Talk:1679: Substitutions 3 - Revision history

Unreliable Connection at 09:02, 29 March 2023

2023-03-29T09:02:41Z

Unreliable Connection at 09:00, 29 March 2023

2023-03-29T09:00:16Z

Lupo: I think you (accidently?) had the script running while editing, rendering all the coments useless...

2019-07-24T09:25:17Z

I think you (accidently?) had the script running while editing, rendering all the coments useless...

Nathanieljay216 at 03:37, 24 July 2019

2019-07-24T03:37:48Z

Nathanieljay216 at 03:36, 24 July 2019

2019-07-24T03:36:05Z

Davidy22: the degree of not reading for that comment to have happened

2016-05-22T09:38:45Z

the degree of not reading for that comment to have happened

162.158.255.137 at 00:45, 22 May 2016

2016-05-22T00:45:03Z

Davidy22: sigh

2016-05-17T06:02:22Z

sigh

KieferSkunk at 20:08, 16 May 2016

2016-05-16T20:08:39Z

Papayaman1000 at 00:45, 15 May 2016

2016-05-15T00:45:14Z

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	Breaking news: A The Big Bang Theory Helped A Patient Out Became The Patient's Employee. [[User:Unreliable Connection\|2659: Unreliable Connection]] ([[User talk:Unreliable Connection\|talk]]) 09:00, 29 March 2023 (UTC)		Breaking news: A The Big Bang Theory Helped A Patient Out Became The Patient's Employee. [[User:Unreliable Connection\|2659: Unreliable Connection]] ([[User talk:Unreliable Connection\|talk]]) 09:00, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
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		+	I'm no linguist, but the word "Last" happens to share the meanings of both "Latest" and "Final". [[User:Unreliable Connection\|2659: Unreliable Connection]] ([[User talk:Unreliable Connection\|talk]]) 09:02, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

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	Could War of words be a mention to The War of Worlds by H.G. Wells? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.255.137}}		Could War of words be a mention to The War of Worlds by H.G. Wells? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.255.137}}
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		+	Breaking news: A The Big Bang Theory Helped A Patient Out Became The Patient's Employee. [[User:Unreliable Connection\|2659: Unreliable Connection]] ([[User talk:Unreliable Connection\|talk]]) 09:00, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

