Some Guy
Deleted the picture for not really being about this trope, except that the background sort of looks like Brooklyn if you squint real hard.
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Put it back. Did you even know where the picture comes from?
I did adjust the caption, though.
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Even if I didn't know where the picture came from it wouldn't make it any less Just A Face And A Caption.
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He's shooting at something on the street. That is an action. Just A Face And A Caption actually requires it to be just a face or person, not really doing anything. So it doesn't count as that.
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I see no evidence that he's from Brooklyn, in Brooklyn, nor that he's enraged. Your argument would make more sense if this trope was called Man Shoots At Things Off Camera.
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The trope doesn't require being in Brooklyn, nor does it actually mean the character has to be angry, just violent and dangerous. Do not tell me firing a machine gun in the middle of the street is not those things.
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If that's the case then I suggest you rewrite the trope description, since what I'm reading pretty clearly indicates that this is a trope about people being violent and dangerous in a Big Applesauce way, not just being violent and dangerous in general.
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You claimed the picture was bad because it didn't look like rage or Brooklyn. You don't get to just change a trope's definition because the picture doesn't look like the figurative terms in the title.
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I don't know what definition you're reading, but the one I see seems to make it pretty clear that this is only tropeworthy at all because its rage that derives from a NYC upbringing.
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Well until recently, simply being from New York stereotypically meant you were tough.
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I thought that that was what this trope was.
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So why is the picture a problem. Some dude is opening fire in the middle of the street. Now perhaps that says "Total psycho" to you instead of "New York tough guy", but then why not find a picture you think actually shows that?
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How about this picture?
http://www.stevenhumour.com/2011/02/28/please-do-not-smile-at-strangers/
A sign in the New York Subway outright asking people NOT to be friendly
Does anyone from New York (or Jersey) actually see Brooklyners like that?
Just asking.
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Did you actually read the article, or just assume this is Brooklyn only?
Just asking.
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Umm... Yeah. Did you read the question?
Do you fit the criteria (from NYC or NJ)?
Did you answer the question, or just assume I am an idiot who saw a picture, read the title, and jumped to conclusions?
Okay, I'll say I misunderstood your question. Why ask that here? This isn't about how people from New York or Jersey see Brooklyn people.
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FYI, Brooklyn of the Boy Commandos and Dan Turpin were retconned into the same person.
What a load of stereotypical bullshit. I am from Brooklyn, and am nothing like this. As a matter of fact, the majority of people here in Brooklyn are Jews and Asians, rather than Wiggas and Niggas.
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1. We aren't claiming this is a real trope.
2. This is about New York City and the surrounding cities. Did you even read past the title?
3. The population demographics now don't matter, as a lot of this was based on the populations from decades or even a century ago.
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"Did you even read past the title?" It's rather hard to when it looks like a pile of Donkey Dung.
Do you have any concept of the stereotypical Brooklyn accent?
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Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Boston Relevance?
, started by Clevomon on Jan 15th 2011 at 2:28:21 AM
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