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* BlackBox: Many examples exist in real life, from computer programming (where the example came from) to your own body and brain and how it entirely works.
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* GunsInChurch: The open carry movement invokes this on occasion. Obviously, anyone committing a crime with a gun also invokes it.
* GuysAreSlobs: In cultures that encourage men to be uncultured slobs and that hold up slobbishness and lack of education and culture as "manly" and alternately writes off cleanliness, culturedness, education, and refinement as "feminine" or "gay," men obsessed with proving their heterosexuality and masculinity will often become uncultured slobs.
* HackerCave: As a form of {{defictionalization}} and LifeImitatesArt, some people in geek culture want to build these and have built them.
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Prison is rarely rehabilitative, and the lack of real rehabilitation and recidivism gets higher with the security and the punitiveness (e.g. this happens even more in medium and maximum security than in minimum security). In prison, criminals meet more hardened or more clever criminals and jailhouse lawyers - learning how to stay on the outside longer, how to commit different crimes, and similar for the next time - but will likely go back. It also doesn't help that a felony record stays with someone - making it impossible in some instances to find legitimate employment or housing.
* HairTriggerTemper: Borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder in manic or mixed episodes, intermittent explosive disorder, some forms of dementia, and some forms of epilepsy can cause this. And then there are just the people who don't have any specific mental illness, but are just ''that'' angry all the time and waiting for something to lash out at. These can be found anywhere from a FlameWar to road rage incidents, and they make up a ''large'' portion of people convicted for assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, attempted murder, and murder.
* GuysAreSlobs: In cultures that encourage men to be uncultured slobs and that hold up slobbishness and lack of education and culture as "manly" and alternately writes off cleanliness, culturedness, education, and refinement as "feminine" or "gay," men obsessed with proving their heterosexuality and masculinity will often become uncultured slobs.
* HackerCave: As a form of {{defictionalization}} and LifeImitatesArt, some people in geek culture want to build these and have built them.
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Prison is rarely rehabilitative, and the lack of real rehabilitation and recidivism gets higher with the security and the punitiveness (e.g. this happens even more in medium and maximum security than in minimum security). In prison, criminals meet more hardened or more clever criminals and jailhouse lawyers - learning how to stay on the outside longer, how to commit different crimes, and similar for the next time - but will likely go back. It also doesn't help that a felony record stays with someone - making it impossible in some instances to find legitimate employment or housing.
* HairTriggerTemper: Borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder in manic or mixed episodes, intermittent explosive disorder, some forms of dementia, and some forms of epilepsy can cause this. And then there are just the people who don't have any specific mental illness, but are just ''that'' angry all the time and waiting for something to lash out at. These can be found anywhere from a FlameWar to road rage incidents, and they make up a ''large'' portion of people convicted for assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, attempted murder, and murder.
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* FiveManBand: Quite a lot of HardRock / HeavyMetal acts are this, because singer + lead guitar + second/rhythm guitar + bassist + drummer = five people onstage. In fact, pretty much the only ways for a HR / HM band to subvert this are to have only one guitarist (making it four members with no rhythm/second guitar player), to add a keyboardist, or even an instrumentalist unknown for the genre (making it six members), or to claim late members as "eternal members" (meaning four or five people onstage but the band count officially being at six... or seven... or more...)
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: People have been killed or seriously injured when someone committing suicide by jumping lands on them. Human stampedes/crushes also achieve their fatality from this: the weight and strength of the living people trying to escape and the sometimes already dead bodies crushes and suffocates more people to death. This is also the reason you should ''not'' sleep with your baby in the same bed - an adult's body can crush or suffocate an infant's without even awakening the adult until it's too late.
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* GrowsOnTrees: Quite a lot of food does grow on trees. Tree nuts, almost all fruits that aren't tomatoes, berries, or melons, and avocados.
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* GunsAreWorthless: Most definitely ''not'' TruthInTelevision after around the late 19th century (and one of the great debates of the 20th century onward is if they have become ''too'' not-worthless), but the very first guns (e.g. muskets and the like) ''were'' incredibly difficult to load, fire, and reload, had a very slow fire rate, and were often likely to blow up on the shooter. Until firearms technology and training improved, a skilled archer was a far more dangerous ranged attacker than a shooter, and guns were near-useless melee weapons, because in the time it would take to load and fire, the enemy soldier's sword would already be through your heart.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Street brawlers will ''usually'' win against martial artists (unless the martial art is something like Krav Maga or capoeira that originated with needing to be useful in street fighting) due to their being CombatPragmatists or being unpredictable.
* GoodVersusGood: What happens when people who have ethical goals come into severe conflict or drama over how to achieve them. Some big examples being the debates over anything related to any given minority group from women to GLBTQIA people to racial minorities, to whether recreational drugs and recreational use of drugs should be handled via the legal system (prohibition) or the medical system (legalization and treatment)... very few people involved in any of those debates are what could be considered "evil," but all see different ways needed to achieve "good."
* GoodVersusGood: What happens when people who have ethical goals come into severe conflict or drama over how to achieve them. Some big examples being the debates over anything related to any given minority group from women to GLBTQIA people to racial minorities, to whether recreational drugs and recreational use of drugs should be handled via the legal system (prohibition) or the medical system (legalization and treatment)... very few people involved in any of those debates are what could be considered "evil," but all see different ways needed to achieve "good."
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* GoOutWithASmile: If someone's suffered from a painful terminal illness and is finally getting to die, and/or someone who feels their life has been lived to its best and they're ready to die dies. Usually involves euthanasia because most means of dying without drug assistance are very painful...
* GoshdangItToHeck: ''Mormons'' unless they're "jack Mormons" and even some of those, are absolutely famous for this. Some other religious people (generally of more conservative sects) at least in public.
* GoshdangItToHeck: ''Mormons'' unless they're "jack Mormons" and even some of those, are absolutely famous for this. Some other religious people (generally of more conservative sects) at least in public.
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* GottaKillThemAll: Some unbalanced people or killers make "kill lists." Other people write fake "kill lists" as a fantasy or as a joke - which is not a very good idea, because fantasy and joke kill lists, though they're never meant to be acted on seriously, ''are'' taken seriously by law enforcement in many places, and you can face felony charges for threatening, harassment, terrorism, or even conspiracy to commit murder, even if ''none of the targets see the list'' or even if some see it and actively acknowledge it as a joke.
* GotVolunteered: Being signed up as a volunteer for something one actually doesn't want happens quite often, especially in military and office settings.
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: When people are legally ordered to take psychiatric drugs or take anti-alcohol or anti-opiate medications. Only slightly less controversially, chemical castration for serial rapists and serial pedophiles.
* GrailInTheGarbage: Some incredibly expensive and rare items have been thrown out or left for thrift shop collections or yard sales, for example, only to be found later by people who understand their value.
* GranolaGirl: They exist - just go to any "natural health" or "yoga" or similar event, or read the comments over on Natural News and you'll see them.
* GotVolunteered: Being signed up as a volunteer for something one actually doesn't want happens quite often, especially in military and office settings.
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: When people are legally ordered to take psychiatric drugs or take anti-alcohol or anti-opiate medications. Only slightly less controversially, chemical castration for serial rapists and serial pedophiles.
* GrailInTheGarbage: Some incredibly expensive and rare items have been thrown out or left for thrift shop collections or yard sales, for example, only to be found later by people who understand their value.
* GranolaGirl: They exist - just go to any "natural health" or "yoga" or similar event, or read the comments over on Natural News and you'll see them.
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* GravityIsOnlyATheory: Flat earth and hollow earth theorists and homeopaths, among ''many'' other cranks and quacks.
* GrayRainOfDepression: Rainier and snowier areas tend to have higher representations of several mental illnesses. Being born in a snowy winter northern climate (e.g. Canada, Scandinavia) is correlated to a five percent increase in development of schizophrenia.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: Ninety percent of interpersonal conflict is ''this.'' No one is seeking to irreparably harm or kill the other, no one is seeking to do anything that is definitely and truly unethical - both sides are seeking what they find to be their moral and ethical goals, except said goals ''highly'' differ.
* GrayRainOfDepression: Rainier and snowier areas tend to have higher representations of several mental illnesses. Being born in a snowy winter northern climate (e.g. Canada, Scandinavia) is correlated to a five percent increase in development of schizophrenia.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: Ninety percent of interpersonal conflict is ''this.'' No one is seeking to irreparably harm or kill the other, no one is seeking to do anything that is definitely and truly unethical - both sides are seeking what they find to be their moral and ethical goals, except said goals ''highly'' differ.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Most weapons, from guns to nukes. They're made to threaten people and to kill people - and that they do.
* GoodCopBadCop: Actual cops do this routine - which is one of many reasons that you ''need'' a lawyer if you ever find yourself under investigation, whether you are innocent or not. It's also used in other settings. The thing to keep in mind is they ''both'' want the same thing from you.
* GoodIsNotNice: Especially using the "manners" and "tone" definition for "nice," since a common tactic of those who want to maintain repression or the restriction of civil rights (and of abusers in general) is to pick on someone for manners or tone rather than address the argument itself or the person's needs.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Because in dealing with certain people (psychopaths and harmful sociopaths who commit violence against others, rapists/pedophiles unable to suppress their urges or redirect them into fantasy alone, predators in general) and in regard to one concept (genocidal racial/ethnic/national hatred, as when it gets any sort of a foothold in a society, that society is on the slippery slope to the same place the Nazis were), protecting society and its most vulnerable ''requires'' vigilance, strict laws, and ''total rejection'' of justification.
