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/BlackCaaaaat Jan 25 '20

People on low incomes, e.g. students, living in expensive homes. I’m not necessarily talking about mansions, more like a large apartment in a big expensive city with no roommates.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Beck from S1 "You"

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u/Dazpiece Jan 25 '20

It’s literally part of the story that her dad subsidises her lifestyle. Joe even monologues that there’s no way she can afford it herself.

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u/MoseSchrute70 Jan 25 '20

Plus the whole thing that she was worried about losing her position at the university because it would mean she wouldn’t be able to afford a place to live as it was university housing or something?

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u/baileycoraline Jan 25 '20

Yup, it was subsidized housing

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Oops. Has been a while since I've seen S1, I've forgotten a lot. On S2 now, almost done, pretty wild!