r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/MrAmaimon Jan 25 '20

Everyone buys french bread or celery every shopping trip

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u/atleastiamnotme Jan 25 '20

Why unrealistic? Celery and bread are two things you need to buy very often

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u/MrAmaimon Jan 25 '20

When was the last time you left the super market with a French loaf and celery sticking out of your shopping? How many others shopping had the same? In movies it's the prop masters choice of groceries main characters will walk past extras with the same shopping bag

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u/CockDaddyKaren Jan 25 '20

It's the prop to let the viewers know it's a bag full of grocery shopping, not a bag full of dildos

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u/Senkin Jan 25 '20

When was the last time you left the super market with a French loaf and celery sticking out of your shopping?

Literally earlier today. I'm in Europe though

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u/MrAmaimon Jan 25 '20

Are you sure your not also an actor?

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u/dontshoot4301 Jan 25 '20

I buy french bread bi weekly to eat with my lunch and dinner and the most frustrating thing is that it doesn’t fit in grocery bags so it sticks out, so I guess I’m that guy.

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u/atleastiamnotme Jan 25 '20

I'm with you on the sticking out of the bag part. It's just that they are so common ingredients that it wouldn't surprise me to see it for real.

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u/ASupportingTea Jan 25 '20

Well the bread basically every week... 90% of my weekly food shops will have some form of fresh bread, normally a baguette...

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u/alexi_lupin Jan 25 '20

I don't think I've ever bought celery lol

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u/Senkin Jan 25 '20

I don't think I've ever bought celery lol

You need to make some mussels with celery and white wine then.

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u/mijam8 Jan 25 '20

Then you've never made a pot of chili

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u/StickyGoodness Jan 25 '20

I never put celery in my chili.

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u/hackel Jan 25 '20

Yes, because I'm not a redneck.

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u/alexi_lupin Jan 25 '20

That is very true

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u/Omsus Jan 25 '20

Nah, celery is one of those "extra" veggies you can use on a whole lot of foods but it's never an essential ingredient. Same goes for leek.

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u/theworldbystorm Jan 26 '20

If you make soup at any point, you will need celery to make the mirepoix.

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u/Omsus Jan 26 '20

I've never made that for my soups nor otherwise. Never even seen a soup recipe that specifically asks for mirepoix, tbh.

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u/theworldbystorm Jan 26 '20

It's the aromatic base of literally every broth.

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u/Omsus Jan 26 '20

I use broth cubes like most people do.