* GoodCopBadCop: Actual cops do this routine - which is one of many reasons that you ''need'' a lawyer if you ever find yourself under investigation, whether you are innocent or not. It's also used in other settings. The thing to keep in mind is they ''both'' want the same thing from you.
* GoodIsNotNice: Especially using the "manners" and "tone" definition for "nice," since a common tactic of those who want to maintain repression or the restriction of civil rights (and of abusers in general) is to pick on someone for manners or tone rather than address the argument itself or the person's needs.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Because in dealing with certain people (psychopaths and harmful sociopaths who commit violence against others, rapists/pedophiles unable to suppress their urges or redirect them into fantasy alone, predators in general) and in regard to one concept (genocidal racial/ethnic/national hatred, as when it gets any sort of a foothold in a society, that society is on the slippery slope to the same place the Nazis were), protecting society and its most vulnerable ''requires'' vigilance, strict laws, and ''total rejection'' of justification.
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* GodzillaThreshold: When something will kill people or, especially, kill lots of people, ''anything'' is preferable. Whether it's getting someone addicted to drugs so they don't kill themselves or cutting off their gangrenous limb on a personal level, or shooting dead the guy with an assault rifle trained on his family, or destroying the streets of a city to turn them into flood control channels or considering aiming nuclear weapons at an incoming asteroid...
* GogglesDoNothing: Steampunk fashion, cosplay.
* GoingByTheMatchbook: Pocket litter, as it is called, ''can'' provide very useful clues as to where someone was - but it can also provide false leads (the person went somewhere but it was irrelevant), dead ends (e.g. the person went somewhere but nothing happened there) and plenty of other misdirections.
* GoingCosmic: The result of the use of some types of recreational drugs.
* GoingNative: Expatriates, and people who marry into or work closely with other cultures that are far different than the one in which they were born and raised.
* GogglesDoNothing: Steampunk fashion, cosplay.
* GoingByTheMatchbook: Pocket litter, as it is called, ''can'' provide very useful clues as to where someone was - but it can also provide false leads (the person went somewhere but it was irrelevant), dead ends (e.g. the person went somewhere but nothing happened there) and plenty of other misdirections.
* GoingCosmic: The result of the use of some types of recreational drugs.
* GoingNative: Expatriates, and people who marry into or work closely with other cultures that are far different than the one in which they were born and raised.
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* GoingToSeeTheElephant: For people who have to tag along on shopping trips or similar when they don't need to or want to buy anything. Going to an event or party only to find out that it has been canceled.
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* GodIsEvil: In combination with "and doesn't exist," the beliefs of some atheists. In combination with SatanIsGood, the beliefs of some theistic Satanists and left-hand-path followers. In combination with GodAndSatanAreBothJerks and "don't exist," see above. Strangely enough, the actual belief of some types of TheFundamentalist and KnightTemplar and SoulsavingCrusader such as Westboro Baptist and JackChick and Muslim terrorists - [[BlueAndOrangeMorality though they don't consider their God evil]], while celebrating things [[MoralEventHorizon He allegedly does]] which most people not of that belief system would consider evil. In combination with "Yes, that god is evil but this one is good and this one doesn't care," ''many'' forms of Paganism and NeoPaganism.
* GodIsGood: Most forms of Christianity believe this and all will profess this (even the above kinds that accidentally imply GodIsEvil will proclaim that is actually ''good''). Also the primary belief of all forms of Islam and all forms of religious Judaism. Combined with "and doesn't exist," you have atheists who believe religion is a positive influence even if false. Combined with "and walked away from it all," you have Deists. Combined with "there are many gods and many/the one over them all is good/we are all gods and innately good" you have much NeoPaganism.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: There have been a few real life examples, though not as many as fiction would have you think.
* GodwinsLaw: Try to find ''one'' comment section on a controversial topic without one Nazi comparison. ''YOU WILL FAIL.''
* GodIsGood: Most forms of Christianity believe this and all will profess this (even the above kinds that accidentally imply GodIsEvil will proclaim that is actually ''good''). Also the primary belief of all forms of Islam and all forms of religious Judaism. Combined with "and doesn't exist," you have atheists who believe religion is a positive influence even if false. Combined with "and walked away from it all," you have Deists. Combined with "there are many gods and many/the one over them all is good/we are all gods and innately good" you have much NeoPaganism.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: There have been a few real life examples, though not as many as fiction would have you think.
* GodwinsLaw: Try to find ''one'' comment section on a controversial topic without one Nazi comparison. ''YOU WILL FAIL.''
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* GodEmperor: The [[ImperialJapan Imperial Japanese]] believed this as part of a nationalist fascism. [[WorldWar II It did]] [[UsefulNotes/TheAtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki not end well.]]. Post World War II, the divinity of the imperial family remains an important part in some strains of UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}}, but not all (some Shinto followers see the divinity of the emperor as a political imposition on their beliefs that corrupted the faith), and is ''technically'' acknowledged but is far more ceremonial than anything else, except to right-wing nationalists - the Japanese equivalent of Neo-Nazis.
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* GodEmperor: The [[ImperialJapan Imperial Japanese]] believed this as part of a nationalist fascism. [[WorldWar II [[WorldWarII It did]] [[UsefulNotes/TheAtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki not end well.]]. Post World War II, the divinity of the imperial family remains an important part in some strains of UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}}, but not all (some Shinto followers see the divinity of the emperor as a political imposition on their beliefs that corrupted the faith), and is ''technically'' acknowledged but is far more ceremonial than anything else, except to right-wing nationalists - the Japanese equivalent of Neo-Nazis.
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* GirlfriendInCanada: Manti Teo, and quite a few less famous cases.
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* GirlPosse: These tend to form in some situations, generally high schools and fandom communities.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Why patents and copyrights (and documenting your ideas outside of them) exist - people ''are'' willing to do this.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: They exist.
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Optionally add "and neither really exist" and you have the view of some atheists, and also the view of some variants of non-theistic Satanism.
* GodEmperor: The [[ImperialJapan Imperial Japanese]] believed this as part of a nationalist fascism. [[WorldWar II It did]] [[UsefulNotes/TheAtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki not end well.]]. Post World War II, the divinity of the imperial family remains an important part in some strains of UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}}, but not all (some Shinto followers see the divinity of the emperor as a political imposition on their beliefs that corrupted the faith), and is ''technically'' acknowledged but is far more ceremonial than anything else, except to right-wing nationalists - the Japanese equivalent of Neo-Nazis.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Why patents and copyrights (and documenting your ideas outside of them) exist - people ''are'' willing to do this.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: They exist.
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Optionally add "and neither really exist" and you have the view of some atheists, and also the view of some variants of non-theistic Satanism.
* GodEmperor: The [[ImperialJapan Imperial Japanese]] believed this as part of a nationalist fascism. [[WorldWar II It did]] [[UsefulNotes/TheAtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki not end well.]]. Post World War II, the divinity of the imperial family remains an important part in some strains of UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}}, but not all (some Shinto followers see the divinity of the emperor as a political imposition on their beliefs that corrupted the faith), and is ''technically'' acknowledged but is far more ceremonial than anything else, except to right-wing nationalists - the Japanese equivalent of Neo-Nazis.
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** The reason why you should know enough about cars to at least have a vague idea of what's wrong when your car needs repair. The difference between "the battery is dead" and "it won't start and I have no idea why, it was making a funny noise first maybe?" is sometimes around a few thousand dollars if you run into a shady enough mechanic. Same thing goes for computers, or for anything else where repairs are expensive and generally arcane to most users.
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** The reason why you should know enough about cars to at least have a vague idea of what's wrong when your car needs repair. The difference between "the battery is dead" and "it won't start and I have no idea why, it was making a funny noise first maybe?" is sometimes around a few thousand dollars if you run into a shady enough mechanic. Same thing goes for computers, or for anything else where repairs are expensive and generally arcane to most users.users.
* GenreSavvy: How to avoid all of the above.
** Knowing how to deal with authority, if not to appeal to it, to get it out of your life so you can go on your way.
** Understanding the signs of abusive or toxic environments to make yourself less vulnerable to them and to avoid getting into them.
** Understanding anything you need professional help with, if not as well as the professional, well enough to work with them as a team rather than be seen as a passive consumer at best and a sucker at worst.
* GenreSavvy: How to avoid all of the above.
** Knowing how to deal with authority, if not to appeal to it, to get it out of your life so you can go on your way.
** Understanding the signs of abusive or toxic environments to make yourself less vulnerable to them and to avoid getting into them.
** Understanding anything you need professional help with, if not as well as the professional, well enough to work with them as a team rather than be seen as a passive consumer at best and a sucker at worst.
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* {{GIFT}}: Spend ''any'' time on the internet reading comments (especially on [[FlameWar contentious issues such as sex or politics or religion]]) and you will find plenty of demonstrations of GIFT.
* GiftGivingGaffe: Happens with gifts that are incredibly inappropriate (e.g. it's probably not a good idea to give your boss a vibrator unless you work at a sex toy company, or to give kids alcohol or tobacco), insulting (''never'' give anyone bodybuilding/diet/fashion/housekeeping/health books or items unless that's a personal interest of theirs and they've specifically asked for those), TooMuchInformation (e.g. gift certificates for colonics or waxing), or outright homophobic/racist/sexist.
