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That when a woman is not interested, the man has to persist and eventually she'll come around. No honey, it's called harassment and stalking.
That's dangerous myth from times when women were expected to play "hard to get" but that stupidity should be thrown away long time ago. We don't need games, if we like someone we will not say no.
Kids in high school look like adults.
CARE BEARS LIED BECAUSE THEY SAID "JuSt Do ThE cArE bEaRs CoUnTdOwN aNd ThEy'Ll bE tHeRe" BUT WHEN I DID THE COUNTDOWN THEY WAS NOT THERE
I always wondered what qualified as "caring". Like, if someone asked me what restaurant I wanted to eat at and I said I didn't care, would they show up then?
yo bon bon im watchin u so be careful when u insult chica and freddy
mhm*gulp*...*swets*
Load More Replies...everything has a happy ending
That broccoli tastes horrible and is disgusting.
Same! Especially cooked with cheese sauce and raw with ranch dressing!
Load More Replies...Food adverts are very misleading, there's a lot of good behind-the-scenes videos on youtube that showcase how original products are changed with other things, for example, cereal ads don't actually use milk, they use glue to make the cereal look more appealing, etc.
Ice cream is usually mashed potatoes. There's your #2 for today.
Load More Replies...So the actors are just taking a big lick out of some mashed potatoes? hahahaha
Load More Replies...Grub hub perks give you deals on the food you love, the kinda deals that make you boogie
Load More Replies...It's because the lighting gets so hot, it destroys the real food over the course of the shoot.
Yes, it's called "food styling". They'll use plastic for ice, shaving cream for whipped cream, car oil for pancake syrup, and microwaved wet cotton to create steam are just a few examples.
But the key thing is, whatever the commercial/advert is for, has to be real. That picture of a bowl of cereal? The cereal is real..... the 'milk' is glue. Truth in advertising laws are pretty strict about that. Food in TV shows/Movies? probably fake.
Load More Replies...That the USA cares about the stuff it says it cares about.
Okay I know I sound sensitive, but I live in America and it really is a great place. If someone is walking a dog, you have the right to pet it almost immediately. We know our political system needs change, and we're working on that. I really don't appreciate people making fun of our country. We like feedback, but not being made fun of. Thank you for reading my post.
Not sure if the petting the dog exemplifies what is good about America. I usually ask before petting someone's dog. I think it's the diversity of cultures, our generousity and general friendliness.
Load More Replies...That police spend more than 5 minutes on cases. I've had 2 cases now about property being stolen, and the only thing they did was send me an email 3 months after saying that my case was being closed and they had no leads. They didn't even bother to look.
Lol try that but replace the theft with attempts at your life and and a hate campaign involving trying to wreak your property also.
I quit police work because of this. There is often no resolution to most calls. Stolen bike... keep an eye out. Stolen checkbook... gotta wait til a forged check shows up on your account. DUI... go through the process to meet a high priced defense lawyer 6 months later who's only job is to convince the court you made a mistake, not that the person wasn't DUI... simply that one of the 52 steps used to determine they were drunk didn't match what they argued was the right way.
Fill out this form and send it to your insurer is the usual response in Australia.
The disney stuff that says "if you follow your dreams everything will come true!" So not true.
It will! As long as you have a talking frog or a fairy godmother or birds that know how to sew
Downvote me if you want, but I'm not exactly sure why this isn't true, it's just a statement that if you put your mind to something and work hard, you can accomplish it. You even hear it from famous athletes.
Nah that's not what i'm saying.
Load More Replies...Ladies wake up with hair and make-up perfect. No one needs to use the bathroom after sex. Has a job that pays very little but can afford to live alone in an apartment. All disasters happen in America. Put glasses on a girl to make her ugly, take them off to make her the new prom queen.
Hey, I have a job that doesn't pay much (slightly above the minimum wage here), but I rent my own apartment.
