Texting in Movie Theater

Nikoruo

It is annoying when their phones light is super bright but if it's dimmed usually its fine. I'm not like a cat and so easily distracted by a little dim light in the corner of my eye. Texting in a movie doesn't warrant death but if it is distracting to other customers they should have people at hand who can ask them to step out or something.

In this situation it's stupid because it was in the previews... which is bollocks. You can't get mad at that, you can easily watch previews at home too and you paid for the movie... not the ads.

PennyM140

I'm pretty attached to my phone. And I've texted in a movie theater. I'm not sure how it could bother someone so much if you aren't making noise, and the screen is dim. And during the previews this happened? Damn. Florida is scary. He'll probably get off, especially since he's a former cop.

The proper thing is to get out and text even if the light is "dim" , it just common sence and being curtious.

I disagree. I'd be much more disturbed by someone getting out of their seat than quickly and quietly responding to a text. Especially if they were in my row and I had to let them go by me.

nutellabrah

Its a question of where ones' freedom starts and the other ends.

What I am arguing is that you are stretching your "freedoms" into another persons personal territory (checking their phone during a preview) and that if you go to a movie theater expect that there is potential for other peoples humanity to exist.

4 out of 5 times when you go to the movie you should be fine in peace and it will go smoothly. But just going out in a crowded area you should expect that you will encounter some human beings who aren't perfect, who didn't have a mother and father to raise them right, or maybe one of their parents died and are raised by a single parent with 2 jobs. Or who knows what?

Any reasonable person would expect that and anticipate to occasionally suffer certain public annoyances.

Because thats reality. If you can't handle the public, you are sick and anti-social and need to separate yourself from others because you hate their existence so much because they don't subscribe to your world views.

No. Any reasonable person would expect the giant letters stating "DON'T TALK OR TEXT DURING THE MOVIE" would be enough to explain it to people. Even the particularly thick headed who drone on and on about nonsense to try to cover their lack of any kind of point.

So, don't text or talk during the movie. It's really that simple.

Don't tell me what to do. Its really that simple.

I'm not. The movie theater management is.

Thats fine. You're gonna have to take it there.

That's fine. And then I'll sit back and continue to enjoy the movie while you get tossed out and possibly banned from the premises.

You keep calling us all antisocial, yet you're exhibiting signs of all sorts of personality disorders. Those of us able to live peacably and well-mannered amongst each other are not the ones who are antisocial.

I also prescribe a basic psychology class. Gosh. You have a whole full-time load there.

Thats fine, Im gonna make you be that Guy/Gal that goes and snitches on someone.

Because if I ever did use my phone (I don't I put it on silent and respect cinema a lot) I would never have done it in a way that was retardedly obtrusive.

Like many people here, we don't think its that big of a deal. Everyone who does seems to be anti-social or anti-modernism or has no capacity to relate to having something important so they have a dramatic chip on their shoulder about it and have an over-sensitivity towards it.

Like you have a giant 250 inch screen with brightness in front of you totally dominating your senses, and some guys dimly lit 4 inch screen from 6 rows away just ruined your day. What is your true motive?

Oh that one-note 2 concept deep paradigm that "hey I'm focused on something, and your are doing something that breaks my focus and you don't realize it"

Wow you are so much more profoundly smarter than that next guy. You are a paradigm of intelligence and virtue and all that is right and correct and reasonable and fair, and that other guy is such a dipsh1t for being careless. And you're a better person than the next guy because you care about the people around you which is why your wife married you and not the next guy. You're the best. But humble.

So that one note kind of "thesis" is the motive and its so trite, so cliche, so shallow. But its enough for people to be 100% convinced they are holiness and the opposition is evil so everything becomes an insecurity driven war in their mind.

Its such a low-brow concept and such a misguided sensitivity. Thats what all this is about, not about rules or guns.

Its about insecurity and hatred.

Also I got 102/100% in psychology class so don't worry about my credentials. Maybe you guys need the class.

