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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* There is ''absolutely no way'' of knowing whether saying something to [[
* Tina the technical writer in ''[[Dilbert]]'', who "regards every conversation within her hearing distance as an insult to her occupation and [[Straw Feminist|gender]]." She's lightened up considerably in recent years, though.▼
** Alice and her Fist Of Death on the other hand...▼
▲* There is ''absolutely no way'' of knowing whether saying something to [[Batman|The Joker]] will result in him laughing or killing you, horribly and violently. Or doing both.
** Though arguably, that's because the Joker is [[Ax Crazy]] rather than having a Hair-Trigger Temper.
** You're on slightly safer ground with [[Marx Brothers]] quotes.
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* The titular character of the 1900s-vintage comic strip ''[[The Outbursts of Everett True]]'' explodes into violence at the smallest, most inconsequential provocation, delivering savage beatings to the objects of his ire. This was the ''point'' of the strip and supposed to be ''funny''.
* ''[[The Far Side]]'' had a lot of cartoons like this. For instance, one early strip showed an angry man holding a smoking shotgun, having killed two people with it, while his wife behind him angrily says, "That settles it, Carl! From now on, you're only getting decaffeinated coffee!"
▲* Tina the technical writer in ''[[Dilbert]]'', who "regards every conversation within her hearing distance as an insult to her occupation and [[Straw Feminist|gender]]." She's lightened up considerably in recent years, though.
▲** Alice and her Fist Of Death on the other hand...
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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