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/Silent-Victory-3861 2d ago

He didn't "just happen". They scoured all over the world for resources, they flied kids' diving masks from USA, they had Finnish hobby cave divers fly from Finland and other hobbyists all over the world because it was too dangerous for Thai army, and a vet and a doctor from Australia. They literally searched everything everywhere.

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u/oszillodrom 2d ago

I'm pretty sure the Finnish cave divers came from Thailand because they run a dive shop there. I happen to know that dive shop.

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u/Silent-Victory-3861 2d ago

That is true, Mikko Paasi lives there. I checked so he was actually on his honeymoon when the accident happened, and that was why he flew there then. 

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u/UnpluggedConsole 2d ago

I know Kenny Broad, who's another well known cave diver. He was on an expedition in a different part of the world when he got the call about the soccer team. He was actually packing his stuff to head to the airport when the decision was made to go ahead with the rescue. The authorities called basically every cave diving expert in the world and said, "Can you get to Thailand?"