I also hope none of you guys are taking this any further than a friendly conversational debate. I don't personally know or have anything personal against any of you and I respect all your opinions. I see this as a dynamic discussion on the related topics and wish nobody any negative vibes. If I am of a differing opinion than you it is nothing more than that, a civil debate; and though my words might seem aggressive, I am simply trying to effectively convey my thoughts, nothing more.

ajaxe432

Well you do have a source with some valid credentials...CDC:) I am not sure how your source made it past 15 since CDC only goes to 15. Show me the link were you found these stats past 15? Or did you possibly google, judging by the format of your source.

nutellabrah

Don't tell me what to do. Its really that simple.

I'm not. The movie theater management is.

Thats fine. You're gonna have to take it there.

No problem. I'm never looking to fight anyone, but if you think I'm going to back down because you demand that you have the right to do whatever you want and everyone else just has to deal with it, I will show you where you're mistaken.

This is how it will go:

"Could you turn off your phone? The movie's on."

What is your response? Because it will determine my reaction.

I wouldn't be doing that.

But it would depend on your tone. The look in your eye. The overall braggadocio levels with which your swag is addressing me.

inside_lap

Nutie... you should get your money back from your institution. Antisocial doesn't actually mean what you think it means. I, for one, don't actually think that's the appropriate diagnosis for you (even if it had been used correctly).

My_Own_Worst_Enemy

Nutie... you should get your money back from your institution. Antisocial doesn't actually mean what you think it means. I, for one, don't actually think that's the appropriate diagnosis for you (even if it had been used correctly).

Id be anti-social too if complete strangers kept peeing in my popcorn for no apparent reason.

misti777

It wouldn't bother me very if someone was texting as long as they didn't have a whistling ring tone going off every 30 seconds. the light wouldn't bug me very much.

iamspdd

There is only one thing more annoying than the soft glow of the smart phone in front of you while someone is texting during a movie...
and that is the sound of a gun going off killing the person that is texting in the same theater as you. Now THAT is distracting!

ajaxe432

haha! You do know texting and driving kills more people in the US than guns right?

Here are the actual real time statistics for 2014 YTD. Guns 485, texting 253 and here is the source.

http://www.romans322.com/daily-death-rate-statistics.php

This link is relatively close. Out of all the 9 people who die a day of distracted driving.....how many were texting?
http://www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/Distracted_Driving/

rml_16

Its a question of where ones' freedom starts and the other ends.

What I am arguing is that you are stretching your "freedoms" into another persons personal territory (checking their phone during a preview) and that if you go to a movie theater expect that there is potential for other peoples humanity to exist.

4 out of 5 times when you go to the movie you should be fine in peace and it will go smoothly. But just going out in a crowded area you should expect that you will encounter some human beings who aren't perfect, who didn't have a mother and father to raise them right, or maybe one of their parents died and are raised by a single parent with 2 jobs. Or who knows what?

Any reasonable person would expect that and anticipate to occasionally suffer certain public annoyances.

Because thats reality. If you can't handle the public, you are sick and anti-social and need to separate yourself from others because you hate their existence so much because they don't subscribe to your world views.

No. Any reasonable person would expect the giant letters stating "DON'T TALK OR TEXT DURING THE MOVIE" would be enough to explain it to people. Even the particularly thick headed who drone on and on about nonsense to try to cover their lack of any kind of point.

So, don't text or talk during the movie. It's really that simple.

Don't tell me what to do. Its really that simple.

I'm not. The movie theater management is.

Thats fine. You're gonna have to take it there.

That's fine. And then I'll sit back and continue to enjoy the movie while you get tossed out and possibly banned from the premises.

You keep calling us all antisocial, yet you're exhibiting signs of all sorts of personality disorders. Those of us able to live peacably and well-mannered amongst each other are not the ones who are antisocial.

I also prescribe a basic psychology class. Gosh. You have a whole full-time load there.

Thats fine, Im gonna make you be that Guy/Gal that goes and snitches on someone.

Because if I ever did use my phone (I don't I put it on silent and respect cinema a lot) I would never have done it in a way that was retardedly obtrusive.

