Real Life/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** [[Eagle Land|The decision to ]]''[[Eagle Land|finally ]]''[[Eagle Land|repeal DADT]].

** And as of now... the decision by the US government to cancel the vote on the infamous [[Internet Backdraft|SOPA and PIPA bills]]. Through this is kinda subverted with the decision to shut down Megavideo and arrest it's creators.

** Genghis Khan; evil warlord, or uniting liberator of the oppressed? Or did he just lead an active, outdoor lifestyle?

** [[Adolf Hitler]] has a small but vocal [[Those Wacky Nazis|group of fans]] claiming he was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

*** Meanwhile some hack was going over a newly independent Poland and decided that after making its breakout appearance on world maps that it was going to have its epic. It digressed into antics including [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] leading into a [[Gambit Pileup]] that caused wars with the Soviet Union and Lithuania, an internal coup and border disputes with Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Reads like train wreck [[Fan Fiction]] [[It Got Worse|culminating with the invasion]] by [[Those Wacky Nazis|Hitler]]. God was likely on one hell of a bender when he wrote the interwar period in the region.

** [[The War on Terror]] story-arc. It got ''real'' old real quick. Also, the massive [[Broken Aesop]] that accompanies it. "We're going to fight Terrorism! With War... wait, what?!"

** Most biologists theorize that this is a built-in mechanism to prevent species from killing themselves off through overcrowding. [[Mind Screw|How dying is a remedy for dying is left as an exercise for the student]].

** Predation is the natural answer to overcrowding, but it still raises the [[Fridge Logic]] question of how death is a cure for itself.

** Suffice it to say that death mechanics get a lot of player criticism.

** The vast majority of players do believe there is a [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|bonus level]] of some sort or another, although many [[Reincarnation|believe you get extra lives]]. In some cases this also involves a leveling up process [[Buddhism|dependent upon how you play each iteration of the game]].

** The War on Communism / [[Cold War]] arc lasted a record-stretching 75 seasons and supplied a major [[Crisis Crossover]] of the 20th century. Some characters seem to be unaware that the arc ended, and continue to build massive bomb shelters and stockpile ammo in case of a commie takeover. Some would love to see the arc brought back, since they enjoyed the power they had during its continuity.

** The Crusades, which lasted almost ''200'' seasons. The early arcs were okay. Big fights, mighty nations fighting. They'd been setting it up for hundreds of seasons. There was some [[Seasonal Rot]] with the later ones, though. [[Spinoff Babies|The Children's Crusade]], for example, or the Fourth Crusade, [[Shaggy Dog Story|which never made it to the Holy Land]]. Instead, it turned on Constantinople and destroyed the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines would regain power about sixty seasons later.

* [[Archive Panic]]: Oh ''so much''.

* [[Best Level Ever]]: [[Home Page|This.]]

** For most people, Sex.

* [[Big Name Fan]]: People like Isaac Newton and [[Albert Einstein]] became famous by making complex and staggeringly accurate [[Wild Mass Guessing|WMGs]] about the mechanics of [[Real Life]].

* [[Broken Base]]: Many. Most [[Base Breaker|base breakers]] involve views on politics, religion, and other such philosophies.

* [[Cliché Storm]]: Good luck finding a character archetype that isn't included. Also, World War II.

** [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]. [[World War II]] was such a key [[Trope Maker]], [[Trope Codifier]] and [[Discredited Trope|Trope Discreditor]] that, looking back, you forget how groundbreaking it was back in the day.

** What cutscenes would those be?

*** [[Art Major Physics|This is a good start.]]

** There are, however, in-universe examples, some of which lead to censorship by characters of what other characters read/watch/play etc.

* [[Continuity Porn]]: It is very difficult to understand any one part of [[Real Life]] without knowing the circumstances leading up to it (e.g., you can't understand the War on Terror without understanding the [[Cold War]], which you can't understand without understanding World War II, which you can't understand without understanding World War I, which you can't understand without understanding the Congress of Vienna, etc.).

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Some of the most memorable characters, who would be [[Memetic Badass|Memetic Badasses]] if it weren't for the fact you couldn't make up anything more outlandish than what they did in canon.

* [[Creator Worship]]: ''Hoooo'' boy. Talk about the [[Trope Maker]]!

** Some parents love their kids no matter what they do.

** Anyone wealthy and powerful.

* [[Die for Our Ship]]: Unfortunately, in extreme cases, it can become [[Murder the Hypotenuse|literal]].

* [[Disappointing Last Level]]: Old age.

** For certain niche gamers, the periods between the next game in their favorite series/genre gets released.

 

== E-L ==

* [[Fan Dumb]]: Hard to keep track. Massive [[Flame War|Flame Wars]] about what exactly happened in the [[Pilot Episode]] and [[Epileptic Trees|what'll happen in the]] [[Series Finale]], [[Flame War|Flame Wars]] between fans of important characters, people who think it's a [[Video Game]], people who think it's a TV Series... The list goes on.

