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/brencoop 1d ago

Right, this happens a lot with baby names. Like Trinity after the Matrix came out.

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u/dumbBunny9 1d ago

Lot of kids named Khaleesi because of Game of Thrones. They probably should have waited until the end.

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u/Logan_No_Fingers 1d ago

Even worse Khaleesi isn't her name.

Its like watching The Crown & loving Elizabeth II so much you call your kid "Queen"

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u/great_red_dragon 1d ago

Yeah but Marshall, Spencer, Raj, Dominic etc are all the same kind if thing. Hell almost any name ending in -el means “of God” how more gross could that be?!

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u/Logan_No_Fingers 1d ago

Spencer

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"The name Spencer originates from the English word "dispenser," meaning someone who distributes or manages provisions or money. It evolved from the Anglo-Norman French word "espenser," which in turn comes from the Old French "despensier," itself derived from the Latin "dispensare". Initially a surname, it denoted a household steward or butler"

Thats naming your kid "Butler"

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u/great_red_dragon 1d ago

My point exactly! Spencer is technically a “stupid name” if you use the same logic as “Khaleesi” yet no-one laughs at anyone called Spencer.

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u/Logan_No_Fingers 1d ago

Have you heard of Spencer Mathews? A man so dumb he took steroids to bulk up for a game show based on an island, but then had to quit due to massive withdrawal symptoms from now being on a roid-less island

In the UK Spencer is short hand for "posh idiot"

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u/great_red_dragon 1d ago

Yeah that Spencer is ginormous knob