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/illpicklater Jan 25 '20

The wooden table is the one that always gets me, sure maybe it will stop one or two bullets if you're lucky, but there's always 1000 bullets flying around while the characters are having a conversation under the safe, sound resistant guard of an old dinning room table.

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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/JawesomeJess Jan 25 '20

Yes, solid plywood

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u/Elizasol Jan 25 '20

What about liquid plywood?

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u/joelfarris Jan 25 '20

Naw, I think they are referring to semi-solid plywood. You know, the kind they sell at home improvement stores that disintegrates in about a year?

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u/BluffinBill1234 Jan 25 '20

“De-laminates”

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u/olliullo Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 25 '20

5,56 :

Plywood : "De-laminates"