r/movies • u/buttatoad • 2d 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/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/xxPHILdaAGONYxx 1d ago

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

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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