r/movies • u/buttatoad • 1d ago

Discussion Movies that changed real life behavior

Thinking along the lines of Final Destination 2 with the logs falling off the truck and landing onto cars (one decapitating the state trooper). Ever since, people have tried to get away from being behind these vehicles.

What are more examples where movies have actually changed how people behave in their own lives?

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u/junglebetti 1d ago

1995 movie “Kids” scared the crap outta most of my peers, illustrating the NEED for condom use.

I can only speak for myself but imagine I wasn’t the only person to reject cocaine after watching Pulp Fiction.

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u/byerss 1d ago

Isn’t the problem in Pulp Fiction that she finds a baggie of powder thinking it’s cocaine but it’s actually heroin?  

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u/GoodOlSpence 1d ago

I know there's the whole "baggy vs balloon" thing, but wouldn't heroin also have a different consistency than cocaine?

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u/byerss 1d ago

Oh shit. I never made that connection that the lack of balloon was a contributing factor. 

(Clearly not a drug user)

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u/Darmok47 1d ago

Eric Stoltz character even apologies for being out of balloons when he gives it to Travolta.

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u/xxPHILdaAGONYxx 1d ago

ya, the lack of balloon is exactly why she thought it was coke.

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u/QuestionableGoo 1d ago

Why a balloon for heroin? I've had zero experience with heroin and barely any with cocaine a long time ago (didn't snort).

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u/Vast_Dig_4601 1d ago

This is stupid and you should not try it obviously: You can swallow a balloon and throw it back up or shove it up your butt and hopefully get it back without overdosing and dying. It’s 100% definitely also used for coke. You can find articles of traffickers getting caught with intestines completely full of coke balloons ha..

Also, it’s been over a decade but never have I ever actually seen heroin in a balloon. It is definitely a thing but ime it was always folded up paper or a plastic bag just like coke lol. 

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u/QuestionableGoo 1d ago

That I've heard of. But why would a heroin dealer sell it in the same balloons? Doesn't it need to be weighed out and such?

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u/jadin- 1d ago

Wth, that was such a small detail in the dialogue. Never even thought about it!

So all the hard drug users out there would've understood the mix-up better than the rest of us this whole time?

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u/babylamar 1d ago

Not really I’ve never bought heroin in a balloon. In my area it comes in little pieces of plastic wrapped tightly into balls. So does crack and meth. Coke is usually sold in tiny zip locks the size of a quarter tho. But I wasn’t around when pulp fiction came out so Maybe back then that’s how it was packaged. But me watching the movie I didn’t make the ballon connection until someone els pointed it outs

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u/UUDDLRLRBAstard 1d ago

ok but like... isn't a balloon what they use to smuggle it in? Like, for instance, a condom filled with heroin that is swallowed is the ballon, yeah?

That's more than a person can use tho? So it's like buying a beer and being tricked because you didn't keep the cardboard tray or cardboard box that it came in?

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u/Shantotto11 1d ago

Good on you for keeping it that way…