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!This trope is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17134320910.96795600 under discussion]] in the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.
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* The existence of [[AvoidThisAreaEffect "hostile architecture"]] in public spaces to create an environment to prevent unwanted behavior such as homelessness, vandals, and loiterers from hanging out in a particular area. This creates a less welcoming environment when removing or remodifying benches, adding spikes and studs on flat surfaces, removal of public restrooms, etc.
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* In 2016, Hooters [[http://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/hooters-to-close-rockville-pike-location-in-wake-of-officers-death had no choice but to close their branch in Rockville, Maryland]] after a customer named Luis Gustavo Reluzco drove away after drinking heavily there, then struck and killed a police officer. The incident was blamed on one of the Hooter Girls, who continued to serve him while he was drunk.
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* In 2016, Hooters [[http://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/hooters-to-close-rockville-pike-location-in-wake-of-officers-death had no choice but to close their branch in Rockville, Maryland]] and surrender their liquor license after a customer named Luis Gustavo Reluzco drove away after drinking heavily there, then struck and killed a police officer. The incident was blamed on one of the Hooter Girls, who continued to serve him while he was drunk.
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* Public restrooms are a frequent target of vandalism and other shenanigans like clogging the plumbing. Because it can get expensive to clean and repair a bathroom over and over, several outcomes can occur:
** The bathroom is temporarily closed for cleaning and/or repairs. No one can use it until the work is done.
** The owners make it harder for the public to use the bathroom such as installing locks on the doors requiring a code or key.
** In some extreme cases, the bathrooms are hardly or never bothered with the upkeep to save on costs, causing the bathrooms to fall into a state of disrepair.
** The bathroom is temporarily closed for cleaning and/or repairs. No one can use it until the work is done.
** The owners make it harder for the public to use the bathroom such as installing locks on the doors requiring a code or key.
** In some extreme cases, the bathrooms are hardly or never bothered with the upkeep to save on costs, causing the bathrooms to fall into a state of disrepair.
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*Hitchiking used to be a quite a popular method of travel. People would regularly give rides to strangers. However, due to increasing reports of serial killers targeting hitchhikers ( [[HostileHitchhiker as well as predatory hitchikers assaulting/killing people gave them rides ]] ), Hitchiking fell out of favor as a method of transport in America after the 70s. People stopped giving rides to hitchhikers. Nowadays you are hard pressed to find a stranger willing to give you a ride if you get stranded.
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* ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' has several example of customers' selfishness either resulting in a policy that benefited customers being revoked, or employees who looked the other way at customers breaking a restrictive policy resolving never to do so again.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/not-sue-ted-to-modern-business/ This photo store]] had to stop offering photo-cropping services because too many people tried to sue them for damages despite signing a waiver. The customer they're explaining this to then demonstrates exactly why they stopped.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/bugging-out-about-it/ This car rental employee]] stopped telling a joke about charging extra for cleaning bugs off a rental car's windshield after a customer, as usual, took the joke seriously and [[MoodWhiplash nearly went berserk over it]].
** When [[http://notalwaysright.com/ruined-by-ink/ this customer]] asks why a store doesn't offer credit for recycled cartridges anymore, the clerk replies that people were getting cheap junk cartridges from other brands off the internet and recycling them for more credit than they were actually worth. Sure enough, the customer had been doing that scam himself.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/wow-you-really-ruined-it-for-everyone/246290/ An employee]] for a hotel chain decides to use the chain's discounted employee rate for stays at its Hawaii locations to take her family on vacation. However, when they get there, it turns out that she failed to have HR authorize the reservation and she must pay the full reservation. The resultant ear-shattering tantrum the woman throws costs her the trip, her job, and, for everyone else employed at the hotel chain, the employee discount at the chain's Hawaii locations.
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/when-the-plane-should-be-doing-the-zoomies-not-its-passengers/308801/ this story]], the crew of a plane rapidly get tired of a mother not doing anything about her child running roughshod around the plane until…
--->'''Captain (on PA):''' “I’m keeping the seatbelt sign on for the remainder of the flight. Passengers are only allowed out of their seats to use the restrooms. For those who wish to complain about my actions, please mention in said complaints that some customers were unwilling to control their children until it became technically illegal not to do so. I wish most of you a pleasant remainder of the flight.”
