Screaming babies and cell phones in movie theaters

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-05-29 05:02pm

weemadando wrote:
Vertigo1 wrote: Poe: Just so you know, you're not alone. I've been known to open doors for anyone behind me. The world I come from, its called being a gentleman...but here its called being a doormat. Very few people actually appreciate people that do that for them anymore.
I hear you on that. I recently copped a mouthful from who I'm assuming was a feminazi for holding the door open for her. Apparently I was perpuating gender stereotypes.

There may be hope yet, at my school I will hold the door for people, and I'll...occasionally...get a thank you . Lucky however, for the woman, I have yet to meet a feminazi, and pity upon her should I ever get face to face with one.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-05-29 07:07pm

weemadando wrote:I hear you on that. I recently copped a mouthful from who I'm assuming was a feminazi for holding the door open for her. Apparently I was perpuating gender stereotypes.

How common is that? I always hold doors open for people if they're following me in or out of a building, and I never catch trouble for it.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-05-29 07:10pm

Darth Wong wrote:
weemadando wrote:I hear you on that. I recently copped a mouthful from who I'm assuming was a feminazi for holding the door open for her. Apparently I was perpuating gender stereotypes.
How common is that? I always hold doors open for people if they're following me in or out of a building, and I never catch trouble for it.

It's very uncommon, which of course makes it shocking as hell when somebody does it.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-05-30 03:55am

Iceberg wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
weemadando wrote:I hear you on that. I recently copped a mouthful from who I'm assuming was a feminazi for holding the door open for her. Apparently I was perpuating gender stereotypes.
How common is that? I always hold doors open for people if they're following me in or out of a building, and I never catch trouble for it.
It's very uncommon, which of course makes it shocking as hell when somebody does it.

What's uncommon? Holding doors open, or receiving flak for it??

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-05-30 04:46am

At Villanova, it was a huge faux pas to let a door close in the face of the person behind you. Holding the door for the person behind you was expectd behavior; I and just about everyone else got pissed when someone wouldn't do it.

Then I'd come home on break to New Jersey, a state where you could be on fire and they wouldn't take thirty seconds to piss on your leg, and spend days getting used to doors closing in my face.

As for cell phones, I handle that problem by leaving mine off unless I need to make a call. Call me old fashioned, but I despise the very idea of people being able to contact me any time they please. I've got an answering machine. If there's something that important you need to tell me, I'll call you back eventually.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-05-30 05:17am

Rubberanvil wrote:Slightly off-topic, I fucking hate the people who sit in the row in front of me wearing a huge fucking hat (apperantly in Texas you're allowed to wear a hat indoors ),...

Only in Texas...

And no, I don't wear one.

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2003-05-30 07:02pm

the hat thing hasn't happened to me, and I'm a Texan(guess I'm lucky)

My parents showed me PG-13 and R rated movies at home when I was a kid, I used to watch Terminator 2, the Die Hard Trilogy I really enjoyed, Independence Day, and I thought it was just plain cool fun.

My parents made sure I was quiet, and the only time I talked was when my parents took me and a friend to see Twister(fearing we would be afraid, they told us to realize it was just a movie, and that nothing really bad actually happened), but our only words were, "Cooooool" as the cow flew across the screen.

I also watched the Indiana Jones movies a lot and the Star Wars and Trek movies a lot(we had all the old trek movies).

So, I was always quiet at movies.

I try and open doors for people, we kinda compete where I live, and open the door for the other person by getting their first and opening the door for them.

"You first"

"No, after you"

"No, go ahead"

"nah, you go"

Until one of us gives in and goes. I'm weird, aren't I?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-30 09:23pm

I had nothing better to do at 1200 so I made the mistake of going to the 1300hr showing of Finding Nemo today. Good movie, but the theatre was packed with noisy kids.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-05-31 01:50am

FaxModem1 wrote: I try and open doors for people, we kinda compete where I live, and open the door for the other person by getting their first and opening the door for them.

"You first"

"No, after you"

"No, go ahead"

"nah, you go"

Until one of us gives in and goes. I'm weird, aren't I?

Thats the way it usually is where I live, but hey, I guess feminazism transcends all boundaries.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-05-31 10:03pm

You know... I think it must be just the movie X2. Even in my show there were cell phones and damn kids! Good fuckign god, why bring 5 kids under 6 to a PG13 movie????

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-05-31 10:13pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:You know... I think it must be just the movie X2. Even in my show there were cell phones and damn kids! Good fuckign god, why bring 5 kids under 6 to a PG13 movie????

Because they're fucking morons, duh!