On one hand, I'm not gullible enough to believe what TV tells me. On the other hand, I'm gullible enough to believe my dad when he says, "Look, a dog!" Then when I look, he steals one of my fries.
my dad tries to steal them while im not looking, so he thinks he is sTeLfY but i steal 3 of his if he steals one of mine 🧐
The way kids and teens are to look. Because the companies don't want all of the hassles of hiring actors of the correct age or writing about real life. Ex: All teenage girls in shows are "boysboysboys" and always on their phones but it isn't like that.
Oooh! I hate that too! Teenage girls very much have lives, hobbies and interests that have nothing to do with boys. And they spend time with each other and talk about all sorts of things that have nothing to do with boys or romance. I don't know why they only do that to female characters but not males.
It’s always one out of three girls: A blond / Asian / dark-skinned girl who loves to chase after boys and wears lots of makeup. An Asian / blond / brunette girl who does nothing but study and wear glasses. A dark-skinned / brunette girl who is a complete tom. Like... stereotypes much
Tru but also in cat and Sam or victorious and icarly Sam the actor is a tomboy but you are right those were the only show there was a tomboy
I think that the reason for the age thing had a lot to do with the time and the storylines that used to be a lot more PSA and it was a great thing. Would you want to show an actual 14-15 y/old subjected to sexual violence or know its a 20 yo who is ok? Show a parent giving alchohol to a group of teens because its a celebration, if they are really only 15 16 or you know they are legal drinking age? Some teen shows have very adult storylines, I think adults playing those roles keeps it a little more fiction/fantasy than if real ages are all up to no good. Also imagine going back to school after you were just seen doing crack and having sex for money. I think adults plying teens is actually the most intelligent move hollywood has ever made RIP Aaron Spelling
and little children are so smart they even make great references to tv shows and music from 30-50 years ago. And they have wits of funny old people. Never ever happens. Children are just children.
The Pocahontas story is suuuuuper false.
She was also like 25 years younger than John Smith. Evidence leads people to believe she killed herself in Europe and then her Dad died of grief.
Load More Replies...Because nonfiction is called documentaries. You are the fool for thinking it was real.
Were there people who thought it was reality as a kid? Did their parents not explain to them reality?
that cats and dogs are moral enimys
I have known plenty of cats whose BFFs were dogs, and vice versa.
Nope, your dog is eating you as well, hunger gets the best of us, no matter what.
Load More Replies...You can massage your fat away as seen on teleshopping.
Its so easy to make friends
Yes, that's why it's on this list of LIES TV TAUGHT YOU.
Load More Replies...Especially in middle school , literally most people hate you
My prince will come and sweep me off my feet one day. In the meantime, I just have to follow all the rules and remain a virgin.
AHAHAHAHAHA i WISH! some of us (me) are never going to find anyone lol. Everytime i see a tiktok or a vidio or a post somewhere its like "YoUr GonNa FiNd YoUr TrUe LoVe!" then i go to school and the exact opposite happens.
The woman whose prince of a husband chose her becaus the actual love of his life was unavailable? Didn't stop him from still "seeing" her, though, and after the divorce taking up with her for real.
Load More Replies...That gravity only works when you look down. I was so sad when that didn't work. I got a broken arm from it.
I wonder how many children were injured imitating Looney Tunes antics.
Bad people always get their comeuppance.
Dora is not blind. She is blind. Trust me.
That all forensic cases are intense
Parent know better than kids no mater what and you should trust them fully and that being yourself is ok and people will be ok with it as well
One time when I was little we were buying pickles from the grocery store cuz I love them and I saw red chilis in the jar and I DID NOT like spicy stuff and I told them but they didn't believe and I got home and hesitantly ate one and it was so spicy and I cried and I KNEW BETTER THAN THEM
-~- that’s the whole point of this post to say that lie of parents knowing better. Please don’t downvote because I probably misunderstood and I do that sometimes :l
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When shows depict a person shooting a lock with a pistol to open a gate or a door. In reality, you kneed a high-powered rifle or a shotgun to even make considerable damage to it.
btw, i dont think any gun will penetrate a good metal lock, (you need dynamite or a bomb)
You’re mostly correct. If you want to take down a door with a shotgun, go for the hinges, not the lock.
