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When you think about it, TV Land is such a weird place. Characters never seem to finish their meals (and leave most of their food untouched in cafes which hurts me on a personal level), they don’t say ‘goodbye’ when they end their calls, and whenever they switch on the TV, there’s always a news segment on that’s relevant to their situation.

Really, life seems much more convenient on-screen. But it is raising some eyebrows. So much so that the people over on Twitter are posting example after example of how bizarre life is when you’re a film or TV character. Scroll down to check out these funny quirks and remember to upvote the ones that made you pause for a moment.

Pop culture and entertainment expert Mike Sington, who is a former Senior Executive at NBCUniversal, explained to Bored Panda that unrealistic scenarios and acting decisions are required to keep the plot moving on a TV show. "No one wants to see characters eat a full meal, that would bring a storyline to a screeching halt! Things like seeing a relevant news segment playing can immediately fast forward a storyline or emphasize a plot point. It’s a common tool that writers use," he said. And we fully agree. (Though the Joey Tribbiani in all of us is wondering how good the meal has to be to get featured from start to finish.)

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s the tablecloth that annoys me... we never use tablecloths except at Christmas

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    YoyoSthlm
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, it starts running directly on its own and I have all the programs I need to look at it.

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    Verena Gitterle
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and I never wear my clothes more than one time

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    Hooked
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always wondered about this. When I was still in school (every school), the teachers would decide when it was time to leave the classroom. Bell or no bell.

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    5 years ago

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    What? You guys needs to go to the toilet directly after waking up? I always have breakfast first

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    YoyoSthlm
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, I say "Lock the doors and don't open them to anyone" and when they ask why I'll say "I'll explain it later" and that person is totally cool with that instead of calling the police.

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just wondering : is it a typical American thing to have front doors that can be opened from the outside when not locked ? Where I'm from, you always need a key to open the front door, locked or not.

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    Birgit Merkentrup
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, yes, and I'm always like "Why doesn't he/she just tell... ah, it's a movie..."

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, simply walk away after giving a snippet of information. "You should talk to X, I can't say anymore, I already said too much"

    Connie Martin
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, stop whatever you're doing and wipe your hands on a rag for too long while you're talking to the cops

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    giku T
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    or the phone rings and i say "sorry i have to take this.." and walk away..

    Whawhawhatsis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I will be sullen and uncooperative, especially if I am innocent, causing the police to follow the red herring, giving the murderer an opportunity to repeat his deed (at least once).

    stanleyscout
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! Yes! I never understood that. Happens all the time in movies and drives me crazy!!!

    Triv
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In an episode of Law & Order: SVU, there was a child who was kidnapped and the detectives who visited a bakery where a sex offender parolee worked mentioned to him that if he was innocent, he would have stopped kneading the bread dough he was working on. The caveat was that he couldn't stop kneading it until the timer went off, and he wasn't surprised because whenever something like that happens in his neighborhood he would automatically be a suspect because of his criminal history, on or off parole. Turns out, in this instance, he was innocent of any wrongdoing.

    Fred Burrows
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They came to my job and took me downtown for questioning and returned me hours later to a perplexed looking supervisor.

    backatya
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Besides the cops will tell you to stop what you're doing and talk or tell you lets go to the station and talk

    Lisa Shaw
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every suspect under questioning or arrest says "you have to believe me", no they don't, that's why you're there!

    Ronnie Beaton
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cops approach a suspect and ask their name *while still some distance away*, giving the suspect the opportunity to take off running.

    Jim Day
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This IS Law and Order (dun dun)

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    Brivid
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how that affects people's attitudes toward police...

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    Brivid
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I rarely say goodbye. Instead I usually say "love you" for family or "have a nice day" for business. It is just something I do without thinking about it.

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always remember to bring a torch with no batteries!

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    jade s
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...or the small tv in the corner of the kitchen which I will casually ignore until I walk past at the exact headline I need.

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    Remember, this is Film/TV land. Anything is possible.

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    M O'Connell
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That implies they aren't aware of the muzzle energy of their particular firearm. For instance .38 Long Colt likely wouldn't come out the other side of their head. By comparison, 9mm Luger would have the aforementioned effects.

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    and you will be an expert in pathology, fingerprints, and ballistics

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    Maybe they have a gps in there as well, "turn right at the next corner". :)

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    YoyoSthlm
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    あんぱんまん
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep, seen this in koe no katachi.... teacher introduced the girl, she got bullied, left school, principal came to talk about this in class and the bully got called out

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    Yeah, well, you can't actually put everything in now can you? You also don't see people actually walking/driving/biking somewhere the whole way. Or sleeping from beginning to end... That's not something you see that is actually not happening in real life. Like table cloths and turning your head for ten seconds at a time while driving...

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    Showers in the movies are there for crying or having sex. Not for washing.

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    Just a step up from "the usual". Because I know all the staff at every coffee shop/bar/restaurant.

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    And let's not forget the running away from fire blasts, water that flushes streets, and even dropping temperatures (looking at you "Day after Tomorrow")

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    and almost always it seems that my drinks are pre-paid..

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    I have seen people do that irl

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    Leaving it open for the guy who's hunting me to just walk in.

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    yep.... after 3 days of that, my mom would stop going through a hassle to make a feast for breakfast... she would just get some toast hahaha

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Blind Side. Kid and his adopted brother are singing to the radio, driver looks at his kid brother for just a second as they are singing together and runs a stop light, crashing into someone else.

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    like...what? if the person were really there, you would've just slapped them in the face countless times, and woken them up...

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    And massage really badly. How hard is it to find out how a masseur would start a massage and do that? They're all large movements that would show on camera, I can see that doing it badly is better visually than doing it correctly.

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    Well, I brush(and floss) my teeth every time I finish a meal, or snack, etcc. But for the last 40 years I havent used a scintlilla of tooth paste , cause I use a grinded tree (Joazeiro) bark as a cleaning soap. Not very palatable, but much more effective.

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    Meanwhile, the soundtrack has you constantly upshifting, ten, fifteen, infinity times.

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    yeah, as I commented before, unless you visit your girlfriend and you have a horrible diarrhea :D

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