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*** And the passage above is complaining about complaining about complaining about [[OhCrap oh no I've gone cross-eyed.]]

** The article you're reading right now is complaining about complaining about complaining. Congratulations TV Tropes, we've just [[DivideByZero divided by zero]] :)

*** [[OhCrap OH]] [[CurseCutShort SHI-]]

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{{Repeatedly used on this very wiki}}.

--> '''Alice''': Reported for spam.
--> '''Bob''': Reported for spamming about reporting.
--->--An MMO chat channel roughly once every three hours

Repeatedly used [[MemeticMutation on this very wiki.]]

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--> '''[=McKenzie=]''': "And now you're complaining about me complaining!"
--> '''Griffin''': "You just complained about me complaining about you complaining."

** Global Politics: '[media source, leader, etc.]'s disparaging depictions of [country, oranization, etc.] play into the hands of [enemy group].'

* Then there's the various [[UnpleasableFanbase Unpleasable Fanbases]]--you know who they are by now--which does in fact have a fair number of level headed, open minded fans. After a while, these level headed fans will finally get worn down about the seeming unending pessimism within the fanbase and make a comment about it. Which of course leads to flame wars--often between the offending complainers and the blind fanboys rather than the original poster--which lasts long after the original poster just gives up. This is one of the many, many reasons these fans tend to be embarrased to admit being fans.

* In the US legal system, there exists a term called "vexatious litigant". This applies when somebody keeps filing suits over frivolous complaints until there are so many complaints about his frivolous suit that a judge formally tells him to cut it out.

--> [[HypocriticalHumor I hate people who complain a lot.]]
-->-- '''Hiro Sohma,''' FruitsBasket

Alice seems to be a perpetual pessimist. Everything she can complain about, she will. Finally, Bob gets fed up and shouts "All you ever do is whine, complain and kvetch! I've had it up to here with you!"

Alice then responds "Not to complain, but... aren't you complaining yourself?"

Note that this trope includes all instances of complaints related to complaints.

* In a ''FamilyGuy'' FlashbackTwist, a slave on a ship heading for America keeps whining to the captain, "Are we there yet?"
-->'''Captain:''' Damn it! I swear to God I will turn this ship around.\\
'''Slaves:''' [[BriarPatching That works. Okay. That'll teach us a lesson. Yeah, that's even better.]]\\
'''Captain:''' All right, if that's what you...waaait a minute.
* Real Life:
** Global Politics: '[media source, leader, etc.]'s disparaging depictions of [country, oranization, etc.] play into the hands of [enemy group].'
** Local politics: 'Instead of proposing real solutions, my opponent has focused his campaign on spreading false statements.'
** National politics: 'X is not going to run a negative campaign like Y does.'
** Parenting: [Children complain] => 'I'm going to stop this car right now if you two can't get along!'
** TV Tropes: 'This trope is just ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike.'
*** ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow
*** And ofcourse every other ItJustBugsMe page will have someone complaining about all the complaints going on in that page.
** The article you're reading right now is complaining about complaining about complaining. Congratulations TV Tropes, we've just [[DivideByZero divided by zero]] :)
*** [[OhCrap OH]] [[CurseCutShort SHI-]]

* ''BobRoberts'': "[[HypocriticalHumor But they complain and complain and complain...]]"
* Everyone who lives in Britain does this. We complain about the queues, queue up to complain about X; and then complain about having to queue to complain about X, why do we have to queue? All this queueing just to complain about X is simply horrendous! We should complain about this.
* The "You're not allowed to complain about X because these people have it worse" card.
* The (no longer extant) JustBugsMe page about "School" had someone coming up with reasons to dislike school (Which may or may not apply to them), in which someone responds by complaining that they're just complaining for the heck of it. Without, of course, knowing how much of a problem it was. (As if they went to a perfect school) It used to be much messier, complete with an OverusedRunningGag about "Learn to box" and "You'll get expelled for that".

* With YouTube's change from a five star voting system to a simple 'Like/Dislike' option, expect to see various comments with "[number of dislikes] people are [negative object related to the video]."
* Some online forums will ban people for posting their ignore lists (often used to not-see people who complain too much). Ergo, the moderators are forcibly complaining about people spitefully complaining about people endlessly complaining.

* ''JoeVersusTheVolcano'': 'I AM ''NOT''. ARGUING. WITH. YOU!'

* The ItJustBugsMe page about "School" has someone coming up with reasons to dislike school (Which may or may not apply to them), in which someone responds by complaining that they're just complaining for the heck of it. Without, of course, knowing how much of a problem it was. (As if they went to a perfect school) It used to be much messier, complete with an OverusedRunningGag about "Learn to box" and "You'll get expelled for that".

* With YouTube's recent change from a five star voting system to a simple 'Like/Dislike' option, expect to see various comments with "[number of dislikes] people are [negative object related to the video]."

* With YouTube's recent change from a five star voting system to a simple 'Like/Dislike' option, expect to see "[number of dislikes] people are [negative object related to the video]."

* Subverted occasionally in the case of someone who doesn't complain about a thing which everyone is complaining about and is then called delusional or a sheep or immature/uncritical thinker or fan-boy/girl/human for liking the show/book/artist/fanfic, For just enjoying the output, for being chilled about what they like. Complaining about not-complaining.

*** OH SHI-

* Subverted occasionally in the case of someone who doesn't complain about a thing which everyone is complaining about and is then called delusional or a sheep or immature/uncritical thinker or fan-human for LIKING the show/book/artist/fanfic, For just enjoying the output, for being chilled about what they like. Complaining about not-complaining.

** 4) Someone doesn't complain about a thing which everyone is complaining about and is then called delusional or a sheep or immature/uncritical thinker for LIKING the show/book/artist/fanfic, For just enjoying the output, for being chilled about what they like.

** 4) Someone doesn't complain about a thing which everyone is complaining about and this then called delusional or a sheep or immature/uncritical thinker for LIKING the show/book/artist/fanfic.

* Then there's the various UnpleasableFanbases--you know who they are by now--which does in fact have a fair number of level headed, open minded fans. After a while, these level headed fans will finally get worn down about the seeming unending pessimism within the fanbase and make a comment about it. Which of course leads to flame wars--often between the offending complainers and the blind fanboys rather than the original poster--which lasts long after the original poster just gives up. This is one of the many, many reasons these fans tend to be embarrased to admit being fans.

** You're NotSoDifferent from America and Canada. If you were to pull the "You're not allowed to complain about X because these people have it worse" card, all of America north of Mexico, Japan, Korea, and the British isles would be even more silent than the inside of a masoleum.

* In MMOs with heavy chat traffic, it's not unusual to see people spamming, complaining, or otherwise being annoying. However, alerting that player that they are now on an Ignore list or are being reported to GMs gets you the treatment of a tattle-taler in preschool.

[-TheWikiWitchOfTheWeb: ''[[SelfDemonstratingArticle God, will you all just stop bitching?]]''-]

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