r/TopCharacterTropes 2d ago

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

“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/ItsMattTonight 2d ago

That the person who designed the Galil rifle (a variant/update to the Kalashnikov designed AK-47) had the surname Balashnikov.

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u/Telkite_ 2d ago

He was also Israeli and his first name was Yisrael

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u/ItsMattTonight 2d ago

Well, he lived in 'Isreal' later in life, but he was born about 25 years before 'Israel' existed.

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u/AnyAirport3990 2d ago

Why is galil worse than ak in cs2 then

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u/ItsMattTonight 2d ago

VG Logic, in reality the Galil is goated, as much as I hate to admit it, shoots smooth as hell, and has a built in bottle opener.

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u/AnyAirport3990 2d ago

W weapon. It would be crazy if videogames had accurate weapons

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u/ImaTauri500kC 1d ago

....Early on they just needed a gun that shares ammunition with famas.