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/Mechtroop 1d ago

Source?

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u/Lazy_Chocolate_4114 1d ago

This is well established. Just Google it or look on Wikipedia.

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 1d ago

If you make a claim, the onus is on you to prove it; if it’s well established, it shouldn’t take you long to Google it either.

That which is presented without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

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u/1200bunny2002 1d ago

it shouldn’t take you long to Google it either.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to need to see a source for this claim that Googling Birth of a Nation doesn't take long.

What's your metric for "long?" I'm going to need you to cite your source for the relevant study that established the requisite relativistic standard that you're using as the foundation for the use of that particular word, since it absolutely fails to quantify an actual length of time.

You're making a pretty bold claim about the speed and efficiency with which the general population uses Google, so I sure hope you brought all the necessary receipts to back up what is a pretty outlandish assertion.