Like many people here, we don't think its that big of a deal. Everyone who does seems to be anti-social or anti-modernism or has no capacity to relate to having something important so they have a dramatic chip on their shoulder about it and have an over-sensitivity towards it.

Like you have a giant 250 inch screen with brightness in front of you totally dominating your senses, and some guys dimly lit 4 inch screen from 6 rows away just ruined your day. What is your true motive?

Oh that one-note 2 concept deep paradigm that "hey I'm focused on something, and your are doing something that breaks my focus and you don't realize it"

Wow you are so much more profoundly smarter than that next guy. You are a paradigm of intelligence and virtue and all that is right and correct and reasonable and fair, and that other guy is such a dipsh1t for being careless. And you're a better person than the next guy because you care about the people around you which is why your wife married you and not the next guy. You're the best. But humble.

So that one note kind of "thesis" is the motive and its so trite, so cliche, so shallow. But its enough for people to be 100% convinced they are holiness and the opposition is evil so everything becomes an insecurity driven war in their mind.

Its such a low-brow concept and such a misguided sensitivity. Thats what all this is about, not about rules or guns.

Its about insecurity and hatred.

Also I got 102/100% in psychology class so don't worry about my credentials. Maybe you guys need the class.

I also hope none of you guys are taking this any further than a friendly conversational debate. I don't personally know or have anything personal against any of you and I respect all your opinions. I see this as a dynamic discussion on the related topics and wish nobody any negative vibes. If I am of a differing opinion than you it is nothing more than that, a civil debate; and though my words might seem aggressive, I am simply trying to effectively convey my thoughts, nothing more.

And an English class.

nutellabrah

No nutie... I'm saying that you are either obviously a troll or personality disordered. And yes, I am in a position to judge. And no, people with guns do not scare me as I am a military provider and work with people with weapons every day. People kill people. Short and long of it. Objects do not have minds of their own. And yes, "crazy" people will find way to kill people if they have a mind to do so. Look at the school knife killing in China. No guns involved. Many unfortuately dead children. Tell me, what great thing have you done for yourself and your nation that makes you so much better then everyone else and therefore not subject you to social rules of common courtesy?

Just realized Nutie = Nutella

I thought you were talking about Gun-Nut/Nuttie... lol I was like who is she talking to???

What have I done for my nation? I for one have started a business which ran successfully during a recession and employed people. I also have influenced a lot of people to be healthier and start working out. I also write a lot and teach people to open their minds. I lived all over the world on multiple continents and many different cities before I was even in high school so i built a base for superior understanding of truth and the human condition, the type of knowledge you can't get from living in one city/state your whole life, and you can only derive from a lifetime of extracting data from the comparison and contrast of various forms of culture and human societies. There is much knowledge about truth to be derived from the similarities and differences and patterns from different places.

And again, I personally would not break those rules but that doesn't mean I am on your side or the side of violence which is never the answer. I am always on the side of showing compassion and love for ones fellow human race.

It was my early experiences that showed me the beauty in people, in humanity, in art, in the universe. And it is my championing of positivity and truth that is the reason why my voice should be heard and my ideas be considered. Because I for one actually love my fellow human race.

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ajaxe432

No problem. I'm never looking to fight anyone, but if you think I'm going to back down because you demand that you have the right to do whatever you want and everyone else just has to deal with it, I will show you where you're mistaken.

This is how it will go:

"Could you turn off your phone? The movie's on."

What is your response? Because it will determine my reaction.

I wouldn't be doing that.

But it would depend on your tone. The look in your eye. The overall braggadocio levels with which your swag is addressing me.

So you're going to text during a movie, and if asked to stop you'll continue?

Then I'm going to make you stop. Because you're not supposed to text during a movie. And I'm not going to have my movie experience ruined by your rudeness.

I agree with you, but its hard to make threats with a hippy vanas a profile pic....peeps dont take it seriously.;)

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Oscarinmiami

I agree, I wouldn't shoot anyone for texting but it is annoying in a theater once the movie starts, in the previews text away...

