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What problem or situation...😨


...did TV or movies make you think might be common, but when you grew up you found out it wasn’t?

I sometimes worried about quicksand. Has anyone here even seen quicksand??

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Have you ever been Triple-Dog Dared?
I have not:/

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Double dare is as far as I got, and that was a LONG time ago.

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Jeez, never even got one of those
My 'dare' game was pretty lame I guess

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I wouldn't say ours was a game. It was more my oldest, more adventurous brother was daring us to try something, like climbing high up a tree. We always wanted to see him do it first. He usually did, but the rest of us chickened out. It looked dangerous and we weren't sure if he had "skills" or was just very lucky.

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"Keep the change"

I actually tried it once because I was in a hurry and the cashier laughed and said "I can't do that."

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I use this one at the barber every time
He always keeps the change:)

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Cashiers' drawers have to come out right, otherwise they're probably suspected of something shady, even if the till is over rather than short.

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Here in New York you have to tip everyone...I think the servers, doormen, etc just pocket it, no tills involved

You really cannot skip tipping here...and you need to go overboard if you want good treatment next time😉

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Isn't that sort of bribery??

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It also seems somehow coercive.

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If you live in a building and want your packages delivered you need to pay the maintainance guy every Christmas...it really is expected
The Mailman has his hand out too and he's probably doing as well as I am
I just pony up...Extortion is a major industry here in The Big Apple!
No fighting it

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A rare exception would be the premise of a somewhat fun movie I saw recently titled, It Could Happen to You, about a NYC cop who splits a winning lottery ticket with a waitress because he didn't have enough cash on hand at the time to tip her. The actual incident in 1984 it was based on involved a Yonkers cop. Maybe you've heard of it?

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Cage and Fonda!
I have seen that one
Pretty good movie

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New York is a ripoff...gotta pay to play

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Creeper gas station employees that warn you in guarded terms not to visit the old campsite...never met a single one

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All the independent gas stations here are long gone. so corporate now.

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Here too
I prefer it that way
I require Beers, Kools and 20 bucks of gas
Let's just have an impersonal transaction and avoid freaking each other out!

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I’ve never had anyone say, “What we should do is......” and then whisper it in my ear, so that nobody else can hear it.

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That would feel really awkward...
Suddenly 'what we should do' is a big secret???

Whispering in general is pretty weird really...unless your'e chatting up your better half while the kids are in the room!

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Movies where there is a high body count and you don't see one cop. John Wick was a good example. There must have been 30 people killed and no cops anywhere to be seen.

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Movie cops should all be fired lol

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Now, now, now. Some of them are smart.
Some, not so much, yep.

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I do always enjoy the small town movie Sheriff that chucks his hat down in the sand and flips over patrol cars all the time😎

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I like it when the small town sheriff is smarter and shows up the big city cops by solving the case.

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I thought Femme Fatales would be a constant source of sexy danger😳

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Are addict 'Interventions' even a real thing?
I know a ton of drunks and not one of them had an intervention

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The 'Teen make-out spots' were always very safe...crowded, but safe👍
Not a single Serial Killer nor 'Lurking in the Shrubbery Masturbator' to speak of!

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Gee, I missed out on the teen make-out spot thing. I always wonder why, if you want to make out, do you go where there's a crowd?

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There were always those out of the way spots that the kids knew about and the cops rarely visited...there were always 4 or 5 bouncing, steamy cars lol!
I guess we just went where we knew we wouldn't get busted
Crowds be damned

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Aw, a part of youth that I missed. 😥

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A bed is way better but when your'e young and agile a backseat will do

Truth be told you didn't miss much dear Glenny...3 minutes of panting and then some boy/girl napping😂

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