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... why is \\\"being a cartoon\\\" a limitation on that? If anything, it makes it appealing to a younger audience that\\\'s more likely to lack the common sense not to do such things. My rule of thumb is \\\"is it imitatible and dangerous? Is there any chance that someone would be inspired by the trope to do something dangerous?\\\"
You know what\\\'s much more prevalent than reports of dolphins coming to comfort a dolphin who was raped or tortured by a pod? Reports of a dolphin being raped or tortured by a pod. Dolphins actually kill for fun. But their media reputation is that they\\\'re inevitably going to be all nice, playful, and safe.
* Great Balls of Fire: This specifically applies to bands, and is weird complaining about pyrotechnics. The incident in that example was improperly set-up pyrotechnics - if I recall, the band did have a pyrotechnician. \\\'\\\'\\\'I really don\\\'t know this
* Harmless Electrocution: This is the cartoon-style \\\'joy buzzer, skeleton visible\\\' prank. Not exactly replicable in real life. \\\'\\\'\\\'That\\\'s XRaySparks. But anyway, even if electrocution is portrayed as not quite fatal, it\\\'s not like it\\\'s never portrayed as safe and fun. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Harmless Freezing: Also usually the cartoon-style \\\"locked in a chunk of ice\\\" gag.\\\'\\\'\\\'I\\\'d say this had a place on the list if we had widespread access to AnIcePerson powers. But since we don\\\'t, and the only people with access to liquid nitrogen are experts, cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Healing Herb: This implies all herbs are dangerous...? It even says that not all herbs are dangerous, and goes on to apparently argue with itself. Besides, it\\\'s mostly a video game trope and the herbs are fictional or not named.\\\'\\\'\\\'I think it deserves to be rewritten, because it has some truth... people\\\'s belief in herbal remedies can and have led to improper treatment (see AllNaturalSnakeOil)\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Hollywood Drowning: This does happen when people are swept in strong currents.\\\'\\\'\\\'... so? That is a relatively uncommon form of drowning\\\'\\\'
* Hollywood Fire: This doesn\\\'t really explain why this is fiction trying to kill us, Hollywood Fire is just \\\"fire that isn\\\'t as smoky as a real life one\\\".\\\'\\\'\\\'Actually it does. Like it says, it\\\'s the smoke that kills you, not the fire. As such, it encourages people to take unsafe behavior because they\\\'re not worried about the most dangerous part of the fire\\\'\\\'\\\'
* If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You: Weird complaining about health foods.\\\'\\\'\\\'It has a point. It\\\'s basically saying that because of the idea of this trope, some people might avoid even trying health foods because they assume it tastes bad. It\\\'s not complaining about health food in the slightest\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Impossible Hourglass Figure: It says right there that it\\\'s impossible - this is a cartoon trope. Yes, women do use corsets to try and get an hourglass shape, but to realistic proportions. \\\'\\\'\\\'I\\\'m okay with this. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Incredibly Obvious Bomb: Also weird complaining. Some bombs are obvious, but in real life, there are countless warnings on public transport and news channels to report unattended objects. \\\'\\\'\\\'Yes there are. But those warning exist largely because of this trope and most people plain don\\\'t listen to it. Also where\\\'s the \\\"complaining\\\"?\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Instant Emergency Response: Weird complaining and can be just shortened to \\\"takes about 15-20 minutes for first responders\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'I don\\\'t see a problem with the writeup. It\\\'s accurate and I again don\\\'t see complaining\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Jammed Seatbelts: Not really a fiction thing, as news reports have influenced this, and most people put on seatbelts, because state law enforces it. Also, lots of natter. Can just be shortened to \\\"Rather unlikely, and there are special tools made for quickly cutting a seatbelt\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'I highly doubt anyone does this in real life due to TV. Out of laziness, sure, but not due to TV\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Jar Potty: When it\\\'s done in fiction, it\\\'s done for grossout humor or to show the person is a freak. Not really applicable. \\\'\\\'\\\'Agreed. Never shown as a good thing. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Mismeasurement: Happens in real life, too. The trope is \\\"when a character messes up a measurement and something bad happens\\\", not \\\"hey, mismeasure! it\\\'s funny!\\\" \\\'\\\'\\\'Agreed. It only comes up when the mess up, thus, you know, causing a problem. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Mooning: It\\\'s common sense to know that normal people don\\\'t show their asses to random people. \\\'\\\'\\\'Common sense? Sure. But media does propagate mooning as a standard prank with no legal fallout. Leave it\\\'\\\'\\\'
* No Medication for Me: Lots of natter, and in fiction, isn\\\'t always depicted as a good thing. \\\'\\\'\\\'Definitely leave this. The most common case of this is psych patients, and even if it\\\'s not always depicted as a good thing, it usually is. The subbullets can go, though.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers: Can just be shortened down to \\\"always call a lawyer, regardless of crime commited\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'It\\\'s not overly long as-is. Why not just leave it?\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Police Are Useless: Does this really need to go on here? People believe cops are assholes or make things worse independently from fiction - low-income neighborhoods don\\\'t trust cops, anarchists and punks tend to self-police, etc. \\\'\\\'\\\'But no one\\\'s independent of fiction.