* GiganticGulp: Huge drinks are quite common in some places. Anti-obesity advocates seek laws to reduce them in some of those places.
* GiftGivingGaffe: Happens with gifts that are incredibly inappropriate (e.g. it's probably not a good idea to give your boss a vibrator unless you work at a sex toy company, or to give kids alcohol or tobacco), insulting (''never'' give anyone bodybuilding/diet/fashion/housekeeping/health books or items unless that's a personal interest of theirs and they've specifically asked for those), TooMuchInformation (e.g. gift certificates for colonics or waxing), or outright homophobic/racist/sexist.
* GiganticGulp: Huge drinks are quite common in some places. Anti-obesity advocates seek laws to reduce them in some of those places.
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* {{GIRL}}: Not as common as it used to be - internet gender split is around 50/50 now - but often done by law enforcement and others doing stings of pedophiles and similar predators, and also becoming one of the most common ways for a transgender person to begin passing, especially since for some, it is the only way to pass.
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* GeniusDitz: Some people whose profession it is to entertain others tend to be this, because entertainers are not generally thought of as "smart." One example is [[Music/TwistedSister Dee Snider]]'s testimony regarding the [[MoralGuardians PMRC]] - a HairMetal singer is brought before the US Congress looking dragged in from a late show and hung over, and the PMRC had apparently expected him to make a fool of himself and bolster their cause. Instead, he provided an eloquent and factually-backed defense of free speech [[SophisticatedAsHell while also implying]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar that]] [[TakeThat Tipper Gore was a closeted sadomasochist.]]
* GenocideBackfire: Why genocide isn't only [[MoralEventHorizon one of the worst evils]] possible, but one of the most pragmatically stupid evils as well. There are ''always'' survivors, and even if somehow there isn't any, genocide does ''not'' go unnoticed forever. Note the American genocide of Native Americans, which seemed to be successfully swept under the rug until the survivors and their descendants and their supporters began to speak out...
* GenreBlindness:
** The reason a lot of innocent people or nonviolent/petty criminals get into ''serious'' trouble with the police. (There are [[UsefulNotes/StayingOutOfLegalTrouble a very specific set]] of actions, behaviors, rules, and similar one ''must'' follow when dealing with police officers if one does not wish to end up arrested or ''dead.'')
** Similarly, the reason a lot of kids are set up as {{delinquents}}, at least in very strict school settings: people working in the education setting (especially administrators, behavioral specialists, etcetera) have a very specific idea of what "good kids" are and what "bad kids" are. When {{profiling}} based on race or appearance gets involved, this gets very nasty fast.
** The reason those who fall victim to politics or intrigue in any environment (whether an office or a fandom or a house or whatever) often do - there's warning signs of such being in play, and if you miss those signs, your time in that environment will be short and miserable unless you learn how to play.
** The reason why, if you seek treatment for a mental health issue, you need to know your issue and direct your own treatment plan ''if at all possible,'' so you can remain proactive in your treatment and be seen as a candidate for recovery rather than becoming a pinball in the system.
** The reason why you should know enough about cars to at least have a vague idea of what's wrong when your car needs repair. The difference between "the battery is dead" and "it won't start and I have no idea why, it was making a funny noise first maybe?" is sometimes around a few thousand dollars if you run into a shady enough mechanic. Same thing goes for computers, or for anything else where repairs are expensive and generally arcane to most users.
* GenocideBackfire: Why genocide isn't only [[MoralEventHorizon one of the worst evils]] possible, but one of the most pragmatically stupid evils as well. There are ''always'' survivors, and even if somehow there isn't any, genocide does ''not'' go unnoticed forever. Note the American genocide of Native Americans, which seemed to be successfully swept under the rug until the survivors and their descendants and their supporters began to speak out...
* GenreBlindness:
** The reason a lot of innocent people or nonviolent/petty criminals get into ''serious'' trouble with the police. (There are [[UsefulNotes/StayingOutOfLegalTrouble a very specific set]] of actions, behaviors, rules, and similar one ''must'' follow when dealing with police officers if one does not wish to end up arrested or ''dead.'')
** Similarly, the reason a lot of kids are set up as {{delinquents}}, at least in very strict school settings: people working in the education setting (especially administrators, behavioral specialists, etcetera) have a very specific idea of what "good kids" are and what "bad kids" are. When {{profiling}} based on race or appearance gets involved, this gets very nasty fast.
** The reason those who fall victim to politics or intrigue in any environment (whether an office or a fandom or a house or whatever) often do - there's warning signs of such being in play, and if you miss those signs, your time in that environment will be short and miserable unless you learn how to play.
** The reason why, if you seek treatment for a mental health issue, you need to know your issue and direct your own treatment plan ''if at all possible,'' so you can remain proactive in your treatment and be seen as a candidate for recovery rather than becoming a pinball in the system.
** The reason why you should know enough about cars to at least have a vague idea of what's wrong when your car needs repair. The difference between "the battery is dead" and "it won't start and I have no idea why, it was making a funny noise first maybe?" is sometimes around a few thousand dollars if you run into a shady enough mechanic. Same thing goes for computers, or for anything else where repairs are expensive and generally arcane to most users.
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: True in real life in regard to FTM transgender persons: the ''only'' way to ensure a man born with an externally female body will ''not'' grow breasts (requiring surgery to remove them) and will attain full male height and bone/body structure (again, without an even more intense, painful, and less likely to be covered surgery involving the breaking of legs, insertion of rods into the leg bones, and a slow recovery with having to learn to walk and do anything involving leg movement all over again) is to begin gonadal suppression before puberty starts, and administering testosterone and growth hormone to induce male puberty if that is desired instead of female. Which is actually a very difficult and controversial option (see the InternetBackdraft over transgender kids). It does ''not'' help matters that due to earlier puberty, many children born "girls" start puberty at 8 to 10 years of age, and that after around 11 to 13 gonadal suppression begins to have destructive effects (e.g. puberty of some type can't be postponed indefinitely)
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: True in real life in regard to FTM transgender persons: the ''only'' way to ensure a man born with an externally female body will ''not'' grow breasts (requiring surgery to remove them) and will attain full male height and bone/body structure (again, without an even more intense, painful, and less likely to be covered surgery involving the breaking of legs, insertion of rods into the leg bones, and a slow recovery with having to learn to walk and do anything involving leg movement all over again) is to begin gonadal suppression either via medication or via hysterectomy/oophorectomy before puberty starts, and administering testosterone and growth hormone to induce male puberty if that is desired instead of female. Which is actually a very difficult and controversial option (see the InternetBackdraft over transgender kids). It does ''not'' help matters that due to earlier puberty, many children born "girls" start puberty at 8 to 10 years of age, and that after around 11 to 13 gonadal suppression begins to have destructive effects (e.g. puberty of some type can't be postponed indefinitely)
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* GeneralRipper: Same as above. Many but listing them is probably not a good idea.
* GeniusBruiser: Sumo wrestlers and technical wrestlers. Some US NFL players, before chronic traumatic encephalopathy sets in (or if it does not).
* GeniusBruiser: Sumo wrestlers and technical wrestlers. Some US NFL players, before chronic traumatic encephalopathy sets in (or if it does not).
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* GadgetWatches: Some companies are trying to invent these, in response to, as of TheNewTens, the smartphone and tablet being far more popular personal accessories than the watch.
* GaiasLament: Unfortunately, due to climate change (though some people dispute this), pollution of various kinds, overfishing, nuclear contamination in some areas, and other forms of environmental damage.
* GaiasLament: Unfortunately, due to climate change (though some people dispute this), pollution of various kinds, overfishing, nuclear contamination in some areas, and other forms of environmental damage.
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* GarbagePostKid: Became a NewMedia trope due to its being truth.
* GargleBlaster: Some bartenders do make drinks like this in real life, as either hangover cures, challenges ("if you can drink this you have free beer for a week"), or as ways to dispose of low-quality or undesired liqueurs.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Very unfortunate TruthInTelevision. Engaged in by abusive partners, high-demand abusive coercive religious groups, and occasionally even by law enforcement or medical professionals who wish to make someone seem or feel unbalanced or troubled, either to themselves or others.
* {{Gayborhood}}: Quite a few of them exist in the US and around the world. California alone has Hillcrest in San Diego, West Hollywood in LosAngeles and Castro Street in SanFrancisco.
* GayMoment: Quite a few people have these, often overlapping with AttractiveBentGender (just go look at the comments on Miyavi videos on Youtube for some fine examples) or with EvenTheGuysWantHim / EvenTheGirlsWantHer.
* {{Gayngst}}: Less common in more accepting areas as of TheNewTens, but quite a large amount of angst (and even suicides) have originated from this throughout history...
* GargleBlaster: Some bartenders do make drinks like this in real life, as either hangover cures, challenges ("if you can drink this you have free beer for a week"), or as ways to dispose of low-quality or undesired liqueurs.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Very unfortunate TruthInTelevision. Engaged in by abusive partners, high-demand abusive coercive religious groups, and occasionally even by law enforcement or medical professionals who wish to make someone seem or feel unbalanced or troubled, either to themselves or others.