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/stamp-of-disapproval-2/274446/ This postal worker]] isn't supposed to let people in when the post office is closed (like it is during her lunch break), but makes an exception when a woman desperately needs stamps. Then, after the woman turns abusive and demands a refund (stamps are non-refundable), the submitter regrets her decision.
--->''I no longer open that door during lunch for ANY reason. I don’t give a s*** if it’s some little old lady on the other side who just needs a single stamp to mail a card to her dying father.''
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/give-them-an-inch-part-2/311040/ This restaurant server]] was willing to let a five-year-old slide on the "under-4s eat free" policy, until the mother immediately claimed her near-teen was ''also'' under 4.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/give-them-an-inch-part-2/311040/ And this fast food worker]] let a mother who'd paid for a budget birthday event push what she was getting all the way to the prestiege event, only for her to ''still'' demand a discount because the mascot wasn't dancing enough.
--->Lesson learned: Say a firm but polite ‘NO’ right from the get-go.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/not-sue-ted-to-modern-business/ This photo store]] had to stop offering photo-cropping services because too many people tried to sue them for damages despite signing a waiver. The customer they're explaining this to then demonstrates exactly why they stopped.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/bugging-out-about-it/ This car rental employee]] stopped telling a joke about charging extra for cleaning bugs off a rental car's windshield after a customer, as usual, took the joke seriously and [[MoodWhiplash nearly went berserk over it]].
** When [[http://notalwaysright.com/ruined-by-ink/ this customer]] asks why a store doesn't offer credit for recycled cartridges anymore, the clerk replies that people were getting cheap junk cartridges from other brands off the internet and recycling them for more credit than they were actually worth. Sure enough, the customer had been doing that scam himself.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/wow-you-really-ruined-it-for-everyone/246290/ An employee]] for a hotel chain decides to use the chain's discounted employee rate for stays at its Hawaii locations to take her family on vacation. However, when they get there, it turns out that she failed to have HR authorize the reservation and she must pay the full reservation. The resultant ear-shattering tantrum the woman throws costs her the trip, her job, and, for everyone else employed at the hotel chain, the employee discount at the chain's Hawaii locations.
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/when-the-plane-should-be-doing-the-zoomies-not-its-passengers/308801/ this story]], the crew of a plane rapidly get tired of a mother not doing anything about her child running roughshod around the plane until…
--->'''Captain (on PA):''' “I’m keeping the seatbelt sign on for the remainder of the flight. Passengers are only allowed out of their seats to use the restrooms. For those who wish to complain about my actions, please mention in said complaints that some customers were unwilling to control their children until it became technically illegal not to do so. I wish most of you a pleasant remainder of the flight.”
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/stamp-of-disapproval-2/274446/ This postal worker]] isn't supposed to let people in when the post office is closed (like it is during her lunch break), but makes an exception when a woman desperately needs stamps. Then, after the woman turns abusive and demands a refund (stamps are non-refundable), the submitter regrets her decision.
--->''I no longer open that door during lunch for ANY reason. I don’t give a s*** if it’s some little old lady on the other side who just needs a single stamp to mail a card to her dying father.''
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/give-them-an-inch-part-2/311040/ This restaurant server]] was willing to let a five-year-old slide on the "under-4s eat free" policy, until the mother immediately claimed her near-teen was ''also'' under 4.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/give-them-an-inch-part-2/311040/ And this fast food worker]] let a mother who'd paid for a budget birthday event push what she was getting all the way to the prestiege event, only for her to ''still'' demand a discount because the mascot wasn't dancing enough.
--->Lesson learned: Say a firm but polite ‘NO’ right from the get-go.
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', during one of the rocket boot tests, Tony ended up landing on one of his [[CoolCar very nice cars]]. Everyone with a remote interest in cars cringed.
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', during ''Film/IronMan1'':
** During one of the rocket boot tests, Tony ended up landing on one of his [[CoolCar very nice cars]]. Everyone with a remote interest in cars cringed.
** During one of the rocket boot tests, Tony ended up landing on one of his [[CoolCar very nice cars]]. Everyone with a remote interest in cars cringed.
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* Depending on your definition of what a "nice thing" entails, the U.S. State Department has decided to ban all Americans from [[BileFascination traveling as tourists]] to UsefulNotes/NorthKorea following the death of [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/19/otto-warmbier-dies-days-after-release-from-north-korean-detainment/ Otto Warmbier in June of 2017.]] Warmbier had been traveling with a tourist group, when he allegedly decided to take down a propaganda poster in his hotel room, [[FelonyMisdemeanor a crime that earned him a 15-year hard labor sentence in early 2016]] [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife and ultimately cost him his life.]]
