22 Blatant Lies That Hollywood and Movies Made Us Fall For

By PocketEpiphany

Published 1 year ago in Facepalm

Most of us watch too many movies. And if we're being honest, it eventually starts to affect how we think.

For example, movies are filled with insane lies that keep our heroes alive but would kill you in a heartbeat. Want to stay safe? Check out the strangest lies Hollywood made us believe!

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Sex ends with rolling over and going to sleep and not cleaning up after. -u/among_apes

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That people with normal jobs can afford the most luxurious of apartments in New York, San Francisco, etc -u/austexgringo

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Most of us watch too many movies. And if we're being honest, it eventually starts to affect how we think.

For example, movies are filled with insane lies that keep our heroes alive but would kill you in a heartbeat. Want to stay safe? Check out the strangest lies Hollywood made us believe!
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Paramedics are constantly running and push the stretcher into the ER at breakneck speed with doctors and nurses running alongside down the hallways -u/Downwhen

5
You can hold all of another person's weight with one arm hanging off a cliff -u/WoogzDaBoogz
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You can outrun a giant explosion -u/CoolIceCreamCone
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That CPR brings practically anybody back to life, no matter what happened to them. -u/defiantnd

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Air conditioning ducts are an easy way to sneak through buildings -u/Artysupport7757
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knocking people out with a blow to the skull or jaw is a harmless way to temporarily incapacitate -u/uuuuuuuhburger
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That car doors are somehow bulletproof. -u/Ferret_76

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That all cars are made of unstable explosives. -u/crazyface81
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Sprinkler head pops easily and the water is clean. As a Fire Alarm Tech, the temperature to pop the head isn’t a low one and the water is usually black and smells disgusting. -u/mrnicely876
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You can pull the tab off a hand grenade with your teeth, it’s more like the tab of the grenade pulls your teeth out. -u/Accio_sanity

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That helicopters can sneak up out of nowhere -u/CaseyBoudreau
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Hackers that furiously tap on the keyboard for 30 seconds..."I'm in" -u/nestor515
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Fire alarm pull stations setting off the sprinkler system. -u/Skuddy587

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That missiles/rpg rounds are slow and easily dodge-able by a human. RPG rounds fly at 300m per second, you are not dodging that. -u/amra_the_lion
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That people can have entire operations set up in abandoned buildings without being bothered for trespassing -u/FishermanSorry5580
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That you can shoot somebody in the leg and it’s harmless. -u/hedgehogofangst

20
USAF cockpits or USN submarines are bright and lit with white lights. USSR ones are dark and with sinister-looking red glow. -u/hermansu
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That you need to wait 24 hrs before you report someone missing -u/cuentaderedd
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Bullets can be shrugged off like a flesh wound. -u/TheChainLink2

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That’s you can enhance photos despite the grain or pixelation. If you enlarge a photo you will not get a crystal clear image. -u/raisingambiguity
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That when people drown or are drowning there's a lot of noise and flailing about. Drowning is often incredibly quiet. -u/DickieJoJo
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If you keep bothering her long enough she will fall for you. Nah, she will just think you are creepy. -u/penny_can