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* LastMinuteReprieve: Mostly subverted and rarely played straight now.
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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Seems to have more-or-less fallen by the wayside. This is probably due mostly to [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the vast number of drug-related deaths and rehab stints among various rock musicians]] in the '60s, '70s and '80s (Music/JimiHendrix, [[Music/MotleyCrue Nikki Sixx]], Music/OzzyOsbourne, etc.). However, other factors include the extensive anti-drug campaigning of the '80s, the AIDS scare mostly rendering the concept of "Free Love" obsolete, and the rise of rock-pop in the '80s and the Grunge movement of the early '90s shifting the focus of rock away from glorified sex and drug use, while the "{{nice guy}}" personas of 2010s-era IndieRock artists has rendered the whole idea of "all rockers are bad boys" as laughable. Granted, sex and drugs still exist in the music business. But most of the musicians who engage in such activities, at least in Western mainstream pop and country music, are far more secretive and openly ambivalent towards them than before. On the other hand, [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM and related festival culture]] is fairly open about it, as are some sections of HipHop and rap, "outlaw" country, and underground music of various sorts. Japanese VisualKei keeps things more secretive, but SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll is still a frequent trope there if you look beyond the "official", and alcohol abuse and smoking are quite open there.
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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Seems to have more-or-less fallen by the wayside. This is probably due mostly to [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the vast number of drug-related deaths and rehab stints among various rock musicians]] musicians in the '60s, '70s and '80s (Music/JimiHendrix, [[Music/MotleyCrue Nikki Sixx]], Music/OzzyOsbourne, etc.). However, other factors include the extensive anti-drug campaigning of the '80s, the AIDS scare mostly rendering the concept of "Free Love" obsolete, and the rise of rock-pop in the '80s and the Grunge movement of the early '90s shifting the focus of rock away from glorified sex and drug use, while the "{{nice guy}}" personas of 2010s-era IndieRock artists has rendered the whole idea of "all rockers are bad boys" as laughable. Granted, sex and drugs still exist in the music business. But most of the musicians who engage in such activities, at least in Western mainstream pop and country music, are far more secretive and openly ambivalent towards them than before. On the other hand, [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM and related festival culture]] is fairly open about it, as are some sections of HipHop and rap, "outlaw" country, and underground music of various sorts. Japanese VisualKei keeps things more secretive, but SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll is still a frequent trope there if you look beyond the "official", and alcohol abuse and smoking are quite open there.
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* ButtonMashing: While the usage of characters button mashing to show that they're amateur gamers still persists, the ''implementation'' of button mashing as a game mechanic has largely fallen out of favor, due to it being weighted towards players who are already seasoned at rapid pressing with little room for learning to improve. SmashingSurvival still persists due to it mostly being in short bursts, but gameplay mechanics revolving around button mashing have generally stopped appearing after TheNewTens.
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* ADegreeInUseless: So many young people have gone to college that job markets are saturated (and the needs of job markets change ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-system-rigged-a-guide-grads/ quickly]]''), and economic policies such as automation and offshoring have rendered many occupations either highly competitive, if not entirely obsolete. So ''no'' major is guaranteed meaningful work. This is being seen all across the board, not ''just'' in humanities fields.
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* ADegreeInUseless: So many young people have gone to college that job markets are saturated (and the needs of job markets change ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-system-rigged-a-guide-grads/ quickly]]''), and economic policies such as automation and offshoring have rendered many occupations either highly competitive, if not entirely obsolete. So ''no'' major is guaranteed meaningful work. This is being seen all across the board, not ''just'' in humanities fields.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: The trope has become increasingly discredited given modern social attitudes regarding discrimination, and in contrast the use of [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain politically-incorrect characters as the bad guys]] is now the rule (and for that matter, only on works aimed at mature audiences, killing off the RacistGrandma trope in the process), often to demonstrate [[KickTheDog how rotten]] [[ForTheEvulz they are]]. Historical fiction is one of the few places this trope will still be used, because given the nature of the genre, it depends on DeliberateValuesDissonance. It makes more sense for a character from a past society to express views that align with that society's values, even if the values of that society would be interpreted by modern viewers as politically incorrect.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: The trope has become increasingly discredited given modern social attitudes regarding discrimination, and in contrast the use of [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain politically-incorrect characters as the bad guys]] is now the rule (and for that matter, only on works aimed at mature audiences, killing off the RacistGrandma trope in the process), often [[HateSink to demonstrate demonstrate]] [[KickTheDog how rotten]] [[ForTheEvulz they are]]. Historical fiction is one of the few places this trope will still be used, because given the nature of the genre, it depends on DeliberateValuesDissonance. It makes more sense for a character from a past society to express views that align with that society's values, even if the values of that society would be interpreted by modern viewers as politically incorrect.
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Can openers are very much needed & used currently. Pop-top cans are nowhere near the majority, as anyone who shops at a grocery store and gets canned tuna, tomatoes, beans, etc can attest. This might be true in some areas, but it's nowhere near a majority, and can openers are still commonly sold and needed. (I live in a major city and my last grocery run, the only pop-top was one can of soup; all the other canned items were solidly smooth-topped.).
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* NoCanOpener: Hoarding canned items for emergencies but forgetting the can-opener. It was relevant when cans were made of metals sturdier than tin --tin cans can be cracked open using a knife or a spoon. The pop-top design was then created to make the whole process easier, so now can-openers aren't needed anymore.
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* NoCanOpener: Hoarding canned items for emergencies but forgetting the can-opener. It was relevant when cans were made of metals sturdier than tin --tin cans can be cracked open using a knife or a spoon. The pop-top design was then created to make the whole process easier, so now can-openers aren't needed anymore.can openers may not be needed.
