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Line 1: {{~~trope~~Just for Fun}} ~~[[File:tv_tropes_is_like_crack.jpg\|link=Xkcd\|right\|[http://www.xkcd.com/609/ Not to mention all the tabs he opened.]]]~~ {{quote\|''It's really good when I can just link to TV Tropes, because then I know you'll have hours of reading without me having to do anything else.''\|'''[[Tropers/Dmmaus\|David Morgan-Mar]]''', ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1929.html #1929]}} A common complaint of people who take courses like Media or Film studies is that they never look at a TV program, advertisement or film the same way ever again. Analyzing a medium in depth and pulling it apart by the [[Tropes\|seams]] teaches you to watch things ~~critically -- analyzing~~critically—analyzing every aspect and codifying them inside your mind. Most tropers, academics, directors or writers who do this start to find new ways to enjoy media. The subtle blends of plots, the new spins on old stories. The rare and welcome times where a plot you weren't expecting appears. [[Measuring the Marigolds\|But it is never the same.]] Enjoyment comes from a balance of Recognition and ~~Surprise -- we~~Surprise—we enjoy things that we can relate to and have seen before, but we also like to be surprised. Total recognition is cliché; total surprise is alienating. Through comparing different works of fiction, browsing trope wikis like this one will merge surprise almost entirely with recognition and you will begin analyzing everything and taking a totally new (and possibly better) enjoyment from media - [[Theory of Narrative Causality\|or reality]]. Also, according to [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20131104223507/http://salient.org.nz/features/tv-tropes-will-ruin-your-life this article], trope wikis are actually paths that mirror our desire to fictionalize and narrativize our lives. Who knows, they could be right. At any rate, keep these goodies in mind: Line 23 ⟶ 18: * What you loved about television/video games/other format in the first place, and how you were able to [[Hand Wave]] the flaws inherent to the medium back then. It'll take time to stop analyzing every minute detail, but if you stick with good quality entertainment you'll rarely be disappointed. Now we warn you about the amount of time you will spend browsing the website in your first few weeks of visiting. Some editors spend [[Just One More Level\|7 hour+ periods]] just [[Archive Binge\|reading through the thousands of pages]], going through an extended [[Wiki Walk]]. This effect is best shown by [http://xkcd.com/609/ this] ''[[~~Xkcd~~xkcd]]'' comic. These steps will help: * Stay away from tabbed browsing.