Load More Replies...Mousetraps don't just catch the mouse by the tail like in cartoons. I used to think you could simply release the mouse outside afterwards.
That if you tell a teacher that somebody is bullying you, the bully will literally kill you.
Yeah, there is no bullying like that in school. Most people who dont like each other AVOID each other not the opposite
Depends on where you live and what school you go to.
Load More Replies...When I’m a teen I won’t have acne
I can understand this a bit, because constantly changing patterns of acne would really disrupt the continuity of filming, because most productions are shot out-of-order.
That you can slip on a hecking banana peel! I was scared to go into the cafeteria because i thought I would slip on a banana peel!
This was formerly more of a problem than it is now. Up until the 1950's the Gros Michel (Big Mike) variety was the most common, and it had a much slipperier peel than the Cavendish bananas we have today.
Also, if you eat Haribo banana sweets, apparently that is the taste of the Gros Michel banana (which was completely wiped out), they never changed the recipe. It makes the Cavendish taste like bland snot in comparison.
Load More Replies...that cats and dogs hate each other's guts
noooooooooope, untru, cats and dogs actually bond with each other very well
It's easy telling your parents an embarrassing thing or a problem you have and they'll just joke it off.
... yep. Super relatable to the fact that the parents GO OUT OF THEIR WAY to tell everyone and embarrass you. (No offense to the parents reading this)
No problem:). Mine(adoptive) sure did and mil does it to us every chance, even to OUR kids who are adults!
Load More Replies...My parents said we couldn't complain because we didn't know what problems were. We weren't even allowed to cry. If something hurt me I had to hide it because I was so embarrassed to be such a p**** "knowing" that my family had real issues to deal with. Makes you feel really selfish, ungrateful and stupid for not caring about the 'bigger picture'.
Owls can turn their head 360 degrees. I didn't believe this one. Only elf owls can turn their heads 180 degrees, which is a lot
Thats not true, ive seen them turn their head around at about 300 degrees I think it was a Barn Owl
Only if they start from looking behind them. They can turn their head back to the front and keep going to the back. They cannot turn 360 starting from the front.
Load More Replies...They can turn their heads about 180 degrees to each side, which you could sum up to 360 degraas.
"In an Exorcist-style display of flexibility, owls can rotate their necks a maximum of 270 degrees without breaking blood vessels or tearing tendons.May 8, 2013" from national geographic
That veggies taste like sh*t
The fact that Mickey Mouse is always happy and smiling in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
he hides his sadness and anxiety way down deep, but it will resurface soon to be bigger than before
Behind the scenes: SEX AND DRUGS AND ROCK'N'ROLL!! (Yes, I think they ALL smoking weed and doing coke. I mean them smiling...!)
That if your nice to a bully you'll become friends and eat rainbow unicorn glltter cupcakes in fairyland together. Wrong. That never works, and it never will.
HA! i read a book about that one and the boy was making fun of her. She came up to him and said "sToP tHaT hUrTs Me FeElInGs" and he was like "OkAy BeStIe"
Bullies understand only one thing, a beat down. I was bullied and I figured, I might as well fight back, I will be beaten by the three of them anyway. That was going on daily. Teachers knew, did nothing because all three were from "good families" and I was not. To this day, there are no words to describe how much I loathe bullies and when I encountered them in my adult life, they knew to leave me alone. Blackmail and bullying do two things in people. Most get the "flight response", I get "I will rip your head off and piss down your throat" response if you f**k with me or people I care about and if I have a kid, she will know how to defend herself and know that it is ok to break a bullies nose and I will stand by her side if the school will try to discipline her for standing up against bullies. This ex Soldier will unleash dogs of war.
Bullied from 7th through 12th, also at "home"(from age 9) and long after...still happening.
I'm sorry your going through that :(.