* A crisps company in the UK held a promotion where they invited people to upload selfies to be used in a humorous fashion by a sports newscaster and the winner would score some sporting event tickets. Predictably, the internet sent in photos of terrorists, dictators, pedohphiles, and other criminals. The company ended the contest.
* A crisps company in the UK held a promotion where they invited people to upload selfies to be used in a humorous fashion by a sports newscaster and the winner would score some sporting event tickets. Predictably, the internet sent in photos of terrorists, dictators, pedohphiles, and other criminals. The company ended the contest.
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* Depending on your definition of what a "nice thing" entails, the U.S. State Department has decided to ban all Americans from [[BileFascination traveling travelling as tourists]] to UsefulNotes/NorthKorea following the death of [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/19/otto-warmbier-dies-days-after-release-from-north-korean-detainment/ Otto Warmbier in June of 2017.]] Warmbier had been traveling travelling with a tourist group, group when he allegedly decided to take down a propaganda poster in his hotel room, [[FelonyMisdemeanor a crime that earned him a 15-year hard labor sentence in early 2016]] [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife and ultimately cost him his life.]]
* A crisps company in the UK held a promotion where they invited people to upload selfies to be used in a humorous fashion by a sports newscaster and the winner would score some sporting event tickets. Predictably, the internet sent in photos of terrorists, dictators,pedohphiles, pedophiles, and other criminals. The company ended the contest.
* A crisps company in the UK held a promotion where they invited people to upload selfies to be used in a humorous fashion by a sports newscaster and the winner would score some sporting event tickets. Predictably, the internet sent in photos of terrorists, dictators,
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* Usenet was once accessible through any computer and you could set your email client to subscribe to and download your favorite newsgroups. It was an extremely useful service for uncensored discussions of all kinds for free. Ripped-off binaries, child pornography, pirated material and other illegally encoded stuff caused most internet providers to stop Usenet service. Usenet was bought by Google and is now called Google Groups, a mere shadow of its former vibrant self. Other services allow you to access Usenet via paid subscription.
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* Usenet was once accessible through any computer and you could set your email client to subscribe to and download your favorite newsgroups. It was an extremely useful service for uncensored discussions of all kinds for free. Ripped-off binaries, child pornography, pirated material and other illegally encoded stuff caused most internet providers to stop Usenet service. Google bought Usenet was bought by Google and it is now called Google Groups, a mere shadow of its former vibrant self. Other services allow you to access Usenet via paid subscription.
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* Before the 1980s, in France, [[UsefulNotes/FrenchCourts lawyers]] used to be able to visit their clients in prison without being searched by the warden. After an escaping inmate shot a guard with a gun which had been handed to him by his lawyer Brigitte Hemmerlin, all lawyers were to be searched before entering.
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* Before the 1980s, in France, [[UsefulNotes/FrenchCourts lawyers]] used to be able to visit their clients in prison without being searched by the warden. After an escaping inmate shot a guard with a gun which that had been handed to him by his lawyer Brigitte Hemmerlin, all lawyers were to be searched before entering.
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* The downside of quality children's programing such as ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is this, particularly ones who have a real adult fanbase. Predators would see the program and decide to use it as an excuse to connect to the little kids the show was originally aimed at. Not at all helped whenever a brony or adult fan of another show actually is outed as a groomer. Many potential watchers have been turned off of MLP, a legitimately good, well-written show, because if the groomer problem in its fanbase.
* This is why TP-Link routers sold in the USA are firmware-locked. Some killjoys have been using custom firmware to boost the Wi-Fi signal strength on their router so their signal is strong enough to be picked up where ever they are on the block, at the price of drowning out and thus effectively jamming some of the neighbors' Wi-Fi signals, and in extreme fringe cases even disrupts the radar systems of airplanes. This resulted in a threatening letter by the FCC, and thus TP-Link has decided to region-lock their routers, and the US version of the routers will be locked down extra tightly that third party firmware will be forbidden to run on the routers.
