Which of course should not be considered realistic even if they are too prevalent in real life. There are a lot of wonderful things like kindness and happy relationships that are realistic too. If they want to show realism, why can't they focus on the positives?

e-readers are a great help - I think I have all three massive tomes as ebooks somewhere, not that I have any intention of ever spending half a year reading them again, lol! I do prefer the feel of a real book in my hands though. I'm old-fashioned ;)