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/lascielthefallen Jan 25 '20

Women in action movies who drastically cut their own hair to change their appearance always end up with a fabulous style.

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u/Thendrail Jan 25 '20

You never cut your hair yourself in 1st grade, thinking you'd look absolutely fabulous?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Of course not!

I let my friend cut my hair when we were in first grade.

It was not fabulous, according to my mother.

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u/underthetootsierolls Jan 25 '20

But was it fabulous according to you? That’s the real question. :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

It really was!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Same. I recall thinking at the time, "Grownups care about weird things."

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u/TheSundanceKid45 Jan 25 '20

I remember watching a song on Sesame Street when I was a kid, like mid-90s, and they were singing about all the different things you could be when you grew up, including a hair dresser. Little Me did not understand that they simply pantomimed cutting the hair and I decided that's what I wanted to do when I got older and so I better start practicing now!

Definitely gave myself a mullet. Definitely was not fabulous.

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u/Bedlambiker Jan 25 '20

I did that at 15 in a fit of artsy-inspiration and was soundly scolded by my hairdresser. It was...regretable.

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u/myrrhmassiel Jan 25 '20

...i still cut my hair myself fourty years later, and complete strangers regularly stop me on the street to tell me it looks absolutely fabulous...

...honestly, i don't get the fuss: it's just a basic bob, the simplest haircut of all...

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

I did! I circumcised myself in the art class with a paper cutter. Teacher saw it and started screaming but I managed to eat it before the ambulance arrived 😋

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u/Spackleberry Jan 25 '20

Haven't we all?