* This is why TP-Link routers sold in the USA are firmware-locked. Some killjoys have been using custom firmware to boost the Wi-Fi signal strength on their router so their signal is strong enough to be picked up where ever they are on the block, at the price of drowning out and thus effectively jamming some of the neighbors' Wi-Fi signals, and in extreme fringe cases even disrupts the radar systems of airplanes. This resulted in a threatening letter by the FCC, and thus TP-Link has decided to region-lock their routers, and the US version of the routers will be locked down extra tightly that third party firmware will be forbidden to run on the routers.
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* The downside of quality children's programing programming such as ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is this, particularly ones who have a real adult fanbase. Predators would see the program and decide to use it as an excuse to connect to the little kids the show was originally aimed at. Not at all helped whenever a brony or adult fan of another show actually is outed as a groomer. Many potential watchers have been turned off of MLP, a legitimately good, well-written show, because if the groomer problem in its fanbase.
* This is why TP-Link routers sold in the USA are firmware-locked. Some killjoys have been using custom firmware to boost the Wi-Fi signal strength on their router so their signal is strong enough to be picked up where ever they are on the block, at the price of drowning out and thus effectively jamming some of the neighbors' Wi-Fi signals, and in extreme fringe cases even disrupts the radar systems of airplanes. This resulted in a threatening letter by the FCC, and thus TP-Link has decided to region-lock their routers, and the US version of the routers will be locked down extra tightly thatthird party third-party firmware will be forbidden to run on the routers.
* This is why TP-Link routers sold in the USA are firmware-locked. Some killjoys have been using custom firmware to boost the Wi-Fi signal strength on their router so their signal is strong enough to be picked up where ever they are on the block, at the price of drowning out and thus effectively jamming some of the neighbors' Wi-Fi signals, and in extreme fringe cases even disrupts the radar systems of airplanes. This resulted in a threatening letter by the FCC, and thus TP-Link has decided to region-lock their routers, and the US version of the routers will be locked down extra tightly that
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** Downplayed example with Shitterton in the southwest of England -- they still have a road sign on the road to enter the hamlet, but it's carved onto a 1.5 ton rock to make it too difficult to steal without construction equipment.
* Road signs with memetic numbers on them also get stolen alot, to the point where the governing authority will change the number and break their own numbering system to put an end to it.
* Road signs with memetic numbers on them also get stolen alot, to the point where the governing authority will change the number and break their own numbering system to put an end to it.
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** Downplayed example with Shitterton in the southwest of England -- they still have a road sign on the road to enter the hamlet, but it's carved onto a 1.5 ton 5-ton rock to make it too difficult to steal without construction equipment.
* Road signs with memetic numbers on them also get stolenalot, a lot, to the point where the governing authority will change the number and break their own numbering system to put an end to it.
* Road signs with memetic numbers on them also get stolen
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* In August 2012, Mountain Dew held an online contest to let the Internet name a new green apple flavour of Mountain Dew. However, 4chan quickly raided the contest to elevate offensive names to the top (with "Hitler did nothing wrong" taking the top spot) and also hacked the contest page to add offensive banners and pop-ups, forcing Mountain Dew to end the contest.
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* When it comes to special ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' cards being given away or sold at certain stores, it takes just a few bad apples to ruin it for everyone:
** In 2022, [=McDonald's=] gave away Pokémon cards with their Happy Meals. What should have been a fun extra for children to have with their meals turned into swarms of adults buying a ton of Happy Meals just to get the cards to sell online while throwing the food away. This caused many [=McDonald's=] restaurants to be devoid of the Pokémon cards, leaving none for kids to collect. [=McDonald's=] would eventually place limits to discourage adults from snagging up all the cards.
** A Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam held a collaborative event with the Pokémon Company by selling a Pokémon card displaying a Pikachu wearing a felt hat whose art style was made after Van Gogh's. A bunch of scalpers swarmed the gift shop and bought out all the cards to resell online at highly inflated values. Due to how aggressive the scalpers were, the museum decided to stop selling the cards entirely.
** In 2022, [=McDonald's=] gave away Pokémon cards with their Happy Meals. What should have been a fun extra for children to have with their meals turned into swarms of adults buying a ton of Happy Meals just to get the cards to sell online while throwing the food away. This caused many [=McDonald's=] restaurants to be devoid of the Pokémon cards, leaving none for kids to collect. [=McDonald's=] would eventually place limits to discourage adults from snagging up all the cards.
