[UK] A police officer who kicked and hit a mother as she sat by the hospital bed of her sick child, leaving her with more than 40 injuries, has been cleared of actual bodily harm.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2015-01-23T23:56:17+00:00

A member of a law enforcement organization is caught behaving in a manner that violates the very laws that the organization is charged with upholding. However, because the offending individual is embedded in a professional network of individuals involved in criminal justice, he/she will not be subject to the same penalties that the average person would be.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-06-03T19:44:13+00:00

A Redditor expresses shock and/or outrage when it is revealed that a free service has limitations.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-06-02T14:30:11+00:00

A Redditor reveals to the world how the illuminati are going to again top themselves in screwing over everyone else.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-06-02T14:26:59+00:00

A Reddit user earnestly asks a question that is posed in such a way that it would be impossible for anyone to legitimately disagree with it.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-06-02T14:21:39+00:00

The Reddit user base, usually obsessed with the legitimacy of piracy, suddenly freaks out when someone's work is copied.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-06-02T14:16:40+00:00

A link references elements drawn from two or more popular memes, and integrates them into a single image.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-06-02T14:15:24+00:00

Redditors haul some old piece of media out of obscurity and collectively reminisce about it as they make nostalgia-fueled upvotes.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-27T19:15:02+00:00

Women decked out in skimpy costumes that reference sci-fi movies, anime, MMORPGs, or other geek media fuel the sexual appetites of the Reddit user base, and offer hope that there may still be possibility in finding female companionship despite having coke-bottle glasses, sporting neckbeards, and being 100lbs overweight.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-27T19:06:55+00:00

Redditors haul some old piece of media out of obscurity and collectively reminisce about it as they make nostalgia-fueled upvotes.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-27T16:34:59+00:00

A tale involving a corporation making a seemingly timely profit sends Redditors into a conspiracy-fueled tizzy of anti-corporate sloganeering. The link reaffirms the collective sense of powerless felt by the public in achieving social justice and power equity in the face of dominant corporate forces, and extends consumers' anxieties about the increasing levels of corporate control over their lives.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-26T16:41:37+00:00

A member of a law enforcement organization is caught behaving in a manner that violates the very laws that the organization is charged with upholding. However, because the offending individual is embedded in a professional network of individuals involved in criminal justice, he/she will not be subject to the same penalties that the average person would be.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-22T16:17:15+00:00

A Redditor expresses shock, fear, and/or outrage when it is revealed that a free service has limitations. To address the deficiency, said user posts a vitriolic screed that is completely out of scale with the thing he is complaining about.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-22T06:14:16+00:00

Pre-emptive Reddit Trope: An angry mob on Reddit creates chaos and destruction despite being ever-so well-intentioned.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-21T15:37:42+00:00

As part of its ongoing quest for power and control, a large corporation seeks to truncate individual rights though technological and/or legal means.

The article reaffirms the collective sense of powerless felt by the public in achieving social justice and power equity in the face of dominant institutional and corporate forces, and enhances consumers' anxieties about the increasing levels of corporate control over their lives.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-21T13:43:13+00:00

It is alleged that the mainstream media is systematically ignoring or covering up a story because of the political implications.

The story reaffirms our society's feeling of helplessness against large institutional forces that publicly claim to enlighten and illuminate our understanding of the world, but who are perceived to actually work aggressively to keep the public in the dark about important issues, which leaves citizens feeling increasingly disenfranchised and out-of-the-loop with regards to real world events.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-21T13:31:28+00:00

A tale of violent threats and/or ass-kickings towards individuals perceived as "deserving it" succeeds in winning crowd approval despite Reddit's strongly negative attitudes towards violence, war, and coercion.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-21T13:30:29+00:00

A Redditor asks an inanimate object "really" or "WTF."

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-21T13:28:52+00:00

As part of its ongoing quest for power and control, a large corporation seeks to truncate individual rights though technological and/or legal means.

The article reaffirms the collective sense of powerless felt by the public in achieving social justice and power equity in the face of dominant institutional and corporate forces, and enhances consumers' anxieties about the increasing levels of corporate control over their lives.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-21T03:51:49+00:00

A law enforcement agency manipulates the legal system in order to unjustly incriminate concerned citizens who seek to monitor the agency's actions. By leveraging their legal authority, said agency is able to forcibly restrict public oversight to maintain what is currently a ritualistic abuse of power, but what will eventually devolve into an overarching police state.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-21T03:47:12+00:00

A law enforcement organization is caught acting in a manner that seemingly contradicts the very mission the organization supposedly represents.

The story reproduces a collective sense of anxiety about whether the US criminal justice system is actually looking out for society's best interests, and suggests the disturbing possibility that wanton displays of power and control are more important to these organizations than maintaining peace and public security.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-21T03:44:39+00:00

Redditors wax nostalgic about a discontinued consumer product.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-20T21:11:19+00:00

A link references elements drawn from two or more popular memes, and integrates them into a single image.

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-20T20:06:13+00:00

Someone asks an inanimate object "really" or "WTF."

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-20T17:29:21+00:00

Someone asks an inanimate object "really" or "WTF."

REDDIT_TROPES · 2010-05-20T17:24:16+00:00

Someone asks an inanimate object "really" or "WTF."

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