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 <!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~-->
-The title text may be a reference to the Mayan city discovered by a 15 year old, but that city hasn't yet been visited by Channing Tatum and his friends or Mr Tatum. https://translate.google.com/translate?tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journaldemontreal.com%2F2016%2F05%2F07%2Fun-ado-decouvre-une-cite-maya [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.34|198.41.239.34]] 13:32, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
+The title text may be a reference to the Mayan city discovered by a 15 year old, but that city hasn't yet been visited by scientists or Mr Tatum. https://translate.google.com/translate?tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journaldemontreal.com%2F2016%2F05%2F07%2Fun-ado-decouvre-une-cite-maya [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.34|198.41.239.34]] 13:32, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 Here's the code for the full set of substitutions from all three comics, to be inserted in the Chrome extension the page listed, which can be found here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/replacerator/gaajhenbcclienfnniphiiambbbninnp?hl=en
-<div style="font-size: 25%;">{"virtual boy":"virtual boy","like hundreds":"like hundreds","kinda probably":"kinda probably","haunted":"haunted","very large":"very large","beyond the grave":"beyond the grave","airbender":"airbender","cat":"cat","delusional":"delusional","river spirits":"river spirits","is guilty and everyone knows it":"is guilty and everyone knows it","dance-off":"dance-off","destroy":"destroy","the big bang theory":"the big bang theory","dog":"dog","eating contest":"eating contest","atomic":"atomic","poem":"poem","physically physically physically physically expands":"physically physically physically physically physically expands","this guy":"this guy","poem":"poem","friggin' awful":"friggin' awful","blade runner":"blade runner","magic spell":"magic spell","spherical":"spherical","homestar runner":"homestar runner","tons of horsemeat":"tons of horsemeat","final":"final","ménage à trois":"ménage à trois","minutes":"minutes","Tumblr post":"Tumblr post","lots of signs":"lots of signs","psychic reading":"psychic reading","avenge":"avenge","will never be known":"will never be known","Channing Tatum and his friends":"Channing Tatum and his friends","friggin' awful":"friggin' awful","uncontrollably swerving":"uncontrollably swerving","elf-lord":"elf-lord","way to kill werewolves":"way to kill werewolves","Pokédex":"Pokédex","spaaace":"spaaace","blood-soaked":"blood-soaked","tunnels I found":"tunnels I found","suddenly":"suddenly","surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)":"surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)","sexual sexual sexual sexual tension":"sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension","frigging' awful":"frigging' awful","poem":"poem","drunkenly egged on":"drunkenly egged on","probably won't":"probably won't","interplanetary war":"interplanetary war","find pokémon":"find pokémon","these dudes I know":"these dudes I know","minutes":"minutes","I'm really sad about":"I'm really sad about"}</div>
+<div style="font-size: 25%;">{"Google Glass":"virtual boy","a unknown number":"like hundreds","allegedly":"kinda probably","ancient":"haunted","at large":"very large","behind the headlines":"beyond the grave","candidate":"airbender","car":"cat","cautiously optimistic":"delusional","congressional leaders":"river spirits","could not be reached for comment":"is guilty and everyone knows it","debate":"dance-off","disrupt":"destroy","doctor who":"the big bang theory","drone":"dog","election":"eating contest","electric":"atomic","email":"poem","expands":"physically expands","facebook ceo":"this guy","facebook post":"poem","first-degree":"friggin' awful","front runner":"blade runner","gaffe":"magic spell","global":"spherical","homeland security":"homestar runner","horsepower":"tons of horsemeat","latest":"final","meeting":"ménage à trois","minutes":"years","new study":"Tumblr post","no indication":"lots of signs","poll":"psychic reading","rebuild":"avenge","remains to be seen":"will never be known","scientists":"Channing Tatum and his friends","second-degree":"friggin' awful","selfdriving":"uncontrollably swerving","senator":"elf-lord","silver bullet":"way to kill werewolves","smartphone":"Pokédex","space":"spaaace","star-studded":"blood-soaked","subway system":"tunnels I found","successfully":"suddenly","surprising":"surprising (but not to me)","tension":"sexual tension","third-degree":"frigging' awful","tweet":"poem","urged restraint by":"drunkenly egged on","vows to":"probably won't","war of words":"interplanetary war","win votes":"find pokémon","witnesses":"these dudes I know","years":"minutes","you won't believe":"I'm really sad about"}</div>
