When this troper worked at Red Rooster for a few monnths, he once heard of a complaint given to his manager by some guy who was complaining that there were 'maggots in his chicken.' I'd like to point out that the possibility of this happening is almost nill - the health guidelines for the chickens supplied are huge, the chickens are kept in the cooler for a LONG time, and then they're roasted for an hour. Honestly, if a maggot can survive that, then there's a lot more to worry about then your dinner being ruined...

This troper works at Subway. We have literally gotten some ungodly stupid complaints like "It should be $5! It's better for you to sell the Chicken Bacon Ranch for $5!" Nevermind that that the Chicken Bacon Ranch is one of the most expensive subs on the menu, or "You should all speak Chinese!" (At least that's what I think they're saying - the complaints are written in Chinese) despite that this is America, specifically, a heavy caucasian part of Colorado where not a lotta people speak Chinese.

This troper heard this all the time back when she was in elementary school. Of note is that she criticized student council in the third grade and the principal called her out on "student council negativity," which she held (and holds) to be a ridiculous thing to call someone out on. As a rather individualistic person, needless to say she hopes that this trope is starting to die out, or is going to if it hasn't already.

I've all but kept my mouth shut for most my life under the {{CatchPhrase}} of, "Why is it whenever I have an opinion, it's wrong?"

Overlaps with AdultsAreUseless in terms of bullying - since they will ''always'' assume you simply can't deal with being treated like shit by students or even other adults. Unless that is, you actually ''do'' meet one who cares.

Which is one of the sad things about society. A child complaining of bullying should be a huge warning sign to the teachers. But it's frequently ignored as "just kids being kids".

And if you're beaten up and unfortunately have Aspergers? 150% of the stuff that comes out if your mouth is '''''ignored'''''. There's this thing that causes people to ignore you and unfortunately winds up with a lot of people with Aspergers becoming TheCassandra. One symptom of AspergersSyndrome is "Chronic Cassandra Disorder". (You can practically say "2+2=4" and they'll ''still'' not believe you.)

Quite often when kids are being bullied (or abused by a family member), when the complaints aren't being ignored, the person being bullied is branded as a pathological liar and/or attention whore, under the assumption that anything that doesn't leave the kid with a black eye or bruises is just the kid "being a pussy" and "unable to take criticism". Sigh.

Internet forums. Often -- if you're not complaining with everyone else, you're '''wrong!'''

And often this very wiki- if you like something that the masses have decided isn't "OMG GREATEST THING EVER", prepare for ridicule and rudeness.

It goes deeper than that; look at any online article, and whatever opinion the writer gives for something, the comments will mostly be in agreement with them. If you should ever say anything contrary to that opinion, be ready for plenty of verbal onslaught.

This troper found out the hard way that pointing out the irresponsibility people show in some of the videos (like when a guy pays his young son five bucks to electrocute himself on an invisible fence) gets you being labeled as "boring" or "a liberal". Erm...yeah

This holds true for any animal other than a human. Chances are, if your flock/herd/school/whatever you call a group of your species is suddenly agitated and quickly moving in one direction, failure to follow suit ''will'' result in being devoured. Except for the times they're heading for the slaughter-house. We'd tell you to use your best judgment, except you're probably a cow.

This holds true for human animals too, mostly for the same reasons.

This troper finds himself in this situation whenever I express my desire to move to Florida and/or my dislike of the cold weather brought on by autumn and winter, even if its the kind Chicago is notorious for. Honestly, what kind of country is this where you can only not like the weather when it's hot? Liking to be warm isn't a ''crime''.

This troper, when at school (primarily during 5th or 6th period), is (or at least feels like he is) surrounded by JustinBieber fans. I say I hate him, and the other students yell out that I'm wrong. During 6th period, the authority (i.e. the teacher) will explain why both he and I deserve to hate JustinBieber other than we have a right to our opinions.

This troper and his 10th grade history teacher (first semester) share the same hatred for JustinBieber. Yet, ironically, we're surrounded by fans of him. I think we'd LITERALLY have to kill those fans to convince them. Which is why I use "convince," "persuade," and other synonyms as euphemisms for "kill."

In a manner very similar to the internet forums entry above, just try being a critic -- music, books, software, doesn't matter. From a seven-digit reviewer rank on Amazon all the way up to Roger Ebert, dissing certain genres and/or authors will guarantee a backlash from their fanbase. This troper once wrote a scathing review of a sub-par America's Test Kitchen book that was so poorly received that an ATK employee/former TV cast member actually left a nastygram on my reviewer page. (I wasn't impressed.)

This Troper used to have a crippling phobia of storms. {{IGotBetter}}, though I'm still freaked out by storms. Everyone will tell me "but I really like storms!" once they find out I hate them. Storms have NEVER been enjoyable for me, and the reason it got "crippling" was because lightning struck my neighbor's house and set it on fire. I think I have a perfectly good explanation for hating storms, but everyone else insists that I'm an idiot or a child (I'm 19.) It's bullshit.

Members of minority groups constantly get this from privileged people.