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I don't get why going to movies is seen as a thing you should do with your friends. You're not supposed to be talking during it, and if you are, you're annoying
by hbn 4y ago
I don't get why going to movies is seen as a thing you should do with your friends. You're not supposed to be talking during it, and if you are, you're annoying everyone around you. Unless the plan is to go to the movie and then get a meal at which point you can discuss it after. But otherwise, I pretty much only go to movies alone.
- lostmsu 4y agoBecause you can discuss the movie afterwards. Also getting there and back.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoFriends and I often went to a less expensive cinema in a lower income neighborhood. The culture there was to react loudly and whisper amongst the neighboring seats. No one felt cheated since tickets were $1 each and movies had been out for a while. Good times. Now people spend $20+ per seat.
- soco 4y agoYou should go watching a Bollywood production in a cinema in India. Now that's the communal experience.
- doublerabbit 4y agoIt's more fun and excitement. It adds a whole new element which you don't get when you go by yourself. Sitting a movie by myself feels dull and lonesome and a lot of effort.
- Fatnino 4y agoI literally can't relate to this comment at all. Interesting how the same action can be internalized so differently by different people. Going anywhere with people adds a low level of stress that is completely avoidable by going alone. And at a movie, once the lights go down, the rest of the audience fades away and it's just me and the screen. Doesn't matter if I'm with friends or complete strangers or even if it's an empty theater other than me.