r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MammothPenguin69 • 16d ago

Hated Tropes Stupid Contrived Survival Stories

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  1. 12 Feet Deep - Two idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST go swimming in a pool after it's closed. An incredibly contrived sequence of events happens so they get stuck in a pool. So the movie can happen.

  2. Frozen (not that one) - Three idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST get on a ski-lift after it's closed. To the point of bribing the operator who for some stupid reason doesn't say anything. Do the movie can happen. Also, Wolves are not that aggressive. They are typically shy and avoid humans.

  3. 47 Meters Down- Arguably the most believable scenario on this list. It's still really stupid.

  4. Fall- Two idiots decide to climb an abandoned radio tower without proper equipment that would make escaping their predicament trivially easy. Stop me if you've heard this one before

so the movie can happen.

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u/Nur4m0n 16d ago

Contrived or not, some of these don't seem that far fetched considering how stupid real people have shown themselves to be.

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u/Th3_Admiral_ 16d ago

Especially the one on the radio tower. I've seen enough videos of daredevils climbing towers like that or skyscrapers without any gear just to show they can. 

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u/Empty_Insight 16d ago

I was yelling at the TV for like half of that movie lol.

I wasn't even a 'pro' climber, I just knew the basics of how to properly explore remote/abandoned places. I just couldn't believe someone would actually bring the equipment they did yet not know how to use it.

Like, did they just look up a list on Google or something and then go "Okay, this looks good!"

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u/LightningFerret04 16d ago

irl that’s only gonna get more and more realistic from here

“Hey __(AI assistant)__, what equipment do I need to climb a cell tower?”

“To climb a cell tower, you’ll want a harness, proper clothing, ropes, and carabiners.”

“Where can I get carabiners?”

“You can purchase carabiners at any retail store such as Walmart, Home Depot, or your local hardware store for less than ten dollars.”

And stuff like that. For those who are unaware, cheap carabiners you use for keychains are NOT the type of carabiners that you use for climbing. Regular carabiners are not rated to hold the weight of a person and will be perfectly happy to snap and drop you to your death

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u/Yakety_Sax 16d ago

There was recently a group of people who needed to be rescued from Mt. Shasta because they used Google AI to plan their trip.

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u/AEW4LYFE 16d ago

When I asked Google AI to give me its thoughts on a Magic the Gathering deck I was building, it told me to put cards in the deck that don't actually exist so I can only imagine how it could mess up a trip and then of course:

"You are absolutely right, there is no hotel on the top of the mountain."

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u/Lokishougan 16d ago

You deck should include

Exodia the Forbidden, 4 Copies of the Ace of Spades, 2 copies of Uno Reverse gREEN and a one wish willow in your sideboard

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u/AEW4LYFE 16d ago

"You are absolutely right, you cannot play Monopoly chance cards in Magic the gathering."

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u/Panory 16d ago

"Try a Community Chest card instead!"

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u/Iron_Lord_Peturabo 13d ago

But can I play a king of beers coaster as a 5th king in a game of hold em

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u/Masquelinity 16d ago

If it's Google AI Mode, it'll probably say "Actually, Monopoly chance cards were added to Magic: the Gathering with the 2025 Monopoly crossover. So you can use them however you like!"

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u/TooManyToasters1 16d ago

Don’t forget four copies of Pot of Greed.

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u/Blargimazombie 16d ago

Aaaand a charizard.

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u/sprouthat 16d ago

The way modern MTG is going I wouldn't even be surprised if the One Wish Willow got made into a card

universes beyond pisses me off so fucking much, you made magic into fortnite

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u/theother-g 15d ago

Sad thing is that Universes Beyond makes them massive amounts money by just printing stuff on cardboard. It also brings people from those fandoms into MTG, so for WotC it's a win-win-win situation.

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u/Glamdring804 16d ago

4 Copies of the Ace of Spades

Sadly the Destiny cross-over seems to have only been one-way so far. /s

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u/yeswearerelated 15d ago

Oh man, I would love to put Uno Reverse green in all my non-blue decks. Imagine the look on the stupid Izzet player's face when you drop Uno Reverse Green.

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u/Nyx87 16d ago

I did something similar trying to create a Pathfinder character. It creates random items and such that don't exist.

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u/AEW4LYFE 16d ago

I did some digging and discovered it wasn't actually creating Magic cards in my case. It was scraping reddit and old forums where fans were creating their own homebrew Magic cards for fun. It just can't tell the difference because it isn't actually intelligent, it's just a chat bot with more tricks and resources.

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u/Lokishougan 16d ago

It may not be intellegent...but it is SUPERIOR

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u/justasillylilgoos3 16d ago

I love using ai but I will say try playing Fortnite droid tycoon and ask it to build you a list of droids for each rebirth sequence and it will go bananas batshit insane wrong.

Like…illl die on the hill that ai is good for a lot of things in terms of convenience and it is good for a lot of stuff but it just…is not something people should be using for serious/life-depending information on.

