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Unclear Definition (new crowner 9/18): Planet Eris get usage counts

World's Toughest Milkman
No response, so I made a crowner. Calling for a hook.
"Existential Despair" is an oxymoron.
 102 lu 127, Fri, 14th Dec '12 6:45:26 AM from the Capital of Light
Hooked.
虚空へ消え去れ
World's Toughest Milkman
Bump for more votes
"Existential Despair" is an oxymoron.
World's Toughest Milkman
Looks like we're getting close to a decision here, but a few more votes would definitely help.
"Existential Despair" is an oxymoron.
 105 Noaqiyeum, Sat, 29th Dec '12 10:01:19 PM from beyond the lake you called home
the it-thingy
The leader of the moment bothers me because 'weirdness' is subjective, and broad enough to probably cover most Urban Fantasies. Planet Anything Goes is much clearer on that.

edited 29th Dec '12 10:01:38 PM by Noaqiyeum

"GIANTS, as in the wise old fairy-tales, are vermin. Supermen, if not good men, are vermin." - G. K. Chesterton
World's Toughest Milkman
Hey, they're both my suggestions; I have a hard time complaining if either wins. :)

But I do kind of see your point.
"Existential Despair" is an oxymoron.
 107 johnnye, Sun, 30th Dec '12 5:23:41 AM from Brighton, UK
There seems to be a huge contingent of tropers who thing that alliteration always makes everything better. It's rather odd.
Zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor, so Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.
 108 Septimus Heap, Sun, 30th Dec '12 5:26:00 AM from Zurich, Switzerland
Two Christmas worms
We have 4 names with consensus ATM. Personally, I like World of Weirdness because it's the most straightforward.
 109 johnnye, Sun, 30th Dec '12 6:22:39 AM from Brighton, UK
[up]I really don't see how it's straightforward. "Absurd" and "Anything goes" at least have fairly clear definitions (of which "anything goes" is closer to what we're going for here; "absurdity" usually involves deliberate craziness in order to mess with the reader's mind). "Weird" can mean unusual, abnormal, surreal, uncanny, magical, creepy, or just out-of-the-ordinary. Most fictional settings are "weird" on some level.
Zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor, so Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.
 110 Septimus Heap, Sun, 30th Dec '12 6:36:17 AM from Zurich, Switzerland
Two Christmas worms
World OF Weirdness, not Weird World. Also, "Anything Goes" can be something like Eternal Sexual Freedom.

World Of Absurdity would be close to Bizarro Episode.

 111 johnnye, Sun, 30th Dec '12 8:53:07 AM from Brighton, UK
[up]Yeah, those are legitimate criticisms. I really don't think we've come up with a good one.
Zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor, so Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.
 112 Noaqiyeum, Sun, 30th Dec '12 11:09:42 AM from beyond the lake you called home
the it-thingy
We have 4 names with consensus ATM.
4 names with consensus

ō_ō
"GIANTS, as in the wise old fairy-tales, are vermin. Supermen, if not good men, are vermin." - G. K. Chesterton
World's Toughest Milkman
Well, fortunately, we're actually down to two now. So we just need enough more votes to resolve which of the two to use. If all else fails, we could have a run-off, but I'm hoping that won't be required.

I do think people are being a little too paranoid about the potential for misunderstanding here. English has a lot of inherent ambiguity, due to words with multiple meanings and whatnot, and some people will misinterpret just about any name. I agree that World of Weirdness might be a little too ambiguous (even though it was my suggestion), but Planet Anything Goes seems clear enough to me. Anyone who would assume that means Free Sex Future is probably going to be misusing so many other tropes that they should be called in for a little chat with the mods. :)
"Existential Despair" is an oxymoron.
Petting Zoo Person
I don't like any of these names with "planet" in the title. Does that sound wrong and arbitrary?
I must be cruel, but to be kind That bad may begin, and worse be left behind
 115 Noaqiyeum, Mon, 31st Dec '12 7:35:55 PM from beyond the lake you called home
the it-thingy
Well, not entirely. I could see Planet Anything Goes being used for social-anarchist paradises like New Hong Kong, but those are infrequent enough that I wouldn't expect much confusion.

That said, World Anything Goes would be acceptable but I don't think it flows quite as well.

Here's a compromise suggestion: World Of Whatever?
"GIANTS, as in the wise old fairy-tales, are vermin. Supermen, if not good men, are vermin." - G. K. Chesterton
World's Toughest Milkman
World Of Whatever sounds like a planet where apathy is their hat.

Anyway, I think our problem is too many good choices. I don't see how adding more will fix that. I've actually already voted down choices I think are good simply to help push this towards a resolution, but it hasn't helped.

(Personally, I still think Unconstrained Absurdity is one of the best choices, but that seems to have sunk to the bottom, for whatever reason.)
"Existential Despair" is an oxymoron.
 117 Septimus Heap, Tue, 1st Jan '13 1:37:06 AM from Zurich, Switzerland
Two Christmas worms
I think people believe this is a setting trope. I would not mind using a runoff crowner for this.
I think people believe this is a setting trope.

Are you saying it isn't?

 119 Septimus Heap, Tue, 1st Jan '13 2:08:49 AM from Zurich, Switzerland
Two Christmas worms
No. Don't read that much into it. That is why they don't use Unconstrained Absurdity.

edited 1st Jan '13 2:09:18 AM by SeptimusHeap

Petting Zoo Person
To me, all the ones with "planet" in them immediately make me think it has something to do with space travel, whereas "world" does not carry the same connotations by virtue of being vaguer (as it could refer to the setting as a whole, a literal planet, a dimension, or the like).
I must be cruel, but to be kind That bad may begin, and worse be left behind
World's Toughest Milkman
Bump for more votes. We really need to resolve this at some point...
"Existential Despair" is an oxymoron.
 122 Septimus Heap, Wed, 9th Jan '13 1:50:16 PM from Zurich, Switzerland
Two Christmas worms
Do we need a runoff crowner?
World's Toughest Milkman
I think first place is looking pretty solid, though we might want to consider using some of the runners-up as redirects.
"Existential Despair" is an oxymoron.
 124 Septimus Heap, Wed, 23rd Jan '13 12:05:07 PM from Zurich, Switzerland
Two Christmas worms
Eh, when I do a rename, I usually turn the runners-up in green into redirects unless they are bad.
 125 lu 127, Fri, 25th Jan '13 6:24:32 AM from the Capital of Light
Have we swapped in the new description?
虚空へ消え去れ

Alternative Titles: Planet Eris 2
12th Dec '12 2:13:11 PM
Vote up names you like, vote down names you don't. Whether or not the name will actually be changed is determined with a different kind of Crowner (the Single Proposition crowner). This one just collects and ranks alternative names.
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