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[-] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

In this sci-fi film with Tom cruise's clones that are some kind of watchmen over the planet, there's a flashback scene. Tom cruise is reminded of his human life before the cloning because he sees an American gridiron football goal.
That scene immediately broke my immersion and I was like, yeah that's Hollywood, it's a film by Americans. I was no longer in the story.

The same happened to me with other forms of media. There's a song that would translate to "favourite person" and has a line "even the traffic jam on the A2 is quickly over when I'm with you". But I never use the A2. It's at the other end of the country. That made me stumble when I listened to it the first time.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

That's a bit too...I dunno, I think both of those are on you lol

Do you not enjoy stories about things you've ever experienced?

[-] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it or that I stopped it. It just breaks the immersion briefly and I'm reminded that I'm experiencing media made by people.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
this post was submitted on 24 May 2026
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