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* One Creator/DropOut sketch features three guys planning a bachelor party. They discuss going to a strip club, agreeing that it's customary for a bachelor party, but they all allude to the various negative qualities of strip clubs (upsetting their wives and girlfriends, getting aroused while sitting next to friends, having to wait at an ATM to take out $1 bills, etc.) They all repeatedly confirm that everyone else wants to go, and in turn lie about wanting to go, despite their expressions indicating otherwise. Near the end, one of the friends proposes some alternate activities, and it looks like they've collectively decided to do something actually enjoyable... then it cuts to the three at a strip club, looking utterly bored.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Dogbert states that a sign of living in a democracy is when a group of people who want all want outcome A get together and settle on outcome B.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Dogbert states that a sign of living in a democracy is when a group of people who want all want outcome A get together and settle on outcome B.
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SubTrope of CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot, PoorCommunicationKills, TwoRightsMakeAWrong, and DramaticIrony. Compare with GiftOfTheMagiPlot and MilhollandRelationshipMoment, which ends in a similar way, but without the participants collaborating at all, and TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup, when the more people there are working on something, the less likely they are to succeed. Frequently occurs when the issue is InherentInTheSystem, as a bad bureaucracy can streamline the action without bothering to ask the motivation. Also compare with OuthumblingEachOther, where two people knowingly argue in favor of what the other wants, and OnlyOneFindsItFun for when one person genuinely enjoys something but they're alone.

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SubTrope of CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot, PoorCommunicationKills, TwoRightsMakeAWrong, and DramaticIrony. Compare with GiftOfTheMagiPlot and MilhollandRelationshipMoment, which ends in a similar way, but without the participants collaborating at all, and TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup, when the more people there are working on something, the less likely they are to succeed. Frequently occurs when the issue is InherentInTheSystem, as a bad bureaucracy can streamline the action without bothering to ask the motivation. Or it can be why a bunch of good people willingly serve as {{Mooks}} to an EvilOverlord; few of them actually want to do what their boss wants, but fear being marked as traitors by their peers and thus incurring the wrath of the overlord. Also compare with OuthumblingEachOther, where two people knowingly argue in favor of what the other wants, and OnlyOneFindsItFun for when one person genuinely enjoys something but they're alone.
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** After they have sex for the first time, Kirito and Asuna have no idea what they're supposed to do next with this whole "relationship" thing. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Because they're both young and highly traumatized]]. Kirito suggests they get married, and Asuna accepts- though neither have any idea why those words came out of their mouths. Following that, the two make increasingly questionable decisions because neither is willing to admit that they were wrong. This continues even after they both become aware of the situation. In order: they accept Heathcliff's orders to hang out on floor 22 because he calls it their honeymoon; they adopt Yui to make her a pawn; and they attempt to purchase an "orphanage" to further deflect. At the end of the episode, they have a very frank conversation where they admit that marriage was a bad idea, but they're both willing to stick with it. Then they both groan because they realize how '''''easy''''' that was.

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** After they have sex for the first time, Kirito and Asuna have no idea what they're supposed to do next with this whole "relationship" thing. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Because they're both young and highly traumatized]].traumatized. Kirito suggests they get married, and Asuna accepts- though neither have any idea why those words came out of their mouths. Following that, the two make increasingly questionable decisions because neither is willing to admit that they were wrong. This continues even after they both become aware of the situation. In order: they accept Heathcliff's orders to hang out on floor 22 because he calls it their honeymoon; they adopt Yui to make her a pawn; and they attempt to purchase an "orphanage" to further deflect. At the end of the episode, they have a very frank conversation where they admit that marriage was a bad idea, but they're both willing to stick with it. Then they both groan because they realize how '''''easy''''' that was.

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