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What are some unrealistic fictional tropes that have become realistic because people internalized them from fiction? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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For example [vaguely]: writer creates a character who behaves like X, despite nobody actually behaving like X in real life. Then characters behaving like X become a wide-ranging trope. People in the real world begin to think it’s normal to behave like X, and subsequently start actually behaving like X themselves.

Any actual examples of this phenomenon happening?

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[–] 1 point 3 months ago

Apparently some cops decided a kidnapping case seemed so similar to the plot of the movie Gone Girl that they just didn't bother investigating, despite the fact that movie really made no sense.

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