Load More Replies...When the add says 30 day money back guaranteed but it doesn't work and it had to be unopened for you to get your money back.
Yea in this fortune-telling ad on tv my mom noticed while they were saying "If you didnt like your experience you get your money back guaranteed!" that there was white lettering at the bottom of the screen that says *for commercial only* or some s**t like that
That everyone in America lives in huge beautiful homes, with white picket fences and tree lined avenues. Like in Home Alone. I remember my first trip to the US nearly 30 years ago and being astonished at the number of trailer parks. And on my last visit, five years ago, the staggering number of homeless. America is actually more like Breaking Bad than Desperate Housewives.
I live in a condo with no fence, no backyard, a single tree (in the other person's yard, but it's close enough), and noisy (also nosy) neighbors. But it's home :>
That marriage is the solution of your crappy life and you will live happily ever after
Or that any marriage problem can be fixed, if only you try hard enough. And if it can't be fixed, then you aren't *really* trying. Or that having kids will fix it
Too often marriage makes things worse. The wedding isn't the end - it's the beginning!
High school is great. Spoiler alert, it's not.
I remember crying after graduation and a teacher I hated was in the hallway as we walked to our homerooms to get our actual diplomas (you had to turn in your cap and gown to get the diploma). He said, "you just graduated, why are you crying?" I stopped and said to his face, "because it over now and you can't hurt me anymore." He was so shocked! I can see it like it happened yesterday.
High school wasn't that bad. At least not for me. Now MIDDLE school...
it was for me and i wasn't even a popular guy, just had a small, but great set of friends to have fun with
Literally anything about martial arts, I’ve been practicing for 13 years. It took me a long time to learn that no matter how much you practice, fights are never as clean looking as they are in the movies.
So true! I mean, this 𝕀𝕤 supposed to shorten the movie, but at least change the time of day so us tv show watchers don’t think you learned taekwondo and most other martial arts in 20 minutes :/
That the government actually cares about the little guy.
I have a messed up sense of empathy now because of how often I watched vampire shows as a kid, still I have the thought process of "What if vampires exist and I could live forever though". I could go really deep into the ethics of the situation but I wont for you peoples sake.
My early 20s had me watching Forever Knight and Highlander. Learned a hell of a lot about immortal angst... watching everyone you love die... how it's extremely hard in a modern world to go about living multiple lifetimes while trying to retain your money/power/centuries of accumulated goods... Continued reading sci-fi/fantasy and have come to the absolute realization that anyone immortal would be certifiably sociopathic if they retained all of their memories.
Murders are always solved during the length of the show. Soap operas such as Eastenders (UK) are not real because in real life each sentence spoken would be spattered with expletives. Food adverts make the product look really appetising.
Regarding EastEnders, there wouldn't be that many white people either. There should be more POC in that show.
That when something bad happens to you, someone or something will come save you and magically make the bad thing go away
Men can't wash clothes.
As much s**t as TV gives women in society, it also gives men crap as well. It acts like they're automatically clueless with housekeeping because of their gender. Like they can't change a diaper. My mom was a single mom. I'm sure if she'd been a single dad, I would have survived just fine too. A parent is a parent.
That in High School and Middle School: - No one gets acne - No one is self-conscience - No girls wear a full sized shirt - No girls get yelled at for wearing crop-tops - People are shoved into lockers - Everyone gets bullied (most of the time, if you and someone don't like each other, you avoid each other) - School work is easy - You are either real smart, wear glasses, and are nerdy, or are super hot, muscular and dumb. There is no in between.
In some movies, it's all about the self-conscience nerd. But then the movie centers on them and almost nothing else, so it sucks the meaning out of it lol
The biggest lie that TV tells (and ever told) ist that it would be a fun thing to watch TV. In fact, it's just a device that sucks your most valuable ressource out of you: your lifetime. Get rid and you'll never regret!
that if you talk to crying strangers they talk to you (not that I tried, but...)