** A Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam held a collaborative event with the Pokémon Company by selling a Pokémon card displaying a Pikachu wearing a felt hat whose art style was made after Van Gogh's. A bunch of scalpers swarmed the gift shop and bought out all the cards to resell online at highly inflated values. Due to how aggressive the scalpers were, the museum decided to stop selling the cards entirely.
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Whenever you type "it's," ask yourself "do I mean 'belonging to it'?"
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* The downside of quality children's programing such as ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is this, particularly ones who have a real adult fanbase. Predators would see the program and decide to use it as an excuse to connect to the little kids the show was originally aimed at. Not at all helped whenever a brony or adult fan of another show actually is outed as a groomer. Many potential watchers have been turned off of MLP, a legitimately good, well-written show, because if the groomer problem in it's fanbase.
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* The downside of quality children's programing such as ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is this, particularly ones who have a real adult fanbase. Predators would see the program and decide to use it as an excuse to connect to the little kids the show was originally aimed at. Not at all helped whenever a brony or adult fan of another show actually is outed as a groomer. Many potential watchers have been turned off of MLP, a legitimately good, well-written show, because if the groomer problem in it's its fanbase.
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** [[NumberOfTheBeast "666"]] isn't common for mile markers in the US as few highways are that long (highway mileage numbers reset to 0 at state borders), but one of the few places that this does happen is Interstate 10 in Texas [[EverythingIsBigInTexas due to its sheer size]] -- they mark Mile 666 with a generic yellow-and-black-stripe "hazard" marker while Miles 665 and 667 are marked normally. For numbering the highways themselves, US Highway 666[[note]]It was originally a spur route off of the famous and now-decommissioned Route 66[[/note]], nicknamed the "Devil's Highway", kept having its signs stolen and the highway itself had a high vehicle fatality rate because of it, leading New Mexico and later Arizona to petition (and get it) changed to US Highway 491 in 2003.
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** [[NumberOfTheBeast "666"]] isn't common for mile markers in the US as few highways are that long (highway mileage numbers reset to 0 at state borders), but one of the few places that this does happen is Interstate 10 in Texas [[EverythingIsBigInTexas due to its sheer size]] -- they mark Mile 666 with a generic yellow-and-black-stripe "hazard" marker while Miles 665 and 667 are marked normally. For numbering the highways themselves, US Highway 666[[note]]It was originally a spur route off of the famous and now-decommissioned Route 66[[/note]], nicknamed the "Devil's Highway", kept having its signs stolen and the highway itself had a high vehicle fatality rate because of it, leading New Mexico and later Arizona to petition (and get it) it changed to US Highway 491 in 2003.
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** [[NumberOfTheBeast "666"]] isn't common for mile markers in the US as few highways are that long (highway mileage numbers reset to 0 at state borders), but one of the few places that this does happen is Interstate 10 in Texas [[EverythingIsBigInTexas due to its sheer size]] -- they mark Mile 666 with a generic yellow-and-black-stripe "hazard" marker while Miles 665 and 667 are marked normally. For numbering the highways themselves, US Highway 666 (nicknamed the "Devil's Highway) kept having its signs stolen and the highway itself had a high vehicle fatality rate because of it, leading New Mexico and later Arizona to petition (and get) it changed to US Highway 491 in 2003.
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** [[NumberOfTheBeast "666"]] isn't common for mile markers in the US as few highways are that long (highway mileage numbers reset to 0 at state borders), but one of the few places that this does happen is Interstate 10 in Texas [[EverythingIsBigInTexas due to its sheer size]] -- they mark Mile 666 with a generic yellow-and-black-stripe "hazard" marker while Miles 665 and 667 are marked normally. For numbering the highways themselves, US Highway 666 (nicknamed 666[[note]]It was originally a spur route off of the famous and now-decommissioned Route 66[[/note]], nicknamed the "Devil's Highway) Highway", kept having its signs stolen and the highway itself had a high vehicle fatality rate because of it, leading New Mexico and later Arizona to petition (and get) it get it) changed to US Highway 491 in 2003.
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** [[420BlazeIt "420"]] is another mile marker that's often changed to officially say "419.9".
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"666"]] isn't common for mile markers in the US as few highways are that long (highway mileage numbers reset to 0 at state borders), but one of the few places that this does happen is Interstate 10 in Texas [[EverythingIsBigInTexas due to its sheer size]] -- they mark Mile 666 with a generic yellow-and-black-stripe "hazard" marker while Miles 665 and 667 are marked normally. For numbering the highways themselves, US Highway 666 (nicknamed the "Devil's Highway) kept having its signs stolen and the highway itself had a high vehicle fatality rate because of it, leading New Mexico and later Arizona to petition (and get) it changed to US Highway 491 in 2003.