* {{Gayborhood}}: Quite a few of them exist in the US and around the world. California alone has Hillcrest in San Diego, West Hollywood in LosAngeles and Castro Street in SanFrancisco.
* GayMoment: Quite a few people have these, often overlapping with AttractiveBentGender (just go look at the comments on Miyavi videos on Youtube for some fine examples) or with EvenTheGuysWantHim / EvenTheGirlsWantHer.
* {{Gayngst}}: Less common in more accepting areas as of TheNewTens, but quite a large amount of angst (and even suicides) have originated from this throughout history...
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* FreezeSneeze: Cold really does make some people sneeze.
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* FriendOrFoe: Sometimes, especially in combat, it is very difficult to tell who is on your side and who is not.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Often is a "real relationship" for some people, especially those that don't prefer traditional dating and romance models.
* FrivolousLawsuit: This isn't just in America, they come from all over the world. Some of the most ridiculous are from Brazil and Britain.
* FriendOrFoe: Sometimes, especially in combat, it is very difficult to tell who is on your side and who is not.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Often is a "real relationship" for some people, especially those that don't prefer traditional dating and romance models.
* FrivolousLawsuit: This isn't just in America, they come from all over the world. Some of the most ridiculous are from Brazil and Britain.
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: "Vampire subculture" tends to mostly, if not entirely, consist of these. The consumption of human blood when/if it is done is a consensual act of ritual, for example.
* FriendlyRivalry: Some friends have rivalries like this, also common among siblings.
* FriendOrFoe: Sometimes, especially in combat, it is very difficult to tell who is on your side and who is not.
* FriendshipDenial: Because one is judged by their friends, sometimes this is necessary if someone who is a friend is not up to par with who your other friends are.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Often is a "real relationship" for some people, especially those that don't prefer traditional dating and romance models.
* FriendToAllChildren: Why some people become parents, teachers, etcetera...
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Many people like animals and animals like them in return...
* FrivolousLawsuit: This isn't just in America, they come from all over the world. Some of the most ridiculous are from Brazil and Britain.
* FriendlyRivalry: Some friends have rivalries like this, also common among siblings.
* FriendOrFoe: Sometimes, especially in combat, it is very difficult to tell who is on your side and who is not.
* FriendshipDenial: Because one is judged by their friends, sometimes this is necessary if someone who is a friend is not up to par with who your other friends are.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Often is a "real relationship" for some people, especially those that don't prefer traditional dating and romance models.
* FriendToAllChildren: Why some people become parents, teachers, etcetera...
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Many people like animals and animals like them in return...
* FrivolousLawsuit: This isn't just in America, they come from all over the world. Some of the most ridiculous are from Brazil and Britain.
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* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Now a DiscreditedTrope but was once TruthInTelevision until TheEighties when [[LiveActionTV/AmericasMostWanted TV]] became the most popular way to find missing or wanted people.
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* ForHappiness: The motivation of a lot of people in life, either their own or others' happiness.
* FormerChildStar: Became a trope because of being Truth In Television with the downfall of many "child stars."
* FormerlyFat: People lose weight and diet successfully. Others learn how to starve and purge or get on various drugs...
* ForTheEvulz: The motivation of some people in life - they ''want'' to hurt other people.
* FormerChildStar: Became a trope because of being Truth In Television with the downfall of many "child stars."
* FormerlyFat: People lose weight and diet successfully. Others learn how to starve and purge or get on various drugs...
* ForTheEvulz: The motivation of some people in life - they ''want'' to hurt other people.
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* FourthDateMarriage: Sometimes people do fall in love fast. Other times with heterosexual couples, there's an accidental pregnancy. Arranged marriages can also lead to this.
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* FreakyFashionMildMind: Yes, some people with odd/freakish clothes or hair just have it because they like it - they aren't trying to offend people or get attention.
* FreudianCouch: Yes, many psychiatrist's and psychologist's offices do have couches. It's TheCoconutEffect.
* FreudianCouch: Yes, many psychiatrist's and psychologist's offices do have couches. It's TheCoconutEffect.
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: True in real life in regard to FTM transgender persons: the ''only'' way to ensure a man born with an externally female body will ''not'' grow breasts (requiring surgery to remove them) and will attain full male height and bone/body structure (again, without an even more intense, painful, and less likely to be covered surgery involving the breaking of legs) is to begin gonadal suppression before puberty starts, and administering testosterone and growth hormone to induce male puberty if that is desired instead of female. Which is actually a very difficult and controversial option (see the InternetBackdraft over transgender kids). It does ''not'' help matters that due to earlier puberty, many children born "girls" start puberty at 8 to 10 years of age.
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: True in real life in regard to FTM transgender persons: the ''only'' way to ensure a man born with an externally female body will ''not'' grow breasts (requiring surgery to remove them) and will attain full male height and bone/body structure (again, without an even more intense, painful, and less likely to be covered surgery involving the breaking of legs) legs, insertion of rods into the leg bones, and a slow recovery with having to learn to walk and do anything involving leg movement all over again) is to begin gonadal suppression before puberty starts, and administering testosterone and growth hormone to induce male puberty if that is desired instead of female. Which is actually a very difficult and controversial option (see the InternetBackdraft over transgender kids). It does ''not'' help matters that due to earlier puberty, many children born "girls" start puberty at 8 to 10 years of age.age, and that after around 11 to 13 gonadal suppression begins to have destructive effects (e.g. puberty of some type can't be postponed indefinitely)
* FirstPersonSnapshooter: The prevalence of smartphones and smaller, cheaper, more userfriendly professional grade cameras has made life exactly this. Instagram and similar services became the trope codifiers, with ''everyone'' having photography opened to them as long as they can afford a phone.
* FirstPersonSnapshooter: The prevalence of smartphones and smaller, cheaper, more userfriendly professional grade cameras has made life exactly this. Instagram and similar services became the trope codifiers, with ''everyone'' having photography opened to them as long as they can afford a phone.
* FlatYes: Stupid or boring questions often get this.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: The reason for nurse fetishism and medical fetishism - being in a position of vulnerability and pampered/cared for is a ''very common'' fetish for a lot of people. Some of whom have pages on this wiki as contributors or as creators.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: The reason for nurse fetishism and medical fetishism - being in a position of vulnerability and pampered/cared for is a ''very common'' fetish for a lot of people. Some of whom have pages on this wiki as contributors or as creators.
* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: In older homes or apartments (those built before TheSeventies on average) with bad plumbing. This is something that can be used in inspecting a home: if flushing the toilet changes the shower temperature, the dwelling will likely require extensive plumbing work at some point in the near future (as well as major electrical work if the wiring also hasn't been redone since TheSeventies or TheEighties) and is a bad deal unless you have lots of money and time for renovations or for razing and rebuilding.
* FoodAsBribe: Almost everyone has done this or had this done to them.
* FoodSlap: The drink variant is how many a BarBrawl begins...
* FoodAsBribe: Almost everyone has done this or had this done to them.
* FoodSlap: The drink variant is how many a BarBrawl begins...
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Sometimes this does happen.
* FootDraggingDivorcee: One partner does not believe in divorce, wishes to control the other, or is angry about the situation or wants more money...
* ForbiddenFriendship: Sometimes for good reasons (someone really is dangerous or being a ToxicFriendInfluence), other times for various types of prejudice or personal hatreds.
* FootDraggingDivorcee: One partner does not believe in divorce, wishes to control the other, or is angry about the situation or wants more money...
* ForbiddenFriendship: Sometimes for good reasons (someone really is dangerous or being a ToxicFriendInfluence), other times for various types of prejudice or personal hatreds.
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* ForceFeeding: Sometimes it's necessary when the person (or animal) is sick. But it has been used so that a torture victim can't starve themselves to death.
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* ForceFeeding: Sometimes it's necessary when the person (or animal) is sick. But it has been and is being currently used so that a torture victim or someone indefinitely imprisoned with no access to trial or lawyers can't starve themselves to death.death.
* ForeignLookingFont: They exist, but [[UnfortunateImplications using them is often a very bad idea]] because they often have racist implications or are used in racialized imagery. For example, Chop Suey, Lithos and Neuland are all considered racist, especially in certain contexts.
* ForeignLookingFont: They exist, but [[UnfortunateImplications using them is often a very bad idea]] because they often have racist implications or are used in racialized imagery. For example, Chop Suey, Lithos and Neuland are all considered racist, especially in certain contexts.
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* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Actually a good approach to take when the nature of what was done hints at something far worse beneath it (e.g. the offense shows the person to be a narcissist or sociopath).
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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Is a social construct. If a society limits opportunities for women and/or forces them to be defined as by their men, many women ''will'' fall into this trope. While it's not "true," it ''happens'' in real life due to both double standards and patriarchy.
* FemaleSuccessIsFamily: Patriarchial cultures, some matriarchial cultures, some religions, etcetera believe this to be true, as do some women themselves, whether influenced by the culture or claiming not to be. It was also seen as absolute truth in most Western societies until around TheSixties. It's not ''objective'' truth, as much as a controversial assumption a lot of people in real life do unfortunately make, and by which they judge other women.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: DiscreditedTrope now, but until TheSixties or TheSeventies in most Western cultures, women were expected to learn to cook and to be bad at any part of the "housewife triad" of cooking, cleaning, and childbearing was seen as a shameful thing, a sign a woman wasn't "feminine."
