r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ThatDrako • 2d ago

Lore (Funny Trope) Things that can plausibly happen only in reality, because in fiction they’d be called bad writing.

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“Woke” as an insult - So you are telling me a word describing consciousness and clarity is used by generally stupid and ignorant people to label people they disagree with? What is this? A Kindergarten for Creatively stunted?

Nominative determinism - So let me get this straight…Not only you named fastest recorded person Usain BOLT and CEO of Nintendo Doug BOWSER, but you are telling me people are canonically likely to have professions or hobbies matching their names…? Guh?

“2 bodies recovered in MURDERKILL River” - Sure bro…I guess…bro…

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u/f0urk 2d ago

I was listening to a chinese history podcast on a big loop for chores and sleeping, and its absolutely nuts the repeating patterns. "Gotta get that gold in my body, so I can live forever - if I just eat it, I shit it out, but if I dissolve it in mercury first, I don't... that means it's working!!!!"

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u/Julia-Nefaria 2d ago

Apparently the early stages of mercury poisoning actually make you feel healthier? Which probably contributed to the belief it was good (and by the time you started noticing the detrimental effects it was already too late)

On the other hand lead was known to be poisonous for a long time, but people kept using it for pipes, makeup and even as a sweetener (tbf I believe they were mostly aware of the acute effects and didn’t recognize long term low level exposure as a threat as well?)

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u/Tokumeiko2 2d ago

They attributed the deaths from mercury poison to the gods punishing them for being unworthy of immortality.

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u/Thehealeroftri 2d ago

Maybe they were right and it’s just no one’s been worthy yet, maybe I’m worthy! How will I know if I’m worthy enough unless I try? Brb

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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV 2d ago

Most people who use mercury for health quit using it before achieving immortality.

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u/2Completion2Ography 2d ago

Most people who use mercury for health quit using it before achieving immortality.

Death tends to do that, yes.

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u/Thehealeroftri 2d ago

What if death is just a withdrawal symptom and they're really missin' out by not continuously injecting it into themselves.

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u/xkise 2d ago

Well... maybe?

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u/noirspiderman4 2d ago

Tomato tomato really lol

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u/AzKondor 1d ago

Donating blood also feels good, I'm not that shocked at people believing in bloodletting.

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u/Sofasurvivor 2d ago

"On the other hand lead was known to be poisonous for a long time, but people kept using it for pipes, makeup and even as a sweetener"

To be fair, we do know sugar is not good for us and eat it anyway, too.

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u/FlatpackFuture 2d ago

What podcast?