* Racing the Train: We don\\\'t need a long-winded, nattery explanation for what is common sense. \\\'\\\'\\\'Hrm, I\\\'m a bit conflicted. On one hand, I wholly agree with you and never heard of anyone doing this in real life. On the other hand, it is unequivocally bad idea. Actually, seeing that there\\\'s a RL section I say leave it, but trim it down\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Safety Gear Is Cowardly: Often paints the character who believes this as a macho idiot. \\\'\\\'\\\'Or a macho badass. Leave it.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Smoking Is Cool/Smoking Is Glamorous: Weird complaining about smoking. \\\'\\\'\\\'No, it\\\'s pretty reasonable. Smoking is unhealthy. These portrayals make it seem * cool.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Stray Shots Strike Nothing: This doesn\\\'t encourage people to go have gunfights. \\\'\\\'\\\'No, it doesn\\\'t. However, the idea behind this trope is prevalent to the point that a very basic part of gun training is pounding this into peoples\\\' heads. It should definitely stay.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Trojan Gauntlet: Again, remove for the same reasons as But We Used a Condom: In media, they still come away with the condom and are still taking the precaution to have some basic protection. Also, in real life, there are plenty of stories where people have had embarrassing moments while buying condoms, but that doesn\\\'t discourage them from buying more. \\\'\\\'\\\'Unlike ButWeUsedACondom, this should stay. There\\\'s nothing inherently embarrassing about buying condoms, and this trope does lead to youngsters actually believing that there is.\\\'\\\'\\\'
You know what\\\'s much more prevalent than reports of dolphins coming to comfort a dolphin who was raped or tortured by a pod? Reports of a dolphin being raped or tortured by a pod. Dolphins actually kill for fun. But their media reputation is that they\\\'re inevitably going to be all nice, playful, and safe.
* Great Balls of Fire: This specifically applies to bands, and is weird complaining about pyrotechnics. The incident in that example was improperly set-up pyrotechnics - if I recall, the band did have a pyrotechnician. \\\'\\\'\\\'I really don\\\'t know this
* Harmless Electrocution: This is the cartoon-style \\\'joy buzzer, skeleton visible\\\' prank. Not exactly replicable in real life. \\\'\\\'\\\'That\\\'s XRaySparks. But anyway, even if electrocution is portrayed as not quite fatal, it\\\'s not like it\\\'s never portrayed as safe and fun. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Harmless Freezing: Also usually the cartoon-style \\\"locked in a chunk of ice\\\" gag.\\\'\\\'\\\'I\\\'d say this had a place on the list if we had widespread access to AnIcePerson powers. But since we don\\\'t, and the only people with access to liquid nitrogen are experts, cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Healing Herb: This implies all herbs are dangerous...? It even says that not all herbs are dangerous, and goes on to apparently argue with itself. Besides, it\\\'s mostly a video game trope and the herbs are fictional or not named.\\\'\\\'\\\'I think it deserves to be rewritten, because it has some truth... people\\\'s belief in herbal remedies can and have led to improper treatment (see AllNaturalSnakeOil)\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Hollywood Drowning: This does happen when people are swept in strong currents.\\\'\\\'\\\'... so? That is a relatively uncommon form of drowning\\\'\\\'
* Hollywood Fire: This doesn\\\'t really explain why this is fiction trying to kill us, Hollywood Fire is just \\\"fire that isn\\\'t as smoky as a real life one\\\".\\\'\\\'\\\'Actually it does. Like it says, it\\\'s the smoke that kills you, not the fire. As such, it encourages people to take unsafe behavior because they\\\'re not worried about the most dangerous part of the fire\\\'\\\'\\\'
* If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You: Weird complaining about health foods.\\\'\\\'\\\'It has a point. It\\\'s basically saying that because of the idea of this trope, some people might avoid even trying health foods because they assume it tastes bad. It\\\'s not complaining about health food in the slightest\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Impossible Hourglass Figure: It says right there that it\\\'s impossible - this is a cartoon trope. Yes, women do use corsets to try and get an hourglass shape, but to realistic proportions. \\\'\\\'\\\'I\\\'m okay with this. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Incredibly Obvious Bomb: Also weird complaining. Some bombs are obvious, but in real life, there are countless warnings on public transport and news channels to report unattended objects. \\\'\\\'\\\'Yes there are. But those warning exist largely because of this trope and most people plain don\\\'t listen to it. Also where\\\'s the \\\"complaining\\\"?