Wild shit

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u/stiff_tipper 16d ago edited 16d ago

there's a series i liked watching back when ai was still a bunch of gibberish, where a dude would rate (at times) borderline unreadable ai magic cards. link to the playlist for anyone interested:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWwL-4K0zJSw7iNVZyh4qexCr6JhUCKQT

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u/Suojelusperkele 16d ago

What? No hotel? You filthy liar my ai assistant told me there is! I demand to see the manager of the mountain!

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u/DubiousBrushwagg 16d ago

Since AI is usually trained on internet content and the majority of deck lists online are fucking terrible. I wouldn't trust it even if it did use only actual real cards.

"Force of Will is an excellent counter spell but it is an expensive card to buy. A good budget option would be Contradict or Forceful Denial."

Can totally see any AI giving stupid shit like that as advice.

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u/AEW4LYFE 16d ago

Once I got it to focus on the real cards in the deck, I realized it was just way too nice. It's answer was always "this deck looks fun and competitive!"

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u/DubiousBrushwagg 16d ago

Yeah. AI models are terrible for critical feedback. Especially the commerical ones like ChatGPT or Gemni. They're made to be obsequious and reinforce user happiness to keep you using them.

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u/VintAge6791 16d ago

This is how Skynet will really wipe out 99.99999 percent of humanity. The Terminators are only for the holdouts who actually go outside and look at and touch things before making buying decisions and planning trips.

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u/sesoren65 15d ago

But it says things so confidently

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u/radioactivez0r 16d ago

Not safety related, but ChatGPT had an ad running for a bit where a guy used AI to plan his road trip for him and I was like damn, that's the fun part!

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u/LightningFerret04 16d ago

I met up with my friend to plan our road trip and he was using Claude to find some spots and stopping points inbetween. No judgement, but I personally prefer most of my trip planning to be homemade for exactly that reason, I think it’s a lot of fun to do

What I do find to be pretty useful though is to do a google search, see the top search results, see what Gemini suggests and then click on its sources. That takes me to reddit threads and old forums which have conversations about spots and areas we might go to. I can get a general vibe of what some place might be like which might not be found easily

We did figure out a pretty smooth system on that planning though. While I was on google search and Google Maps looking at our start and end points, he would ask Claude about some spots. Then based on the list Claude gave him, he and I would both hop on Google Maps on satellite view and check out each spot it recommended. I would then look to see if there are other areas around that place and write them all down. Then we listed them in a master list as Plan A, Plan B, Plan C

Generally that’s the right way, in my opinion, to use AI. Have it give suggestions and dig for information that you might not have found easily, then fact check what it finds, see if you can find more, and then use your head to make a decision on what to use and what not to use.

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u/finalremix 16d ago

And stuff like that. For those who are unaware, cheap carabiners you use for keychains are NOT the type of carabiners that you use for climbing. Regular carabiners are not rated to hold the weight of a person and will be perfectly happy to snap and drop you to your death

Both sets that I recently purchased have stamped into the metal what the weight allowance is (hint: it's under 20 pounds for each one).

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u/LightningFerret04 16d ago

Those are great, I love the exact weights being listed

Also, I had a couple that had small stickers on each one that specifically said “⚠️ NOT FOR CLIMBING”

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u/Iron_Lord_Peturabo 13d ago

I have a pair of climb rated carabiners that I use as key rings. I don't go climbing, but sometimes when it's time to do dumb shit it's good to have the tools for dumb shit

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u/amandaplzzz 16d ago

Didn't her friend like plan the climb to help her get over her boyfriend who recently fell to his death doing a similarly moronic climb? So silly

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u/wild_west_900 16d ago

met a (now) good friend of mine while at a crag. he looked lost and like he had no idea what he was doing. had all the gear. he had read Freedom of the Hills a few days before and figured he could do it. no clue how to actually do it in practice. invited him to join our group so that he didnt hurt himself

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u/NoMention696 16d ago

They both hang off the edge for a picture/video, I don’t think they ever had the brain capacity to figure out the equipment

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u/Exilicauda 16d ago

Are you going to watch the sequel?

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u/Empty_Insight 16d ago

My wife liked it even though I found it immensely frustrating. It was her idea to watch the original.

So: I will most likely be watching the sequel, but not necessarily by choice. Lol

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u/Exilicauda 15d ago

Lol report back after!

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u/Lokishougan 16d ago

"I just couldn't believe someone would actually bring the equipment they did yet not know how to use it." Oh I totally can ..especially if these mofos got MONEY.

Perfect example was when I WENT TO college (about 20 years ago) my friend worked Resent which helps people get online at the dorms. He was pretty swamped with serious stuff since that year we were in a literally brand new dorm that only finished final prep a few weeks before move in day . So he asked me to try and at least figure out what problem a guy in my hall had since his request did not make much sense. Went there and despite my limited computer knowledge his problem very quick...he was not plugged in. Gets better ...he threw away the cord clamming that if it was important it would have been attached. He insulted me and told me I was the idiot and to get a real tech person in here...To his credit after my friend did check him out and tell him the same thing he couldnt look me in the eye for a week lol

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u/MichaSound 14d ago

Given the number of people Mountain Rescue has to assist every year, because they attempted a difficult climb in regular shoes and with no special equipment, yeah I believe people are that dumb.

"I won't be one of those stupid people, I'll google what equipment I need but do no prep in how to use it!"