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Yes | 1 | 1.79% | |
No | 17 | 30.36% | |
No, but if someone uses their phone during the movie, it should be an automatic boot from the theater | 38 | 67.86% | |
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06-07-2012, 11:48 AM | #46 | |
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My reaching down to send a text isn't bothering anyone 2 or 3 rows back. The problem is the sense of entitlement you think comes along with a movie ticket.
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You're getting text messages that are so important that they can't wait until the movie is done? It IS a problem because the people who are texting in the theater....aren't just CHECKING their messages....they're responding to them as well. |
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You're just opposed to the idea of it. And that's something altogether different. I've been distracted before in a theater, but never by a text message. EVER. And I go about 3-4 times a month.
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06-07-2012, 11:51 AM | #49 |
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I think you underestimate how much the light from your phone can disturb others. Even if you're quiet about it.
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Can it be a distraction? Absolutely. But again that depends on the situation. If I'm sitting next to someone who's texting... I would notice and it would bother me. If I'm 4 rows back? I'm probably not even going to notice.
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I really disagree. It's not just about ambient light already present. My eyes are already adjusted to that. When someone opens their phone, it's always enough to distract my attention from the movie to the offender. And you can't just say you sit away from others so it's OK. Many times there's nowhere to sit to get away from other people.
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When I go to the movies, I regularly sit alone. There's almost never a time where I'm sitting close to someone else. Partly because it affords me the kind of peace that's being called for in this discussion. I suppose we can just agree to disagree. I think this is ultimately an issue about our own personal feelings about movie theater distractions. And I think those feelings inform just how sensitive we are to those distractions. As someone who's ALWAYS in movie theaters...I can recount very few experiences where a phone was a distraction. Walkers, talkers, noisy kids? Sure. A cell phone? Almost never.
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I easily noitce phones from 20 rows back even if the person is only 15 feet from the screen. There is no other light coming from that area and then all of the sudden it is right there and magnified because of the darkness of the surrounding area. |
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You have a far bigger problem.
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06-07-2012, 12:13 PM | #55 |
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Yes, the sense of entitlement that I get from purchasing a ticket and thinking I will be able to view a movie without some idiot uncorking his portable flashlight and thinking nobody else can see it.
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We're debating whether or not it's a distraction. Whether or not it's noticeable is something quite different. If I look over and notice you nose-fishing, should you be removed from the theater for that? Being annoyed by something someone does in a theater doesn't make it a distraction.
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My experience was with a person sitting right next to me. They wouldn't stop texting for the entire movie and the ushers wouldn't do shit about it.. Thats fine if you go out of your way to sit in a part of the theater where nobody else is but not everyone thinks like you Mic.
But don't sit here and tell me that texting isn't a distraction in the theater because it ****ing is. |
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My experience was with a person sitting right next to me. They wouldn't stop texting for the entire movie and the ushers wouldn't do shit about it.. Thats fine if you go out of your way to sit in a part of the theater where nobody else is but not everyone thinks like you Mic.
But don't sit here and tell me that texting isn't a distraction in the theater because it ****ing is. |
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I conceded that a texter nearby would be a distraction.
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And as I said, that phone 60 feet away is RIGHT in my field of sight. You can't not notice it. The bigger problem I have is apparently people like you sitting near the screen using their phone. |
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