[ClearCase_guy]

I hope I'm not hijacking the thread, but I've been thinking a lot lately about how TV shows us a false reality. A lot of what people "know" comes from TV and is not at all reflective of reality. I'm not talking about "Palin is stupid" (although that's part of it), but the phenomenon is much broader. Examples:

Drowning people make a lot of noise, and go down three times.
Waitresses in NYC can afford 3000 sq foot rental apartments.
Police officers often kill 14 people and smash 8 cars in an average working day.
Any computer password can be cracked in less than 10 seconds, if you know what you're doing.
etc.

People take TV for reality and then they walk out their front door and don't function very well in the real world.

[Jedidah]

The depictions of childbirth.

Totally unrealistic.

Done it multiple times, unmedicated, but if it were as awful as shown on TV, I’d remain childless.

[Tex-Con-Man]

Try being a middle-aged, white Texas father.

If Hollywood ran the world, that alone would be a felony.

And if your middle name happened to be Wayne...

[cycjec]

Take a look at The Last Psychiatrist’s blog.
http://www.thelastpsychiatrist.com
Is there a FR keyword like whyTVisbad? if not
we need one.

[Redcloak]

I've been thinking a lot lately about how TV shows us a false reality.

Those of us involved in gun rights know exactly what you're talking about: "High powered" assault rifles, "Cop killer" bullets, shooting the gun out of the bad guy's hand. What's worse is that our idiot lawmakers believe that fluff. We've got laws here in California that are based on what legislators saw in kung fu movies back in the '70s. Ever wonder why things like Japanese shuriken are illegal here?

I hope I'm not hijacking the thread

Next stop, FReeper Island!

[GOPJ]

Drowning people make a lot of noise, and go down three times. Waitresses in NYC can afford 3000 sq foot rental apartments. Police officers often kill 14 people and smash 8 cars in an average working day.

Odd how film makers NEVER show a film being made in 2 or 3 days - they know better. They show respect for their own profession ... and a few "artistic" ones - but that's about it. So the reality we crave takes too much work on their part... And yet, they wonder why adult Americans don't go to the movies...

[Hulka]

And how a 100lb-nothing cute girl can easily kick the stuffin out of a 300lb bad guy. Heck, in the movies/TV, ANY little girl can kick the stuffin out of any man.