Talk:Inside Jokes

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New head explode page?

I think we need an Inside Joke for The Cheat's head exploding. It happens many times, if I'm not mistaking, but what would we title it as? Any ideas? -- FireBird

I agree. How 'bout "The Cheat's Head Exploding"? — InterruptorJones[[]]
Sounds good to me. Let's see what other people think. -- FireBird
Yeah, let's do it. The Cheat's Head Exploding. -- Tom 16:47, 6 Oct 2004 (MST)

"His Mom was proud of him"

This is an inside joke that seems to pop up every time there's a news article on the site. Shouldn't it have it's own page? Anyone hate that idea? Mila 07:41, 14 Feb 2005 (MST)

I have no idea what you're trying to say. I've never seen "His Mom was proud of him" on any "news articles". In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a news article. Please explain. →[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]
The newspaper clipping in time capsule- and I can't find any other right now, but I'm sure I've seen it many times. I'll post more here when I have some time. Mila 08:59, 14 Feb 2005 (MST)

Match this with the category

How does this page match with the [[Category:Inside Jokes]] page? -- spblat 24 Oct 2004

(later) Screw it. This page shouldn't exist. I have redirected it to the category of the same name. (But why doesn't the special link work in the redirect??!!?!!) Before I did all this, I did two things:

  1. Made sure every item referenced in this page had a [[Category:Inside Jokes]] tag. About 10 did not, and I corrected this.
  2. Took the nice blurbs about what makes an Inside Joke and copied them them to [[Category:Inside Jokes]].

-- spblat 18:12, 24 Oct 2004 (MST)

Hello there. Judging from your edits, I'm pretty sure you know this by now, but I just want to make sure. I believe I've answered your question over in the talk page for the FAQ. Just check it out to make sure. If not, ask again. Thanks. -- Tom 19:28, 24 Oct 2004 (MST)

Yeah, I had a feeling I went too far on this one. Since the links from "Inside Jokes" are still not synchronized with the Category of the same name, what if we deleted the links from here and added "Please see the "Inside Jokes" category page for an up-to-date list of inside jokes"? Barring that, I guess we have to get this list up to date and make sure we keep it synced, ya? spblat 20:03, 24 Oct 2004 (MST)

Ah, you bring up a good point. The Inside Jokes page and the Inside Jokes Category don't match up. Come to think of it, the same probably appilies to the Rejects as well. In order to not violate HRWiki:Once And Only Once, perhaps a template with the category included would work? Let me see what I can come up with... -- Tom 20:29, 24 Oct 2004 (MST)
Yeah, so that template thing didn't work. I've added a link to the category per your suggestion. I also added a note in the code that editors should make sure they update the link to the category as well. Very good. Carry on. -- Tom 20:41, 24 Oct 2004 (MST)

Definition

There are very few true known inside jokes on H*R, the inside being TBC the outside being us. Lemke would be the best example. Kewpie Dan, and Van Buren being others. We really don't "get" these. Lemke has been explained to us, but its still only really funny between the brothers. There could be lots of jokes that they put out there that we don't even catch. Something like the The S is for Sucks dragon is mearly obscure and not really an inside joke. - Dr Haggis - Talk 03:35, 11 Jan 2005 (MST)

  • I think the definition we're using is a joke that only a longtime or "hardcore" Homestar fan will understand. It's a little something TBC will slip in to see if you've been paying attention. --DG 11:42, 14 Feb 2005 (MST)
The number of times something is mentioned doesn't determine if it is an "inside joke" or not. Here, a true inside joke is one shared only between TBC and the other contributors. Most of the "jokes" listed here are merely "things that haven’t appeared that many times." This should not determine its classification. - Dr Haggis - Talk 11:36, 20 Feb 2005 (MST)
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