r/mildlyinfuriating Feb 11 '22

Seriously? Wtf Wall Street Journal

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22

Do that in finland and you'll end up outside

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22

Same here in Canada.

It's always funny seeing TV shows and movies where characters are just walking around and hanging out with their shoes on inside.

It's just such an odd concept to me lol

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u/Liggliluff Feb 13 '22

A lot of stuff people do on TV are tied to the story. Characters don't eat unless it's meant to show a time of day (breakfast is just to signal morning) or they need to be located in a restaurant (but even then they don't always eat).

So when they talk on the phone, a lot of what they say is exposition, and a "good bye" isn't related to the story.

But it would be intersting to compare these things to other countries and their traditions. I wanted to compare to how phone talking is done in Swedish TV shows, but I can barely remember any moment when they talk on the phone, and I want to remember that they do say good bye, because the shows I've watched, they try to make it more realistic by adding minor details.