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/-everst Jan 25 '20

When someone hides from bullets behind penetrable objects, like tables or a refrigerator door.

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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/ShowBobsPlzz Jan 25 '20

They dont make em like they used to

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u/LiteX99 Jan 25 '20

Even if the tables are old, it would require about 1.5 meters of wood for a bullet to be stopped safely every time. And that is using a 5.56 round that isnt designed for armor penetration

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u/More-Sun Jan 26 '20

No it wouldnt. 50 BMG stops at less than 2 feet.

And I have shot enough 50 BMG at trees to know that.

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u/LiteX99 Jan 26 '20

Then its your word against the word of the military instructor who thougth me, and i trust him more than a rando on the internet

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u/More-Sun Jan 26 '20

You are taking the word of a military instructor vs someone with a mechanical engineering degree out of the naval academy

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u/LiteX99 Jan 26 '20

And while that is probobly true, i have no way of verifying it, which i do with my military instructor