I don’t know last time I was crying on a train and someone talked to me, I talked back. They seemed really nice
Superman. Plain out Superman because I thought I could fly and almost broke my wrist jumping out into concrete two stories high O~O
That when a person flatlines, you get out the AED and bring them back to life. If fact, once they flatline, it is too late. Defribrilators are for fixing your heart rhythm, not restarting in when it stops all together.
And CPR works..every time. (Latest stats are about 10-20% make it out of hospital with no issues)
"It's just a flesh wound." or you can get knocked unconscious with metal pipe or baseball bat multiple times then wake up in a few seconds and perform like as an athlete at their peak.
I fell stupidly from my chair, it took me a week to stop being in pain and to walk normally
The world has no problems
Mostly kid shows where they only focus on good stuff which reminds me about bad things happening in the world
THE TOOTH FAIRY LIED BECAUSE SHE SAID " wHeN yOu LoSt A tOoTh, mAkE sUrE tO pUt It uNdEr YoUr PiLlOw " AND I DID AND I WAIT 1425368989 YEARS FOR THE TOOTH FAIRY TO COME >:( BUT SHE STILL DIDN'T COME
i had to wait until the tooth fairies husband, was taking my expensive stuff
That I would have a huge apartment, full of amazing furniture and decorations, with a crappy job that I never had to go to, and all my friends who had varying degrees of high paying to also crappy jobs would be over all time and eventually we would all have high paying jobs with little effort.
if you remove your glasses and ponytail, you automatically become hotter. DOES NOT WORK.
I have always hated that trope, wearing glasses (which I do) or looking/being nerdy means you're unattractive. I think people who write these tropes into shows and movies forget how much that can/will impact kids/teens about their appearance. Evidently knocking their confidence and self esteem.
wear glasses and ponytail does not make you ugly said Felicity Smoak !
The pool will go dark blue if I pee in it
Turn out sometimes it’s just a lie that parents say to make sure there kids don’t peek in the pool other times it’s a real thing
One lie tv taught me is that people is the movie have "powers" and you dont i tried that so many times when i was little .it failed every time.
HIGH SCHOOL IS EASY BUT I BET WHEN I GET THERES GONNA BE BAD!!!
Yeah ur right tho im pretty sure ima hate high school
Load More Replies...I'm gonna lay out my experience for both in person and online high school(so-far) [PART 1] In Person: 1) Try to mind your own business if you aren't into fists and foul language being involved constantly. 2) Don't feel the need to dress all extra or appealing to impress those around you, cause the honest truth is they don't care. The most they'll do is take a long look at you because you stand out, and move on about their day.(But it may be different for others. Again, this is from my experience) 3) Be friendly and have respect for your teachers because they are very hard-working individuals. If there is a teacher you don't like, find out why; cause it could just be from rumors. Whidh could ruin your image of them as a person when you didn't even get to know them yet. 4) DO NOT FOCUS ON CRUSHES AND DATING FRESHMAN (and maybe sophmore) YEAR. I guarantee you will try to only focus on them instead of the task at hand at some point. Which later will lead to being behind and flunking your grades.
[PART 2] I just remembered you currently have a girlfriend, so...if you are yourself around her and are able to do homework and chores or whatever without her being a distraction, then congratulations you're good on that part! 5) It's good to keep a planner and write everything down on there. It keeps you organized, stay on top of work or events, and just an awesome tool once you get used to it. I think that's it for the in person list...sorry that it's a lot, just bare with me 👍 Online: 1) You get a little freedom of speech since you aren't face to face with people, but I'd still mind my own business 2) Yea just wear whatever you want, your probably muted and your camera's off anyways lol 3) Still be friendly and have respect for your teachers. Give them a "have a good day" in chat or something at the end of class. 4) Just because it's online, and there is more freedom to slack off, don't...just don't, you WILL fall behind with missing work and assignments. Leaving you stressed.
Load More Replies...High school was boring. When I got all my credits I graduated in mid term (January) of my senior year.