MyChocolateDiet

Okay I'm pretty sure nobody's gonna text anymore in the theater anymore. OR take their gun in there. Can this thread end now? Clearly nobody will advocate shooting someone for texting. Clearly the point has become clear that if it's important enought that you must interrupt someone's movie viewing and YOU are deciding the important enough standard, YOU should be the one that exits the theater to handle your super special business. The end. :flowerforyou:

rml_16

And again, I personally would not break those rules but that doesn't mean I am on your side or the side of violence which is never the answer. I am always on the side of showing compassion and love for ones fellow human race.

Unless that means asking someone who is behaving selfishly and rudely to stop behaving selfishly and rudely.

mank32

I am always on the side of showing compassion and love for ones fellow human race.

It was my early experiences that showed me the beauty in people, in humanity, in art, in the universe. And it is my championing of positivity and truth that is the reason why my voice should be heard and my ideas be considered. Because I for one actually love my fellow human race.

enough to randomly insult someone 3 pgs ago for the way he looks?

the most anti-social sad lonely looking guy doesn't like when other people have friends and have more vested interests in their social devices than he does, hmm what a surprise. I wonder whats on his hidden agenda...

delete yourself, brah.

nutellabrah

No problem. I'm never looking to fight anyone, but if you think I'm going to back down because you demand that you have the right to do whatever you want and everyone else just has to deal with it, I will show you where you're mistaken.

This is how it will go:

"Could you turn off your phone? The movie's on."

What is your response? Because it will determine my reaction.

I wouldn't be doing that.

But it would depend on your tone. The look in your eye. The overall braggadocio levels with which your swag is addressing me.

So you're going to text during a movie, and if asked to stop you'll continue?

Then I'm going to make you stop. Because you're not supposed to text during a movie. And I'm not going to have my movie experience ruined by your rudeness.

Well what I was saying was it would depend on ones attitude whilst saying it.

If you are human about the way you say it, like neutral beyond just wanting me to quit the disruption, i would make that oops face and stop.

If you are saying it with a hidden agenda of unnecessary hate, I might just continue to do it to spite you and your retardation. You might end up angry, or embarrassed. If you go tell on me you will still lose because I will have rustled you endlessly and chances are that I will charm the manager into making you seem crazy and I will act all compliant and cooperative and make you look like you overreacted. And I still get to watch the movie yet you got super angry. I win.

If you want to take it further "throw popcorn at me" you will also lose because unfortunately for you and most people who haven't had the experience i have playing paintball, you can't possibly compete with me on a level of violence. I have been playing paintball almost every weekend since I was like 15 and have taken out other players who were Navy Seals and Marines and put ropes of pellets to their head before they even know where they are or whats going on. Just a corner of their helmet peaking from above their hiding spot. And all a gun is is a more accurate paintball gun. Lets just say if I personally was in that theater watching the Dark Knight that one time when the guy came into the theater with weapons and shot everyone up -it would not have went down the way it did.

Pew Pew.

inside_lap

No nutie... I'm saying that you are either obviously a troll or personality disordered. And yes, I am in a position to judge. And no, people with guns do not scare me as I am a military provider and work with people with weapons every day. People kill people. Short and long of it. Objects do not have minds of their own. And yes, "crazy" people will find way to kill people if they have a mind to do so. Look at the school knife killing in China. No guns involved. Many unfortuately dead children. Tell me, what great thing have you done for yourself and your nation that makes you so much better then everyone else and therefore not subject you to social rules of common courtesy?

Just realized Nutie = Nutella

I thought you were talking about Gun-Nut/Nuttie... lol I was like who is she talking to???

What have I done for my nation? I for one have started a business which ran successfully during a recession and employed people. I also have influenced a lot of people to be healthier and start working out. I also write a lot and teach people to open their minds. I lived all over the world on multiple continents and many different cities before I was even in high school so i built a base for superior understanding of truth and the human condition, the type of knowledge you can't get from living in one city/state your whole life, and you can only derive from a lifetime of extracting data from the comparison and contrast of various forms of culture and human societies. There is much knowledge about truth to be derived from the similarities and differences and patterns from different places.

