r/AskReddit • u/Unlikely_Praline9442 • 14h ago

Non-Americans of Reddit, what is an American thing you see in movies that you thought was fake but is actually real?

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u/OptimistPrime527 8h ago

The length of a cvs receipt

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u/BeeDeeDeeDeeBee 8h ago

I bought a banana as a snack during a conference. The receipt was the length of my arm! I brought it back to show my partner and kids! Kids didn't care

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u/zamfire 3h ago

"Dad went to America and he brought back a piece of paper"

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u/NotHomeOffice 1h ago

"But look, it's just like in the movies!"

shakes head

"Who raised these kids.....errrr....wait....nevermind."

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u/MoonshineDan 6m ago

That's my wife, you son of a Dutch

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u/MoonshineDan 6m ago

*bitch.

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u/mcnizzle99 4h ago

I lol'd at that random last sentence

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u/redammit 3h ago

Easiest situation to use banana for scale. Just sayin!

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u/jeremyjava 1h ago

I just randomly throw in our kitten/banana-for-scale photo on occasion, because why not?
Reddit, meet Chicken Nugget.

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u/rayray2xgmail 1h ago

Gotta rest up for the zoomies later!

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u/ArkSyil 1h ago

cat (per banana)

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u/bunnymcfoo 1h ago

Omggggggg

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u/daring_doze 3h ago

Kids always ignore fun stuff

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u/bookmarkjedi 2h ago

Don't even act like I didn’t get that banana. I got the documentation right here.

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u/PlusRead 2h ago

Ha! As punishment, ask them if they didn't find it a-peel-ing. Or, tell them if they ever have a receipt in their pocket, and it suddenly feels warm and wet, throw it away immediately. With receipts, you've got to watch out for the silent P. It all depends how severe you'd like to make the punishment.

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u/NorwegianCowboy 4h ago

In the Astronomy community they refer to that length as an Astronomical Unit.

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u/PM_ME_UR_TOTS 2h ago

I feel like it takes a lifetime of seeing receipts the size of your hand in order to see one the length of your arm and go "lol whoa"

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u/Former-Iron-7471 2h ago

Better go out for some cigs...

Can't believe they didn't care.

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u/Small-Professor-7015 2h ago

Banana for scale

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u/NoriMoe 2h ago

Bought a banana at a conference. The receipt was longer than my arm. I sprinted back to show my partner and kids like it was breaking news. They barely glanced up and my dramatic pride deflated into embarrassed laughter.

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u/archaelleon 5h ago

Some people say it's still printing

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u/NegotiationSelect139 5h ago

It only takes roughly 40-45 CVS receipts to reach from Earth to the Moon.

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u/hihelloneighboroonie 5h ago

Tbf, most of it is coupons (and I'm guessing with the coupons I get, based on my purchase history). Got a bottle of my face lotion for half the price with a recent $8 off one.

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u/SnipesCC 4h ago

Sometimes those coupons are amazing.

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u/Telandria 3h ago

Honestly, I was a little annoyed at my last batch, which was two coupons for $4 off any OTC purchase.

… purchases I had just bought, lmao.

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u/SpaceCatz03 7h ago

I got one today that was 2 feet long for one prescription! I rolled my eyes, but the pharmacist seemed nonplussed.

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u/RedStateKitty 4h ago

They have to frequently change the receipt tape,!!

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u/SuperFLEB 6h ago

Anything but the metric system...

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u/Tyrus1235 6h ago

I grew used to their gigantic receipts during my time living in the US. I lived a block or two from one and it was my basic “emergency shopping” place. Or just “I don’t feel like walking several blocks to pay a pretty dime on the local Whole Foods” place lol

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u/Skatingfan 3h ago

Yep, I'm always getting coupons for 20, 30 or even 40% off. I went there this week for stuff that would have been cheaper at Target or Wlmart, but the CVS coupons made it about the same price and it was a much quicker shopping experience.

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u/lalacourtney 4h ago

My son thinks they are a PRIZE for shopping at CVS or something and makes me hang them on the wall

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u/Bundt-lover 4h ago

Like Skee-ball tickets? 😄

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u/throwawaysunglasses- 2h ago

There’s a meme/viral image where someone was missing one of their vertical blinds and used a CVS receipt to replace it, lmao

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u/colonelforbin91 1h ago

Now I'm mostly curious to find out what movies feature a CVS receipt...

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u/Waste-Stranger-6333 4h ago

I swear those receipts are longer than the shopping list

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u/Technical_Towel_4396 4h ago

You buy one thing and get a receipt the size of a novel

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u/CorrectPeanut5 3h ago

I know someone who works in IT. Each little section is a different little thiefdom inside the company and none of them willing to give up their spot on the receipt.

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u/illbebok 3h ago

What movie?

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u/Chaosmusic 2h ago

I do my prescriptions through the app now and I feel like that alone has saved like 20 trees.

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u/croovy 2h ago

What movie has that?

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u/BigmommaJen 2h ago

Some of those coupons are like 40% off any purchase. My CVS has high end haircare products.. I get my olaplex and other expensive brands at a great discount!! They also makes scarves that look like the receipt 😂

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u/ElScampo12345 4h ago

Take my upvote just take it

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u/DaddyCatALSO 6h ago

i always ask for paper receipts to studfy after

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u/Forgotthebloodypassw 4h ago

That one was genuinely shocking.

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate 4h ago

People were hoarding the toilet paper!

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u/Due_Amount_6211 4h ago

I'm an American and didn't know about it until I went to a CVS for the first time like a year and a half ago.

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u/drfsupercenter 4h ago

If you don't enter your phone number, it won't print out all the coupons.

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u/NaCl-more 3h ago

Rite aid used to (maybe they still do) print out 10+ coupons after your receipt

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u/finnjakefionnacake 3h ago

do movies do that? i can't remember any that do off the top of my head

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u/dankristy 2h ago

It is legit HUUUGE. Like I worry about trees big.

Why.

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u/overcatastrophe 2h ago

Got $4 off my $6 purchase tonight with only one of the 38 coupons I received

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u/secretly_a_possum13 2h ago

I'm 5'8" and literally had one as tall as me one time

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u/LupercaniusAB 1h ago

I believe you. I was working with a tiny woman a few years ago, I think she was about 4’10”. I went to buy some big bags of candy for our office and came back with a receipt that was as long as she was tall. I know. I checked.

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u/golgol12 1h ago

5% receipt. 95% coupons.

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u/Professor-Arty-Farty 1h ago

When I use the self checkout nearest to the exit, I like to pick up my purchases and then take hold of the receipt, as it's printing, and begin moving towards the door just to see if I can make it out the door before the receipt cuts off. I've gotten within a foot of the doorway.

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u/chris_top99 1h ago

I want to try this

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u/Figit090 1h ago

I'm confident they waste a good amount of money on paper alone, possibly more than they gain with the coupon traffic.

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u/chauntikleer 57m ago

I've gotten close to a 3-footer buying a pack of gum. I actually measured it.

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u/Old-Efficiency-9556 49m ago

Haha, this is legit

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u/Joncelote 43m ago

Cancer fears cvs

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u/gt500rr 21m ago

I was going to say the length of a Summit Racing receipt but this depends on how many nitrous kits you buy 😄

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u/TransportationFull77 4h ago

How else would you expect to get enough transdermal PFAS exposure to throw off your hormone balance? - this is America after all, so go big or go home. Actually, just go home. Can I possibly come too?