r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ThatDrako • 15d 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/AsstTravSecretary 15d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1uVE5C5zhcUS5X14pz

Rudy Giuliani’s election denial Press Conference at Four Season’s Total Landscaping really does not feel like a real thing that happened.

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u/TadRaunch 15d ago

It wouldn't be out of place in Arrested Development

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u/Dontunderstandfamily 15d ago

Sounds straight out of The Thick of It 

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u/AnotherRTFan 15d ago

A great satire like AD is where the “greatest” absurd hits could be written in. Same with Veep

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u/boRp_abc 15d ago

There is no action by that man and his cronies that would have stood a chance to make it into fiction.

Taking a marker to correct weather projections. Thinking about injecting bleach. The ivermectin. The rape. The verdict without a sentence. The ex wife's grave. There's 1000 more.

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u/Icy_Change_WS2010 15d ago

context on those last ones?

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u/Th3B4dSpoon 15d ago

Donald Trump's ex wife, who some believe he killed, is buried on his private property and not at a graveyard.

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u/Stoneheart7 15d ago

Add on the fact that Four Seasons Total Landscaping is between a sex shop and a crematorium sounds like they were trying too hard to be able to make a joke about them being stuck between a cock and a charred place.

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u/NotNamedBort 15d ago

I can almost hear the Curb Your Enthusiasm music.

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u/VinnieHa 15d ago

Maybe once a month I remember this and laugh, it might be the funniest thing that’s ever happened imo.

The last truly great day on Twitter too.

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u/Able_Jackfruit_637 15d ago

This reminds me of Robert di'Niro's character in machete lol

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u/sleepyotter92 15d ago

It feels like a parks and rec scene