[ SECRET POST #2636 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2636 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Tropes that irrationally annoy the hell out of you.

[(Anonymous)]

I find that screaming reaction weird, because I have to force myself to scream if something's really wrong and I need help (like the time I slipped in the shower and could see the moment coming when I would hit my head on the toilet). My natural reaction to fear and surprise is voicelessness.

The trope I have a real problem with is people who don't call emergency services right after someone gets shot/injured in such a way that they are unconscious. Bystanders just assume the wound is fatal and stand there while the person bleeds out. Even cops in some shows and movies do this.

Re: Tropes that irrationally annoy the hell out of you.

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely! It's weird - I scream like a crazy person when startled by harmless things (an unexpected spider, a friend poking me in the side to get my attention, and, one particularly tired night, my own reflection).
When I was physically attacked and screaming might theoretically have HELPED...? Stuck in my throat. Nothing. At all. Fortunately, didn't end up needing rescue, but it'd've been nice to have been able to summon it.

Re: Tropes that irrationally annoy the hell out of you.

[(Anonymous)]

Bystanders standing around staring is sadly realistic in the case of any emergency, let alone one involving actual violence. People freeze up, people assume whatever impulse they have is incorrect, people assume someone else is going to act, and so on.

When it's people who are trained in emergency response, like your cop example, it's ridiculous, but with completely average people, it's a lot less so.