History UnusuallyUninterestingSight / RealLife

** This also happens with new tecnological stuff. People is interested when a new tecnology is released, but after some time people gets so used that barely pays attention anymore. The best example is the mobile phone: when they're first released, people gives a look at a person who seemed to be talking alone; currently nobody pays any attention at the sight.

* 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 [[IdiotPlot 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]].

* A famous example from history: in the 1860s, the legendary explorer and missionary David Livingstone set out to discover the source of Africa's Nile River. He was completely cut off from any European communication, and no one had any idea where he was. The ''New York Herald'' newspaper sent the journalist Henry Morton Stanley out to find him in 1869, a quest that took almost two years. Finally, in 1871--six years after anyone had heard a single word from Livingstone--Stanley walked into the town of Ujiji, in Tanzania, and discovered him. It had been a long, grueling search; Livingstone was the only white person for hundreds of miles; and pretty much the entire world expected that he was long dead. And yet for all that, Stanley simply took off his hat and remarked "Dr. Livingstone, I presume." The phrase--and more specifically, just how unremarkable it was given the incredible circumstances in which it was said--quickly became a cultural touchstone. (It's also possible that Stanley [[ILied made the whole thing up]].)

* There's a long standing 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 [[IdiotPlot 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]].

* People also tend to notice but not react to physical violence between strangers because they don't want to get involved or interrupt whatever errand they are on unless there is a threat imminently endangering themselves or others. The exception would be the numerous people nowadays who whip out their phone to capture the incident on video, which can be extremely useful in a variety of ways, e.g. used as evidence in the murder of George Floyd.

* People also tend to notice but not react to physical violence between strangers because they don't want to get involved or interrupt whatever errand they are on unless there is a threat imminently endangering themselves or others.

** 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.

** Southern California, especially Hollywood's Sunset Strip, and UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco up north, has people doing a ''ton'' of strange things, but no one ''really'' notices because it's all "doing their own thing". In the Castro, there are people who walk around completely naked as a way to make a statement about nudity laws, but they've been at it so long no one takes a second look.

* With the way science and technology has progressed over the last 300 years, this trope has repeated itself time and again as people are at first amazed when they see new sights like cars, mobile phones or TV sets but then come to accept them as normal.

* Halloween. People dressed in strange costumes that would look suspicious any other time of the year. Some people look like they are covered in blood, but everyone can tell it's fake. The same happens during the Mardi Gras and the Carnaval.

* There's a long standing 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 [[IdiotPlot 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 [[/note]].

* Halloween. People dressed in strange costumes that would look suspicious any other time of the year. Some people look like they are covered in blood, but everyone can tell it's fake. Averted for Devil's Night, the day before Halloween, because of historical violence on that day.

* Creator/MarilynMonroe was said to combine this trope with a kind of ClarkKenting. A popular story is told about how she was out on a walk in broad daylight in the middle of New York City, talking to Amy Greene, the wife of her personal photographer. Greene expressed surprise that, despite Monroe being one of the biggest movie stars and beauty queens in the world, no one was giving her a second look. Monroe then turned to Greene and asked "Do you want to see ''her?''" When a confused Greene nodded, Monroe changed her posture, walking style, and gestures--and suddenly, everyone in the city realized that Marilyn Monroe was standing right there and ran over to get a better look.

* With downtown Pittsburgh home to one of the world's largest [[FurryFandom furry conventions]], locals have long gotten used to seeing people with tails walking around every summer.

* In early 2020, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles posted a [[https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1224457583647309824 video]] on Twitter of herself trying an absurdly difficult double back vault into a foam pit. As one fan [[https://twitter.com/EmilyGiam/status/1224564804578422784 noted]], perhaps the most remarkable piece of the video is that Biles is throwing a move that no woman has ever attempted in competition and doing so exceptionally well -- and the people in the background are apparently so accustomed to this sort of thing that they ''don't even look up''.

** Southern California, especially {{Hollywood}}'s Sunset Strip, and UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco up north, has people doing a ''ton'' of strange things, but no one ''really'' notices because it's all "doing their own thing". In the Castro, there are people who walk around completely naked as a way to make a statement about nudity laws, but they've been at it so long no one takes a second look.

* In early 2020, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles posted a [[https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1224457583647309824 video]] on Twitter of herself trying an absurdly difficult double back vault into a foam pit. As one fan [[https://twitter.com/EmilyGiam/status/1224564804578422784 noted]], perhaps the most remarkable piece of the video is that Biles is throwing a move that no woman has ever attempted in competition and doing so exceptionally well -- and the people in the background ''don't even look up''.

[[caption-width-right:333:Just a demon commuting on the UsefulNotes/ChicagoL. Nothing to see here]]

** Note, however, that many people do take notice if you walk around with a rifle on your back, and you will most likely be talked to by the police about it, unless you do it regularly. Or have other hunting gear equipped. In many cases, the policemen are going to ask the guy to keep the rifle in its sheath and carefully ''closed'', even if guns are supposed to be carried ''openly''.