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 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.91|108.162.216.91]]Here's a funny link, but I don't know how to edit it in: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/how-clintons--scandal-took-root/2016/03/27/ee301168-e162-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html, it the substituted version is "How Clinton’s poem scandal took root"[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.91|108.162.216.91]]
-On the big bang theory > Big Bang Theory - the real life example isn't particularly interesting, as it's substituting one TV show for another. The more interesting cases are those where news headlines reference an actual doctor, who (something). For instance, in the criminal trial of amputee Oscar Pistorius, one TV banner referred to someone as "the big bang theory cut off [his] legs". "The Big Bang Theory cut off [his] legs" is, to my mind, more bizarre.
+On Doctor Who > Big Bang Theory - the real life example isn't particularly interesting, as it's substituting one TV show for another. The more interesting cases are those where news headlines reference an actual doctor, who (something). For instance, in the criminal trial of amputee Oscar Pistorius, one TV banner referred to someone as "Doctor who cut off [his] legs". "The Big Bang Theory cut off [his] legs" is, to my mind, more bizarre.
 [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.119|141.101.98.119]] 16:54, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Andrew Williams; one day I'll make an account. 12/05/2016
-: I think any article about the big bang theory - e.g. an interview with David Tennant about his leading role on The Big Bang Theory, would come across as funny to Whovians. :) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 20:08, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
+: I think any article about Doctor Who - e.g. an interview with David Tennant about his leading role on The Big Bang Theory, would come across as funny to Whovians. :) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 20:08, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 ;Weird substitution
-Isn't 'sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' weird? It could result in the following texts:
+Isn't 'tension' -> 'sexual tension' weird? It could result in the following texts:
-'sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension',
+'sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual tension',
-'cable sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' -> 'cable sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension'.
+'cable tension' -> 'cable sexual tension'.
-In short, whenever there's already something before 'sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' that gets modified, don't substitute (or replace those words (difficult to do automatically)) --[[User:Zom-B|Zom-B]] ([[User talk:Zom-B|talk]]) 07:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
+In short, whenever there's already something before 'tension' that gets modified, don't substitute (or replace those words (difficult to do automatically)) --[[User:Zom-B|Zom-B]] ([[User talk:Zom-B|talk]]) 07:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 Here's some javascript to run these substitutions (page may be unusable afterwards) - imma<br>
 <code>document.body.innerHTML=[<br>
-[/magic spell/ig,"Magic spell"],
+[/Gaffe/ig,"Magic spell"],
-[/haunted/ig,"Haunted"],
+[/Ancient/ig,"Haunted"],
 [/Star[- ]Studded/ig,"Blood-soaked"],
-[/will never be known/ig,"Will never be known"],
+[/Remains to be seen/ig,"Will never be known"],
 [/Silver[- ]bullet/ig,"Way to kill werewolves"],
-[/tunnels I found/ig,"Tunnels I found"],
+[/Subway system/ig,"Tunnels I found"],
-[/surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)/ig,"surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)"],
+[/Surprising/ig,"Surprising (but not to me)"],
 [/War[- ]of[- ]words/ig,"Interplanetary war"],
-[/sexual sexual sexual sexual tension/ig,"Sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension"],
+[/Tension/ig,"Sexual tension"],
-[/delusional/ig,"Delusional"],
+[/Cautiously optimistic/ig,"Delusional"],
-[/the big bang theory/ig,"The Big Bang Theory"],
+[/Doctor Who/ig,"The Big Bang Theory"],
-[/find pokémon/ig,"Find Pokémon"],
+[/Win votes/ig,"Find Pokémon"],
 [/Behind (the )?headlines/ig,"Beyond the grave"],
-[/poem|poem|poem|twitter post/ig,"Poem"],
+[/Email|Facebook Post|Tweet|twitter post/ig,"Poem"],
-[/this guy/ig,"This guy"],
+[/Facebook CEO/ig,"This guy"],
-[/final/ig,"Final"],
+[/Latest/ig,"Final"],
-[/destroy/ig,"Destroy"],
+[/Disrupt/ig,"Destroy"],
-[/ménage à trois/ig,"Ménage à trois"],
+[/Meeting/ig,"Ménage à trois"],
-[/Channing Tatum and his friends?/ig,"Channing Tatum and his friends"],
+[/Scientists?/ig,"Channing Tatum and his friends"],
-[/I'm really sad about/ig,"I'm really sad about"]<br>
+[/You won't believe/ig,"I'm really sad about"]<br>
 ].reduce((t,s)=>t.replace(s[0],s[1]),document.body.innerHTML)</code><br>
 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.139|162.158.34.139]] 08:30, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 Could War of  words be a mention to The War of  Worlds by H.G. Wells? {{unsigned ip|162.158.255.137}}