That people literally leave class to see a fight also in a fight scene it’s not that dramatic like it’s a bunch of shoves and a couple punches
um... my school was different. If there was a fight, there were solid blows with someone going to jail.
Barbie told me I could be anything... 6 y.o. Me was devastated when I found out: no, I can’t be a pirate princess adventurer artist superhero XD oof
the only relationships are straight ones |: i didn't know gay existed until i was 12
But now you may think that every second couple is gay one. It is not okay too. We need more balance. I am real queer friendly and have gay and trans friends, but also think that we push so hard these days.
That the U.S.A. is the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Go to an actual 3rd world country and then say that again. Bullshit
Bravery is not a nationality and people who work minimum paid jobs in the US are hardly free. And no one said the US was a third world country (so far) - which wouldn't have anything to do with bravery anyway, nor necessarily with freedom.
Load More Replies...That period blood is blue!! Wtf??
Tv ads for women's hygiene products show that for years
Load More Replies...That putting toothpaste on a pimple will make it go away (the pimples only got worse haha)
that if you break a super expensive vase the owners of the vase will make you their errand boy to pay back the debt
That a girl will marry a boy and live happily ever after. Or stay single. I grew up thinking that was how it was. Wear are all the gays and bisexuals and lesbians and pansexuals? The first time I say a gay couple on tv (and only time) was when I walked in on my sister watching her teenager tv shows. By that time I knew what gay was. I was confused when I had a crush on a girl in kindergarten (I am also a girl). I asked my mom if a girl could marry a girl. She avoided the question if I remember correctly. When I found out about queers, it was just like "They exist.", so I was a little homophobic. Neither of my parents are homophobic really, they just don't think it's a child appropiate topic. My younger cousin is homophobic though, because know one really talked to her about it. How she found out was she cried and whined until my friend told her (I can't remember how it came up, and she was much younger then). It doesn't help that my aunt is super strict about queer people on tv (again, not really homophobic, she just doesn't find it child appropiate). I now know I am bisexual. The only other people who know is two of my friends, one is straight and one is pan.
I feel you, I also never had any examples of LGBT existing on tv in my early years. I would have felt so much less alone if I'd known it was normal for someone else too.
I hope you feel less alone now
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Load More Replies...That forensic staff wear full makeup, quaffed hair and high heels in the lab.
remember this forensic scientist arriving in a white pantsuit and stiletto heels at the crime scene in CSI Miami
That the mainstream media unbiased and truthful.
racism sexism homophobia male dominance female inferiority can't won't hate border tension I'm pretty sure the list could be endless
Because people don't actually hate each other; they're all lie/s.
Load More Replies...The reasons for racism? How about that people with white skin( that could be any color skin, hair, eye color, stature, ethnicity, another endless list) are smarter, prettier, healthier, more deserving, more entitled, better, nicer, etc ad nausea than people with (put your own endless list in)
That animated characters can jump 20 feet and not get hurt at all! Always drove me nuts
The first kiss
That it's always magical and perfect and super early into the relationship.
Load More Replies...That thigh gaps, eating disorders, being skinny, diet culture etc. are cute and 'normal'. Still dealing with the repercussions of that one :(
Women get off everytime and after a few seconds of moaning, which pretty much starts after the first kiss.
Everyone who is grieving will get a magical chance for a last conversation or a way to say "I love you".
That Donald Trump wasn’t a criminal.
You literally tried to overthrow our government and killed a bunch of people. Move away from me. Bashed a cop to death. You're trash.
Load More Replies...Women only eat salads for lunch. Mostly, it's just green salad and few cherry tomatoes can be tossed into it. We are not bunnies, we can't survive on salads. Woman, if she is hot, can seduce literally any man. No, that doesn't happen. Larger people are funny and bubbly, gay people are defined by their sexual preference and have no other traits, beautiful sexy woman is ditzy, always. No, no and no. People are not two dimensional, they have many traits, deeper personality and layers.
