re: Stupid/Recurring/Unrealistic situations in TV/Movies

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People getting shot or stabbed and acting like it doesn't hurt

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I process medical bills all day for crime victim's in the state of texas so I see a lot of gunshot wounds and it seems like in a lot of movies I see, gunshot wounds are never as serious as they usually are. I mean I see a lot of people survive from gunshot wounds IRL so that's not hard to believe, but it seems like movies leave out the fact that most of the time when a bullet hits you, it doesn't just go into you skin and doesn't hit anything. Like someone gets shot in the shoulder and is still able to lift a gun or open a door, much less move it. I guess a lot of people don't realize bullets SHATTER bones. 95% of gunshot wounds I see, the worst part of the gunshot is the massive bone damage that is done and the orthopaedic aftercare that follows for about 2 years.

anyway, point is yes, gunshot wounds aren't nearly as realistic as they look in movies if that makes sense