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There are two kinds of "There Are Two Kinds of People in the World" jokes in the world: tautologies, false dichotomies, and jokes on either binary (or some other base) or people who can't count.

 

Compare [[With Us or Against Us]]. See also [[My Friends and Zoidberg]], where this trope is modified into a more insulting form. Contrast [[Not So Different]].

 

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* For Volkswagen, it's "passengers" and "drivers", with the hope of encouraging more people to be drivers.

* Blondie and Tuco from ''[[The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly]]'' have this kind of thing going:

{{quote|'''Tuco:''' There are two kinds of people in the world, my friend. Those with a rope around their neck, and the people who have the job of doing the cutting.}}

{{quote|'''Blondie:''' There are two kinds of people in the world, my friend. Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.}}

** Another one appears earlier in the film, when Blondie kills the assassins hired by Tuco to take him out, only to be ambushed by Tuco himself.<ref>I'm writing this from memory. If you have the video, please add the actual wording.</ref>

{{quote|'''Tuco:''' There are two kinds of spurs in the world, my friend. Those that come by the door, and those that come through the window.}}

** It's even more bizarre when you realize that the ''refusal'' to deal in absolutes is precisely what caused Anakin Skywalker to turn to the dark side. He believed Palpatine's rationalization that it was acceptable to employ the dark side of the Force if the outcome was a benevolent one (in this case, saving his wife).

* From the movie ''[[Dirty Work]]'':