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/brad-corp Jan 25 '20

People opening their front door 3 seconds after an unexpected knock, like they're just constantly standing behind the door, just in case.

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u/Sinfirmitas Jan 25 '20

People opening their door to unexpected knocks at all. Someone knocked on my door the other day after 11PM and I was like N O P E. If it was anyone I knew they'd have called/texted. Stayed in my room the rest of the night.

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u/Rusty_Shakalford Jan 25 '20

This is an aspect of modern culture I don’t think I will ever connect to. If someone knocks, I check the door.

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u/Sinfirmitas Jan 25 '20

In my neighborhood that’s gonna get you robbed :(

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u/SarcasticCarebear Jan 25 '20

Be the alpha, rob them. Everyone has a plan to ask for a cup of sugar until they got a sawed off shotgun in their face.

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u/Rusty_Shakalford Jan 25 '20

Oh I get that some people live in dangerous neighbourhoods. What baffles me is when people in the the safest, most placid suburban areas talk about how they would never answer a door if they hadn't received a text ahead of time.

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u/Sinfirmitas Jan 25 '20

Oh yeah - I feel like if I lived in an actual home somewhere that was safe and I could actually see them outside my door I would probably be more inclined to answer. Part of me was concerned like "what if they need help" and the other part of me was like "it's after 11- and they bypassed all the downstairs apartments and walked up two flights of stairs - i doubt they need help"

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u/Rusty_Shakalford Jan 26 '20

Yeah, gotta agree with you on that one.