Topic on Talk:TV Tropes

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The problem here is that TV Tropes ran into Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things in that regard. The people who could keep their libido in check in while posting versus those who had to let us know the contents of their porn folders got too much, so they had to fence the trope in with the "In-Universe examples only" rule to keep a lid on it.

For a trope like, say, Hacker Cave, that has a nigh nonexistent chance of people posting IRL libido posting due to the nature of the trope. Unfortunately, some tropes the temptation is just too powerful. Besides, we are for the objective discussion of information, meaning something everyone can confirm with general observation. The attractiveness of anyone is an entirely subjective thing IRL, but it IS objectively confirmable what people in-universe have to say on the subject about another party.

Ergo, said limit makes sense by the logic TV Tropes used to restrict discussion. While I regret having to put fences around discussion here, even I have to concede that was a good idea given the hassle that resulted from NOT having the fence.