A New Level of Unrealistic
Some people, mainly those who live in apartments in urban areas that don’t live in houses with a chimney, opt for electric fireplaces to bring a warm, toasty atmosphere into their homes. Some electric fireplaces just have a picture of flames while more upgraded ones actually make a crackling sound.
However, nothing could look more fake than a silent, electric fireplace that actually has subtitles that say “crackling” over it in brackets. Hopefully, this can be controlled and removed, or else nobody would want to use it and it would be too embarrassing to turn on when people come over during holiday gatherings.