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'''Alice:''' Geez, get with the times, The Band suck since they sold out and went mainstream. }}

::The latter logic underlies [[~~Its~~ Popular Now It Sucks]], and is often used with regard to "edgy" media.

::The latter logic underlies [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks]], and is often used with regard to "edgy" media.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* On ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', Louise Bagshaw argued against the Alternative Vote method based on the fact that very few countries use it. This prompted Ian Hislop to point out that much of the world is starving, which is a pretty strong argument against eating.

== [[Real Life]] ==

* Lemmings are a prime example, as well as an ''Appeal to Authority''. If everyone, including random authorities, say that lemmings commit mass suicide.... The truth: [http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s979473.htm Stoats]. (Not to mention that a famous lemmings-jumping-off-a-cliff video, as filmed by Disney, had people off-camera herding the lemmings over said cliff. This isn't as horrific as it sounds, because [[Square Cube Law|lemmings fall slowly enough to be unharmed by the fall]], but still dodgy.)

* Lemmings are a prime example, as well as an ''Appeal to Authority''. If everyone, including random authorities, say that lemmings commit mass suicide.... The truth: [http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s979473.htm Stoats]. (Not to mention that a famous lemmings-jumping-off-a-cliff video, as filmed by Disney, had people off-camera herding the lemmings over said cliff. This isn't as horrific as it sounds, because [[Square-Cube Law|lemmings fall slowly enough to be unharmed by the fall]], but still dodgy.)

* Lots of "common knowledge" surrounding various animals survives because of the appeal to popularity.

** The idea that the adult sizes of fish and reptiles are determined by tank size falls into this.