And again, I personally would not break those rules but that doesn't mean I am on your side or the side of violence which is never the answer. I am always on the side of showing compassion and love for ones fellow human race.

It was my early experiences that showed me the beauty in people, in humanity, in art, in the universe. And it is my championing of positivity and truth that is the reason why my voice should be heard and my ideas be considered. Because I for one actually love my fellow human race.

I believe you have mentioned several times that it is your right to be a jerk to people whenever you want to. This doesn't seem to jive with this new presentation your trying to put out that your a world traveler with all this life experience. One of the first fundamental rules of travel and business is respect that culture of your environment even you if don't understand or agree with it. Social norms says to be courtious to your neighbor. So why are you arguing that people should not be curtious and put away their phone in the theater? Instead, it's about individual freedom? As someone that claims to be a scholar of social norms and society, developmental ethics and morality tells you "but the rules" is not a good argument. You are both arguing against the rules and the underlying implied social norm/societial benefit. SO I'm going back to assuming your a troll. Happy trolling. Expect people to think your an *kitten* when your choosing to be an *kitten* (or the "devils advocate" in a nonpolite fashion).

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nutellabrah

No nutie... I'm saying that you are either obviously a troll or personality disordered. And yes, I am in a position to judge. And no, people with guns do not scare me as I am a military provider and work with people with weapons every day. People kill people. Short and long of it. Objects do not have minds of their own. And yes, "crazy" people will find way to kill people if they have a mind to do so. Look at the school knife killing in China. No guns involved. Many unfortuately dead children. Tell me, what great thing have you done for yourself and your nation that makes you so much better then everyone else and therefore not subject you to social rules of common courtesy?

Just realized Nutie = Nutella

I thought you were talking about Gun-Nut/Nuttie... lol I was like who is she talking to???

What have I done for my nation? I for one have started a business which ran successfully during a recession and employed people. I also have influenced a lot of people to be healthier and start working out. I also write a lot and teach people to open their minds. I lived all over the world on multiple continents and many different cities before I was even in high school so i built a base for superior understanding of truth and the human condition, the type of knowledge you can't get from living in one city/state your whole life, and you can only derive from a lifetime of extracting data from the comparison and contrast of various forms of culture and human societies. There is much knowledge about truth to be derived from the similarities and differences and patterns from different places.

And again, I personally would not break those rules but that doesn't mean I am on your side or the side of violence which is never the answer. I am always on the side of showing compassion and love for ones fellow human race.

It was my early experiences that showed me the beauty in people, in humanity, in art, in the universe. And it is my championing of positivity and truth that is the reason why my voice should be heard and my ideas be considered. Because I for one actually love my fellow human race.

I believe you have mentioned several times that it is your right to be a jerk to people whenever you want to. This doesn't seem to jive with this new presentation your trying to put out that your a world traveler with all this life experience. One of the first fundamental rules of travel and business is respect that culture of your environment even you if don't understand or agree with it. Social norms says to be courtious to your neighbor. So why are you arguing that people should not be curtious and put away their phone in the theater? Instead, it's about individual freedom? As someone that claims to be a scholar of social norms and society, developmental ethics and morality tells you "but the rules" is not a good argument. You are both arguing against the rules and the underlying implied social norm/societial benefit. SO I'm going back to assuming your a troll. Happy trolling. Expect people to think your an *kitten* when your choosing to be an *kitten* (or the "devils advocate" in a nonpolite fashion).

Unfortunately after reading that twice I can't extract the point you are trying to make.

All I see is passive aggressive, borderline ad-hominem comments which is why I hesitated to respond to you. What is your question/argument exactly? Speak clearly and succinctly. Minus the cheap tactics.

nutellabrah

Well what I was saying was it would depend on ones attitude whilst saying it.