\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Instant Emergency Response: Weird complaining and can be just shortened to \\\"takes about 15-20 minutes for first responders\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'I don\\\'t see a problem with the writeup. It\\\'s accurate and I again don\\\'t see complaining\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Jammed Seatbelts: Not really a fiction thing, as news reports have influenced this, and most people put on seatbelts, because state law enforces it. Also, lots of natter. Can just be shortened to \\\"Rather unlikely, and there are special tools made for quickly cutting a seatbelt\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'I highly doubt anyone does this in real life due to TV. Out of laziness, sure, but not due to TV\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Jar Potty: When it\\\'s done in fiction, it\\\'s done for grossout humor or to show the person is a freak. Not really applicable. \\\'\\\'\\\'Agreed. Never shown as a good thing. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Mismeasurement: Happens in real life, too. The trope is \\\"when a character messes up a measurement and something bad happens\\\", not \\\"hey, mismeasure! it\\\'s funny!\\\" \\\'\\\'\\\'Agreed. It only comes up when the mess up, thus, you know, causing a problem. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Mooning: It\\\'s common sense to know that normal people don\\\'t show their asses to random people. \\\'\\\'\\\'Common sense? Sure. But media does propagate mooning as a standard prank with no legal fallout. Leave it\\\'\\\'\\\'
* No Medication for Me: Lots of natter, and in fiction, isn\\\'t always depicted as a good thing. \\\'\\\'\\\'Definitely leave this. The most common case of this is psych patients, and even if it\\\'s not always depicted as a good thing, it usually is. The subbullets can go, though.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers: Can just be shortened down to \\\"always call a lawyer, regardless of crime commited\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'It\\\'s not overly long as-is. Why not just leave it?\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Police Are Useless: Does this really need to go on here? People believe cops are assholes or make things worse independently from fiction - low-income neighborhoods don\\\'t trust cops, anarchists and punks tend to self-police, etc. \\\'\\\'\\\'But no one\\\'s independent of fiction.
* Racing the Train: We don\\\'t need a long-winded, nattery explanation for what is common sense. \\\'\\\'\\\'Hrm, I\\\'m a bit conflicted. On one hand, I wholly agree with you and never heard of anyone doing this in real life. On the other hand, it is unequivocally bad idea. Actually, seeing that there\\\'s a RL section I say leave it, but trim it down\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Safety Gear Is Cowardly: Often paints the character who believes this as a macho idiot. \\\'\\\'\\\'Or a macho badass. Leave it.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Smoking Is Cool/Smoking Is Glamorous: Weird complaining about smoking. \\\'\\\'\\\'No, it\\\'s pretty reasonable. Smoking is unhealthy. These portrayals make it seem * cool.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Stray Shots Strike Nothing: This doesn\\\'t encourage people to go have gunfights. \\\'\\\'\\\'No, it doesn\\\'t. However, the idea behind this trope is prevalent to the point that a very basic part of gun training is pounding this into peoples\\\' heads. It should definitely stay.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Trojan Gauntlet: Again, remove for the same reasons as But We Used a Condom: In media, they still come away with the condom and are still taking the precaution to have some basic protection. Also, in real life, there are plenty of stories where people have had embarrassing moments while buying condoms, but that doesn\\\'t discourage them from buying more. \\\'\\\'\\\'Unlike ButWeUsedACondom, this should stay. There\\\'s nothing inherently embarrassing about buying condoms, and this trope does lead to youngsters actually believing that there is.\\\'\\\'\\\'
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... why is \\\"being a cartoon\\\" a limitation on that? If anything, it makes it appealing to a younger audience that\\\'s more likely to lack the common sense not to do such things. My rule of thumb is \\\"is it imitatible and dangerous? Is there any chance that someone would be inspired by the trope to do something dangerous?\\\"
You know what\\\'s much more prevalent than reports of dolphins coming to comfort a dolphin who was raped or tortured by a pod? Reports of a dolphin being raped or tortured by a pod. Dolphins actually kill for fun. But their media reputation is that they\\\'re inevitably going to be all nice, playful, and safe.
