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* Used and abused to hell and back, then back to hell and back again. {{Troll}}s, {{Griefer}}s, and '''especially''' TheSocialDarwinist, using either this or [[ParodyRetcon "satire"]] to excuse {{Jerkass}} behavior.
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* Used and abused to hell and back, then back to hell and back again. {{Troll}}s, {{Griefer}}s, and '''especially''' TheSocialDarwinist, using either this or [[ParodyRetcon "satire"]] "satire"]]/the JustJokingJustification to excuse {{Jerkass}} behavior.
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** Also averted in ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', in which Albert justifies not giving people everything they want with the reasoning that Life Isn't Fair. Death points out he is ''not'' life and {{Loophole Abuse}}s this fact to great effect.
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* Lampshaded in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' The world isn't fair, Calvin.\\
'''Calvin:''' I know, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
* Played with in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey''. Beetle complains that he's got kitchen detail again, and Sarge tells him that no one ever said that life was fair. Beetle points out that Sarge is the one deciding who gets put on kitchen detail, and Sarge tells him that no one ever said that ''he'' (Sarge) was fair, either.
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-->'''Miranda''': The only justice that I know is the one that people create and enforce. Everyone has their own definition of right and wrong, but [[MightMakesRight only strength determines which set of rights and wrongs prevails]].\\
'''Jade''': I don't believe in that. There is right, and there is wrong. [[BlackAndWhiteMorality As much as there is good and evil]]. It's how the world works.\\
'''Miranda''': Then you are as naïve as Elyon is. Or the Guardians and the Rebels, for that matter. There is no evil, just as there is no good. Life is cruel and ruthless, not wrong. Or right. It simply is.
'''Jade''': I don't believe in that. There is right, and there is wrong. [[BlackAndWhiteMorality As much as there is good and evil]]. It's how the world works.\\
'''Miranda''': Then you are as naïve as Elyon is. Or the Guardians and the Rebels, for that matter. There is no evil, just as there is no good. Life is cruel and ruthless, not wrong. Or right. It simply is.
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-->'''Scar:''' Life's not fair, is it? You see, I ... well, I shall never be king. And you ... shall never see the light of another day. ''[[GratuitousFrench Adieu.]]''
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'''Hades''': You're tellin' me. My brother, Zeus, gets to be king of all gods. My other brother, Poseidon, gets to be god of the sea. I get god of the Other Side, hangin' around for eternity with nothin' but dead people. Doesn't seem fair.
'''Hades''': You're tellin' me. My brother, Zeus, gets to be king of all gods. My other brother, Poseidon, gets to be god of the sea. I get god of the Other Side, hangin' around for eternity with nothin' but dead people. Doesn't seem fair.
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* Lampshaded in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
-->'''Calvin's dad:''' The world isn't fair, Calvin.\\
'''Calvin:''' I know, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
* Played with in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey''. Beetle complains that he's got kitchen detail again, and Sarge tells him that no one ever said that life was fair. Beetle points out that Sarge is the one deciding who gets put on kitchen detail, and Sarge tells him that no one ever said that ''he'' (Sarge) was fair, either.
* Lampshaded in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
-->'''Calvin's dad:''' The world isn't fair, Calvin.\\
'''Calvin:''' I know, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
* Played with in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey''. Beetle complains that he's got kitchen detail again, and Sarge tells him that no one ever said that life was fair. Beetle points out that Sarge is the one deciding who gets put on kitchen detail, and Sarge tells him that no one ever said that ''he'' (Sarge) was fair, either.
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'''Calvin:''' I know, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
* Played with in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey''. Beetle complains that he's got kitchen detail again, and Sarge tells him that no one ever said that life was fair. Beetle points out that Sarge is the one deciding who gets put on kitchen detail, and Sarge tells him that no one ever said that ''he'' (Sarge) was fair, either.
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* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon sums up this trope in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xOcCYCFnrk this promo.]]
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* Creator/GeorgeCarlin had a bit in one his stand up routines where he not only expounded on how unfair life was, but also noted "Everyone who ever told me that life was fair died horribly before age 35."
* A famous joke by Johnny Carson: "If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and [[ElvisImpersonator all the impersonators]] would be dead."
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* Creator/GeorgeCarlin had a bit in one his stand up routines where he not only expounded on how unfair life was, but also noted "Everyone who ever told me that life was fair died horribly before age 35."
* A famous joke by Johnny Carson: "If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and [[ElvisImpersonator all the impersonators]] would be dead."
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* Creator/GeorgeCarlin had a bit in one his stand up routines where he not only expounded on how unfair life was, but also noted "Everyone who ever told me that life was fair died horribly before age 35."
* A famous joke by Johnny Carson: "If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and [[ElvisImpersonator all the impersonators]] would be dead."
