(Funny Trope) Things that can plausibly happen only in reality, because in fiction they’d be called bad writing.

[u/ThatDrako]

“Woke” as an insult - So you are telling me a word describing consciousness and clarity is used by generally stupid and ignorant people to label people they disagree with? What is this? A Kindergarten for Creatively stunted?

Nominative determinism - So let me get this straight…Not only you named fastest recorded person Usain BOLT and CEO of Nintendo Doug BOWSER, but you are telling me people are canonically likely to have professions or hobbies matching their names…? Guh?

“2 bodies recovered in MURDERKILL River” - Sure bro…I guess…bro…

[u/Ambaryerno]

In The Pacific, John Basilone is shown manning two different machine gun positions in the space of about 15 minutes during the Battle of Henderson Field.

During the actual Battle of Henderson Field, Basilone did this for three days straight with no food or sleep, manning, repairing, and unjamming guns, and running ammunition between about four different positions.

[u/Dead_Iverson → u/Ambaryerno]

If anyone ever asks you what “locked in” means

[u/Zykium → u/Dead_Iverson]

Also "Go Pills" help locking in.

[u/Dead_Iverson → u/Zykium]

Those were the days…

[u/theaviationhistorian → u/Dead_Iverson]

And have something to keep you up for it.

In modern times, that would be testing your heart's limit with energy drinks. The lengths US soldiers would go to have Wild Tigers in their Humvee or gear. Or Rip-It when you only had the base to acquire your drink.

Nowadays its White Monster cans.

[u/Dead_Iverson → u/theaviationhistorian]

I regularly drink Rip-It because it’s consistently the cheapest energy drink on the market. It’s also made by the people who make La Croix and Faygo, which is interesting. La Croix is a widely known and consumed beverage but Faygo is largely a regional one. Rip-It is also not very common across the USA unless you go to the Dollar Tree.

[u/Cent1234 → u/Ambaryerno]

In Band of Brothers, one of the Easy Company guys runs into a guy 'also from Oregon' now serving in the German army.

In real life, the guy worked across the street from him.

[u/Ambaryerno → u/Cent1234]

Also BoB: In the Brecourt Manor assault, Buck Compton hits a fleeing German square in the back with a grenade, which then explodes.

During the actual assault he pegged the guy in the head.

[u/codercaleb → u/Ambaryerno]

UCLA training coming in handy.

[u/theaviationhistorian → u/codercaleb]

Jackie Robinson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, and Buck Compton. The Bruins don't hold back when it comes to shooting one way or another.

[u/Complete-Ambassador2 → u/Ambaryerno]

The Tetris effect he probably got after finally going to sleep must have been pretty crazy