History TruthInTelevision / MToO

* [[NiceGuy Nice Guy/Gal]]: Most people are genuinely willing to care for someone without ulterior motives; this does not mean one shouldn't be wary of [[BitchInSheepsClothing someone who's still pretending to be genuine in order to hide their viler side from any outside observers]].

* [[NiceGuy Nice Guy/Gal]]: Most people are genuinely willing to care for someone without ulterior motives; this does not mean one shouldn't be wary of [[BitchInSheepsClothing someone who's still pretending to be genuine but is hiding their viler side from any outside observers]].

* [[NiceGuy Nice Guy/Gal]]: Most people are genuinely willing to care for someone without ulterior motives; this does not mean one shouldn't be wary of [[BitchInSheepsClothing someone who's still pretending to be]].

* [[NiceGuy Nice Guy/Gal]]: Lots of them, and far more than a pessimist can ever think.

* AMillionIsAStatistic: It's called the Identifiable Victim Bias. Some people in RealLife have believed this - and unfortunately, acted on it. One reason is that when you hear about one person dying, you can put yourself in that situation and imagine how your family would feel. Trying to feel the sadness and empathy for each of those millions of people and their families is just not physically possible, so we repress it.

* MacGuffin: The BraggingRightsReward in its physical permutations (e.g. trophies and objets d'art) and anything useless that only has value in being collectible and/ort desired by more than one person.

* MachiavelliWasWrong: Once a certain level of strict, iron-fisted rule is passed, said authoritarian rule is often (though not always) more likely to result in widespread ''dis''obedience of the rule at least in secret, to open, violent rebellion against it. The most successful way to maintain a complicit populace seems to be offering a mixture of reward and punishment, with just enough reward to keep people seeking more and just enough punishment to make rebellion or schism unappealing. UsefulNotes/NorthKorea seems to be the only exception to this rule.
* MachineEmpathy: People get used to the noises and rhythms of things they use often. Whether it's a vehicle or a computer or a musical instrument or whatever, the first sign something is wrong with it is often something noticed only by the primary user...

* NeverBareheaded: Religious or cultural reasons sometimes require the constant covering of the head. Islam is most known for this, but there are some Jews and Christians that adhere to various forms of it too. Many balding men also usually wear hats as often as they can to hide it, and some just wear them as a fashion statement.

* NationalGeographicNudity: Nudists for the most part (most nudists/naturists frown upon the sexualization of nudity and there are explicit "no sexual touching in public/of someone you aren't already in a relationship with" and "no cameras" rules at a lot of retreats and the like, because the subculture is about body acceptance, not about hookups or making porn), and some cultures do practice this.

* NayTheist: There are some people that, while they believe a god or gods exist, also believe him/her/it/they are evil or disinterested in humanity, or have some other reason to feel disgust or distaste toward him/her/it/them. Also common in some people who don't believe a specific god exists, but if that god existed, would hate him/her/it for his/her/its perceived cruelty or unfairness.
* NearRapeExperience: Has happened with some people who sincerely didn't realize that [[PoorCommunicationKills "no" actually meant "no"]] or who were drunk/high, but then realized in time that that no DID mean "no" or where being pushed away or screamed at got through the altered state. Why a SafeWord is a good idea, especially if you're doing certain forms of fetish play or if you or your partner or both of you are from a culture where "no" can mean other things than "STOP RIGHT NOW." Also, if someone was going to have sex with a person, but realised in the process that they were too drunk to consent/were passed out.

* MediationBackfire: In many internet forums, trying to end a FlameWar between two or more users will cause them to take out their frustrations on you with heaping insults, but [[InternetJerk this is the internet we're talking about.]][[/index]]

* MalignedMixedMarriage: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of examples throughout history of people hating those who marry outside of their race. In fact, until struck down by the Supreme Court in 1967, miscegenation [[note]]interracial marriage[[/note]] was forbidden by law in the U.S.--and had been since before there was officially a U.S. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws_in_the_United_States More here]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia the landmark case is here]].