* Great Balls of Fire: This specifically applies to bands, and is weird complaining about pyrotechnics. The incident in that example was improperly set-up pyrotechnics - if I recall, the band did have a pyrotechnician. \\\'\\\'\\\'I really don\\\'t know this
* Harmless Electrocution: This is the cartoon-style \\\'joy buzzer, skeleton visible\\\' prank. Not exactly replicable in real life. \\\'\\\'\\\'That\\\'s XRaySparks. But anyway, even if electrocution is portrayed as not quite fatal, it\\\'s not like it\\\'s never portrayed as safe and fun. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Harmless Freezing: Also usually the cartoon-style \\\"locked in a chunk of ice\\\" gag.\\\'\\\'\\\'I\\\'d say this had a place on the list if we had widespread access to AnIcePerson powers. But since we don\\\'t, and the only people with access to liquid nitrogen are experts, cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Healing Herb: This implies all herbs are dangerous...? It even says that not all herbs are dangerous, and goes on to apparently argue with itself. Besides, it\\\'s mostly a video game trope and the herbs are fictional or not named.\\\'\\\'\\\'I think it deserves to be rewritten, because it has some truth... people\\\'s belief in herbal remedies can and have led to improper treatment (see AllNaturalSnakeOil)\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Hollywood Drowning: This does happen when people are swept in strong currents.\\\'\\\'\\\'... so? That is a relatively uncommon form of drowning\\\'\\\'
* Hollywood Fire: This doesn\\\'t really explain why this is fiction trying to kill us, Hollywood Fire is just \\\"fire that isn\\\'t as smoky as a real life one\\\".\\\'\\\'\\\'Actually it does. Like it says, it\\\'s the smoke that kills you, not the fire. As such, it encourages people to take unsafe behavior because they\\\'re not worried about the most dangerous part of the fire\\\'\\\'\\\'
* If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You: Weird complaining about health foods.\\\'\\\'\\\'It has a point. It\\\'s basically saying that because of the idea of this trope, some people might avoid even trying health foods because they assume it tastes bad. It\\\'s not complaining about health food in the slightest\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Impossible Hourglass Figure: It says right there that it\\\'s impossible - this is a cartoon trope. Yes, women do use corsets to try and get an hourglass shape, but to realistic proportions. \\\'\\\'\\\'I\\\'m okay with this. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Incredibly Obvious Bomb: Also weird complaining. Some bombs are obvious, but in real life, there are countless warnings on public transport and news channels to report unattended objects. \\\'\\\'\\\'Yes there are. But those warning exist largely because of this trope and most people plain don\\\'t listen to it. Also where\\\'s the \\\"complaining\\\"?\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Instant Emergency Response: Weird complaining and can be just shortened to \\\"takes about 15-20 minutes for first responders\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'I don\\\'t see a problem with the writeup. It\\\'s accurate and I again don\\\'t see complaining\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Jammed Seatbelts: Not really a fiction thing, as news reports have influenced this, and most people put on seatbelts, because state law enforces it. Also, lots of natter. Can just be shortened to \\\"Rather unlikely, and there are special tools made for quickly cutting a seatbelt\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'I highly doubt anyone does this in real life due to TV. Out of laziness, sure, but not due to TV\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Jar Potty: When it\\\'s done in fiction, it\\\'s done for grossout humor or to show the person is a freak. Not really applicable. \\\'\\\'\\\'Agreed. Never shown as a good thing. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Mismeasurement: Happens in real life, too. The trope is \\\"when a character messes up a measurement and something bad happens\\\", not \\\"hey, mismeasure! it\\\'s funny!\\\" \\\'\\\'\\\'Agreed. It only comes up when the mess up, thus, you know, causing a problem. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Mooning: It\\\'s common sense to know that normal people don\\\'t show their asses to random people. \\\'\\\'\\\'Common sense? Sure. But media does propagate mooning as a standard prank with no legal fallout. Leave it\\\'\\\'\\\'
* No Medication for Me: Lots of natter, and in fiction, isn\\\'t always depicted as a good thing. \\\'\\\'\\\'Definitely leave this. The most common case of this is psych patients, and even if it\\\'s not always depicted as a good thing, it usually is. The subbullets can go, though.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers: Can just be shortened down to \\\"always call a lawyer, regardless of crime commited\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'It\\\'s not overly long as-is. Why not just leave it?\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Police Are Useless: Does this really need to go on here? People believe cops are assholes or make things worse independently from fiction - low-income neighborhoods don\\\'t trust cops, anarchists and punks tend to self-police, etc. \\\'\\\'\\\'But no one\\\'s independent of fiction.