* FemaleSuccessIsFamily: Patriarchial cultures, some matriarchial cultures, some religions, etcetera believe this to be true, as do some women themselves, whether influenced by the culture or claiming not to be. It was also seen as absolute truth in most Western societies until around TheSixties. It's not ''objective'' truth, as much as a controversial assumption a lot of people in real life do unfortunately make, and by which they judge other women.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: DiscreditedTrope now, but until TheSixties or TheSeventies in most Western cultures, women were expected to learn to cook and to be bad at any part of the "housewife triad" of cooking, cleaning, and childbearing was seen as a shameful thing, a sign a woman wasn't "feminine."
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* FieldPromotion: Happens in military combat. Also how a vice president/chancellor/vice premier/prince etc (or if something has happened to a vice president/premier/prince/etc, the next on down the line) gets power - whomever is available and alive in the succession gets promoted to the leadership in an emergency.
* FightingIrish: The Irish Republican Army, source of 95 to 99 percent of the world's WesternTerrorists until the peace agreement was brokered at the end of TheNineties.
* FinancialAbuse: One of the most prevalent forms of abuse in the world.
* FingerGun: A way to pretend one has a gun [[WeaponForIntimidation when one does not]] if a pocket or jacket is used to conceal it. Also is mimed for humor or shock value on occasion.
* FireForgedFriends: Military and police and firefighter buddies can be this.
* FightingIrish: The Irish Republican Army, source of 95 to 99 percent of the world's WesternTerrorists until the peace agreement was brokered at the end of TheNineties.
* FinancialAbuse: One of the most prevalent forms of abuse in the world.
* FingerGun: A way to pretend one has a gun [[WeaponForIntimidation when one does not]] if a pocket or jacket is used to conceal it. Also is mimed for humor or shock value on occasion.
* FireForgedFriends: Military and police and firefighter buddies can be this.
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: True in real life in regard to FTM transgender persons: the ''only'' way to ensure a man born with an externally female body will ''not'' grow breasts (requiring surgery to remove them) and will attain full male height and bone/body structure (again, without an even more intense, painful, and less likely to be covered surgery involving the breaking of legs) is to begin gonadal suppression before puberty starts, and administering testosterone and growth hormone to induce male puberty if that is desired instead of female. Which is actually a very difficult and controversial option (see the InternetBackdraft over transgender kids). It does ''not'' help matters that due to earlier puberty, many children born "girls" start puberty at 8 to 10 years of age.
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* FatBastard, FatIdiot, and FatSlob: Definitely NOT TruthInTelevision for all overweight or obese persons, but there's definitely enough cases of all three (sometimes [[{{Sonichu}} coexisting in the same person]]) to keep the stereotypes going.
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* FeedTheMole: A counterintelligence tactic. Not recommended for use in anything but official spying though - trying this against an undercover cop that you feel is unfairly investigating you can result in an arrest for lying to police or obstruction of justice, or trying it against someone trying to start office politics or similar drama can result in their making people believe the false information.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Tends to happen when one person or group takes something far, far more seriously than the other does - for example, TheFundamentalist going into a frothing rage over a person of age and who is not an alcoholic having one alcoholic beverage.
** The FelonyMisdemeanor actually exists as a part of US federal law. The US federal legal system generally doesn't ''have'' infractions or misdemeanors. Any crime committed, therefore, in areas where US federal law applies but there is no state/tribal/local law (so there is no default of handing over to the locals for a ticket or a low-bail arrest etc) is automatically a federal felony. So, if you disturb the peace on an airplane? Felony charges with mandatory minimum of two years, whereas if you disturbed the peace on the ground in a recognized state, city, reservation, etc, you would likely get anywhere from a ticket to maybe a short jail term. Decide to take your fast car out somewhere to do a Youtube vid of just how fast you can go? If you're on federal land, you'll face felony reckless driving charges as opposed to, if sober, a speeding ticket.
** The FelonyMisdemeanor actually exists as a part of US federal law. The US federal legal system generally doesn't ''have'' infractions or misdemeanors. Any crime committed, therefore, in areas where US federal law applies but there is no state/tribal/local law (so there is no default of handing over to the locals for a ticket or a low-bail arrest etc) is automatically a federal felony. So, if you disturb the peace on an airplane? Felony charges with mandatory minimum of two years, whereas if you disturbed the peace on the ground in a recognized state, city, reservation, etc, you would likely get anywhere from a ticket to maybe a short jail term. Decide to take your fast car out somewhere to do a Youtube vid of just how fast you can go? If you're on federal land, you'll face felony reckless driving charges as opposed to, if sober, a speeding ticket.
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* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Now a DiscreditedTrope but was once TruthInTelevision until TheEighties when [[LiveActionTV/AmericasMostWanted TV]] became the most popular way to find missing or wanted people.
* FagHag: Not as often as happens stereotypically, but can happen in cultures where heterosexual men only associate with women they see as "fuckable," and heterosexual women only associate with women who increase their attractiveness to said heterosexual men or who they aspire to be - leaving women percieved to be ugly to have more friendship and social options as a friend of gay men, if the gay men don't shun them for their appearance or weight or whatever.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Sadly sometimes true - just look at the amount of talented and intelligent people who have ambition, try hard - and fail every single time. Gets even worse when people believe their failure to mean they need to be excluded and punished and shunned more.
* FairCop: Happens in real life sometimes - not all police officers love donuts or fattening food, and for some officers (especially young rookies) there are intense fitness requirements.
* FairForItsDay: Quite a lot of things, because every era had people who could see beyond, say, racism.
* FagHag: Not as often as happens stereotypically, but can happen in cultures where heterosexual men only associate with women they see as "fuckable," and heterosexual women only associate with women who increase their attractiveness to said heterosexual men or who they aspire to be - leaving women percieved to be ugly to have more friendship and social options as a friend of gay men, if the gay men don't shun them for their appearance or weight or whatever.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Sadly sometimes true - just look at the amount of talented and intelligent people who have ambition, try hard - and fail every single time. Gets even worse when people believe their failure to mean they need to be excluded and punished and shunned more.
* FairCop: Happens in real life sometimes - not all police officers love donuts or fattening food, and for some officers (especially young rookies) there are intense fitness requirements.
* FairForItsDay: Quite a lot of things, because every era had people who could see beyond, say, racism.
* FakeFood: Often used in food photography and in window displays of food.
* FakeKillScare: A form of ColdBloodedTorture in real life, employed by governments and organized crime both.
* FakeUltimateHero: Often overlaps in real life with the PhonyVeteran, though there are people who impersonate being police officers or doctors or other professions where they can claim heroic deeds that they didn't do.
* FalseFlagOperation: They ''have'' happened in real life. Examples can be found over on the UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories page.
* FalseRapeAccusation: Has happened in real life but far more rarely than true rape accusations. No real life examples are allowed due to this and that it is ''such'' a controversial topic.
* FakeKillScare: A form of ColdBloodedTorture in real life, employed by governments and organized crime both.
* FakeUltimateHero: Often overlaps in real life with the PhonyVeteran, though there are people who impersonate being police officers or doctors or other professions where they can claim heroic deeds that they didn't do.
* FalseFlagOperation: They ''have'' happened in real life. Examples can be found over on the UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories page.
* FalseRapeAccusation: Has happened in real life but far more rarely than true rape accusations. No real life examples are allowed due to this and that it is ''such'' a controversial topic.
* FamilyVersusCareer: A conflict for women in many societies that don't respect their rights to autonomy even after having had a family.
* FanDisservice: Some fetishes to people who don't have those fetishes, some appearances to people who find those appearances disgusting.
* {{Fanservice}}: Strippers, bikini contests and pageants in general, anything that relies heavily on SexSells or SexIsInteresting.
* FarsideIsland: Most islands are fairly small. Australia and Hawaii are ''exceptions'' to that rule. Most real islands are even smaller than the FarsideIsland - they are low and underwater.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Very common for some types of street fashion like punk and visual kei, and some runway outfits are even like this.
* {{Fanservice}}: Strippers, bikini contests and pageants in general, anything that relies heavily on SexSells or SexIsInteresting.
* FarsideIsland: Most islands are fairly small. Australia and Hawaii are ''exceptions'' to that rule. Most real islands are even smaller than the FarsideIsland - they are low and underwater.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Very common for some types of street fashion like punk and visual kei, and some runway outfits are even like this.
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* FatBastard, FatIdiot, and FatSlob: Definitely NOT TruthInTelevision for all overweight or obese persons, but there's definitely enough cases of all three (sometimes [[{{Sonichu}} coexisting in]] [[Tropers/SixFortyK the same person]]) to keep the stereotypes going.
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* FatBastard, FatIdiot, and FatSlob: Definitely NOT TruthInTelevision for all overweight or obese persons, but there's definitely enough cases of all three (sometimes [[{{Sonichu}} coexisting in]] [[Tropers/SixFortyK in the same person]]) to keep the stereotypes going.going.
* FedToTheBeast: People have actually been executed by being thrown to animals or insects. Tragically, some people have [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated accidentally]] and intentionally committed suicide this way at zoos or by having their CoolPet get out of control.
* FedToTheBeast: People have actually been executed by being thrown to animals or insects. Tragically, some people have [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated accidentally]] and intentionally committed suicide this way at zoos or by having their CoolPet get out of control.
