Thread: Things that are common in fiction but not in your real life
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Old 12-21-2021, 12:54 PM   #249
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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington View Post
This is more about video fiction, but I noticed it when watching several old "Midsomer Murders" episodes on IMDB. Somebody gets murdered when the murderer topples a stack of heavy. . . 'stuff' on top of them, and the victim does nothing to get away!

I don't care how old and feeble I get, I'm going to at least TRY to step away!
Korean Dramas' version of this is people who stand on a zebra crossing and wait for a (always white) truck to hit them. It's actually known as "the truck of doom". Although the ease and frequency with drivers in K Dramas manage U-turns across 3-6 lanes in a city of 10 million is perhaps even more risible.
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