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Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows. (lemmy.world)
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I'm aware of the NCIS scenes, what else you guys got?

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[–] FryHyde 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Honestly almost all of it comes from a single duel Wild Bill Hicock had, and also a bunch of bullshit that a traveling huckster named Buffalo Bill Cody just sort of made up for fun in his touring wild west shows.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Actually yeah now that you mention it, it does sound like something out of a renaissance festival where they're setting up a scheduled show lol.

"Dirty Dave I'm calling you out! You and I are going to have a duel to the death! At 12:00 in the town square! Right in front of the Hootenanny Stage! Be there to see who is the winner! Tips welcome!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

An ancestor of mine wrote a memoir of growing up in an Old West mining town. He saw one gunfight. In the early morning, a man saw the front door of his house open and another man walk out. Not happy to find that another gentleman's bacon had been in his grill, he demanded satisfaction. That led to an impromptu duel which the offended husband won. My ancestor was walking to school when it all went down.

That was probably an exceptional situation, since the town in question was notoriously violent and corrupt.