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* There's a long standing ([[UnfortunateImplications and INCREDIBLY bigoted]]) UrbanLegend that numerous Muslims in New York City were seen cheering when the towers fell on 9/11. The problems with this ''should'' be obvious: for one, are we supposed to believe something this outrageous happened yet not a ''single'' person who witnessed it bothered to take a picture or film it?[[note]]A possible source of this misconception may be [[FakeMemories misremembering]] an event (which was widely shown on the news) of Palestinians celebrating in the streets around 9/11. While this did really happen, the celebration was actually due to an unrelated local event. By the time the correction was made, most people were no longer paying attention and went with their initial, wrong impression.[[/note]]

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* There's a long standing ([[UnfortunateImplications and INCREDIBLY bigoted]]) UrbanLegend that numerous Muslims in New York City were seen cheering when the towers fell on 9/11. The problems with this ''should'' be obvious: for one, are we supposed to believe something this outrageous happened yet not a ''single'' person who witnessed it bothered to take a picture or film it?[[note]]A possible source of this misconception may be [[FakeMemories misremembering]] an event (which was widely shown on the news) of Palestinians celebrating in the streets around 9/11. While this did really happen, the celebration was actually due to an unrelated local event. By the time the correction was made, most people were no longer paying attention and went with their initial, wrong impression.[[/note]]
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** The same thing happened prior to the filming of ''Star Trek IV''. Paramount had people walking around San Francisco in full Starfleet uniform, or dressed as Vulcans, prior to location shooting. No one noticed. (Even accounting for the fact that a) in a large city people are more likely to assume it's publicity (see Truth in Television below), b) ''Star Trek'' is so much a part of the national culture that it's like clouds or furniture, it's a bit odd that ''no one'' noticed.)

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** The same thing happened prior to the filming of ''Star Trek IV''.''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''. Paramount had people walking around San Francisco in full Starfleet uniform, or dressed as Vulcans, prior to location shooting. No one noticed. (Even accounting for the fact that a) in a large city people are more likely to assume it's publicity (see Truth in Television below), b) ''Star Trek'' is so much a part of the national culture that it's like clouds or furniture, it's a bit odd that ''no one'' noticed.)
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* Anyone who has worked any kind of job in retail or customer service (cashier, server, manager, customer service rep, etc) can confirm that some people can/will do the craziest things in stores. This includes (but is not limited to): throwing loud tantrums (regardless of age), getting into fights with other customers, trying to start fights with employees, destroying displays, stealing, entering the store completely high, entering the store dressed in an outlandish or inappropriate way, entering the store with an animal, etc. You can tell if someone's been in the retail game a while if they can deal with one or more of the above in one shift without showing the smallest amount of interest.

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* Meanwhile, in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, Earthquakes are so common that for the most part, people in the big cities with skyscrapers built to withstand them completely ignore the earthquake and go on about their business.

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* Meanwhile, in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}, Earthquakes are so common that for the most part, people in the big cities with skyscrapers built to withstand them completely ignore the earthquake and go on about their business.


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** A Chilean journalist didn’t even leave his chair during a [[https://youtu.be/-Q7vN5z8GtU?si=iZgYG8jg022paC2y 8.4 Mw earthquake]].
** You can tell who is a foreigner and who is a local in this [[https://youtu.be/4Mv9mn6dbGw?si=j6ghOnMTjgFtwBMa airport]] while a 6.6 Mw earthquake shakes Santiago.
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* Certain areas regularly have people in drag walk around (such as Germany's Hamburg) to the point where a 2m man with blonde wig, pink miniskirt and high heels isn't even worth a second glance.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEHiTjViicE This viral video]]. Never mind the coup de’etat going on behind her, this woman's got a workout to be doing!

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEHiTjViicE This viral video]]. Never mind the coup de’etat d’état going on behind her, this woman's got a workout to be doing!
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEHiTjViicE This viral video]]. Never mind the revolution going on behind her, this woman's got a workout to be doing!

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEHiTjViicE This viral video]]. Never mind the revolution coup de’etat going on behind her, this woman's got a workout to be doing!

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