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 Here's the code for the full set of substitutions from all three comics, to be inserted in the Chrome extension the page listed, which can be found here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/replacerator/gaajhenbcclienfnniphiiambbbninnp?hl=en
-<div style="font-size: 25%;">{"virtual boy":"virtual boy","like hundreds":"like hundreds","kinda probably":"kinda probably","haunted":"haunted","very large":"very large","beyond the grave":"beyond the grave","airbender":"airbender","cat":"cat","delusional":"delusional","river spirits":"river spirits","is guilty and everyone knows it":"is guilty and everyone knows it","dance-off":"dance-off","destroy":"destroy","the big bang theory":"the big bang theory","dog":"dog","eating contest":"eating contest","atomic":"atomic","poem":"poem","physically physically expands":"physically physically physically expands","this guy":"this guy","poem":"poem","friggin' awful":"friggin' awful","blade runner":"blade runner","magic spell":"magic spell","spherical":"spherical","homestar runner":"homestar runner","tons of horsemeat":"tons of horsemeat","final":"final","ménage à trois":"ménage à trois","minutes":"minutes","Tumblr post":"Tumblr post","lots of signs":"lots of signs","psychic reading":"psychic reading","avenge":"avenge","will never be known":"will never be known","Channing Tatum and his friends":"Channing Tatum and his friends","friggin' awful":"friggin' awful","uncontrollably swerving":"uncontrollably swerving","elf-lord":"elf-lord","way to kill werewolves":"way to kill werewolves","Pokédex":"Pokédex","spaaace":"spaaace","blood-soaked":"blood-soaked","tunnels I found":"tunnels I found","suddenly":"suddenly","surprising (but not to me) (but not to me)":"surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)","sexual sexual tension":"sexual sexual sexual tension","frigging' awful":"frigging' awful","poem":"poem","drunkenly egged on":"drunkenly egged on","probably won't":"probably won't","interplanetary war":"interplanetary war","find pokémon":"find pokémon","these dudes I know":"these dudes I know","minutes":"minutes","I'm really sad about":"I'm really sad about"}</div>
+<div style="font-size: 25%;">{"virtual boy":"virtual boy","like hundreds":"like hundreds","kinda probably":"kinda probably","haunted":"haunted","very large":"very large","beyond the grave":"beyond the grave","airbender":"airbender","cat":"cat","delusional":"delusional","river spirits":"river spirits","is guilty and everyone knows it":"is guilty and everyone knows it","dance-off":"dance-off","destroy":"destroy","the big bang theory":"the big bang theory","dog":"dog","eating contest":"eating contest","atomic":"atomic","poem":"poem","physically physically physically physically expands":"physically physically physically physically physically expands","this guy":"this guy","poem":"poem","friggin' awful":"friggin' awful","blade runner":"blade runner","magic spell":"magic spell","spherical":"spherical","homestar runner":"homestar runner","tons of horsemeat":"tons of horsemeat","final":"final","ménage à trois":"ménage à trois","minutes":"minutes","Tumblr post":"Tumblr post","lots of signs":"lots of signs","psychic reading":"psychic reading","avenge":"avenge","will never be known":"will never be known","Channing Tatum and his friends":"Channing Tatum and his friends","friggin' awful":"friggin' awful","uncontrollably swerving":"uncontrollably swerving","elf-lord":"elf-lord","way to kill werewolves":"way to kill werewolves","Pokédex":"Pokédex","spaaace":"spaaace","blood-soaked":"blood-soaked","tunnels I found":"tunnels I found","suddenly":"suddenly","surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)":"surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)","sexual sexual sexual sexual tension":"sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension","frigging' awful":"frigging' awful","poem":"poem","drunkenly egged on":"drunkenly egged on","probably won't":"probably won't","interplanetary war":"interplanetary war","find pokémon":"find pokémon","these dudes I know":"these dudes I know","minutes":"minutes","I'm really sad about":"I'm really sad about"}</div>
 I would put it somewhere more convenient if I knew a site for it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.158|141.101.104.158]] 13:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 :This reminds me an awful lot of the title text in the previous comic [[1678: Recent Searches]] regarding autoexec code posted by verified twitter users. :-p [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:48, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 ::Is there a way to easily enable/disable the extension?[[User:Bmmarti3|Bmmarti3]] ([[User talk:Bmmarti3|talk]])
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 ;Weird substitution
-Isn't 'sexual sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual sexual tension' weird? It could result in the following texts:
+Isn't 'sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' weird? It could result in the following texts:
-'sexual sexual sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual sexual sexual tension',
+'sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension',
-'cable sexual sexual tension' -> 'cable sexual sexual sexual tension'.
+'cable sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' -> 'cable sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension'.
-In short, whenever there's already something before 'sexual sexual tension' that gets modified, don't substitute (or replace those words (difficult to do automatically)) --[[User:Zom-B|Zom-B]] ([[User talk:Zom-B|talk]]) 07:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
+In short, whenever there's already something before 'sexual sexual sexual sexual tension' that gets modified, don't substitute (or replace those words (difficult to do automatically)) --[[User:Zom-B|Zom-B]] ([[User talk:Zom-B|talk]]) 07:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 Here's some javascript to run these substitutions (page may be unusable afterwards) - imma<br>
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 [/Silver[- ]bullet/ig,"Way to kill werewolves"],
 [/tunnels I found/ig,"Tunnels I found"],
-[/surprising (but not to me) (but not to me)/ig,"surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)"],
+[/surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)/ig,"surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)"],
 [/War[- ]of[- ]words/ig,"Interplanetary war"],
-[/sexual sexual tension/ig,"Sexual sexual sexual tension"],
+[/sexual sexual sexual sexual tension/ig,"Sexual sexual sexual sexual sexual tension"],
 [/delusional/ig,"Delusional"],
 [/the big bang theory/ig,"The Big Bang Theory"],