* Racing the Train: We don\\\'t need a long-winded, nattery explanation for what is common sense. \\\'\\\'\\\'Hrm, I\\\'m a bit conflicted. On one hand, I wholly agree with you and never heard of anyone doing this in real life. On the other hand, it is unequivocally bad idea. Actually, seeing that there\\\'s a RL section I say leave it, but trim it down\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Safety Gear Is Cowardly: Often paints the character who believes this as a macho idiot. \\\'\\\'\\\'Or a macho badass. Leave it.\\\'\\\'\\\'
Smoking Is Cool/Smoking Is Glamorous: Weird complaining about smoking. \\\'\\\'\\\'No, it\\\'s pretty reasonable. Smoking is unhealthy. These portrayals make it seem * cool.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Stray Shots Strike Nothing: This doesn\\\'t encourage people to go have gunfights. \\\'\\\'\\\'No, it doesn\\\'t. However, the idea behind this trope is prevalent to the point that a very basic part of gun training is pounding this into peoples\\\' heads. It should definitely stay.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Trojan Gauntlet: Again, remove for the same reasons as But We Used a Condom: In media, they still come away with the condom and are still taking the precaution to have some basic protection. Also, in real life, there are plenty of stories where people have had embarrassing moments while buying condoms, but that doesn\\\'t discourage them from buying more. \\\'\\\'\\\'Unlike ButWeUsedACondom, this should stay. There\\\'s nothing inherently embarrassing about buying condoms, and this trope does lead to youngsters actually believing that there is.\\\'\\\'\\\'
You know what\\\'s much more prevalent than reports of dolphins coming to comfort a dolphin who was raped or tortured by a pod? Reports of a dolphin being raped or tortured by a pod. Dolphins actually kill for fun. But their media reputation is that they\\\'re inevitably going to be all nice, playful, and safe.
* Great Balls of Fire: This specifically applies to bands, and is weird complaining about pyrotechnics. The incident in that example was improperly set-up pyrotechnics - if I recall, the band did have a pyrotechnician. \\\'\\\'\\\'I really don\\\'t know this
* Harmless Electrocution: This is the cartoon-style \\\'joy buzzer, skeleton visible\\\' prank. Not exactly replicable in real life. \\\'\\\'\\\'That\\\'s XRaySparks. But anyway, even if electrocution is portrayed as not quite fatal, it\\\'s not like it\\\'s never portrayed as safe and fun. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Harmless Freezing: Also usually the cartoon-style \\\"locked in a chunk of ice\\\" gag.\\\'\\\'\\\'I\\\'d say this had a place on the list if we had widespread access to AnIcePerson powers. But since we don\\\'t, and the only people with access to liquid nitrogen are experts, cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Healing Herb: This implies all herbs are dangerous...? It even says that not all herbs are dangerous, and goes on to apparently argue with itself. Besides, it\\\'s mostly a video game trope and the herbs are fictional or not named.\\\'\\\'\\\'I think it deserves to be rewritten, because it has some truth... people\\\'s belief in herbal remedies can and have led to improper treatment (see AllNaturalSnakeOil)\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Hollywood Drowning: This does happen when people are swept in strong currents.\\\'\\\'\\\'... so? That is a relatively uncommon form of drowning\\\'\\\'
* Hollywood Fire: This doesn\\\'t really explain why this is fiction trying to kill us, Hollywood Fire is just \\\"fire that isn\\\'t as smoky as a real life one\\\".\\\'\\\'\\\'Actually it does. Like it says, it\\\'s the smoke that kills you, not the fire. As such, it encourages people to take unsafe behavior because they\\\'re not worried about the most dangerous part of the fire\\\'\\\'\\\'
