People Vent Their Frustrations About TV & Movie Moments That Would Never, Ever Happen In Real Life
"What [are] your (incredibly petty) TV frustrations?" - @scottygb
Over on Twitter, fans of both the small and big screen are sharing the overused tropes and cliches that just don't make a lot of sense in the real world. Cereal boxes with no bags? Brand new text convos with life-long friends? The way every, single newspaper looks? Here are a few favorites that caught our attention. Vote up the tropes that should be retired.
- 177 VOTES
Every American Breakfast = Vegas Buffet
An American family has as much food as Travelodge breakfast buffet prepared for it by the mother and no-one in the household has enough time to have anything more than a quick swig of coffee/juice and a bite of toast before rushing off to work or school.
— Jason Wilson (@WhizzoUK) February 20, 2022 - 254 VOTES
That's Just Bad Manners, Really
People ending phone conversations without saying bye
— Tom Phillips (@flashboy) February 20, 2022 - 350 VOTES
Cheerios Remain Fresh Forever In TV Land
My top three petty TV frustrations...
— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) February 21, 2022
3. When a hero is surrounded by a gang of baddies and they all wait their turn to attack one at a time.
2. Anybody can work out anybody else's password in exactly three goes.
1. Cereal boxes never have bags inside them. - 445 VOTES
Totally Fooled
When they use the same actor for flashbacks of when they were younger with minimal effort to make them look younger pic.twitter.com/hmxHI3aDNo
— JoaQ (@JoaQaq) February 20, 2022 - 560 VOTES
Turning On The TV At Exactly The Right Time
When characters turn on the TV and catch *exactly* the start in the news bulletin to the news story which is relevant to that point in the show’s overall plot.
— Marc Blank-Settle (@MarcSettle) February 20, 2022 - 637 VOTES
The Extremely Fast Healing Process
This is mine https://t.co/4kB0iWa6bE
— Rachel Hawkins (@ourrachblogs) February 21, 2022