Crowner

Projects: Long Term/Perpetual: Real Life section maintenance 10/04/2022

4th Oct '22 1:46:57 AM

Crown Description:

Vote up to forbid real life examples; vote down to Keep Real Life Examples. To add a trope to a No Real Life Examples Please index, its crowner option must meet the following criteria:

2:1 ratio needed for NRLEP
Must have been up for a minimum of a week
If the vote is exactly 2:1 or +/- 1 vote from that, give it a couple extra days to see if any more votes come in

After you bring up a trope for discussion, please try to wait at least a day or so for feedback before you add the trope to the crowner. Entries that have been called are marked with "(CLOSED)" and are no longer up for discussion.

37 (Yeas:41 Nays:4) 10.25 : 1

Our Mermaids Are Different - Impossible in Real Life

(Added Oct. 6th) (CLOSED)

36 (Yeas:40 Nays:4) 10.00 : 1

Momma's Boy - Too Common

, attracting celebrity gushing (Added Oct. 6th) (CLOSED)

35 (Yeas:40 Nays:5) 8.00 : 1

Making a Splash - Impossible in Real Life

, also the supertrope (Elemental Powers) is already NRLEP (Added Oct. 6th) (CLOSED)

35 (Yeas:40 Nays:5) 8.00 : 1

Heroic BSoD - Morality trope

, real life doesn\'t have heroes or villains. Also gossip about mental illness. (Added Oct. 12th) (CLOSED)

33 (Yeas:37 Nays:4) 9.25 : 1

Predators Are Mean - Morality trope

, assigning moral values to animals and nature in general. Also impossible in real life. (Added Oct. 9th) (CLOSED)

32 (Yeas:37 Nays:5) 7.40 : 1

Dawson Casting - Impossible in Real Life

, this is casting trivia, real life doesn\\\'t have a \\\"cast\\\" with improbably aged people. (Added Oct. 12th) (CLOSED)

27 (Yeas:33 Nays:6) 5.50 : 1

Little Miss Badass - Gossip & Stereotypes

; also lots of gushing, natter, and zero-context examples (added 4th Oct.) (CLOSED)

24 (Yeas:27 Nays:3) 9.00 : 1

Arbitrary Minimum Range - Impossible in real life

, weapon ranges are determined by the laws of physics and chemistry, not arbitrary. Attracting lots of military natter. (added Oct. 18th) (CLOSED)

24 (Yeas:35 Nays:11) 3.18 : 1

Who Names Their Kid "Dude"? - Too common

, also attracting natter. (Added Oct. 11th) (CLOSED)

23 (Yeas:26 Nays:3) 8.67 : 1

Arbitrary Maximum Range - Impossible in real life, weapon ranges are determined by the laws of physics and chemistry, not arbitrary. Attracting lots of military natter. (added Oct. 18th) (CLOSED)

21 (Yeas:30 Nays:9) 3.33 : 1

Your Approval Fills Me with Shame - Morality trope

(Added 11 October) (CLOSED)

19 (Yeas:32 Nays:13) 2.46 : 1

Poor Communication Kills - Too Common

, also attracting natter and shoehorns (Added Oct. 6th) (CLOSED)

19 (Yeas:24 Nays:5) 4.80 : 1

Cool Boat - Too Common

, what makes something \"cool\" is subjective, attracts gushing and bloat. (added Oct. 18th) (CLOSED)

8 (Yeas:22 Nays:14) 1.57 : 1

Memetic Badass - Gossip & Stereotypes

, full of ZCE, gushing and entries of dubious historicity. (added Oct. 16th) (CLOSED)

7 (Yeas:19 Nays:12) 1.58 : 1

Cluster F-Bomb - Too Common

, also ROCEJ issues with politics (and others) section. (added Oct. 18th) (CLOSED)

5 (Yeas:17 Nays:12) 1.42 : 1

Precision F-Strike - Too Common, also ROCEJ issues with politics (and others) section. (added Oct. 18th) (CLOSED)