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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 2, 2020 14:26:50 GMT -5
Sheldon Cooper surviving 12 years on the Big Bang Theory without being murdered or turning into a serial killer. From the same show: eating takeout or eating out every single night of the week and not: a) being broke b) suffering from a myriad of health and weight issues.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 2, 2020 14:36:59 GMT -5
Jack Bauer saved the universe multiple times, but every season, he would say something is about to happen and people wouldn't believe him. Same with Mulder on the X-Files. Dude was right I think literally every episode. "Scully, this man clearly died from a Wendigo attack!" "Come on, Mulder..." I remember Monk did this in one of its last episodes. At the start of the ep Monk is given his badge back and reinstated to the force. Everybody in the police station then pours out and claps and congratulates him. Ten minutes later he's working a case with his new partner and throws out a theory that the dead beat cop they're investigating was corrupt and waiting for a pay off. Monk's new partner immediately dismisses the theory for no reason and refuses to follow up on it whatsoever. Dude, I guess you weren't one of the people clapping when he Monk got his badge back? Or you weren't paying attention to the last eight years where every one of Monk's crazy theories turned out to be true? At least investigate the idea.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 2, 2020 15:09:42 GMT -5
Jack Bauer saved the universe multiple times, but every season, he would say something is about to happen and people wouldn't believe him. Same with Mulder on the X-Files. Dude was right I think literally every episode. "Scully, this man clearly died from a Wendigo attack!" "Come on, Mulder..." I remember Monk did this in one of its last episodes. At the start of the ep Monk is given his badge back and reinstated to the force. Everybody in the police station then pours out and claps and congratulates him. Ten minutes later he's working a case with his new partner and throws out a theory that the dead beat cop they're investigating was corrupt and waiting for a pay off. Monk's new partner immediately dismisses the theory for no reason and refuses to follow up on it whatsoever. Dude, I guess you weren't one of the people clapping when he Monk got his badge back? Or you weren't paying attention to the last eight years where every one of Monk's crazy theories turned out to be true? At least investigate the idea. Yeah, and in the movies, John McClane is some crackpot instead of the guy who foiled several terrorist attacks.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 2, 2020 15:13:27 GMT -5
I believe there was a thread of the same topic at some point last year and these were discussed. No matter what time of year it is, everyone seems to wake up for work/school every morning in broad daylight and have a Denny’s grand slam breakfast waiting for them.
You just order a beer at a bar, without giving the brand
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Post by SmashTV on Jan 2, 2020 15:29:41 GMT -5
People blatantly lying or with something to hide aren’t questioned or called out on it.
‘And then we get to go out for my birthday. Won’t that be great? You ARE looking forward to it, aren’t you?’
(*sheepish look, slightly panic stricken*) ‘Y-yeah...your birthday p-party. Great. (*deflated sigh*) Can’t wait...’ (*nervous smile, tenses up*)
‘Oh I know! Isn’t it exciting?’
Look at the body language, people!
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Post by rocket on Jan 2, 2020 15:34:32 GMT -5
Watching only the end of the NYC season of 24, I noticed how fast it took to drive out of Manhattan.
Now I see why people noted how ridiculous it was to easily drive around LA in earlier seasons.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 2, 2020 16:00:48 GMT -5
"Hey Joe, you're on the news!"
~Joe turns on the TV to see the report not even starting yet~
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Post by CMPunkyBrewster on Jan 2, 2020 16:10:47 GMT -5
House parties that have hundreds of people. I went to a few when I was right out of high school, but some of the time, people would go outside in the backyard. There was even one when there was about 20-30 people. But I've never seen or went to one where the furniture gets destroyed or the cops were called, or have some uninvited guests come. The whole "wild teen party" thing felt like something made for TV and movies. When I was in high school, my band threw a huge party every May to celebrate our anniversary. We would draw somewhere between 150-250 people into our drummer's backyard. So it CAN happen, buuuuuut.... 1. This was a heavily promoted, annual event thrown by a popular local band, so enticing high school kids out wasn't hard. 2. We got noise permits and cleared some things with the police (including hiring an off-duty officer to be there for crowd control), or else we would have been shut down in minutes. 3. He lived directly across from an elementary school, thus allowing for 100 cars or more to have parking (one of those things we cleared yearly with the police). 4. We were also advised and encouraged (though not technically made) to notify the local residents of the event so as to help deter some calls to the police. We usually did this about a week ahead of time by printing some flyers with the party info and a little noise warning and sticking them on their doors. There was more involved but, yeah. Having that kind of party that doesn't get shut down within the first 20 minutes takes a lot of planning. Not something that just happens spontaneously.