If you are mean and put others down, then you will be popular because people think your put-downs are funny and cool. No sweetheart, that's called bullying and your "friends" are just scared of you.
that when you go to secondary school ?school everyone breaks out singing but in reality that's weird and you will probs be known as the weird kid
That cars explode and people die from a single bullet shot from a pistol.
I was just going to put one word "Explosions" I see you beet me to it.
That everybody in Miami is good looking and rich and own speedboats.
Judging from CSI Miami also 80 per cent of the clothes are white and the light is somehow always yellow tinged.
Barney once told me that people love me. People, in fact, do not love me.
If you find yourself unlovable (it happens), ask yourself why. Are you doing something to drive people away? It is always difficult to self introspect, but sometimes its as easy as making the conscious effort to talk about someone's pets or problems or projects. Actually try to take an interest in people. Not all people will like you, but maybe it will open doors for the life you want. And of course, give the care you want from others to yourself. Take care of yourself. Be kind to yourself.
That the first time a woman feels the baby in her tummy kicking, her partner will be able to put their hand on her bump and feel it to. There is a considerable amount of time between you being able to feel it kicking inside and those kicks to be strong enough to be detectable outside. Drives me mad!
That everybody in America owns a gun.
It's easy to hotwire a car.
Goddamned CPR! One does not wake up and walks away after CPR, also you don’t defibrillate a flat line!
That teenagers are moody all the time. That they always rebel, and have parties when they're parents aren't home. This actually isn't true in most cases.
Butter came from Butterflys
That there are ALWAYS sharks at the beach and that they want to come close to shore to eat you!!!!
That my favorite TV show got cancelled due to lack of public interest when, in fact, the narrator of ''Micmac Legends'' was shot dead point blank by the FBI during the heyday of the American Indian Movement. Most old TV shows turn up on You Tube in some form or other; this one has been buried in silence since 1963.
that highschool was fun and everyone was going to be friends if you were funny. And middle school for that matter. None of it is true. Also that everyone has perfect familys and plenty of money and people get cars on their 16th birthday. All false and I feel very lied to.
What a takeaway burger looks like in an ad compared to that sad, flat, limp and sweaty pile of goop you actually get.
That even though you’re a barista for a living making likely minimum wage you can still afford to live alone in a nice apartment in lower Manhattan
That republicans are the party of the working class; and that conservatives represent real Christianity. 2 big lies right there.
When I was younger. If you sneeze or cough you are obviously sick with a terrible disease.
That in high school, everyone on the football team or cheerleading squad was a bully/mean girl. I was a freak in school and was bullied, but it came from all kinds of people. Sometimes popular kids are popular cuz they’re, ya know, NICE to people!
LITERALLY WHEN THE PROTAGONIST IS RUNNING FOR THEIR L I F E AND THEIR LOVER IS LIKE "OoH pErFeCt TimInG I WaNnA kIsS yOu" LIKE THEY RUNNING FOR THEIR LIFE M O V E -
That the fat girl who wants something or someone can just change her mindset and become the sexy vixen without trying.
Anything to do with the military. Having been in the military I can tell you that no TV show accurately portrays anything about the military
That all families are happy and consist of a Mum a Dad and kids, no broken homes and definitely no LBGTQ parents or kids.
That "Omg I look so ugly because I wear glasses". Girl stfu you're already a supermodel and wearing glasses doesn't make you ugly.
Not what tv has taught me, but the general public; that your doctors are the ones doing your x-rays, ultrasounds, MRIs, etc. They aren't. There's radiology techs like myself for that. Also, they don't take your blood or send it to the lab to be ran. That's phlebotomists and lab techs. They also don't give you breathing treatments, that's respiratory therapists. I could go on and on, but because of TV, people think the only two professions in the hospital are nurses and doctors.
That mentally ill people are violent. The facts: someone with a mental illness is far more likely to be a victim of violence. Approx 1 In 5 people have a mental illness. But only 4 percent of violence is perpetrated by those with a mental illness.
