One of the more unrealistic depictions of real life in movies is the portrayal of a full breakfast being made and the family sitting down to eat on a work/school day. amirite?

I think the depiction is just a holdover from a time of old school American values. It was probably true for a lot of families decades ago but stays in films/tv as a narrative device even as the real world has shifted

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yeah it would be pretty boring TV to see people yawn and drive to work in the dark. Plus filming in the dark looks awful.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Or leaving for work after it snowed and realize your son only shoveled out his car

by Anonymous 3 years ago

That seems like a oddly specific example did it happen to you?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I was the son lmao

by Anonymous 3 years ago

What the hell is wrong with us? I'm sure I've done similar things. I have a son on the way and I'm terrified he'll be just as unempathetic.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

If only there were a way to... I don't know... teach one's children basic values?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

LOL that's enough out of *you!* **Society** is to blame alright!

by Anonymous 3 years ago

You can take the son out of society, but you can't take society out of the son.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

How did you gymnastic your way from "teenagers be lazy" to "these darn lazy parents blaming society for their every woe"

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Have you ever met a teenager?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

"Was?!?" What happened?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I would disagree with you about filming in the dark looks awful. Some of the best shots in film history are "in the dark".

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Well they sure weren't from the last season of GoT.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Night filters look terrible. Who are they trying to fool, it is clearly the sun as the lighting is all wrong.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Shooting day for night looks bad in most cases I agree but I'm talking about legitimate night shots.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Legit ones are really nice. But TV is cheep, and daylight is free.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Then clearly you have not seen Sicario

by Anonymous 3 years ago

And also quite depressing seeing someone count their change to buy a McDonald's thick shake for breakfast as it's what they've found makes them the least hungry. On their way to their first job.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yeah before schools started at 7am and the bus arrived at 6...

by Anonymous 3 years ago

> I think the depiction is just a holdover from a time of old school American values. Just like the whole image of an American family sitting down for dinner. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only actual time anyone in my house ever sits down together since everyone has different schedules.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Hmm I think having dinner with your family is still pretty common lmao

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My family still sits down for dinner together every night.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

We had dinner at home every night when i lived at home

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Hmm, siting down to have dinner with family is probably common

by Anonymous 3 years ago

It is holdover from when all food was prepared with a lot of labor. No microwave, no electric stove, no electric toaster. Breakfast too a few hours to prepare.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

As long as you aren't baking, a few hours is overkill. Maybe half an hour to 45 minutes, depending on how much you can cook at once. Eggs and sausage and toast don't take too long to cook.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

> I think the depiction is just a holdover from a time of old school American values. Old school American values like lynchings, Jim Crow Laws and redlining.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

> like lynchings, Jim Crow Laws and redlining. Wait.. is there some connection between those things and eating breakfast that the rest of us are missing here?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

>I think the depiction is just a holdover from a time of old school American values. Only that people (mostly white people) tend to idealize the "good ol' days" and that the reality of those times was not nearly as good or idyllic as people like to pretend

by Anonymous 3 years ago

You could say that about anything people have Nostalgia over all of it causes people to look at the world through rose-colored glasses

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yup. There are nice and horrific parts of pretty much any era.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Miserable wokebrained idiot

by Anonymous 3 years ago

...says the guy lashing out and namecalling because he's personally offended that someone doesn't agree with what he believes.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Do you mean like the people that pretend that the ancient tribalistic ways of living, pre colonial, are idyllic heavens of pure life and if the white man hadn't of existed then everyone would be happy?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Redline is a based movie though.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

And they eat like A piece of toast!!! If I made all that food that would not happen

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Or take 2 bites and announce they're late and leave the table.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Kisses wife goodbye with suit jacket on one hand and briefcase in the other.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I mean that's the most accurate part of it all lol

by Anonymous 3 years ago

The Simpsons have had more family meals together than I ever will

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Well if your an orphan any meal is a family meal

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Orphans have had more family meals than I have.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My family used to have meals watching the Simpsons have meals.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

^dont I know it

by Anonymous 3 years ago

So I guess Bruce Wayne is doing pretty alright.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I love the Simpsons, but this made me sad.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

In all fairness the Simpsons has been running for +30 years and they have had plenty of time for family breakfasts.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I mean considering the family doesn't age and kids haven't moved out in like 35 years it makes sense.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I was younger than Bart when it all started, now suddenly (some family meals later) I can identify myself with Homer. D'oh.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My family sits down for a meal like that probably 5 times a week. My wife is a hero.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I make a point of making a sit down breakfast most days for the family. But I literally don't work and the youngest is 22

by Anonymous 3 years ago

True. We wake up at different times and usually eat out or don't eat breakfast at all, if all of us have to prepare for work/school at the same time it's going to be pure chaos and someone will surely be late.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Shameless did this really well

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My family did this growing up, but my mom stayed home for several years when we were little. When she went back to work we still did it out of habit, but it was more pre-made meals like a frittata or egg casserole that could quickly be heated up or cereal. If the parents have 8-5 jobs this is doable. If a parent does shift work, works multiple jobs, or is a single parent it's much more difficult.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Plenty of people still do this.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Name 46. See you can't. Proves my point. Internet points? Scrummly

by Anonymous 3 years ago

People in the burbs maybe do it 🤷🏻‍♂️

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I live in the burbs. I still have to get up before 6 to go to work four days out of the week. Maybe on my days off I'll try to have one of those nice breakfasts but everyone is always up at different times.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

We work like crazy. 1 girl in school, me and my wife don't have any days off together. The only consistent time we all see each other is breakfast and dinner with the family.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I spent the last year and a half making healthy lunches for my little family and we made a point to all sit down together. Breakfast and dinner was every man, woman, and kid for themselves. Just eat whenever hungry. But lunch, we all ate together. It was really nice! If I'm being honest, it has been my most favorite thing to come out of working from home and quarantining during the pandemic. We haven't been quarantining like that lately now that we are vaccinated, but we have still been making a point of eating more meals together whenever we can. Now that the habit is built, we find it's something we enjoying making time to do more often now!

