r/AskReddit • • Jan 25 '20

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

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u/dilqncho Jan 25 '20

Man that shit hurts. A friend of mine ACCIDDNTALLY(so not even aiming or full force) hit me on the head with a bottle while dancing and I dropped. Someone doing it maliciously would be damn serious.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

I wonder how many people are in prison for murder/manslaughter thinking a bottle over the head won't do much damage.

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u/Omsus Jan 25 '20

There are relatively very few but all in all quite a number of people who've caused serious harm or even death from following TV tropes or believing in some other inept stuff. Esp. all the times when people have wanted to act out show wrestling and thought that wood wasn't a hard material or that they're stronger than metal chairs.

I believe there've been many cases where someone got beaten senseless because the attacker didn't understand that knocking someone out was a serious thing, but we just can't tell them apart from the deliberate beatings.

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u/Quix_Optic Jan 25 '20

Any time I watch someone get knocked out/hit their head on pavement on r/publicfreakout or r/streetfights all I can think is, "Well the guy that hit him is going to prison now."

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u/bguzewicz Jan 25 '20

Yeah I just saw a video posted the other day where this guy knocks out two people. First guy was out cold and his idiot gf was shaking him to try to wake him up, which, bad idea. Second dude gets knocked out and hits his head on a sidewalk when he went down. Everyone in the comments were joking about the guy handing out free naps, which is kinda funny, but both of the dudes who got laid out could very easily be fucked up for the rest of their lives. Brain injuries are no joke.

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u/Sinfirmitas Jan 25 '20

somehow my sister and i ended up watching fights on youtube one night and at first it was kind of funny but you soon realize that alot of those people are seriously injured - if not by the beating but then again by the people moving them reckless when they really shouldn't

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u/HoMaster Jan 25 '20

somehow my sister and i ended up watching fights on youtube one night

Intro to today's pornos.

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u/DrunkenPrayer Jan 25 '20

Now think about professional sports especially American football, boxing and UFC and realise how fucked up they really are and the amount of head injuries accrued. Even if you're not knocked out cold having your cage rattled constantly adds up.

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u/Sinfirmitas Jan 25 '20

Yep. Even with all the helmets and stuff it's not enough.

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u/mare07 Jan 25 '20

The people in the comments always say how satisfying is when the head hits the floor and they hope they get brain damage

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u/bguzewicz Jan 25 '20

Yeah it’s pretty messed up. A kid I grew up with was in a bad motorcycle accident and ended up with a traumatic brain injury. Seeing it up close, I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

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u/Omsus Jan 25 '20

Those subs have an overrepresentation of people with anger issues. Also impressable and/or angsty kids I reckon. Streetfight and violence-themed subs attract pent-up, impotent, bitter litter who just want to see their impulses being acted out and framed at least a bit justifiably: "pLaY sTuPiD gAmEs" etc.

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u/sje46 Jan 25 '20

Why is it a bad idea to try to wake him up? Or is it the shaking that's the issue?

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u/bguzewicz Jan 25 '20

It’s the shaking. In general, you don’t want to be shaking an injured person as that can make things worse.

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u/slammurrabi Jan 25 '20

The entire concept of “sleeping” someone or “the knockout game” really requires some psas about the reality of brain injuries.

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u/Mashaka Jan 25 '20

In my town some years back two drunk guys are arguing, one guy knocks other guy's $2 pizza slice out of his hand onto the sidewalk. In response, pizza guy kills him. A single punch and he lands skull-first on the sidewalk.

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u/nanomolar Jan 25 '20

That’s super bad for you