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I guess it's a matter of degree.
If someone found a body in my work place you can bet we'd discuss it. But if I started asking my colleagues how long they'd known the deceased and where they were the night before etc, it would seem odd. But then again those things might naturally come up in the conversation.
But the line between those two things, the point at which it feels "off" is hard to pin down. That's why I say it's a matter of degree.
And I can see/imagine that the position of that line changes if you're used to reading such exchanges a lot.
BTW I think I used the wrong word - "convention" is perhaps better than "trope".
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