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[[spoiler:'''Fred:''']]: Miss, I had almost forty years with the most amazin' woman in the world. If life is unfair, it was unfair in my favor.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', when [[spoiler: Peridot]] starts to complain that she won the battle and is irritated that the [[spoiler: Pearl]] gets praised instead, she gets a variant of this from Garnet:
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-->'''Cartman''': That's not fair!\\
'''Mr Hat''': Life's not fair, tubby, get used to it!\\
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* Referenced in a ''ComicStrip/TomTheDancingBug'' strip where Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children, suggests an effective rebuttal to this argument in an advertisement:
-->'''Harvey Richards:''' Does this exchange sound familiar?\\
'''Kid:''' That's not ''fair!''\\
'''Parent:''' Well, ''life'' isn't fair.\\
'''Harvey Richards:''' Simply answer:\\
'''Kid:''' Well, perhaps not, but if we give up the struggle to make it as fair as we can, then surely we are giving in to the forces of inequity that we profess to abhor.
-->'''Harvey Richards:''' Does this exchange sound familiar?\\
'''Kid:''' That's not ''fair!''\\
'''Parent:''' Well, ''life'' isn't fair.\\
'''Harvey Richards:''' Simply answer:\\
'''Kid:''' Well, perhaps not, but if we give up the struggle to make it as fair as we can, then surely we are giving in to the forces of inequity that we profess to abhor.
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* Used and abused to hell and back, [[UpToEleven then back to hell and back again]]. {{Troll}}s, {{Griefer}}s, and '''especially''' TheSocialDarwinist, using either this or [[ParodyRetcon "satire"]] to excuse {{Jerkass}} behavior.
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* Music/GreenDay's "[[Music/AmericanIdiot Homecoming]]" has it in the last verses:
-->The time has come, and it's going nowhere\\
Nobody ever said that life was fair, now
-->The time has come, and it's going nowhere\\
Nobody ever said that life was fair, now
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* In ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'', this is [[BigBad Zero II]]’s CatchPhrase:
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* Often told to those suffering from depression. To those who know someone who is depressed, [[DrivenToSuicide saying this is a]] ''bad'' [[DrivenToSuicide idea]].
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* Steven from ''Fanfic/PokemonStrangledRed'' invokes this to argue with those who tell him that he shouldn't resurrect his deceased Charizard:
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* Music/BillieEilish in her Bond theme "No Time to Die"
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* Often told to those suffering from depression. To those who know someone who is depressed, [[DrivenToSuicide saying this is a]] ''[[{{Understatement}} bad]]'' [[DrivenToSuicide idea]].
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* ''WebVideo/Dimension20'''s "Misfits and Magic" campaign has a rare example where this is said out of sympathy. [[BlessedWithSuck Evan]] tearfully reveals to Nurse Stichmit that his powers have made his life a living hell, [[IJustWantToBeNormal and he'd give anything to not have magic]]. Stichmit reveals that removing one's magic is totally possible, but urges Evan to ''really'' think about it before he decides, because if he has no magic, he'll be sent away from the wizarding world, and his friends, forever. Evan desperately tries to bargain, even offering to become a janitor at the school so he can earn his keep and stay, pointing out that, partially thanks to his powers' destructive tendencies, he has no family, no other friends, and ''nowhere'' he can go. Stichmit tells him it just isn't how things are done in the wizarding world, and Evan dejectedly points out that this just isn't fair. The nurse sadly agrees that it really isn't, but that life rarely is.
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* ''WebVideo/Dimension20'''s "Misfits and Magic" campaign has a rare example where this is said out of sympathy. [[BlessedWithSuck Evan]] tearfully reveals to Nurse Stichmit Stichnit that his powers have made his life a living hell, [[IJustWantToBeNormal and he'd give anything to not have magic]]. Stichmit Stichnit reveals that removing one's magic is totally possible, but urges Evan to ''really'' think about it before he decides, because if he has no magic, he'll be sent away from the wizarding world, and his friends, forever. Evan desperately tries to bargain, even offering to become a janitor at the school so he can earn his keep and stay, pointing out that, partially thanks to his powers' destructive tendencies, he has no family, no other friends, and ''nowhere'' he can go. Stichmit Stichnit tells him it just isn't how things are done in the wizarding world, and Evan dejectedly points out that this just isn't fair. The nurse sadly agrees that it really isn't, but that life rarely is.
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* ''WebVideo/Dimension20'''s "Misfits and Magic" campaign has a rare example where this is said out of sympathy. [[BlessedWithSuck Evan]] tearfully reveals to Nurse Stichmit that his powers have made his life a living hell, [[IJustWantToBeNormal and he'd give anything to not have magic]]. Stichmit reveals that removing one's magic is totally possible, but urges Evan to ''really'' think about it before he decides, because if he has no magic, he'll be sent away from the wizarding world, and his friends, forever. Evan desperately tries to bargain, even offering to become a janitor at the school so he can earn his keep and stay, pointing out that, partially thanks to his powers' destructive tendencies, he has no family, no other friends, and ''nowhere'' he can go. Stichmit tells him it just isn't how things are done in the wizarding world, and Evan dejectedly points out that this just isn't fair. The nurse sadly agrees that it really isn't, but that life rarely is.