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 <!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~-->
-The title text may be a reference to the Mayan city discovered by a 15 year old, but that city hasn't yet been visited by scientists or Mr Tatum. https://translate.google.com/translate?tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journaldemontreal.com%2F2016%2F05%2F07%2Fun-ado-decouvre-une-cite-maya [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.34|198.41.239.34]] 13:32, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
+The title text may be a reference to the Mayan city discovered by a 15 year old, but that city hasn't yet been visited by Channing Tatum and his friends or Mr Tatum. https://translate.google.com/translate?tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journaldemontreal.com%2F2016%2F05%2F07%2Fun-ado-decouvre-une-cite-maya [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.34|198.41.239.34]] 13:32, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 Here's the code for the full set of substitutions from all three comics, to be inserted in the Chrome extension the page listed, which can be found here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/replacerator/gaajhenbcclienfnniphiiambbbninnp?hl=en
-<div style="font-size: 25%;">{"Google Glass":"virtual boy","a unknown number":"like hundreds","allegedly":"kinda probably","ancient":"haunted","at large":"very large","behind the headlines":"beyond the grave","candidate":"airbender","car":"cat","cautiously optimistic":"delusional","congressional leaders":"river spirits","could not be reached for comment":"is guilty and everyone knows it","debate":"dance-off","disrupt":"destroy","doctor who":"the big bang theory","drone":"dog","election":"eating contest","electric":"atomic","email":"poem","expands":"physically expands","facebook ceo":"this guy","facebook post":"poem","first-degree":"friggin' awful","front runner":"blade runner","gaffe":"magic spell","global":"spherical","homeland security":"homestar runner","horsepower":"tons of horsemeat","latest":"final","meeting":"ménage à trois","minutes":"years","new study":"Tumblr post","no indication":"lots of signs","poll":"psychic reading","rebuild":"avenge","remains to be seen":"will never be known","scientists":"Channing Tatum and his friends","second-degree":"friggin' awful","selfdriving":"uncontrollably swerving","senator":"elf-lord","silver bullet":"way to kill werewolves","smartphone":"Pokédex","space":"spaaace","star-studded":"blood-soaked","subway system":"tunnels I found","successfully":"suddenly","surprising":"surprising (but not to me)","tension":"sexual tension","third-degree":"frigging' awful","tweet":"poem","urged restraint by":"drunkenly egged on","vows to":"probably won't","war of words":"interplanetary war","win votes":"find pokémon","witnesses":"these dudes I know","years":"minutes","you won't believe":"I'm really sad about"}</div>
+<div style="font-size: 25%;">{"virtual boy":"virtual boy","like hundreds":"like hundreds","kinda probably":"kinda probably","haunted":"haunted","very large":"very large","beyond the grave":"beyond the grave","airbender":"airbender","cat":"cat","delusional":"delusional","river spirits":"river spirits","is guilty and everyone knows it":"is guilty and everyone knows it","dance-off":"dance-off","destroy":"destroy","the big bang theory":"the big bang theory","dog":"dog","eating contest":"eating contest","atomic":"atomic","poem":"poem","physically physically expands":"physically physically physically expands","this guy":"this guy","poem":"poem","friggin' awful":"friggin' awful","blade runner":"blade runner","magic spell":"magic spell","spherical":"spherical","homestar runner":"homestar runner","tons of horsemeat":"tons of horsemeat","final":"final","ménage à trois":"ménage à trois","minutes":"minutes","Tumblr post":"Tumblr post","lots of signs":"lots of signs","psychic reading":"psychic reading","avenge":"avenge","will never be known":"will never be known","Channing Tatum and his friends":"Channing Tatum and his friends","friggin' awful":"friggin' awful","uncontrollably swerving":"uncontrollably swerving","elf-lord":"elf-lord","way to kill werewolves":"way to kill werewolves","Pokédex":"Pokédex","spaaace":"spaaace","blood-soaked":"blood-soaked","tunnels I found":"tunnels I found","suddenly":"suddenly","surprising (but not to me) (but not to me)":"surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)","sexual sexual tension":"sexual sexual sexual tension","frigging' awful":"frigging' awful","poem":"poem","drunkenly egged on":"drunkenly egged on","probably won't":"probably won't","interplanetary war":"interplanetary war","find pokémon":"find pokémon","these dudes I know":"these dudes I know","minutes":"minutes","I'm really sad about":"I'm really sad about"}</div>
