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poolpog Since: Jan, 2015

Jan 2nd 2015 at 10:49:00 AM •••

FWIW, I have real-life tested this trope on my children, boys age 7 and 10. (tested in Jan 2015)

1) show pictures of vinyl L Ps. (google image search for "vinyl records")

2) ask "What are these?"

10yo: they are records, they have music on them

7yo: i don't know. discs? (yes they are a kind of disc) Oh, they have music on them, then

So, yes, i'd say this is a "discredited trope"

Rarefoil Since: Apr, 2012

Apr 12th 2014 at 10:50:04 PM •••

The opening paragraph is a non-verbatim copy of a FoxTrot strip. Was this intentional, or a coincidence? And if its the former, why is there no link to FoxTrot?

DastardlyDemolition Since: Nov, 2013

Jan 23rd 2014 at 1:57:40 PM •••

I moved that last example to the Real Life folder due to looking out of place. I thought it looked weird to be sitting outside of the folders.

Zelda64fan Zelda64fan Since: Apr, 2011

Zelda64fan

Jun 11th 2011 at 6:23:31 PM •••

This probably won't happen to C Ds anytime soon. Not only are there still stores with RACKS AND RACKS FULL of C Ds around, but even if people stop distributing music on them, they still could be used for storing other digital files and transferring them between computers.

76.102.137.66 Since: Dec, 1969

Apr 18th 2011 at 7:49:13 PM •••

The Batman example is problematic because the trope is not only not knowing the name of something. It is not knowing anything about it. Since the kid did realize what it was for, the trope is subverted.

BlackenedGass Since: Dec, 2009

Jan 23rd 2011 at 7:15:10 AM •••

Out of curiosity, shouldn't the Garfield example be the Trope Namer?

bowserevilking And Sticks. Since: Jan, 2010

And Sticks.

Oct 9th 2010 at 9:17:38 AM •••

Can we move some of the Real Life "examples" to Troper Tales please?

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bowserevilking Since: Jan, 2010

Dec 22nd 2010 at 2:50:58 PM •••

Okay, somebody did, thank you.

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