Never believe anything you see on TV. After all, it's all a bunch of made up drama with faux facts to get you hooked. Reddit user julestheteacher recently posted a question to the Ask Reddit community:
"Hello, what 'lies' do you see on TV shows that annoy you the most?"
Here's what they answered:
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1. Extracting people's identities from security camera footage is easy
That's not how photographs work." —andalucian_cat
"Ha ha- CSI then!! oh just go magnify in that persons eye... theres the licence plate!!!" —julestheteacher
Unless they're using some 800000 megapixel camera we suppose.
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2. Computer hacking happens instantaneously in Pacific Rim
"Ramdomly punching keys on the keyboard as fast as you can, instantly hacks anything." —Red_Fist_Champion
"Pacific Rim was guilty of this when the over the top goofy British math scientist punched a bunch of keys randomly and spouted off some technobabble. It was so absurd it was jarring and destroyed my suspension of disbelief." —Nutz76
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3. Men need women to run their lives —jimflaigle
We're familiar with the script. Think Rom Com. It's everywhere.
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4. New York City is affordable
"Don't Mess With The B---- In Apartment 23" and a whole bunch of other shows. What about Big Bang Theory? How does Jenny afford that apartment all by herself on her waitressing job?
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5. Both parties know when to hang up the phone without saying good-bye first —Minolta13
"Mad Men"
Nobody says "bye".
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6. Medical personnel treat their own relatives
"Grey's Anatomy"
Hardly the case.
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7. Gerard Butler is human
"P.S. I Love You."
"In the movie 'P.S. I Love You', Gerard Butler's character buttons his shirt up using one hand. Wait, that's impossible!