* [[Fan Myopia]]: Oh, come on. Who '''doesn't''' know about [[Real Life]]?

* [[Fanon]]: Plenty of it. In-universe characters seem to like [[Show Within a Show|inventing stories]] about things that never happened in canon.

* [[Game Breaker]]: Each era has an example. Steel, gunpowder, and the airplane are good examples. Currently, nuclear weapons. Such an extreme example that their usage is formally banned, and many want them to be removed completely. Being [[Disc One Nuke|born to a rich family]] will let you surpass many of the financial problems everyone else has to deal with.

** Even then, the first few series are considered unimpressive, concentrating mainly on day to day survival and featuring a lot of unnecessary shock elements such as cannibalism and indiscriminate slaughter. It's considered that the necessity of coping with farming on floodlands and the planning involved caused the creation of such popular elements as art, civilisation and legal codes which enabled the longevity of the Humanity concept.

*** Fans who love action scenes, however, tend to love the early episodes more. Some cool random encounters such as the Mammoth and Dodo just aren't available anymore. And since the weapons are much harder to acquire and use since the ''Modern Age'' patch, this series is more or less in a state of [[Badass Decay]].

* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|One word]]: [[wikipedia:Schadenfreude|schadenfreude]]. Also known around here as [[Comedic Sociopathy]].

* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: [[Trope Namer]].

** Babies crying. Justified, in that [[Distress Signal|they make this sound when in trouble]] (hungry, ill, [[Covered in Gunge]], uncomfortable, Etc), and they need a mature human to help them ASAP. It's annoying so they'll do anything to make them quit (Unfortunately, [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood|"anything" also means spiking their food]]).

** Smoke alarms, but with good reason.

* [[Possession Sue]]: A common practice in Real Life fan fiction.

* [[Protagonist Centred Morality]]: Very common, especially in international politics. Every nation fighting each other claims they're doing it out of self-defense, even if it's patently false.

* [[Protection From Editors]]: The creator clearly believes the work is perfect as it stands and needs no editing. According to one (possibly apocryphal) anecdote, when [[Satan|one of the staff]] criticized the early script, the creator had him and his friends fired. Said ex-staff member and his friends would go on to form their own [[Hell|rival studio]] that would [[Writer on Board|attempt to change the characters and plots even further.]]

* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Every significant bill ever written into law has ruined Real Life in the eyes of at least one person.

** Large numbers of the fanbase might argue that education is entirely made up of Scrappy Levels.

** Air travel, post-9/11.

** Certain diseases/symptoms; also, the fact that you have to [[Loads and Loads of Loading|queue up for many things because of limited server capacity]].

** The "International Copyright Law" mechanic is extremely unpopular; of course, the whole "Anti-Copyright" is a [[Scrappy Mechanic]] for a lot of other people.

* [[Sequel Displacement]]: World War II is far more remembered than World War I.

* [[Sidetracked by the Gold Saucer]]: Considering the incredible number of gold saucers, this was inevitable, really. You can make a decent living from a few of these, but unfortunately they're usually the least fun.

** Cyrus dies, Alexander dies, Qin Shi Huangdi dies, Caesar dies, The Allies win, Hitler dies, The Allies win again, Stalin dies, Mao dies, Oswald kills Kennedy<ref>[[Wild Mass Guessing|Probably]]</ref>, Nixon lied, Capitalism wins (except for the Cuba and NK special conflict zones).

** {{spoiler|Everybody dies, including you.}}

* [[Squick]]: Approximately 25% of the internet. [[Shock Site|Shock sites]] compose at least 10% of this. Certain sites can actually be ''High Octane'' Squick. Heck, there's a bunch of this outside the Internet.

** The responsibilities and reduced free time that comes with [[Growing Up Sucks|growing up]].

** The generally accepted criteria for a 'good' life. Not happily married with children and a 'respectable' job? You, sir, fail at life.

** Demanding parents can bring this up even earlier than normal. "We're so worried about little Timmy's academic performance, his pattern recognition is lacking, he can't seem to grasp phonics, and he's small! Heaven knows what it'll be like when he's born!"

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Many, but the biggest one would be the unexpected and tragic death of {{spoiler|my goldfish.}} Sadly, has [[Real Life/Tear Jerker|its own page]].

** If you want to be a doctor, you can look forward to the ''5 hour long'' MCAT. [[Sarcasm Mode|Fun]].

** Occasionally, an [[Bad Boss|actual boss]].

* [[That One Level]]: World War I, World War II and the Great Depression qualify.

** For the Western Roman faction, the Hun invasion was almost impossible to beat. Eventually the Roman faction won, but at such a cost as to eventually result in the faction's demise.

** Puberty. At least it gives you some decent stat buffs and a huge new set of character class options.

* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: Constantly, many people complain that the present series is not as good as 'the olden days'.

 

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