 I would put it somewhere more convenient if I knew a site for it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.158|141.101.104.158]] 13:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
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 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.91|108.162.216.91]]Here's a funny link, but I don't know how to edit it in: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/how-clintons--scandal-took-root/2016/03/27/ee301168-e162-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html, it the substituted version is "How Clinton’s poem scandal took root"[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.91|108.162.216.91]]
-On Doctor Who > Big Bang Theory - the real life example isn't particularly interesting, as it's substituting one TV show for another. The more interesting cases are those where news headlines reference an actual doctor, who (something). For instance, in the criminal trial of amputee Oscar Pistorius, one TV banner referred to someone as "Doctor who cut off [his] legs". "The Big Bang Theory cut off [his] legs" is, to my mind, more bizarre.
+On the big bang theory > Big Bang Theory - the real life example isn't particularly interesting, as it's substituting one TV show for another. The more interesting cases are those where news headlines reference an actual doctor, who (something). For instance, in the criminal trial of amputee Oscar Pistorius, one TV banner referred to someone as "the big bang theory cut off [his] legs". "The Big Bang Theory cut off [his] legs" is, to my mind, more bizarre.
 [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.119|141.101.98.119]] 16:54, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Andrew Williams; one day I'll make an account. 12/05/2016
-: I think any article about Doctor Who - e.g. an interview with David Tennant about his leading role on The Big Bang Theory, would come across as funny to Whovians. :) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 20:08, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
+: I think any article about the big bang theory - e.g. an interview with David Tennant about his leading role on The Big Bang Theory, would come across as funny to Whovians. :) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 20:08, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 ;Weird substitution
-Isn't 'tension' -> 'sexual tension' weird? It could result in the following texts:
+Isn't 'sexual sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual sexual tension' weird? It could result in the following texts:
-'sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual tension',
+'sexual sexual sexual tension' -> 'sexual sexual sexual sexual tension',
-'cable tension' -> 'cable sexual tension'.
+'cable sexual sexual tension' -> 'cable sexual sexual sexual tension'.
-In short, whenever there's already something before 'tension' that gets modified, don't substitute (or replace those words (difficult to do automatically)) --[[User:Zom-B|Zom-B]] ([[User talk:Zom-B|talk]]) 07:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
+In short, whenever there's already something before 'sexual sexual tension' that gets modified, don't substitute (or replace those words (difficult to do automatically)) --[[User:Zom-B|Zom-B]] ([[User talk:Zom-B|talk]]) 07:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 Here's some javascript to run these substitutions (page may be unusable afterwards) - imma<br>
 <code>document.body.innerHTML=[<br>
-[/Gaffe/ig,"Magic spell"],
+[/magic spell/ig,"Magic spell"],
-[/Ancient/ig,"Haunted"],
+[/haunted/ig,"Haunted"],
 [/Star[- ]Studded/ig,"Blood-soaked"],
-[/Remains to be seen/ig,"Will never be known"],
+[/will never be known/ig,"Will never be known"],
 [/Silver[- ]bullet/ig,"Way to kill werewolves"],
-[/Subway system/ig,"Tunnels I found"],
+[/tunnels I found/ig,"Tunnels I found"],
-[/Surprising/ig,"Surprising (but not to me)"],
+[/surprising (but not to me) (but not to me)/ig,"surprising (but not to me) (but not to me) (but not to me)"],
 [/War[- ]of[- ]words/ig,"Interplanetary war"],
-[/Tension/ig,"Sexual tension"],
+[/sexual sexual tension/ig,"Sexual sexual sexual tension"],
-[/Cautiously optimistic/ig,"Delusional"],
+[/delusional/ig,"Delusional"],
-[/Doctor Who/ig,"The Big Bang Theory"],
+[/the big bang theory/ig,"The Big Bang Theory"],
-[/Win votes/ig,"Find Pokémon"],
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 Could War of  words be a mention to The War of  Worlds by H.G. Wells? {{unsigned ip|162.158.255.137}}

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