It’s a super easy trope to default to. It’s basically removing the chaos from mental scenarios to make it more palatable and voiding the evolutionary utility in having those thoughts in the first place. Seems like it’s more or less a coping mechanism for things likely to be out of our control.

Put this “guy” on a list ya’ll, he’s about to blow.

It’s wild how many people use 80s action movie as their basis for their understanding of the world.

It looks like two guys trying to prevent Michael Reeves’ latest experiment from going live.

If you believe televangelists, then that needle eye is bigger than the Sahara.