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* ''WebVideo/Dimension20'''s "Misfits and Magic" campaign has a rare example where this is said out of sympathy. [[BlessedWithSuck Evan]] tearfully reveals to Nurse Stichmit that his powers have made his life a living hell, [[IJustWantToBeNormal and he'd give anything to not have magic]]. Stichmit reveals that removing one's magic is totally possible, but urges Evan to ''really'' think about it before he decides, because if he has no magic, he'll be sent away from the wizarding world, and his friends, forever. Evan desperately tries to bargain, even offering to become a janitor at the school so he can earn his keep and stay, pointing out that, partially thanks to his powers' destructive tendencies, he has no family, no other friends, and ''nowhere'' he can go. Stichmit tells him it just isn't how things are done in the wizarding world, and Evan dejectedly points out that this just isn't fair. The nurse sadly agrees that it really isn't, but that life rarely is.
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-->'''Gordon Brittas:''' That's life for you, Tim. Life is not fair. It never has been. In real life, it doesn't matter how hard you work or what you believe in, it's all based on luck. You work hard, you give it everything you've got, but at the end of the day, all you actually do is roll a dice. You roll the right number and you succeed beyond your wildest dreams. Throw another number and it all goes down the sewers.\\
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-->'''Gordon Brittas:''' That's life for you, Tim. Life is not fair. It never has been. In real life, it doesn't matter how hard you work or what you believe in, it's all based on luck. You work hard, you give it everything you've got, but at the end of the day, all you actually do is roll a dice. You roll the right number and you succeed beyond your wildest dreams. Throw another number and it all goes down the sewers.\\
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* In one episode of ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'', Tim goes up to Brittas to complain that the game they were playing was unfair (as he was getting worse off despite being sennsible with his money whilst Gavin was spending money like crazy and is still rich). Brittas, who is suffering from some personal issues (he has been threatened with mandatory retirement) replies with this:
-->'''Gordon Brittas:''' That's life for you, Tim. Life is not fair. It never has been. In real life, it doesn't matter how hard you work or what you believe in, it's all based on luck. You work hard, you give it everything you've got, but at the end of the day, all you actually do is roll a dice. You roll the right number and you succeed beyond your wildest dreams. Throw another number and it all goes down the sewers.\\
-->'''Gordon Brittas:''' That's life for you, Tim. Life is not fair. It never has been. In real life, it doesn't matter how hard you work or what you believe in, it's all based on luck. You work hard, you give it everything you've got, but at the end of the day, all you actually do is roll a dice. You roll the right number and you succeed beyond your wildest dreams. Throw another number and it all goes down the sewers.\\
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* This is [[SadistTeacher Aizawa's]] main rationalization for his cruelty throughout ''Fanfic/MeanRabbit'': life is cruel, especially to the Quirkless, and he's simply [[ToughLove preparing his students]] for the harshness of real life.
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* Shows up in the Hindi movie Bollywood/{{Lagaan}}, where the [[EvilBrit Captain Russell]] puts the natives in an impossible position - play a cricket game against an experienced team and win to avoid taxes for the next few years - or lose and pay ''three times that amount''. His sister calls him out on it.
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* Shows up in the Hindi movie Bollywood/{{Lagaan}}, ''Film/{{Lagaan}}'', where the [[EvilBrit Captain Russell]] puts the natives in an impossible position - play a cricket game against an experienced team and win to avoid taxes for the next few years - or lose and pay ''three times that amount''. His sister calls him out on it.
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* Often told to those suffering from depression. To those who know someone who is depressed, [[DrivenToSuicide saying this is a]] ''[[{{Main/Understatement}} bad]]'' [[DrivenToSuicide idea]].
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* Often told to those suffering from depression. To those who know someone who is depressed, [[DrivenToSuicide saying this is a]] ''[[{{Main/Understatement}} ''[[{{Understatement}} bad]]'' [[DrivenToSuicide idea]].
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* Often told to those suffering from depression. To those who know someone who is depressed, [[DrivenToSuicide saying this is a]] ''[[DrivenToSuicide ''[[{{Main/Understatement}} bad]]'' [[DrivenToSuicide idea]].
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* ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}'' sees Alex telling Tommy that "Survival's not fair!" when he and his regiment try to throw Tommy and Gibson out of the trawler their using to escape.
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* ''Disney/TheLionKing'': Scar has this to say to a mouse he's caught:
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** In ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', CrustyCaretaker Albert explains that Susan is the only eligible replacement for [[TheGrimReaper Death]], and being a typical teenager at heart Susan eventually resorts to complaining "It's not fair!". Albert retorts, dripping with sarcasm, that she can go explain that to the universe at large and see how far it gets her. This gets referred back to at the end of the book, when she's trying to save Buddy:
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** In ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', ''Literature/SoulMusic'', CrustyCaretaker Albert explains that Susan is the only eligible replacement for [[TheGrimReaper Death]], and being a typical teenager at heart Susan eventually resorts to complaining "It's not fair!". Albert retorts, dripping with sarcasm, that she can go explain that to the universe at large and see how far it gets her. This gets referred back to at the end of the book, when she's trying to save Buddy:
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** This is also seen earlier in ''Discworld/{{Mort}}'' when protesting the unfairness of someone's death.
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