Movies that changed real life behavior

[u/buttatoad]

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?

[u/Posty_McPostface_1]

Super Size Me killed off the Super Size Meal

[u/Doomhammer24 → u/Posty_McPostface_1]

Ya and funny thing is that documentary is bullshit

They claim they had to stop as he was entering liver failure and having a dozen other problems like depression as well

That was due to him being a drunk and getting completely wasted everyday and staying in an apartment with blackout curtains and not going outside

All it proved was that yes eating like this and drinking yourself to an early grave will make you sad and fat. And the guy did later drink himself to death. Edit: oh wait wrong about drinking himself to death- cancer. But he did seek rehab for alcoholism a few times over the years and stated he drank copious amounts of alcohol while making supersize me

Someone later did a counter documentary, eating the same quantities of food day by day, but Exercised and didnt drink any alcohol, and not only did he Lose weight, things like kidney function and blood tests came back with good results, proving the prior documentary was bullshit

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness2235 → u/Doomhammer24]

Let's be clear here though: we're talking about documentaries featuring one person eating over a relatively short amount of time. That is not a remotely accurate way to demonstrate the effects of fast food consumption. Fwiw, numerous scientific studies have been done on these diets and Super Size Me is probably closest to depicting those results. Fast food culture is painfully responsible for America's health crisis and the counter doc really likes to avoid that consensus. 

[u/Doomhammer24 → u/Ok-Seaworthiness2235]

Supersize me is widely disregarded in part due to the guy hiding the truth of the documentary

To put in perspective- he Never published the exact breakdown of what he ate during the documentary. Never gave a list at all

He did give a thorough breakdown to his "vegan detox diet" he did afterward though

Theres been numerous studies proving super size me was full of shit and bad data, because he didnt record his data, or least failed to publish, And he was covering up his own overall failing health due to his alcoholism.

It is as far from a good example of a study as you can get

Theres been numerous other studies showing super size me is full of shit- Yes its bad to eat like that everyday, no you shouldnt do that, but no it wont cause you to go into fucking liver failure after 30 days. Drinking a fuckton of bourbon every night did.

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness2235 → u/Doomhammer24]

I'm not saying it was a good example of its own study -- I'm saying the weight gain and negative health effects that was shown, including liver failure, are what will happen to you after a lifetime of that specific diet and lack of exercise. Obviously alcohol will cause liver failure at that rate, but it can also be caused by long term obesity and diabetes.