Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy

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I hate any scene where they are playing poker. It always comes down to this improbable cascade of increasingly amazing hands. No, you aren't going to win with a royal flush taking down those quads!

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Any time a girl throws up, she's pregnant. 100% of the time.

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Anonymous wrote:Zero chance Jay lands a wife like Gloria IRL.

She had a kid and no career, have you seen his house? That relationship is the most realistic one on the show

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Anonymous wrote:They seemingly never repeat outfits. Ever.

Roseanne was perhaps the first and only show where people wore outfits more than once.

And yet all the flannels on Roseanne are from ll bean. (Most of Becky’s clothing in the new series is from nordstrom—yes, nordstrom sells bedazzled rose embroidered jeans) So unrealistic!

The most realistic clothing were the suits on the office, so ill fitting, it captured the average American office worker style so well

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Anonymous wrote:Zero chance Jay lands a wife like Gloria IRL.

She had a kid and no career, have you seen his house? That relationship is the most realistic one on the show

Why wouldn’t she marry Jay?

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Anonymous wrote:Forced diversity in recent shows/movies. They always have to have that one character that is gay or trans and it’s too obvious and on the nose. (Example: Bros)

I miss 20 years ago when a gay character just existed and wasn’t heavily stereotyped and over the top.

Genuinely curious what show/movie you are thinking of when you say this. I can't think of any examples.

NP the Lieutenant on “Bosch” was a lesbian, no fuss.

The A-Team (although that is 40 years ago). Mr. T just was who he was.

Leverage.

I’m sorry……what?? 🧐🧐

[Anonymous]

Lately, several shows/ movies have one black parent and one white parent with a mixed kid. Sure that happens in the real world, but it seems so forced in shows. Like have a black family or white or whatever. It seems like a way to increase audiences.

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OP here. I’ll add one more: When someone is teleworking on the couch with their feet comfortably propped up like they’re watching tv and the laptop balanced awkwardly on their lap. I mean, how can anyone work efficiently like this? I have to be at my desk in a real chair with a detached keyboard and an extra monitor to get anything done.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’ll add one more: When someone is teleworking on the couch with their feet comfortably propped up like they’re watching tv and the laptop balanced awkwardly on their lap. I mean, how can anyone work efficiently like this? I have to be at my desk in a real chair with a detached keyboard and an extra monitor to get anything done.

I write my best code like that

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’ll add one more: When someone is teleworking on the couch with their feet comfortably propped up like they’re watching tv and the laptop balanced awkwardly on their lap. I mean, how can anyone work efficiently like this? I have to be at my desk in a real chair with a detached keyboard and an extra monitor to get anything done.

I write my best code like that

I'm a writer and do a lot of my work like that, too!

[Anonymous]

Re handwashing, the absolute worst was the scene in the movie Bound where the woman who just finished taking apart the drain pipe on a kitchen sink starts fingering the other woman WITHOUT WASHING HER HANDS. Totally ruined it for me.

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Anonymous wrote:Any time a girl throws up, she's pregnant. 100% of the time.

And she had no clue that she could be pregnant until that moment.

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Anonymous wrote:They seemingly never repeat outfits. Ever.

Roseanne was perhaps the first and only show where people wore outfits more than once.

And yet all the flannels on Roseanne are from ll bean. (Most of Becky’s clothing in the new series is from nordstrom—yes, nordstrom sells bedazzled rose embroidered jeans) So unrealistic!

The most realistic clothing were the suits on the office, so ill fitting, it captured the average American office worker style so well

LL Bean flannels last forever so it makes sense to have a handful for life.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’ll add one more: When someone is teleworking on the couch with their feet comfortably propped up like they’re watching tv and the laptop balanced awkwardly on their lap. I mean, how can anyone work efficiently like this? I have to be at my desk in a real chair with a detached keyboard and an extra monitor to get anything done.

I write my best code like that

Glad that method works for you but if I tried it my neck and back would be in excruciating, unbearable pain in about 10 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:Lately, several shows/ movies have one black parent and one white parent with a mixed kid. Sure that happens in the real world, but it seems so forced in shows. Like have a black family or white or whatever. It seems like a way to increase audiences.

I kind of get what you're saying, and I'm a mixed person, but they're are already many years of either a black or white family. So, on the one hand, I think it's a good thing even if it's a tactic to increase audiences. They should want to increase audiences.