"666"]] isn't common for mile markers in the US as few highways are that long (highway mileage numbers reset to 0 at state borders), but one of the few places that this does happen is Interstate 10 in Texas [[EverythingIsBigInTexas due to its sheer size]] -- they mark Mile 666 with a generic yellow-and-black-stripe "hazard" marker while Miles 665 and 667 are marked normally. For numbering the highways themselves, US Highway 666 (nicknamed the "Devil's Highway) kept having its signs stolen and the highway itself had a high vehicle fatality rate because of it, leading New Mexico and later Arizona to petition (and get) it changed to US Highway 491 in 2003.
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* At one point, Interstate 40 had special milage signs at both ends of the interstate in Barstow, California and Wilmington, North Carolina showing the distance (of 2,554 miles) to the opposite terminus. While Barstow, as of 2023, still continues to have a milage sign showing the distance to Wilmington posted despite repeated theft, the [=NCDoT=] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307144525/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20091112/ARTICLES/911129963/1004?Title=I-40-Barstow-Calif-sign-gone-for-good officially gave up]] on posting a milage sign in Wilmington showing the distance to Barstow in 2009 after the fifth time it was stolen.
* The village of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria Fucking, Austria]] changed their name to Fugging on January 1, 2021, mainly because they were sick of constantly replacing the signs that marked the borders of the village (which were simply white signs with "Fucking" in black script) at €300 a pop.
* Also constantly stolen are road signs with "420" on them, for [[TheStoner obvious reasons]].
* The village of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria Fucking, Austria]] changed their name to Fugging on January 1, 2021, mainly because they were sick of constantly replacing the signs that marked the borders of the village (which were simply white signs with "Fucking" in black script) at €300 a pop.
* Also constantly stolen are road signs with "420" on them, for [[TheStoner obvious reasons]].
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* Signs that unintentionally say something funny will be frequent targets of theft by the amused, to the chagrin of the unamused authorities who have to keep paying for replacements until the sign itself is changed.
** At one point, Interstate 40 had special milage signs at both ends of the interstate in Barstow, California and Wilmington, North Carolina showing the distance (of 2,554 miles) to the opposite terminus. While Barstow, as of 2023, still continues to have a milage sign showing the distance to Wilmington posted despite repeated theft, the [=NCDoT=] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307144525/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20091112/ARTICLES/911129963/1004?Title=I-40-Barstow-Calif-sign-gone-for-good officially gave up]] on posting a milage sign in Wilmington showing the distance to Barstow in 2009 after the fifth time it was stolen.
* ** The village of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria Fucking, Austria]] changed their name to Fugging on January 1, 2021, mainly because they were sick of constantly replacing the signs that marked the borders of the village (which were simply white signs with "Fucking" in black script) at €300 a pop.
*Also constantly stolen are road Road signs with "420" memetic numbers on them, them also get stolen alot, to the point where the governing authority will change the number and break their own numbering system to put an end to it.
** [[LOL69 "69"]] is a frequent victim because it is relatively low and therefore more likely to occur in any highway system. Several state highways formerly numbered 69 have been renamed to others, such as what is now New Jersey Route 31. For mile markers, many have been changed to read "Mile 68.99".
** [[420BlazeIt "420"]] is another mile marker that's often changed to officially say "419.9".
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mile markers in the US as few highways are that long (highway mileage numbers reset to 0 at state borders), but one of the few places that this does happen is Interstate 10 in Texas [[EverythingIsBigInTexas due to its sheer size]] -- they mark Mile 666 with a generic yellow-and-black-stripe "hazard" marker while Miles 665 and 667 are marked normally. For numbering the highways themselves, US Highway 666 (nicknamed the "Devil's Highway) kept having its signs stolen and the highway itself had a high vehicle fatality rate because of it, leading New Mexico and later Arizona to petition (and get) it changed to US Highway 491 in 2003.
