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Of course, in some cases there's some circular logic here - they're only unlucky because they happen to be [[Acceptable Targets]].
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'''[[Fat Bastard]]'''
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== Examples ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* The treatment of albinism in fiction is startlingly harsh. The condition seems to have been declared officially creepy with ''[[Moby-Dick]]''. There are no ordinary people who happen to be albino; instead there are an assortment of insidious operatives and psychotic killers. There is a sense of albinos [[Disability Superpower|having some kind of otherworldly powers]], when all they can really claim is poor vision and susceptibility to skin cancer. And, of course, there's the [[White
* Played with in ''[[The Princess Bride (Literature)|The Princess Bride]]''. The Albino in that really only takes care of the Zoo of Death.
* In [[The Da Vinci Code]], it seems like Silas is this. Turns out, {{spoiler|that's ''exactly'' what he is.}}
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'''People with physical features that some just don't happen to personally find attractive'''
If someone finds a person unpleasant for any reason, it's not uncommon for the complainer to, while ranting about this person they find unpleasant, also throw in "[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Oh, and they also have a big nose/a weird chin/creepy eyebrows/chubby cheeks/are fat/too hairy/etc]]".
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