* MultiEthnicName: Yup. This is not only common but is extremely common. Chances are, if you're American, you might [[TomatoInTheMirror be this trope.]] Even the most common name in the English language, John Smith, is a mix of a Hebrew name and an English surname.

** Witness any police intervention in a domestic argument. (Or anybody else's, of course, but the police are the only ones professionally obliged to stick their heads over the parapet.) What they tend to really hate about such jobs is that even when one partner is clearly being abused, they'll often [[StockholmSyndrome firmly take their abuser's side]].[[index]]

* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: There's a reason "soccer mom" is used to refer to obnoxious entitled women.

* MoralGuardians: ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' and ''Website/TheOnion'' parodied PETA's practice of trying to get "liberated" carnivores to live on a vegetarian diet. Also perpetual AcceptableTargets the FCC and "concerned mothers".

* MartialArtsUniform: People do wear them, but usually only for competitions and their classes.

** Some hate speech can come off as this, such as when overuse of special text, screaming and emphasis makes an angry rant laughable. That's all.

* {{Narm}}: You've probably laughed at someone's {{Wangst}} at some point in your life (or at least been very annoyed by it rather than sympathize with them). Reactions to a child throwing a temper tantrum are a good example. Especially when it's not your child.

* MischiefMakingMonkey: Yes, they really DO fling poo, and anything else they can get their hands on. Their poo-hurling habit became infamous in the days when zoo animals' exhibits were plain concrete boxes, offering them no alternative ammunition. Most zoos nowadays have enclosures that replicate the animals' natural environment, and are therefore less conducive to poo-throwing behavior. Monkeys have also been known to steal things from people ForTheLulz.

* OurWyvernsAreDifferent: Pterosaurs, bats, and birds all sport two wings replacing arms and two legs, but thankfully, none of them sport any lethal [[BreathWeapon breath weapons]].

** Dictators and tyrants are occasionally this, which has actually caused history to look far more kindly upon UsefulNotes/JosipBrozTito and even UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein - the dictatorial rule and brutality served the same role military peacekeeping would, in uniting very different peoples as one nation, or at least keeping a tight lid on interethnic and intersectarian tensions. The problem is the cruelty and brutality to begin with. Also, once the dictator(s) are gone, they, being the real life version of a LoadBearingBoss, the civil "unity" or "peace" they forged tends to vanish.
** States (generally Communist or similar, though [[OlderThanTheyThink the oldest was Japan under the shogun Ieyasu]]) that imposed atheism/agnosticism officially (or at least strict political secularism), while persecuting religious people of varying religions for being religious or converting/being converted on occasion (and this hits Christians and Muslims the hardest, since both are evangelizing religions, where, say, Buddhism or Judaism generally aren't), ''did'' somewhat successfully contain religious extremism and/or prevent sectarian factionalism from intermixing with politics to a major degree, and their actions make more sense when viewed in the context that often, at least with most converting/evangelizing sects, religion and political takeovers/political violence are often intertwined. Whether it was at too high of a cost (the deaths and persecutions that did occur, often just to make a point of "don't do this") is very much something on which your mileage may vary.[[index]]

* NoSexAllowed: Some religious systems that impose celibacy or heavily restrict sex. Also applies to minors for obvious reasons.

* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Just go ahead and try to tell [[TheFundamentalist some Christians]] that there are parallels to Christian belief in many other religions and beliefs and mythologies, and add to it that maybe it was accomplished the same way. Those flames will burn bright for a long time...

* OmnicidalManiac: There have been a few (mostly {{ApocalypseCult}}s and religious terrorist organizations), but [[CaptainObvious none of them have succeded.]]

* OurWyvernsAreDifferent: Pterosaurs, bats, and birds all sport two wings replacing arms and two legs, but thankfully, none of them sport any lethal [[breath weapons|BreathWeapon]].

* OurWyvernsAreDifferent: Pterosaurs, bats, and birds all sport two wings replacing arms and two legs, but thankfully, none of them sport any lethal [[BreathWeapon|breath weapons]].