** At one point, Interstate 40 had special milage signs at both ends of the interstate in Barstow, California and Wilmington, North Carolina showing the distance (of 2,554 miles) to the opposite terminus. While Barstow, as of 2023, still continues to have a milage sign showing the distance to Wilmington posted despite repeated theft, the [=NCDoT=] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307144525/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20091112/ARTICLES/911129963/1004?Title=I-40-Barstow-Calif-sign-gone-for-good officially gave up]] on posting a milage sign in Wilmington showing the distance to Barstow in 2009 after the fifth time it was stolen.
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** [[LOL69 "69"]] is a frequent victim because it is relatively low and therefore more likely to occur in any highway system. Several state highways formerly numbered 69 have been renamed to others, such as what is now New Jersey Route 31. For mile markers, many have been changed to read "Mile 68.99".
** [[420BlazeIt "420"]] is another mile marker that's often changed to officially say "419.9".
** [[NumberOfTheBeast
"666"]] isn't common for
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* The Phantomhive house staff in ''Manga/BlackButler'', excluding Sebastian, often does more damage than they're supposedly worth. The [[NinjaMaid maid]] constantly breaks things and mixes up wood and shoe polish, the [[ChefOfIron chef]] can't do anything but burn food and cause explosions, and the [[BadassAdorable gardener]] frequently mixes up fertilizer and herbicide. There's a [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass reason]] Ciel keeps them around, though...
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* The Phantomhive house staff in ''Manga/BlackButler'', excluding Sebastian, often does more damage than they're supposedly worth. The [[NinjaMaid maid]] constantly breaks things and mixes up wood and shoe polish, polish due to her far-sightedness, the [[ChefOfIron chef]] can't do anything but burn food and cause explosions, and the [[BadassAdorable gardener]] frequently mixes up fertilizer and herbicide. There's a [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass reason]] Ciel keeps them around, though...
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* The village of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria Fucking, Austria]] changed their name to Fugging on January 1, 2021, mainly because they were sick of constantly replacing the signs that marked the borders of the village (which were simply white signs with "Fucking" in black script) at €300 a pop.
* Also constantly stolen are road signs with "420" on them, for [[TheStoner obvious reasons]].
* Also constantly stolen are road signs with "420" on them, for [[TheStoner obvious reasons]].
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* In 2016, Hooters [[http://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/hooters-to-close-rockville-pike-location-in-wake-of-officers-death closed their branch in Rockville, Maryland]] after a customer named Luis Gustavo Reluzco drove away after drinking heavily there, then struck and killed a police officer. The incident was blamed on one of the Hooter Girls, who continued to serve him while he was drunk.
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* In 2016, Hooters [[http://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/hooters-to-close-rockville-pike-location-in-wake-of-officers-death closed had no choice but to close their branch in Rockville, Maryland]] after a customer named Luis Gustavo Reluzco drove away after drinking heavily there, then struck and killed a police officer. The incident was blamed on one of the Hooter Girls, who continued to serve him while he was drunk.
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* At one point, Interstate 40 had special milage signs at both ends of the interstate in Barstow, California and Wilmington, North Carolina showing the distance (of 2,554 miles) to the opposite terminus. While Barstow, as of 2023, still continues to have a milage sign showing the distance to Wilmington posted despite repeated theft, the [=NCDoT=] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307144525/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20091112/ARTICLES/911129963/1004?Title=I-40-Barstow-Calif-sign-gone-for-good officially gave up]] on posting a milage sign in Wilmington showing the distance to Barstow in 2009 after the fifth time it was stolen.
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WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings is a subtrope, when the "nice things" in question are relationships with the artist. See also BloodstainedGlassWindows, RushmoreRefacement, BrokenTreasure, PricelessMingVase, NiceJobBreakingItHero, WhatTheHellHero, StatusQuoIsGod, MonumentalDamage, WatchThePaintJob, ThePreciousPreciousCar, FanworkBan, and DoomedNewClothes. Might overlap with SelfFulfillingProphecy. Tends to lead into CycleOfRevenge.
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WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings is a subtrope, when the "nice things" in question are relationships with the artist. See also BloodstainedGlassWindows, RushmoreRefacement, BrokenTreasure, PricelessMingVase, NiceJobBreakingItHero, WhatTheHellHero, StatusQuoIsGod, MonumentalDamage, WatchThePaintJob, ThePreciousPreciousCar, FanworkBan, and DoomedNewClothes. Might overlap with SelfFulfillingProphecy. Tends to lead into CycleOfRevenge.