That good cops are tough guys. I’m so tired of seeing the hero cop get so angry at a bad criminal (accused, but not convicted suspect) that he is justified in roughing him up. Stop! This is not ok. Even criminals are more than the accusation levied against them. I don’t understand how Hollywood can still think this is ok.
That extroverts exist.
Aphmau Mystreet S6 taught me that even when a show seems lighthearted for the first seasons, there is ALWAYS a BIG chance one or multiple characters can die when you least expect it. The writers can adapt to one rule. NO MERCY. (If you don't mind bad graphics but an amazing and opportunistic plot, WATCH APHMAU MYSTREET!!! [Season 4 is where things get emotional, get out your tissues!] You WILL NOT regret watching it!)
Honestly it kinda annoyed me when Mystreet started getting more dramatic and emotional because it was originally an AU where the characters of MCD are in the modern world (That and how forced Aarmau was in all the series. I like the ship but not how forced it was)
I mean, it is technically the only ship that happened in real life, since the voice actors are married and have 4 kinds in real life
Load More Replies...Up to when I was 8 or so, I thought that any car crash would end up in a car exploding. Because of TV and that I sadly witness an aftermath of a crash between a motorcycle and a car that exploded and killed a whole family, so in my head the math was straight: Crash and boom! Feel weird when I finally witness a car crash and nothing, apart of the sound and some shattered glass, happened. The exploding jeeps from "Top Secret" was real for me, exagerated, buy plausible.
I live in Brazil, so everything that television shows is a lie, or sophistry (which is the same thing). I've lived in NY for 15 months, 8 months in Treviso, 8 months in London and 6 months in Coimbra, but I didn't watch TV because I had a lot more interesting things to see, but I believe that the television stigma is the same. Fantasy for fantasy I prefer Netflix.
1. Take outs/food are so cheap and nobody at all cooks at home. And they are all skinny and healthy maintaining this diet .(From US-series) 2. That you should just sit there and listen to someone giving a 10 minute monologue without giving your opinion, as active listening skills don't apply to anyone in movies, specially main male characters. 3. That only the pretty/self confidence are main characters, the rest of us live secondary lives and are not entitled to share/be listened too.
That the British/Europeans are smarter/thinner/more fit/less ignorant than Americans, That's a byproduct of us not having "Taskmaster in the '90s", and seeing the absolute garbage that the average European is via the internet. They're no better, no worse. Well, a bit worse.
That there are always answers. Detective dramas, court shows, even actual case file shows, almost always show the cases that reached a conclusion as if all cases do. Something like 30 - 40% of homicide cases never get solved and that statistic is often higher for other types of cases like theft and missing persons.
i am not readin all that
Load More Replies...1) All that CSI science takes *way* longer than they make it look. 2) Prison/jail wii rehabilitate. Nope, they're just _very_expensive_ (32K+/yr!) warehouses for criminals. 3) When you get out of prison/jail, you can start "fresh". Nope. Now you're *always* an ex-con, and not to be trusted AT ALL. 4) Our (U.S.) criminal justice system works. Only if you're rich enough to get your own lawyers; the free ones are called Public Pretenders, since 99.9% of what they do is plea deals.
???what are you sayin???
Load More Replies...That there are always answers. Detective dramas, court shows, even actual case file shows, almost always show the cases that reached a conclusion as if all cases do. Something like 30 - 40% of homicide cases never get solved and that statistic is often higher for other types of cases like theft and missing persons.
i am not readin all that
Load More Replies...1) All that CSI science takes *way* longer than they make it look. 2) Prison/jail wii rehabilitate. Nope, they're just _very_expensive_ (32K+/yr!) warehouses for criminals. 3) When you get out of prison/jail, you can start "fresh". Nope. Now you're *always* an ex-con, and not to be trusted AT ALL. 4) Our (U.S.) criminal justice system works. Only if you're rich enough to get your own lawyers; the free ones are called Public Pretenders, since 99.9% of what they do is plea deals.
???what are you sayin???
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