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* The anti-McCollough effect sticks around for quite a while too. |
* The anti-McCollough effect sticks around for quite a while too. |
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* Not to be confused with the real-life [[wikipedia:Brownian noise|"Brown noise,"]] which is completely harmless. |
* Not to be confused with the real-life [[wikipedia:Brownian noise|"Brown noise,"]] which is completely harmless. |
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* The movie ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' seems to be getting a reputation for this. Several people walked out with motion sickness from watching it in 3D, [http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html others suffered depression and even suicidal thoughts,] and one man even died, [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583351,00.html apparently from over-excitement.] <ref>[[MST3K Mantra|It's just a movie, you really should relax.]]</ref> |
* The movie ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' seems to be getting a reputation for this. Several people walked out with motion sickness from watching it in 3D, [http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html others suffered depression and even suicidal thoughts,] and one man even died, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130402013706/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583351,00.html apparently from over-excitement.] <ref>[[MST3K Mantra|It's just a movie, you really should relax.]]</ref> |
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* This trope is the source of the common [[Fridge Logic]] expressed about how we know what deadly gases smell like ([[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|almonds, fresh hay, etc.]]) |
* This trope is the source of the common [[Fridge Logic]] expressed about how we know what deadly gases smell like ([[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|almonds, fresh hay, etc.]]) |
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** Toxicity is relative; any toxin on earth is only deadly in sufficient quantities, and the quantities needed to ''smell it'' are often (but not always) miniscule enough to avoid injury. This is how [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]s get away with trying to identify suspicious substances by "tasting" them. |
** Toxicity is relative; any toxin on earth is only deadly in sufficient quantities, and the quantities needed to ''smell it'' are often (but not always) miniscule enough to avoid injury. This is how [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]s get away with trying to identify suspicious substances by "tasting" them. |
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