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* ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation: [[http://lainos.sourceforge.net LainOS]] is a [=FreeBSD=]-based operating system whose goal is to recreate the extreme graphical pizazz of the computers from ''SerialExperimentsLain''.
** [[http://compiz.org/ Compiz]] is a window manager presently included with many Linux distributions. If you want, you can overload it with plugins so that your windows wobble like Jello when they move, your desktop is on the surface of a cube (with sharks inside), windows shuffle and dodge around one another when you switch between them, inactive windows go translucent and gain a mirror sheen, and a trail of fire follows your mouse around. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJB9Yum3S9M&feature=PlayList&p=6AD5E5D6B2DEA293&index=0&playnext=1 Here are some videos of it.]]
** [[http://compiz.org/ Compiz]] is a window manager presently included with many Linux distributions. If you want, you can overload it with plugins so that your windows wobble like Jello when they move, your desktop is on the surface of a cube (with sharks inside), windows shuffle and dodge around one another when you switch between them, inactive windows go translucent and gain a mirror sheen, and a trail of fire follows your mouse around. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJB9Yum3S9M&feature=PlayList&p=6AD5E5D6B2DEA293&index=0&playnext=1 Here are some videos of it.]]
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* ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation: [[http://lainos.sourceforge.net LainOS]] is a [=FreeBSD=]-based operating system whose goal is to recreate the extreme graphical pizazz of the computers from ''SerialExperimentsLain''.
** [[http://compiz.org/ Compiz]] is a window manager presently included with many Linux distributions. If you want, you can overload it with plugins so that your windows wobble like Jello when they move, your desktop is on the surface of a cube (with sharks inside), windows shuffle and dodge around one another when you switch between them, inactive windows go translucent and gain a mirror sheen, and a trail of fire follows your mouse around. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJB9Yum3S9M&feature=PlayList&p=6AD5E5D6B2DEA293&index=0&playnext=1 Here are some videos of it.]]
** [[http://compiz.org/ Compiz]] is a window manager presently included with many Linux distributions. If you want, you can overload it with plugins so that your windows wobble like Jello when they move, your desktop is on the surface of a cube (with sharks inside), windows shuffle and dodge around one another when you switch between them, inactive windows go translucent and gain a mirror sheen, and a trail of fire follows your mouse around. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJB9Yum3S9M&feature=PlayList&p=6AD5E5D6B2DEA293&index=0&playnext=1 Here are some videos of it.]]
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* EyeScream: Eye injuries are incredibly common ''and'' also preventable. Wear proper protective goggles while working with tools, chemicals, or anything else that could throw something into or splash into your eyes. Do not weld anything or use some blowtorches without welding-specific goggles/visor/both. Don't look directly at solar eclipses. And if you ''ever'' see a bright-as-sun flash, ''do not look in its direction and throw yourself toward the nearest shade.''
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* EvilDetectingDog: Bomb-sniffing dogs. Also, some dogs can detect someone who seems to be nervous or angry. This isn't infallible though, as these dogs can alert on a criminal about to commit a crime - or on someone with fear of dogs, social anxiety, or who's angry for an unrelated reason.
* EvilIsCool: Yes, sometimes it ''is.'' This is the supertrope of DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster, the various portrayals of sociopathy as heroic, the reason we have ''so much'' violence and similar in the media - because many humans do have that part of themselves that is a {{jerkass}} ''at best.'' Thankfully, for ''most'' people, escapist media (anything from myth about the JerkassGods killing each other off to a couple hours playing UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000) satisfies the human need for indulging in evil.
* EvilIsSexy: The groupies/hangers-on of outlaws of various sorts, organized criminals, and serial killers.
* EvilIsCool: Yes, sometimes it ''is.'' This is the supertrope of DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster, the various portrayals of sociopathy as heroic, the reason we have ''so much'' violence and similar in the media - because many humans do have that part of themselves that is a {{jerkass}} ''at best.'' Thankfully, for ''most'' people, escapist media (anything from myth about the JerkassGods killing each other off to a couple hours playing UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000) satisfies the human need for indulging in evil.
* EvilIsSexy: The groupies/hangers-on of outlaws of various sorts, organized criminals, and serial killers.
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* EvilMakesYouUgly: Those who manufacture and use large amounts of methamphetamine tend to develop physical damage from exposure to the toxic chemicals and dehydration.
* EvilMatriarch: A few have existed at the center of some horrific child abuse cases.
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* ExiledToTheCouch: For various reasons from arguments to religious taboos, some partners/spouses/lovers do not share a bed temporarily.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: If Puerto Rico or one of the other US territories or commonwealths ever becomes a full state. Arguably happened to ''the entire world'' with American English becoming the dominant language and, for ''many'' years, American culture and media (and culture and media inspired by that) being globally dominant.
* ExpectationLowerer: Unfortunately, a lot of the world is seen as such by those who wish to consider themselves better. Pretty much anything related to class warfare (such as SlobsVersusSnobs) and CulturalPosturing is rooted in this.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: If Puerto Rico or one of the other US territories or commonwealths ever becomes a full state. Arguably happened to ''the entire world'' with American English becoming the dominant language and, for ''many'' years, American culture and media (and culture and media inspired by that) being globally dominant.
* ExpectationLowerer: Unfortunately, a lot of the world is seen as such by those who wish to consider themselves better. Pretty much anything related to class warfare (such as SlobsVersusSnobs) and CulturalPosturing is rooted in this.
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* ExplosiveStupidity: Terrorists do blow themselves up with their own bombs, and even more often than that, ordinary people handle explosive chemicals and similar (especially petrochemicals like gasoline and kerosene and lighter fluid) in ''incredibly'' stupid and dangerous ways.
* ExternalCombustion: Rigging cars to explode has been a favorite method of both TheMafia and WesternTerrorists.
* ExtremeDoormat: This form of passive/submissive behavior is called "learned helplessness," and it is often a sign of extreme abuse or of a culture/subculture being ''so'' harsh on non-submissive behavior that only the most passive and submissive stay around (and are broken into being more so) while anyone with ''any'' amount of self-determination eventually either leaves or is kicked out/shunned.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Human beings, and some animals, can or will eat many things - even things that are very unhealthy or inedible.
** A sad case exists with birds that eat inedible plastics - which their bodies also cannot expel. The plastics fill up the birds so they cannot eat or drink, and they die of starvation or dehydration.
* EyeScream: Eye injuries are incredibly common ''and'' also preventable. Wear proper protective goggles while working with tools, chemicals, or anything else that could throw something into or splash into your eyes. Do not weld anything or use some blowtorches without welding-specific goggles/visor/both. Don't look directly at solar eclipses. And if you ''ever'' see a bright-as-sun flash, ''do not look in its direction and throw yourself toward the nearest shade.''
* ExternalCombustion: Rigging cars to explode has been a favorite method of both TheMafia and WesternTerrorists.
* ExtremeDoormat: This form of passive/submissive behavior is called "learned helplessness," and it is often a sign of extreme abuse or of a culture/subculture being ''so'' harsh on non-submissive behavior that only the most passive and submissive stay around (and are broken into being more so) while anyone with ''any'' amount of self-determination eventually either leaves or is kicked out/shunned.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Human beings, and some animals, can or will eat many things - even things that are very unhealthy or inedible.
** A sad case exists with birds that eat inedible plastics - which their bodies also cannot expel. The plastics fill up the birds so they cannot eat or drink, and they die of starvation or dehydration.
* EyeScream: Eye injuries are incredibly common ''and'' also preventable. Wear proper protective goggles while working with tools, chemicals, or anything else that could throw something into or splash into your eyes. Do not weld anything or use some blowtorches without welding-specific goggles/visor/both. Don't look directly at solar eclipses. And if you ''ever'' see a bright-as-sun flash, ''do not look in its direction and throw yourself toward the nearest shade.''
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: Very much TruthInTelevision. Evil people/people who commit evil acts can come from ''any'' background/backstory/culture/race/religion/anything. There is no group (aside from groups that are ''defined by'' committing crime or killing) that is somehow "more or less evil" or more or less likely to spawn evil than any other.
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: Very much TruthInTelevision. Evil people/people who commit evil acts can come from ''any'' background/backstory/culture/race/religion/anything. background/backstory/culture/race/religion/anything, as a browse of People You See In Hell or similar will show you. There is no group (aside from groups that are ''defined by'' committing crime or killing) that is somehow "more or less evil" or more or less likely to spawn evil violence/harm/etcetera than any other.other.
* EthicalSlut: Being one is possible as long as everyone involved ''is'' open and honest about what they want, and as long as a being imposing strict codes of sexual propriety doesn't exist.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Even AdolfHitler loved his mama.
* EthicalSlut: Being one is possible as long as everyone involved ''is'' open and honest about what they want, and as long as a being imposing strict codes of sexual propriety doesn't exist.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Even AdolfHitler loved his mama.
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* EverybodyHatesMathematics: More accurately, ''almost'' everyone in certain groups - such as dyscalculics and people in settings where it is taught in boring and incomprehensible ways. The "uselessness" of mathematics also gives it some hatred - especially since in many settings, people who would do just fine in life learning math they could and will actually use are also forced to learn math that they likely never will use once out of college or that would be better and faster done by non-human brains, especially since many people now carry around a device that can do calculations a lot faster and more reliably than most people can in their heads.
