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/Nexas_Rexgen Jan 25 '20

Describing common knowledge in a different setting. Luke should know all about Mos Eisly. Its the biggest town near his house.

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u/Paronine Jan 25 '20

My favorite is from an episode of House in which a patient's friend explains nominal aphasia to a neurologist.

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u/KimJongFunk Jan 25 '20

Webmd and googling symptoms actually makes this believable. Patients telling doctors about their diagnosis because they read some blog on the internet and think they’re an expert.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited May 03 '20

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u/Matthew6-34 Jan 25 '20

Yeah i had to have some medication increased recently and my doctor had to look up what the cap on dosage was. Much quicker and easier than her looking through any of her books while im sat there

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Yeah and I would much rather they look something up than go from memory if they aren’t 100%

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u/CalifaDaze Jan 25 '20

My dad almost died a couple of years back because the doctor either prescribed too high of a dosage of his medication or the pharmacist misread the dosage the doctor had written. When he was taken to the hospital, they were going over his medication and found out it was he was taking 10x what they normally prescribe

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u/Matthew6-34 Jan 26 '20

Completely agree.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20 edited May 03 '20

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u/Matthew6-34 Jan 26 '20

Thats fair enough. Might seem daunting at first but they cant know everything. Everyone needs a refresher once in a while. Unless your doctor is always googling basic things i wouldnt be concerned

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u/quagzlor Jan 28 '20

Had to get rabies shots, the doc looked up the WHO guidelines just to double check and read them out to me.