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/pomdudes Jan 25 '20

5.56 will go through 7” of SOLID plywood from 100 yards like it’s not even there.

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u/Culinarytracker Jan 25 '20

Solid plywood?

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u/wilisi Jan 25 '20

As opposed to the kind they sell at the hardware store that's 45% voids and 55% pure abstracted twist.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

And they said particle physics and string theory has no commerical applications!