** It is possible that at some point in the future, the emphasis on applied mathematics for most people, as a result of TechnologyMarchesOn, will consist of verifying device output (e.g. "is my app giving me the right number here").
* EverybodysDeadDave: [[DownerEnding "There were no survivors."]]
* EverybodySmokes: Until TheEighties (and TheNoughties in other places) this was TruthInTelevision with incredibly high smoking rates throughout much of the world. It is still true for some cultures, subcultures, and populations, but not universally.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Quite a few people who have attraction toward each other. ''Very often'' overlaps with TransparentCloset.
** It is possible that at some point in the future, the emphasis on applied mathematics for most people, as a result of TechnologyMarchesOn, will consist of verifying device output (e.g. "is my app giving me the right number here").
* EverybodysDeadDave: [[DownerEnding "There were no survivors."]]
* EverybodySmokes: Until TheEighties (and TheNoughties in other places) this was TruthInTelevision with incredibly high smoking rates throughout much of the world. It is still true for some cultures, subcultures, and populations, but not universally.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Quite a few people who have attraction toward each other. ''Very often'' overlaps with TransparentCloset.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Some cases of psychopathy, sociopathy, and malignant narcissism. People suffering from these will occasionally argue for the "inherent virtue" of violence against innocents or rape, for example. There are two organizational variants: one, where an entire society/nation [[MoreThanMindControl is brainwashed]] into violence or genocide (such as in the genocide of the Native Americans or the Holocaust), and the other where a small organization led by and consisting of people like the aforementioned psychopaths promotes violence or abuse (e.g. Neo-Nazi or violent militia groups, NAMBLA and "little girl lovers") and becomes its own echo chamber of its "evil" beliefs and actions.
* EvilChancellor: No RealLife examples are allowed on the article, but AdolfHitler is the ''reason'' for the trope.
* EvilChancellor: No RealLife examples are allowed on the article, but AdolfHitler is the ''reason'' for the trope.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Because it is not only males that are TheStoic or who suffer from mental illnesses related to the lack of emotion or the inability to express emotion.
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** There's also the inverse - the cops promise to make things easier for you or make things go away. As empty as the threat (the cops can and often [[ILied will not do it]], and even if they do, the prosecutor can throw it out and/or if you gave money to make it happen, you've committed the crime of bribery of police officers), If you're ever encountered with a cop that asks you to admit to or confess to something "lesser" (especially if you did neither crime) or intimates a bribe will help matters, the correct response is to ''shut up'' and demand a lawyer.
* EmptyNest: Is a great source of angst to those who have devoted their entire lives to family and childrearing and ''nothing else.'' Less painful, in most cases, for those who've developed interests and hobbies and friendships beyond and outside of the "nest."
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Unfortunately people who commit animal cruelty and/or damage the environment for profit or for personal fulfillment exist. And intense animal cruelty at an early age is a warning sign that the person who does it has incipient homicidal tendencies.
* EnfantTerrible: While real life examples are not allowed, a few have existed. Usually the result of extreme abuse and/or neglect, or severe mental illness.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: Has happened a few times, as a result of criminals, corrupt politicians, bigots of various sorts, brutal cops, and others who might be considered RealLife villains not realizing [[IsThisThingStillOn their mic was hot]], that the person they were communicating to brag about their actions or plans was recording it, or that the people they just unleashed a torrent of abuse upon were all recording it/streaming it.
* EnragedByIdiocy: The stupidity and shallowness of other human beings can be a ''major'' cause of anger and annoyance.
* EntitledBastard: People who mistreat others and at the same time expect them to drop everything and help when they are personally in trouble do exist in RealLife, in everything from individual relationships and friendships to international relations.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Not TruthInTelevision itself, but unfortunately, people who believe it to be true ''are.'' These people are at best ''incredibly'' annoying to have to coexist with, and at worst rapists.
* EpicRace: Some triathalons, adventure races, rallies, etcetera would qualify as this.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Very much TruthInTelevision. Evil people/people who commit evil acts can come from ''any'' background/backstory/culture/race/religion/anything. There is no group (aside from groups that are ''defined by'' committing crime or killing) that is somehow "more or less evil" or more or less likely to spawn evil than any other.
* EmptyNest: Is a great source of angst to those who have devoted their entire lives to family and childrearing and ''nothing else.'' Less painful, in most cases, for those who've developed interests and hobbies and friendships beyond and outside of the "nest."
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Unfortunately people who commit animal cruelty and/or damage the environment for profit or for personal fulfillment exist. And intense animal cruelty at an early age is a warning sign that the person who does it has incipient homicidal tendencies.
* EnfantTerrible: While real life examples are not allowed, a few have existed. Usually the result of extreme abuse and/or neglect, or severe mental illness.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: Has happened a few times, as a result of criminals, corrupt politicians, bigots of various sorts, brutal cops, and others who might be considered RealLife villains not realizing [[IsThisThingStillOn their mic was hot]], that the person they were communicating to brag about their actions or plans was recording it, or that the people they just unleashed a torrent of abuse upon were all recording it/streaming it.
* EnragedByIdiocy: The stupidity and shallowness of other human beings can be a ''major'' cause of anger and annoyance.
* EntitledBastard: People who mistreat others and at the same time expect them to drop everything and help when they are personally in trouble do exist in RealLife, in everything from individual relationships and friendships to international relations.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Not TruthInTelevision itself, but unfortunately, people who believe it to be true ''are.'' These people are at best ''incredibly'' annoying to have to coexist with, and at worst rapists.
* EpicRace: Some triathalons, adventure races, rallies, etcetera would qualify as this.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Very much TruthInTelevision. Evil people/people who commit evil acts can come from ''any'' background/backstory/culture/race/religion/anything. There is no group (aside from groups that are ''defined by'' committing crime or killing) that is somehow "more or less evil" or more or less likely to spawn evil than any other.
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* DopplegangerReplacementLoveInterest: Because what people find attractive sometimes doesn't change, and because sometimes, what they see of their ex or of their dead love in someone else doesn't frighten/upset/trigger them but is comforting.
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* DopplegangerReplacementLoveInterest: DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Because what people find attractive sometimes doesn't change, and because sometimes, what they see of their ex or of their dead love in someone else doesn't frighten/upset/trigger them but is comforting.
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* EatDirtCheap: Famines, when even the DogFoodDiet or [[ReducedToRatburgers rats]] are unavailable or for the "wealthy" only. Currently around the African continent for a variety of reasons, and in NorthKorea because of the society.
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* EditWar: Here, [[TheOtherWiki there]], and everywhere.
* EducationMama: Tiger Mom and the stereotyping that all Asian moms are obsessed with achievement and education. The JewishMother is also stereotypically this, not pleased until her sons and daughters are all in med school or law school. While some moms definitely match these stereotypes, some don't and the EducationMama can be found in many other places as well.
* EducationMama: Tiger Mom and the stereotyping that all Asian moms are obsessed with achievement and education. The JewishMother is also stereotypically this, not pleased until her sons and daughters are all in med school or law school. While some moms definitely match these stereotypes, some don't and the EducationMama can be found in many other places as well.
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* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: These issues tend to exist almost everywhere, especially once a group gets large enough to have a faction that wants to ignore them and one that wants to at least mention them.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: References are almost always this, and some textbooks on certain subjects can approach it. Also, [[TakeThat anything]] [[ChurchOfHappyology written]] [[BadWriting by]] LRonHubbard unless it's a short story.
* DopplegangerReplacementLoveInterest: Because what people find attractive sometimes doesn't change, and because sometimes, what they see of their ex or of their dead love in someone else doesn't frighten/upset/trigger them but is comforting.
* DopplegangerReplacementLoveInterest: Because what people find attractive sometimes doesn't change, and because sometimes, what they see of their ex or of their dead love in someone else doesn't frighten/upset/trigger them but is comforting.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In some countries, rape is actually defined as unconsented ''male-on-female'' sex.
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Especially in regard to emotional abuse (since in many patriarchial societies, men are supposed to be seen as not having emotions at all, [[SarcasmMode so how can they be emotionally abused and manipulated]]?) and financial abuse. Even in regard to physical abuse, a man abused by a woman may find himself anything from viewed as unmanly and weak for not defending himself to arrested and imprisoned if he does fight back or use any force to escape.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In some countries, rape is actually defined as unconsented ''male-on-female'' sex. Also, female pedophiles versus male pedophiles, especially apparent in mother/son abuse versus father/daughter and attractive female teacher/male student versus male teacher/female student.
* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Just take a look at how PrisonRape is treated by first world societies. And how often the AssShove and AnalProbing and such are considered ''absolutely hilarious'' even when they are involved in ''real'' incidents.
* DoWithHimAsYouWill: OlderThanFeudalism, but mostly stopped due to consolidation of law enforcement and formalized justice systems where they exist.
* DownInTheDumps: Law enforcement often has to visit dumps to investigate crimes. Then there's garbage pickers, salvage workers...
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In some countries, rape is actually defined as unconsented ''male-on-female'' sex. Also, female pedophiles versus male pedophiles, especially apparent in mother/son abuse versus father/daughter and attractive female teacher/male student versus male teacher/female student.
* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Just take a look at how PrisonRape is treated by first world societies. And how often the AssShove and AnalProbing and such are considered ''absolutely hilarious'' even when they are involved in ''real'' incidents.
