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This certainly doesn't apply to me. I'm one of those nuts who gets annoyed by people taking out their shitty camera phones to record video during fireworks disp

This certainly doesn't apply to me. I'm one of those nuts who gets annoyed by people taking out their shitty camera phones to record video during fireworks displays. It's so irritating to have everyone with their bright screens whiting out the night vision required to properly enjoy the show. Nobody even watches the fireworks anymore, as they're too busy staring at tiny blobs of color on their phone screen or preview window on the back of their camera. I've stopped going to fireworks shows. I also no longer go to the cinema, lest I murder a fellow moviegoer for using their fucking cell phone during the movie. If the cinema wants my dollar, they're going to have to install Faraday cages / jammers. Which will never happen, because "Think of the children - what if the babysitter has an emergency!" and "What if I need to call 911!". I can't imagine how people managed to watch a movie back before cell phones were the norm. How in the world did people disconnect from the digital network for 90-120 minutes?! It's unfathomable!

mnw21cam 10y ago
It is absolutely technically possible to make a Faraday cage and install a local emergency-services-only cell inside it. Rather, it is legal and societal implications as you mention that prevent this from being done.
burkaman 10y ago
You do sound like a nut. Watching fireworks is not stargazing, it's never that dark to begin with. And unless you're in NYC on the 4th of July, it's not that hard to find a spot a few feet away from someone with a camera and ignore them. And yes, cell phones at the movies are annoying. Sometimes people are annoying. If they didn't have cell phones, they would talk, or open loud snacks, or something. It's not a sacred temple, it's a movie theater, get over it.
joosters 10y ago
But don't you love the feeling of superiority as you scorn your fellow fireworks viewers? Surely this only enhances your experience? I hear you can even get magic internet points if you moan about it online too. I don't see the point of recording fireworks either, but the wonderful thing about fireworks is that they are big, bright and loud, meaning it's pretty much impossible to ruin someone else's viewing of them.
sosborn 10y ago
> whiting out the night vision required to properly enjoy the show Doesn't the very first firework do the very same thing?
dmckeon 10y ago
https://drafthouse.com/ https://drafthouse.com/ > We have zero tolerance for talking or cell phone use of any kind during movies, and we aren't afraid to kick anyone rude enough to start texting their friends during a show right out of the theater. About 20 locations in the US.

mnw21cam 10y ago

It is absolutely technically possible to make a Faraday cage and install a local emergency-services-only cell inside it. Rather, it is legal and societal implications as you mention that prevent this from being done.

burkaman 10y ago

You do sound like a nut. Watching fireworks is not stargazing, it's never that dark to begin with. And unless you're in NYC on the 4th of July, it's not that hard to find a spot a few feet away from someone with a camera and ignore them. And yes, cell phones at the movies are annoying. Sometimes people are annoying. If they didn't have cell phones, they would talk, or open loud snacks, or something. It's not a sacred temple, it's a movie theater, get over it.

joosters 10y ago

But don't you love the feeling of superiority as you scorn your fellow fireworks viewers? Surely this only enhances your experience? I hear you can even get magic internet points if you moan about it online too. I don't see the point of recording fireworks either, but the wonderful thing about fireworks is that they are big, bright and loud, meaning it's pretty much impossible to ruin someone else's viewing of them.

sosborn 10y ago

> whiting out the night vision required to properly enjoy the show Doesn't the very first firework do the very same thing?

dmckeon 10y ago

https://drafthouse.com/ https://drafthouse.com/ > We have zero tolerance for talking or cell phone use of any kind during movies, and we aren't afraid to kick anyone rude enough to start texting their friends during a show right out of the theater. About 20 locations in the US.