If you are human about the way you say it, like neutral beyond just wanting me to quit the disruption, i would make that oops face and stop.

If you are saying it with a hidden agenda of unnecessary hate, I might just continue to do it to spite you and your retardation. You might end up angry, or embarrassed. If you go tell on me you will still lose because I will have rustled you endlessly and chances are that I will charm the manager into making you seem crazy and I will act all compliant and cooperative and make you look like you overreacted. And I still get to watch the movie yet you got super angry. I win.

If you want to take it further "throw popcorn at me" you will also lose because unfortunately for you and most people who haven't had the experience i have playing paintball, you can't possibly compete with me on a level of violence. I have been playing paintball almost every weekend since I was like 15 and have taken out other players who were Navy Seals and Marines and put ropes of pellets to their head before they even know where they are or whats going on. Just a corner of their helmet peaking from above their hiding spot. And all a gun is is a more accurate paintball gun. Lets just say if I personally was in that theater watching the Dark Knight that one time when the guy came into the theater with weapons and shot everyone up -it would not have went down the way it did.

Pew Pew.

Paintball. You feel you could take me out physically because of your experience at paintball.

I'm gonna need a minute.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: *breathes in* :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


Oh that was rich.

I think first you might have to go through one of my nieces. They're highly experienced at Dance Dance Revolution, you may want to watch out.

Like I said, don't text during a movie. Period.

Ok.....

You got me good I guess.

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nutellabrah

I'll let you know next time someone needs a bad *kitten* at a kid's laser tag party. You can really show everyone what's up.

Wow you must be like 7 feet tall all muscle. Are you in the WNBA or something???

rml_16

Speak clearly and succinctly. Minus the cheap tactics.

I simply adore irony.

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just_Jennie1

Well what I was saying was it would depend on ones attitude whilst saying it.

If you are human about the way you say it, like neutral beyond just wanting me to quit the disruption, i would make that oops face and stop.

If you are saying it with a hidden agenda of unnecessary hate, I might just continue to do it to spite you and your retardation. You might end up angry, or embarrassed. If you go tell on me you will still lose because I will have rustled you endlessly and chances are that I will charm the manager into making you seem crazy and I will act all compliant and cooperative and make you look like you overreacted. And I still get to watch the movie yet you got super angry. I win.

If you want to take it further "throw popcorn at me" you will also lose because unfortunately for you and most people who haven't had the experience i have playing paintball, you can't possibly compete with me on a level of violence. I have been playing paintball almost every weekend since I was like 15 and have taken out other players who were Navy Seals and Marines and put ropes of pellets to their head before they even know where they are or whats going on. Just a corner of their helmet peaking from above their hiding spot. And all a gun is is a more accurate paintball gun. Lets just say if I personally was in that theater watching the Dark Knight that one time when the guy came into the theater with weapons and shot everyone up -it would not have went down the way it did.

Pew Pew.

If those Navy Seals and Marines were that bad they wouldn't be around to play paintball with you because they'd have gotten shot in a war.

Paintball guns don't have the amount of recoil that a real gun has. They are VASTLY different than a real fire arm. However I'd like to see you try and take out a shooter with a paintball gun. My money would be on the guy with the real one.

rml_16

I have been playing paintball almost every weekend since I was like 15 and have taken out other players who were Navy Seals and Marines and put ropes of pellets to their head before they even know where they are or whats going on.

You took out Navy SEALS and Marines? I mean, I knew you were trolling, but this takes the cake.

Have you ever even met a member of the US Special Forces or a Marine in your entie life? I'm starting to think you're about 15 years old.

If those Navy Seals and Marines were that bad they wouldn't be around to play paintball with you because they'd have gotten shot in a war.

Acually, no, they wouldn't have. They would have been through hell and back without a single wound unless something went terribly wrong. Those are the very people who sneak into the worst enemy situations and come out unscathed. They infiltrate Taliban camps and kill everyone there. And this idiot thinks he can beat them at anything? He's tougher than the Taliban?

I'm dying laughing over here.