* A book about the making of ''Series/DoctorWho'' tells about how, before the first Cyberman serial aired, the makers had someone walking around in the middle of London in a Cyberman costume for some reason. No one freaked out, no one asked what was going on, and almost ''no one'' reacted in any noticeable way. Best comment was from a fruits and veggies seller who said to his wife: "Must be an advert for one of them new kitchen cleaners."

* A book about the making of ''Series/DoctorWho'' tells about how, before the first Cyberman serial aired, the makers had someone walking around in the middle of London in a Cyberman costume for some reason. No one freaked out, no one asked what was going on, and there were almost no one reacted in any noticeable way. Best comment was from a fruits and veggies seller who said to his wife, "Must be an advert for one of them new kitchen cleaners."

* "Open carry" is the law in most US states, meaning that unconcealed firearms are legal in public. Notably averted by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI media coverage]] of protesters outside a presidential event. A [[http://articles.cnn.com/2009-08-17/politics/obama.protest.rifle_1_protesters-weapons-assault-rifle?_s=PM:POLITICS Secret Service]] spokesman noted that the individuals would never have gotten in close proximity to the president, regardless of any state laws on openly carrying weapons. A venue is considered a federal site when the Secret Service is protecting the president and weapons are not allowed on a federal site, he added.
** Note, however, that many people do take notice if you walk around with a rifle on your back, and you will most likely be talked to by the police about it, unless you do it regularly. Or have other hunting gear equipped. In many cases the policemen are going to ask the guy to keep the rifle in its sheath and carefully ''closed'', even if guns are supposed to be carried ''openly''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViD-iepDxg This guy]] walked into a JC Penney's at a shopping mall with a civilian semi automatic rifle slung on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip. Both perfectly legal, of course. There was less running and screaming than you might expect, particularly after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BnA71s0QDI these events.]]

** Also weird is relative, the natives of major con sites tend to not really notice cosplayers after they get use to seeing them. To them it's no different than a man dressed as Santa in the mall at Christmas. Of course, around con times, the amount of weirdness tolerated rises far beyond normal levels, to the point where one can walk around in full combat gear without being questioned.

** This all means that in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, there's probably a lot of outrageous stuff you can do without anyone so much as batting an eye at you. In fact, [[Series/TheDailyShowWithTrevorNoah Trevor Noah]] noted that [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/tar989/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-new-yorkers-react-to-the-manhattan-bombing when a bomb went off]] in the Chelsea neighborhood, most of the locals's reactions were more of inconvenienced annoyance than of shock and fear. He even noted that another bomb failed to detonate because thieves inadvertently dismantled it because they were stealing the suitcase it was encased in.

** Creator/EmmaWatson, who never stopped looking like [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]], has said that she can take the tube without being bothered.

* [[http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2012/07/heavily-armed-and-bikini-clad-female.html This photograph]]. A bikini-clad Israeli soldier is at the beach with an assault rifle slung across her back and no one else at the beach seems to be paying attention to her. Soldiers carrying assault rifles in public are noteworthy in many countries, but is so common in Israel that most people ignore it. It's been said that Israel is the only country in the world where people will walk into a bank with machine guns and get in line.
* In UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco and other earthquake-prone cities, a mild quake (III or less on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale the Mercalli scale]]) often gets no notice at all apart from the local news. Slightly stronger ones (IV-V) might garner a glance at the ceiling and some speculation as to the likely magnitude or epicenter, but soon afterwards it's business as usual.
* 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.

* In real life dreams most people completely ignore or accept even the most ridiculous of things occurring. A major part of this is likely because the frontal lobe (which, among other things, acts as a sort of "fact checker" part of your brain) is less active when you are asleep, essential giving you a self-imposed WeirdnessCensor.

* In certain areas regularly have people in drag walk around (such as Germany's Hamburg) to the point where a 2m man with blonde wig, ping miniskirt and high heels isn't even worth a second glance.

* hings that happen in Russia are "ok" for them. No wonder people on the internet mock the country and nicknamed it "The Country of Madness".

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[[caption-width-right:350:Just another day on the Saint Petersburg Metro.]]
* As the page image shows, things that happen in Russia are "ok" for them. No wonder people on the internet mock the country and nicknamed it "The Country of Madness".

* As the image shows, things that happen in Russia are "ok" for them. No wonder people on the internet mock the country and nicknamed it "The Country of Madness".

* [[http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2012/07/heavily-armed-and-bikini-clad-female.html This photograph]]. A bikini-clad Israeli soldier is at the beach with an assault rifle slung across her back and no one else at the beach seems to be paying attention to her. Soldiers carrying assault rifles in public is noteworthy in many countries, but is so common in Israel that most people ignore it. It's been said that Israel is the only country in the world where people will walk into a bank with machine guns and get in line.
* In UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco and other earthquake-prone cities, a mild quake (III or less on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale the Mercalli scale]])often gets no notice at all apart from the local news. Slightly stronger ones (IV-V) might garner a glance at the ceiling and some speculation as to the likely magnitude or epicenter, but soon afterwards it's business as usual.