* DoWithHimAsYouWill: OlderThanFeudalism, but mostly stopped due to consolidation of law enforcement and formalized justice systems where they exist.
* DownInTheDumps: Law enforcement often has to visit dumps to investigate crimes. Then there's garbage pickers, salvage workers...
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Some people believe this has happened, though verifying whether it actually has or not is impossible since the dream itself can't be recorded.
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Some people have had such experiences. Again, objective verification of them is impossible. This is a central belief for some who believe in {{reincarnation}}, or in transcendental vampirism where a vampire's immortality/soul is living on in other living humans, as it is seen as one of the "awakening experiences" for both.
* DreamingTheTruth: Happens for writers and musicians sometimes, though can't be relied upon - if you're ''trying'' to have a dream to write about or of that composition you want to make in full, it likely won't happen.
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Some people have had such experiences. Again, objective verification of them is impossible. This is a central belief for some who believe in {{reincarnation}}, or in transcendental vampirism where a vampire's immortality/soul is living on in other living humans, as it is seen as one of the "awakening experiences" for both.
* DreamingTheTruth: Happens for writers and musicians sometimes, though can't be relied upon - if you're ''trying'' to have a dream to write about or of that composition you want to make in full, it likely won't happen.
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* DressesTheSame: "Who wore it better" features.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Can happen - suicide, being, as earlier mentioned under DespairEventHorizon, the result of pain exceeding ability to cope with pain, is not always the result of existing severe mental illness. Torture, extreme and untreated/untreatable physical pain, intense emotional/physical/sexual abuse with no way to escape, being faced with an immediate and seemingly hopeless situation such as a terminal illness diagnosis or going from an upper-middle-class life to one of homelessness and grinding poverty are among the events that can cause this without an existing severe mental illness being present.
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* DrunkenMaster: ''Very'' common among musicians and performing artists (especially in the more difficult forms such as standup comedy). Many need at least a buzz to knock off stage fright/loosen up/etcetera, and some musicians, comedians, etcetera are actually far better when at levels of intoxication that would leave most people passed out. Of course, this isn't good for their health or personal lives as many, especially those who fall into the latter group, are TheAlcoholic.
* DrunkenSong: ''KARAOKE.'' Also, any song given the singer's alcohol and drug consumption beforehand.
* DrunkWithPower: Fairly common in the helping professions and law enforcement with their granting power over other people - to the extent that responsible organizations in both fields do their best to find people who are like this and retrain them better/remove them from the career entirely.
* DuctTapeForEverything: A quite common repair tactic in low-income settings - among "rednecks" in the US for example. There's even a joke about the "redneck tool kit" that contains duct tape for "things that move but shouldn't," WD-40 and a hammer for "things that don't move but should," and a six pack of beer. Also common among musician road crews, both due to low-income and that many overlap with low-income groups such as rednecks, and that it ''is'' effective (if not necessarily safe) for many applications in setting up a stage.
* DudeShesALesbian: Because, yes, sometimes she is.
* DrunkenSong: ''KARAOKE.'' Also, any song given the singer's alcohol and drug consumption beforehand.
* DrunkWithPower: Fairly common in the helping professions and law enforcement with their granting power over other people - to the extent that responsible organizations in both fields do their best to find people who are like this and retrain them better/remove them from the career entirely.
* DuctTapeForEverything: A quite common repair tactic in low-income settings - among "rednecks" in the US for example. There's even a joke about the "redneck tool kit" that contains duct tape for "things that move but shouldn't," WD-40 and a hammer for "things that don't move but should," and a six pack of beer. Also common among musician road crews, both due to low-income and that many overlap with low-income groups such as rednecks, and that it ''is'' effective (if not necessarily safe) for many applications in setting up a stage.
* DudeShesALesbian: Because, yes, sometimes she is.
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* DueToTheDead: ''Many'' cultures and subcultures see respectful treatment and remembrance of the dead as ''highly'' important, and disrespect in regard to either as a deep insult.
* DumbassHasAPoint: To assume that stupidity or shallowness or disagreeableness ''automatically'' discredits someone's point is the logical fallacy of AdHominem.
* DumbassHasAPoint: To assume that stupidity or shallowness or disagreeableness ''automatically'' discredits someone's point is the logical fallacy of AdHominem.
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* DyingLikeAnimals: Happens in some disaster situations and ''many'' war situations - where people who could, say, take precautions against a disaster to mitigate it and save their lives or who could, if they united, repel an invasion, instead choose to act in ways that are counterproductive and even dangerous toward those who are actually doing something.
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* DynamicEntry: Smash and grab burglaries, home invasions, shoplifter flash mobs.
* DysfunctionalFamily: They exist, and you may even be a part of one. If you are, ''please'' seek therapy now.
* DysfunctionJunction: These can be found in many, many settings in RealLife. Formalized versions consist of 12 Step recovery meetings, support groups, and the like - where people are (at least allegedly) acknowledging and working on their issues. The informal version is far more common.
* DysfunctionalFamily: They exist, and you may even be a part of one. If you are, ''please'' seek therapy now.
* DysfunctionJunction: These can be found in many, many settings in RealLife. Formalized versions consist of 12 Step recovery meetings, support groups, and the like - where people are (at least allegedly) acknowledging and working on their issues. The informal version is far more common.
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* CondescendingCompassion: You poor thing, wasting your pathetic little hopeless life on reading this page. (As you can obviously tell, examples centering around race or gender or sexuality or culture or similar can get ''very'' nasty.)
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* DontYouDarePityMe: A very common response to CondescendingCompassion and/or when the WhiteKnight is caught in the act. Some people feel this way toward any pity.
* DonutMessWithACop: Because in many places, donut shops are the only 24 hour (or at least open early closed late) businesses, and they serve coffee, which many night-shift patrol officers [[MustHaveCaffeine tend to live off]] of because most cops aren't naturally nocturnal. Such shops often give officers/deputies discounts or free coffee, also. Subverted in settings after TheNineties when convenience stores, coffee shops, gas stations, and similar began to take the role as well.
* DonutMessWithACop: Because in many places, donut shops are the only 24 hour (or at least open early closed late) businesses, and they serve coffee, which many night-shift patrol officers [[MustHaveCaffeine tend to live off]] of because most cops aren't naturally nocturnal. Such shops often give officers/deputies discounts or free coffee, also. Subverted in settings after TheNineties when convenience stores, coffee shops, gas stations, and similar began to take the role as well.
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* DoomTroops: The SWATTeam, bomb squads, anti-terror squads. Seems to be spreading widely to ''all'' law enforcement, in a phenomenon called "the militarization of the police."
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* DogFoodDiet: In some places some people are forced into eating dog food and cat food. In some places, there is not even anything as nutritious as that to eat.
* DoggedNiceGuy (or girl): Some exist in RealLife (people who want someone out of their league to notice them and only have persistence and luck on their side as opposed to looks or money, people who have held onto relationships that ''should'' have ended out of sincere love or hope the person will get out of the addiction/leave the religious cult/end the string of affairs/leave the current abusive partner/etc until the other person finally just dumps them or they realize that their love means nothing to the person, or in a less cynical vein, people who stay with and loyal to partners suffering from Alzheimer's or similar conditions). That said, if you see yourself as one, you're probably one of the many stalker-related tropes instead.
* DoggedNiceGuy (or girl): Some exist in RealLife (people who want someone out of their league to notice them and only have persistence and luck on their side as opposed to looks or money, people who have held onto relationships that ''should'' have ended out of sincere love or hope the person will get out of the addiction/leave the religious cult/end the string of affairs/leave the current abusive partner/etc until the other person finally just dumps them or they realize that their love means nothing to the person, or in a less cynical vein, people who stay with and loyal to partners suffering from Alzheimer's or similar conditions). That said, if you see yourself as one, you're probably one of the many stalker-related tropes instead.
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* DontLookAtMe: Sometimes people do get very embarrassed over being seen out of costume or in a less than fashionable state. Especially if there are cameras involved. Hollywood stars and VisualKei musicians are especially known for this - being seen out of hair/makeup/stage clothes/etc can be offensive.
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* DeathSeeker: Terrorists, unfortunately. Suicidal people in general. Occasionally someone who is terminally ill is this, ''especially'' if the illness is one that will eventually take away their mind/ability to communicate rationally, such as Alzheimer's or similar. Was also the case with AIDS before antiretroviral therapy - some patients sought suicide or hoped to die before the final stages of the disease set in, sometimes allowing an early infection to become fatal in hopes of dying from pneumonia instead of overwhelming csncer or brain involvement.
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* DeathSeeker: Terrorists, unfortunately. Suicidal people in general. Occasionally someone who is terminally ill is this, ''especially'' if the illness is one that will eventually take away their mind/ability to communicate rationally, such as Alzheimer's or similar. Was also the case with AIDS before antiretroviral therapy - some patients sought suicide or hoped to die before the final stages of the disease set in, sometimes allowing an early infection to become fatal in hopes of dying from pneumonia instead of overwhelming csncer cancer or brain involvement.
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** Obsidian stone blades take it a step further, being sharper than surgical blades (other tool-grade rocks, like slate, still can be made sharper than even professional kitchen knives). Being crystalline, not metallic, they're less reliable and harder to precisely manufacture, though.
