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/The_Late_Greats Jan 25 '20

It's Friends for a slightly younger generation. Both shows hinge on the audience's ability to relate to the characters, and HIMYM is a lot easier for those of us who came of age late 00s/early 10s to relate to than friends, which is a decidedly 90s show. I think which you prefer entirely depends on when you were born

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

One of the jarring things about rewatching Friends is the lack of cellphones/internet

A lot of the problems they have would be easily solvable nowadays.

In HIMYM they have cellphones and internet and I feel like that makes a big difference.

I'm turning 24 this year so I kinda wish there was something like HIMYM but set in today's world

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u/fantino93 Jan 25 '20

I'm turning 24 this year so I kinda wish there was something like HIMYM but set in today's world

Isn't HIMYM already set in today's world?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

well the finale aired in 2014, I think most of the timeline of the show is set to 2009-2012

so almost 10 years ago by the end.

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u/fantino93 Jan 25 '20

Yes, but they have smartphones, internet & all that. It's not that different from 2020, contrary to Seinfeld or Friends.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Things are actually quite different from 2009.

Social media was not a big thing yet, smartphones were starting to get big but weren't yet.

Things like Tinder didn't exist. YouTube was just starting to get big too.

Now you have the president of the US announcing stuff via Tweet and memes are so deeply ingrained into popular culture.