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Post by edgestar on Jan 2, 2020 16:10:50 GMT -5
Relative of main character, calls, to say they're stopping by. Main character fakes an illness, to keep relative from coming over. Relative does, overnight, and main character has to go out of town, to their funeral, where they get bombarded with get well tips.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jan 2, 2020 18:55:36 GMT -5
"Hey Joe, you're on the news!" ~Joe turns on the TV to see the report not even starting yet~ But that happens to me!
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 2, 2020 18:57:25 GMT -5
Despite location, time of year, it never snows. Unless it’s Christmas.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jan 2, 2020 18:57:39 GMT -5
How infrequently, if ever, characters take the time to eliminate bodily waste products. When does Jack Bauer have a shit?
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 2, 2020 19:04:44 GMT -5
How infrequently, if ever, characters take the time to eliminate bodily waste products. When does Jack Bauer have a shit? Ad breaks, or during a stupid Kim subplot 😆
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Post by bogey316 on Jan 2, 2020 21:21:24 GMT -5
Sheldon Cooper surviving 12 years on the Big Bang Theory without being murdered or turning into a serial killer. From the same show: eating takeout or eating out every single night of the week and not: a) being broke b) suffering from a myriad of health and weight issues. Well they all did have PhDs(other than Howard).
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Post by Shark on Jan 2, 2020 21:50:12 GMT -5
Also on the Friends theme, and That 70's Show, I never had a close set of friends that dated each other after breaking up with one. I mean yea I can see Exes staying friends but Jackie on 70's show dated what 3 or 4 of the main cast? What's funny about this to me is that there groups of people I knew in middle school and in high school and these cliques only ever dated within each other in this weirdly incestuous cycle. I doubt that continues in adulthood, but it felt common in school growing up.
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Post by agent817 on Jan 2, 2020 22:34:53 GMT -5
Also on the Friends theme, and That 70's Show, I never had a close set of friends that dated each other after breaking up with one. I mean yea I can see Exes staying friends but Jackie on 70's show dated what 3 or 4 of the main cast? What's funny about this to me is that there groups of people I knew in middle school and in high school and these cliques only ever dated within each other in this weirdly incestuous cycle. I doubt that continues in adulthood, but it felt common in school growing up. Not sure if this is a similar case, but it almost seemed that if the girl was a popular one, she would have to date somebody who is equally as popular as she is. For example, the quarterback of the football team dating the head cheerleader.
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Post by Shark on Jan 2, 2020 22:55:29 GMT -5
What's funny about this to me is that there groups of people I knew in middle school and in high school and these cliques only ever dated within each other in this weirdly incestuous cycle. I doubt that continues in adulthood, but it felt common in school growing up. Not sure if this is a similar case, but it almost seemed that if the girl was a popular one, she would have to date somebody who is equally as popular as she is. For example, the quarterback of the football team dating the head cheerleader. The head cheerleader is another trope I've always wondered about. I knew the cheerleaders well at my school and I don't recall any of them specifically being the "head cheerleader".
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jan 2, 2020 23:55:48 GMT -5
Doctor Who -- the world has had no end of alien invasions, a giant spider thing on Big Ben and f*** knows what else, but in one episode during, i think, Tennant's run, a guy claims there's aliens and he's dismissed as a crank They literally just did this. They did? Still? How many invasiond has the Dr Who universe had? Surely its common knowledge lol
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Jan 3, 2020 0:33:49 GMT -5
I remember Linkara brought this up in his Power Rangers retrospective, but the original Power Rangers had an unrealistic and, quite frankly, insane amount of extracurricular activities. Sports teams, cheerleading, karate club, science club, chess club, music lessons, volunteering, fundraising, all while fighting intergalactic monsters AND finding time to hang out at the juice bar? Bullshit. They'd need to all be on meth.
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Post by agent817 on Jan 3, 2020 0:43:02 GMT -5
Not sure if this is a similar case, but it almost seemed that if the girl was a popular one, she would have to date somebody who is equally as popular as she is. For example, the quarterback of the football team dating the head cheerleader. The head cheerleader is another trope I've always wondered about. I knew the cheerleaders well at my school and I don't recall any of them specifically being the "head cheerleader". Well, here's another perspective. I don't know how it pertains to real life, but it's always the captain of the football team (likely the starting quarterback) that is seen as the "big man on campus." Nobody seems to want to be or be with the lineman, center, running back, etc. The same could be said about how nobody seems to care about the starting pitcher for the baseball team, or even a point guard for the basketball team. The funny thing about this is that basketball is the only other sport that has cheerleaders. That is unless, of course, you have an athlete who does multiple sports (I have known a few myself).
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