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What are some common movie tropes that are surprisingly accurate to real life? (piefed.social)
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[โ€“] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The pandemic convinced me that the majority of people would hide a zombie bite. A subset of that population would argue that zombie bites are good, actually, and actively lead zombies to populated areas.

[โ€“] davidgro@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I now consider the phrase "avoid it like the plague" to be sarcasm that means "actively reject preventive measures".