Off Topic Rants

[CodyFaith]

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[MotherFirefly]

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I see your point... but I must disagree

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[Citanul]

I wish people would tell you when they're going to send something by courier instead of normal post. That way I'd actually know that I need to provide an address where I'll be to receive it.

 

[Servant68]

People that drive under the speed limit on the highway...

This is in a 60mph speed zone...

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[MehGuy]

Jesus preached, "Love a person for who he is to God, not for what he can do for you."

I wish people -secular and Christian alike- would actually apply it.

Why secular people?

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[MehGuy]

I mispoke. Love someone for who he is, not for what he can do.

I'm gonna need my lawyer to go over my posts to close any loopholes.

Or at least be apathetic about people. For most, I have no reason to love them unless they can offer me something. And for most people I'm very suspicious with.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[MehGuy]

A society where everyone works out of self interest only works for so long until it escalates into crab mentality.

Depends. What someone can offer me is a good sense of humor or something. I don't see a reason to force myself to love someone if they don't stand out in some way.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[MehGuy]

But you love me, right?

I like you. Not sure if I really "love" anyone. At least not in any context people would want here, lol. Although that might depend on the definition of what one means by "love".

 

[GoodLightSJ]

The Monkees should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

If I am elected President, I will sign this into law Day 1.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[CodyFaith]

In a couple hours I'm going to get some KFC and see a movie. I'm going to watch 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2". The first one was great so I'm hoping this one does as good.

Going to the movies has been one of my favorite past times since 2009 (there's almost nothing else to do in my town, except go fishing, go camping and getting drunk/high). It's an expensive hobby but I enjoy movies. However, here are my top five peeves about going to the theaters.

1) Having to go to children's movie with my special needs friend. He has moderate functioning classic autism and we usually watch kid movies. He cannot handle scary or overly violent/inappropriate movies. 90% of the time I don't want to watch those movies with him. Sure, there were a few that were really good like Zootopia, Monsters University, and Boss Baby but it's incredibly embarrassing to go to these movies with another grown man. We had some other theater goers teasing us about the movies we were seeing. I only do this for him because it would be incredibly selfish of me if we went to movies that only I wanted to see all the time. Recently, I am starting to resist going to certain movies with him. He's got social workers who are paid to do these kind of things with him. I'm sorry if I sound like a horrible person for this.

2) I hate it when people bring their very young kids to the theaters, especially to 18A movies. It's especially bad when there's superhero movies playing because it's guaranteed that you'll have a little kid babbling through it all. "Daddy, what's he doing? Daddy, why is he doing that? Daddy, I don't like him like that! Daddy, I want some candy!" I mean, darn it! If your kid is unlikely going to understand the movie, then don't bring him to see it! It's even worse when there's a crying baby in theaters. The sound is also loud and could hurt the baby's ears. Can't you just hire a babysitter for two hours?? I may be out of touch on this but I don't think that teenage girls are charging that much, right?

3) TURN. OFF. YOUR. FRICKEN. CELLPHONES. Seriously, you paid $11.00 to see a movie plus a mint for the popcorn and drinks. Don't you think you can put away your cell phones for just two hours? We managed to do that almost perfectly before 2007. You don't need to answer phone calls, text, or check your Facebook every ten minutes. Just put down the cell phone and enjoy the movie because it's very distracting for the rest of us.

4) Overpriced food and drinks. Seriously, I often avoid getting food there because I would have to sell my sister into slavery in order to afford it. When I had a girlfriend, we would just smuggle snacks from a gas station into the theater. It's not like they were going to have TSA agents patting us down. The only person who caught me was another customer who worked at a liquor store in the bad side of Edmonton. At least his girlfriend was kind enough to help smuggle a bottle of pop in her purse. I mean, a bottle of water cost at least $4.00. To all you older folks, do you remember the days were popcorn was cheap and easy to get? 'Cause I sure don't

5) Seeing the same trailer of an upcoming movie over and over again before every movie I watch. This one is a more recent peeve but HOLY COW! How many times do I have to watch the trailer to 'The Mummy' anyways??

Movie popcorns sooo good though. Layered with butter omnomnom.

Honestly I feel cheated if I go see a movie and don't get popcorn and pop. It's like ingrained in my Western-spoiled-glutton dna now.

So expensive though, for sure.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[Citanul]

It's like ingrained in my Western-spoiled-glutton dna now.

I've managed to break free of that ingraining and I don't have popcorn when I watch a movie, thereby probably saving quite a bit of money.

What does annoy me about popcorn/movie snacks (other than the price) is the mess that people leave behind. I get that it's dark, so you can't always avoid making a mess, but there's really no excuse for what some people leave behind.

The other thing that bugs me about movies is that sometimes it can be difficult to find a 2D version of a movie. I don't watch movies in 3D partly because of the price, but also because I don't really like wearing 3D glasses over my regular glasses, but 3D seems to be the default option for a lot of movies, with the 2D version sometimes not being available until it's been on circuit for a few weeks and/or only at a handful of cinemas, and not always the most conveniently located ones.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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