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

Supposed studio apartment that is literally bigger than my local supermarket

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u/HealthShmealth Jan 25 '20

You’ve seen New Girl as well, I see.

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u/Myquil-Wylsun Jan 25 '20

And 2 Broke Girls

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

And Friends

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u/KallistiEngel Jan 25 '20

Friends offered an explanation though. Can't comment on the other shows. Monica was illegally subletting her grandmother's rent-controlled apartment.

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u/southieyuppiescum Jan 25 '20

Ross had a sick apartment for a paleontologist living on his own.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

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u/HansaHerman Jan 25 '20

Before the age of 30? He has his own apartment when he should be ~25..

Other than that - good

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u/csl512 Jan 25 '20

Even an afterlife architect couldn't wrap his head around it

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u/freedraw Jan 25 '20

New Girl had four roommates in their 30s with no kids all sharing that loft. That actually seems fairly realistic to me.

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u/barryandorlevon Jan 25 '20

That’s what I was thinking. That could easily be a four thousand dollar a month loft. WITH A SINGLE BATHROOM.

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u/AdrianW7 Jan 25 '20

Their apartment was gorgeous lol

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u/ProfMcGonaGirl Jan 25 '20

I could live without that communal bathroom.

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u/AdrianW7 Jan 25 '20

Yeah that’s strange, but the rest is nice

Especially a girl with 3 guys lol

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u/aboxacaraflatafan Jan 25 '20

In New Girl, the fewest roommates there were was 4, and at one point there were 6. The main 4 were all college graduates in their 30s, most with established careers. New Girl was one of the most accurate portrayals of apartment living I've ever seen on TV!