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* In 2016, Hooters [[http://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/hooters-to-close-rockville-pike-location-in-wake-of-officers-death closed their branch in Rockville, Maryland]] after a customer named Luis Gustavo Reluzco drove away from the Hooters after drinking heavily there, then struck and killed a police officer. The incident was blamed on one of the Hooter Girls, who continued to serve him while he was drunk.
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* In 2016, Hooters [[http://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/hooters-to-close-rockville-pike-location-in-wake-of-officers-death closed their branch in Rockville, Maryland]] after a customer named Luis Gustavo Reluzco drove away from the Hooters after drinking heavily there, then struck and killed a police officer. The incident was blamed on one of the Hooter Girls, who continued to serve him while he was drunk.
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* In 2016, the [[http://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/hooters-to-close-rockville-pike-location-in-wake-of-officers-death Rockville, MD Hooters closed and gave up its liquor license]] after [[TheAlcoholic Luis Gustavo Reluzco]] [[DrunkDriver drove away from the Hooters after drinking heavily there]]. Reluzco then [[CopKiller struck and killed Officer Noah Leotta]]. The restaurant was forced to close because one of the Hooter Girls continued to serve him while he was drunk.
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* In 2016, the Hooters [[http://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/hooters-to-close-rockville-pike-location-in-wake-of-officers-death closed their branch in Rockville, MD Hooters closed and gave up its liquor license]] Maryland]] after [[TheAlcoholic a customer named Luis Gustavo Reluzco]] [[DrunkDriver Reluzco drove away from the Hooters after drinking heavily there]]. Reluzco there, then [[CopKiller struck and killed Officer Noah Leotta]]. a police officer. The restaurant incident was forced to close because blamed on one of the Hooter Girls Girls, who continued to serve him while he was drunk.
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* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} barred Creator/TomKenny from voicing ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' in works produced without their approval or oversight after he [[ParodyAssistance voiced the character in a]] ''Series/TVFunhouse'' X-Presidents skit in which he's hired by the titular group of former U.S. presidents to appear in a pro-[[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror War on Terror]] propaganda video.
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* This is why TP-Link routers sold in the USA are firmware-locked. Some killjoys have been using custom firmware to boost the own Wi-Fi signal strength on their router so their signal is strong enough to be picked up where ever they are on the block, at the price of drowning out and thus effectively jamming some of the neighbors' Wi-Fi signals, and in fringe cases even disrupts the radar systems of airplanes. This resulted in a threatening letter by the FCC, and thus TP-Link has decided to region-lock their routers, and the US version of the routers will be locked down extra tightly that third party firmware will be forbidden to run on the routers.
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* This is why TP-Link routers sold in the USA are firmware-locked. Some killjoys have been using custom firmware to boost the own Wi-Fi signal strength on their router so their signal is strong enough to be picked up where ever they are on the block, at the price of drowning out and thus effectively jamming some of the neighbors' Wi-Fi signals, and in extreme fringe cases even disrupts the radar systems of airplanes. This resulted in a threatening letter by the FCC, and thus TP-Link has decided to region-lock their routers, and the US version of the routers will be locked down extra tightly that third party firmware will be forbidden to run on the routers.
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Example: Vampires and werewolves are at peace with one another. Bob the werewolf is dating Alice, the princess of vampires, but one day decides to have an affair with Carol the werewolf. Alice, the beloved princess, decides to commit suicide in a fit of despair. [[FurAgainstFang I'm sure you can guess]] [[FeudingFamilies what happens]] [[Literature/{{Twilight}} next]].
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Example: Vampires and werewolves are at peace with one another. Bob the werewolf is dating Alice, the princess of vampires, but one day decides to have an affair with Carol the werewolf. Alice, the beloved princess, decides to commit suicide in a fit of despair. [[FurAgainstFang I'm sure you can guess]] [[FeudingFamilies guess [[FurAgainstFang what happens]] [[Literature/{{Twilight}} happens next]].
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* This is why TP-Link routers sold in the USA are firmware-locked. Some killjoys have been using custom firmware to boost the own Wi-Fi signal strength on their router so their signal is strong enough to be picked up where ever they are on the block, at the price of drowning out and thus effectively jamming some of the neighbors' Wi-Fi signals, and in fringe cases even disrupts the radar systems of airplanes. This resulted in a threatening letter by the FCC, and thus TP-Link has decided to region-lock their routers, and the US version of the routers will be locked down extra tightly that third party firmware will be forbidden to run on the routers.
