# What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311 "2021-02-06T04:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 182
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3627 "2024-05-10T04:28:16Z")
Somebody is playing extremely loud music or some other loud noise, a person trying to talk to them is shouting at full volume so the first person turns off whatever was making the loud noise but then the talking person continues to yell at full volume for several seconds after the loud noise is ceased (and then gets yelled out for being loud themselves) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3628 "2024-05-10T11:49:52Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > the authority figure asks loudly “WHAT is the meaning of this?” Heh, I like non sequiturs, so I’ve yelled that. Also “I don’t like your tone of voice” said randomly freaks people out. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3629 "2024-05-10T20:12:40Z")
BTW, I noticed that my favorite legal blog _Lowering the Bar_ has two articles about real-life superheroes. The second one, from 2014, says that the Seattle group was kicking out some of its members who were not sufficiently “super”; that is, they were unable to do 5 pull-ups in 2 minutes. I think I would indeed be concerned if the superhero coming to my aid were unable to manage a physical feat that an average middle-schooler could accomplish. > **[Unpowered Superheroes in the News \[Updated\]](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2012/05/unpowered-superheroes-in-the-news-again.html)** > > Law novelist and former prosecutor Allison Leotta went to the Washington Romance Writers retreat last weekend. I also considered going, not because I like that genre but because I figured I might w… > **[Superheroes Must Be Able to Do Five Pull-Ups, Group’s Leader Says](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2014/06/superhero-pullups.html)** > > You may have heard that "the Rain City Superhero Movement is over," as its leader Phoenix Jones announced the other day in Seattle (KING5 News; thanks, Mark). But the news is not qui… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3630 "2024-05-11T00:36:01Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Anyone ever been in a room with an authority figure and others when someone(s) unexpectedly burst into the room in a chaotic fashion and the authority figure asks loudly “WHAT is the meaning of this?” Or **“Do you know who I am?!?”** To which the response can only be: “Can someone please help this poor gentleman, he doesn’t know who he is!”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3631 "2024-05-11T00:57:29Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8PEn5g4ITVo/hqdefault.jpg "The Sopranos - Christopher Gets Robbed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PEn5g4ITVo) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3632 "2024-05-11T01:56:17Z")
I take it that they didn’t know or care who he was. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3633 "2024-05-11T01:57:31Z")
I believe that’s a safe assumption, yes. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3634 "2024-05-11T02:21:25Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Or **“Do you know who I am?!?”** May the lord forgive me for linking to Buzzfeed, but > **[12 Celebrities Who've Wondered Aloud, "Don't You Know Who The #$@% I Am?"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jaimieetkin/dont-you-know-who-i-am)** > > Wait, Shia, aren't you "not famous anymore"? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3635 "2024-05-11T05:06:35Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > > [@Biotop](#): > > > > Anyone ever been in a room with an authority figure and others when someone(s) unexpectedly burst into the room in a chaotic fashion and the authority figure asks loudly “WHAT is the meaning of this?” > > Or **“Do you know who I am?!?”** > > To which the response can only be: > “Can someone please help this poor gentleman, he doesn’t know who he is!”. The only reply I think of is from Eddie Izzard’s Death Star Cateen bit. “This is not a game of who the fuck are you.” ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3636 "2024-05-11T05:28:53Z")
Hehe, I haven’t seen that, but when asked “Are you (my full name)\*?” I have responded “Who the fuck want’s to know?” Turns out, it was my college roommate. He lives a block from me now. \*It’s pretty easy to figure out, but I’m not making it too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3637 "2024-05-11T06:59:40Z")
Somebody to get someone else in trouble starts yelling HELP ME I’M BEING ATTACKED and instead of backing off the other person for some reason decides to grab onto the person yelling in an attempt to calm them down only for someone else to walk in and think the two are actually fighting. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3638 "2024-05-11T08:16:58Z")
The images wouldn’t load for me but who wouldn’t know who Mike Tyson was? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3639 "2024-05-11T08:57:46Z")
The claim from the link: > [@](#): > > When British philosopher A.J. Ayer allegedly found Mike Tyson forcing himself on a young Naomi Campbell, who was just beginning her career, Ayer warned Tyson to stop, to which the boxer allegedly replied, _“Do you know who the fuck I am? I’m the heavyweight champion of the world.”_ Ayer’s response? _“And I am the former Wykeham Professor of Logic. We are both preeminent in our field; I suggest that we talk about this like rational men.”_ Well played, sir. Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3640 "2024-05-12T03:47:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > The claim from the link: > > > [@](#): > > > > When British philosopher A.J. Ayer allegedly found Mike Tyson forcing himself on a young Naomi Campbell, who was just beginning her career, Ayer warned Tyson to stop, to which the boxer allegedly replied, _“Do you know who the fuck I am? I’m the heavyweight champion of the world.”_ Ayer’s response? _“And I am the former Wykeham Professor of Logic. We are both preeminent in our field; I suggest that we talk about this like rational men.”_ Well played, sir. Well played… I’m a little surprised Iron Mike didn’t punch him in the face. People that proclaim “I want to eat his children” often aren’t persuaded by rhetorical devices. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3641 "2024-05-12T19:51:28Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Or **“Do you know who I am?!?”** That does occur outside films. I have had someone pull that on me, even. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3642 "2024-05-13T01:45:52Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > who wouldn’t know who Mike Tyson was? I know who Mike Tyson is, but I don’t follow sport, and probably wouldn’t have recognised him if we’d ever met. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3643 "2024-05-13T14:35:44Z")
Hard to miss that tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3644 "2024-05-13T14:58:21Z")
I forgot he even had a tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3645 "2024-05-13T23:50:48Z")
One of my friends used to work the door at a strip club back in the day. She told me about a well-known local radio guy who balked at having to pay the cover charge. And then he asked, “Don’t you know who I am?” She didn’t miss a beat, and said, “Of course I know who you are. And you still have to pay to get in.” So yeah, it does happen in real life, even if it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3646 "2024-05-14T00:29:11Z")
> [@Deanna\_D](#): > > One of my friends used to work the door at a strip club back in the day. She told me about a well-known local radio guy who balked at having to pay the cover charge. And then he asked, “Don’t you know who I am?” She didn’t miss a beat, and said, “Of course I know who you are. And you still have to pay to get in.” Are there people who are celebrity enough that clubs waive the cover charge for them simply because they figure it’s a net positive having them as patrons? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311.md?page=183)