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My wife demands this during the school year. They do it without me in the summer.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

And it's always around 11 somehow

by Anonymous 3 years ago

That's really close to brunch.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

*second breakfast

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Elevenses.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My family did this but it did not make us close.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I guarantee you with Covid lots of families did this when working from home.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Probably not actually

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yes! They are always making these big fabulous breakfasts and then just eating like two bites before they go off to work or whatever. The breakfasts in Shameless always made me laugh.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

As a kid, I always got myself out of bed, ate (or didn't) alone, and went to school by myself. My husband and I now always make it a point to eat at the dining room table. We always have dinner together and sometimes breakfast, even if we make ourselves different things. It's such a pleasant habit that I'm glad we got into.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I had to catch the bus at 7am - I was the only one awake!!

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Carnation breakfast shake in the car on the drive to school. That was how we rolled.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My dad made my sister and I breakfast through high school. To this day, the only consistent meal I eat.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

It was real at one point, primarily when the middle class had enough money that only one parent had to go to a job.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

It's possible somewhat in my house, but would require kids to actually feel like eating that much food every morning. I personally love breakfast, but 3 full meals a day is maniacal lol. Usually a quick cereal or bar, but they usually wait until lunch. I make a big breakfast usually on Sundays and we all sit around and talk.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

🎶Eggs, bacon and toast. Eggs, bacon and toast. You better start your day the Gergich way with eggs, bacon and toast.🎶

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Every time I watch Gilmore Girls I wonder how on earth Rory and Lorelai had time to go out to eat every morning before her half-hour commute to school.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I hate hate hate it when people walk out of a bar without finishing their drink.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I think after so many retakes, they choose the one where it's not finished

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Good point

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Breakfast was invited to keep our children from masterbating.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

And a table full of foods, the kids come, take a sip of juice, and left everything else untouched.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Disagree. Frying eggs and kale takes about as long as toasting a poptart if you are practiced and use cast iron so there is basically zero clean up.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

A big kitchen helps too

by Anonymous 3 years ago

With a thin pan and gas burner and prechopped stuff in the fridge you can have omelettes in like 5 minutes. I worked super hard in college to nail down stuff like that and it paid off big time

by Anonymous 3 years ago

This actually happens quite often, maybe not in your lifestyle or background, but many families can do this. Quite realistic

by Anonymous 3 years ago

In a perfect world everyone's schedules would line up for this kinda stuff. However, traditional roles are (thankfully) fading into a niche.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Literally, who in their right mind wants to get up and do this whole dang thing just for breakfast than do it again in like 8 hours for dinner?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

🙋‍♂️

by Anonymous 3 years ago

? Me

by Anonymous 3 years ago

True that! Most of my breakfast's were coffee and a snack bar item, even before rest of family woke up.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Question, do people actually just eat toast and butter or is that a tv thing? Toast and butter tastes so bland to me.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

"Pour your own damn cereal, your mom is in a hurry to get to work!"

by Anonymous 3 years ago

When I was a kid we had that. Full breakfast, full dinner every day. And on Sunday's we had a full Sunday lunch after church. It was glorious. These days… well, these days are different. Sigh.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Kids get cereal or an apple, parents get coffee and a yogurt or smoothie. Then everyone gets a snack bar for the pocket

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I have done this exact thing my entire life. I also have had three courses dinner with the family every day too.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

You got the point! 😊

by Anonymous 3 years ago

But the kids are never hungry and grab a slice of toast or fruit on their way! I'm like …. what about teeth brushing after breakfast b4 schooo… but whatever

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Only in John Hughes 80's America!

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Hell, I was lucky enough just getting a can of Mountain Dew before school.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I could have been 6 3 if it happened i reckon instead of lunch after school and then dinner an hour and a half later.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

We do it, it's not the full with bacon breakfast but everyone has toast, eggs and milk or coffee. My wife insists on it.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

For me it's actually quite realistic. My family and I wake up all at the same time, we all make the breakfast in bulk, eat it at the same time then leave at the same time.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

And then immediately getting up and eating nothing

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Since Covid my family sit down around 13 times a week. 7 lunches, 5 dinners. (We eat out once a week, eat while watching tv once a week) Sometime I cook sometimes my wife cooks. And we have a toddler. Yeah never on Breakfast.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Looking at you, Breaking Bad.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Tbh I haven't seen anymore sitting down for a hearty breakfast together with the family in recent movies. Most of them just grab something and just go on their way out.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I don't *think* mine is the only family that eats together: We have a multi- generational family here of eight ( Grandpa, mom & dad, 5 kids). We strive to eat most dinners together, and strive to have Saturday morning breakfast together.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

But the protagonist only takes a sip of range juice or an occasional apple or bite of an apple

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Most of the time I see this on TV, there is one or two family members sitting, one person making the food, and the rest making an excuse why they have to get out the door without eating. Never see a full family sit down together for breakfast.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My husband keeps pointing out that people don't ever finish their food in movies and TV. Not that the scene cuts away before the end of the meal, but that people always walk away from the table with a lot of food left on their plates, which is probably all headed to the trash. How realistic is that?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Growing up, my family ate breakfast and dinner together around a table 7 days a week. Now that I'm a Dad, I don't know how they did it. I mean, it was the steady 9-5 jobs they had, I don't how to get those.

by Anonymous 3 years ago