* If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You: Weird complaining about health foods.\\\'\\\'\\\'It has a point. It\\\'s basically saying that because of the idea of this trope, some people might avoid even trying health foods because they assume it tastes bad. It\\\'s not complaining about health food in the slightest\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Impossible Hourglass Figure: It says right there that it\\\'s impossible - this is a cartoon trope. Yes, women do use corsets to try and get an hourglass shape, but to realistic proportions. \\\'\\\'\\\'I\\\'m okay with this. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Incredibly Obvious Bomb: Also weird complaining. Some bombs are obvious, but in real life, there are countless warnings on public transport and news channels to report unattended objects. \\\'\\\'\\\'Yes there are. But those warning exist largely because of this trope and most people plain don\\\'t listen to it. Also where\\\'s the \\\"complaining\\\"?\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Instant Emergency Response: Weird complaining and can be just shortened to \\\"takes about 15-20 minutes for first responders\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'I don\\\'t see a problem with the writeup. It\\\'s accurate and I again don\\\'t see complaining\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Jammed Seatbelts: Not really a fiction thing, as news reports have influenced this, and most people put on seatbelts, because state law enforces it. Also, lots of natter. Can just be shortened to \\\"Rather unlikely, and there are special tools made for quickly cutting a seatbelt\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'I highly doubt anyone does this in real life due to TV. Out of laziness, sure, but not due to TV\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Jar Potty: When it\\\'s done in fiction, it\\\'s done for grossout humor or to show the person is a freak. Not really applicable. \\\'\\\'\\\'Agreed. Never shown as a good thing. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Mismeasurement: Happens in real life, too. The trope is \\\"when a character messes up a measurement and something bad happens\\\", not \\\"hey, mismeasure! it\\\'s funny!\\\" \\\'\\\'\\\'Agreed. It only comes up when the mess up, thus, you know, causing a problem. Cut\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Mooning: It\\\'s common sense to know that normal people don\\\'t show their asses to random people. \\\'\\\'\\\'Common sense? Sure. But media does propagate mooning as a standard prank with no legal fallout. Leave it\\\'\\\'\\\'
* No Medication for Me: Lots of natter, and in fiction, isn\\\'t always depicted as a good thing. \\\'\\\'\\\'Definitely leave this. The most common case of this is psych patients, and even if it\\\'s not always depicted as a good thing, it usually is. The subbullets can go, though.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers: Can just be shortened down to \\\"always call a lawyer, regardless of crime commited\\\". \\\'\\\'\\\'It\\\'s not overly long as-is. Why not just leave it?\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Police Are Useless: Does this really need to go on here? People believe cops are assholes or make things worse independently from fiction - low-income neighborhoods don\\\'t trust cops, anarchists and punks tend to self-police, etc. \\\'\\\'\\\'But no one\\\'s independent of fiction.
* Racing the Train: We don\\\'t need a long-winded, nattery explanation for what is common sense. \\\'\\\'\\\'Hrm, I\\\'m a bit conflicted. On one hand, I wholly agree with you and never heard of anyone doing this in real life. On the other hand, it is unequivocally bad idea. Actually, seeing that there\\\'s a RL section I say leave it, but trim it down\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Safety Gear Is Cowardly: Often paints the character who believes this as a macho idiot. \\\'\\\'\\\'Or a macho badass. Leave it.\\\'\\\'\\\'
Smoking Is Cool/Smoking Is Glamorous: Weird complaining about smoking. \\\'\\\'\\\'No, it\\\'s pretty reasonable. Smoking is unhealthy. These portrayals make it seem * cool.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Stray Shots Strike Nothing: This doesn\\\'t encourage people to go have gunfights. \\\'\\\'\\\'No, it doesn\\\'t. However, the idea behind this trope is prevalent to the point that a very basic part of gun training is pounding this into peoples\\\' heads. It should definitely stay.\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Trojan Gauntlet: Again, remove for the same reasons as But We Used a Condom: In media, they still come away with the condom and are still taking the precaution to have some basic protection. Also, in real life, there are plenty of stories where people have had embarrassing moments while buying condoms, but that doesn\\\'t discourage them from buying more. \\\'\\\'\\\'Unlike ButWeUsedACondom, this should stay. There\\\'s nothing inherently embarrassing about buying condoms, and this trope does lead to youngsters actually believing that there is.\\\'\\\'\\\'
