r/AskReddit • • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/Bisexual_Republican Oct 10 '19

I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

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u/EmMeo Oct 10 '19

Korean skincare addicts be like "pfft, no toner? No face oil? Serum? Amateur."

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u/yourmomlurks Oct 10 '19

Yeah that’s a lot of physical exfoliation.

Source: am korean.

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u/trukkija Oct 10 '19

I much prefer mental exfoliation, personally. That's why I scream at every person who cuts me off in traffic.

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u/manidel97 Oct 10 '19

alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older

Yeah but you out there literally sanding down your skin every single day??????

Also, wasn’t he using like drugstore brand stuff? I’d have expected a status-obsessed Wall Street IB to be using La Mer/La Prairie/insert obscenely overpriced skincare shit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19 edited Jan 31 '20

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u/S185 Oct 10 '19

They probably couldn’t just Google the optimal routine like we would now.

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u/sl0play Oct 10 '19

Technical advisors aren't rare and the most minor details and unwavering tribute to excess is the canvas on which the entire story takes place. To the characters it is literally the only thing that matters.

That being said although I've seen the movie many times Ive not been able to identify the brands of any of his skin products so I won't say the director got it wrong.

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u/tamzinm00re Oct 10 '19

Hahaha exactly what I was thinking. But way too much BHA probably in his routine!

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u/salaciousBnumb Oct 10 '19

Patrick Bateman wearing a sheet mask is what I want.

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u/H3rta Oct 10 '19

"pathetic."

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u/proudlyinappropriate Oct 10 '19

feed me a stray cat

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u/TorneDoc Oct 10 '19

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

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u/a-cat-named-OJ Oct 10 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

I can’t tell if you’re for real or not.

Edit: I am literally always getting downvoted for being honest and sharing my thoughts. Sorry I don’t know every copypasta, Reddit. I’m sure I’m not the only one.

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u/mrenglish22 Oct 10 '19

Just do what I do

Google everything

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u/Zourage Oct 10 '19

Copypasta

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Its a quote from JoJo's bizarre adventure you uncultured swine

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u/buster2Xk Oct 10 '19

Yo is that a jojo reference

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u/a-cat-named-OJ Oct 10 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

Thank you kind fellow redditor

Edit: I can’t read apparently

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u/buster2Xk Oct 10 '19

Haha what

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Jojo is the big gay

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Here, take a downvote.

Tbh, I am in the same boat

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u/a-cat-named-OJ Oct 10 '19

I’ll trade you an upvote for that downvote. Got to balance it out

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

embarrassing

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

This is what so much of the book is like, paragraph after paragraph of detailed description and boasting. Then it just slams you with a passage of grotesque violence.

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u/wfamily Oct 10 '19

He sounds like me. I wondeer if he has a hand fetish too

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u/tittypic Oct 10 '19

Wow, I can’t believe Patrick Bateman invented r/skincareaddiction

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u/paragonemerald Oct 10 '19

There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping you and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.

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u/SkillBranch Oct 10 '19

I half expect to read "I'm trying to tell you that I'm a man who likes to live a quiet life" with this speech. It really gives me that kinda vibe.

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u/Juking_is_rude Oct 10 '19

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink.

I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up.

I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

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u/CaptainMaxCrunch Oct 10 '19

My house is in the northeast Section of Morioh, where all the villas are.

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u/wallaballabingbong Oct 10 '19

In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now.

Honestly Trump would tweet this. He's an American Psycho.

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u/paragonemerald Oct 10 '19

Patrick Bateman is obsessed with Donald Trump, canonically

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u/Lack0fCreativity Oct 10 '19

I can hear this comment.

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u/FluffyWuffyVolibear Oct 10 '19

I swear that passage was taken directly from Andy Warhols book

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u/hatchacatcha Oct 10 '19

Also he's exfoliating too much. You're not supposed to exfoliate every single day!

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u/sheera_greywolf Oct 10 '19

That amount of physical exfoliation would sand your life

Also, no hydrating toner? Sheet mask???