un-unusual ones.)
Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 05:54, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
- In real life, the word "mess" is usually used to describe an actual mess— something unorganized, dirty, etc. It's hardly ever used to describe random objects: ketchup, popcorn, email shows, or books, for example. Even if "mess" is used in this context occasionally, it's still notable, since it's used in Homestar Runner much more often than it is in real life. It definitely seems like a running gag, similar to, say, Total. (However, you're probably right about most of the examples being perfectly normal. I'm not really sure which instances are regular and which aren't, so you can probably remove the un-unusual ones.)
- I don't entirely agree. While some of these uses are pretty mundane, there's a fair number that are unusual, either in that they seem to be random uses of the word (e.g., a whole mess of marshmallows") or else positive uses of this normally negative word (e.g., this mess rules!) Heimstern Läufer
