owlannaelsa wrote:

phantomsrule4life wrote:

Jayn and Jahn Doe

Another cliche is these Roblox-inspired placeholder names

gigamushroom wrote:

calulord wrote:

I didn't say that you were wrong, though I understand why you would think so. I just pointed out that your source wasn't very reliable

You do realize that Wikipedia not being reliable isn't completely true? Sure, teachers might say it, but what makes their word more reliable than a site that's constantly monitored by experienced users, as well as one which actually provides many other sources/citations to justify the content of an article?

IggyAndCassie wrote:

Please snip & stay on topic.



Looking at you, political debate participants

owlannaelsa wrote:

I saw a poster that said Jane Doe today in a city

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

I saw a poster that said Jane Doe today in a city

that's because
“John Doe” , “John Roe” or “Richard Roe” (for men), “Jane Doe” or “Jane Roe” (for women), and “Baby Doe”, “Janie Doe” or “Johnny Doe” (for children), or just “Doe” or “Roe” are multiple-use names that have two distinct usages. Firstly, and especially in the United States, Canada and Ireland, they may refer to an unidentified person, or a party in a legal action whose identity is being withheld officially. In the context of law enforcement in the United States, such names are often used to refer to a corpse whose identity is unknown or unconfirmed. Secondly, such names are also often used to refer to a hypothetical “everyman” in other contexts, in a manner similar to “John Q. Public” or “Joe Public”.

In other English-speaking countries, unique placeholder names, numbers and/or codenames have become more often used in the context of police investigations. This has included the United Kingdom, where usage of “John Doe” originated during the Middle Ages. However, the legal term John Doe injunction (or John Doe Order), has survived in English law and other legal systems influenced by it. Other names used informally such as “Joe Bloggs” or “John Smith” have sometimes been informally used as placeholders for an everyman in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, such names are seldom used in legal or police circles in the same sense as John Doe

owlannaelsa wrote:

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

I saw a poster that said Jane Doe today in a city

that's because
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It was for a show/concert/gig

owlannaelsa wrote:

Accidentally pressing “self destruct”.

owlannaelsa wrote:

Accidentally pressing “self destruct”.

IggyAndCassie wrote:

Please snip & stay on topic.



Looking at you, political debate participants

calulord wrote:

When somethings minor happens early in a episode that you just KNOW will lead to the major plot of it (Especially if a character tells them not to do something specific).

• Building is shown as being unstable or badly built
  
• Random campfire horror tale is told about some kind of scary creature
  
• A characters favourite object is shown.
  
• A fact is established about a character (e.g: protagonist can cook, villain in an evil organisation disagrees with their rules)
  
• any use of Checkov's gun (this is a good thing tho)