Ocean's 8 Weekend Thread | O8: 41.5...Solo 15.1...DP2: 13.6...Hereditary: 13.0

[TalismanRing]

19 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Not sure about seeing Jurassic Park for the first time but I will say moviegoing experience was a hell of a lot better before just about everyone had a smart phone. Exponentially better.

I miss everyone not having a phone on them all the time.  It was much easier to duck people or claim the answering machine ate the message.

[Mekanos]

Just now, TalismanRing said:

I miss everyone not having a phone on them all the time.  It was much easier to duck people or claim the answering machine ate the message.

This one has never worked in my experience.

[TalismanRing]

Just now, Mekanos said:

This one has never worked in my experience.

It only has to be slightly plausible - then deny deny deny you got the message or never called back.  

[JohnnyGossamer]

9 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

I miss everyone not having a phone on them all the time.  It was much easier to duck people or claim the answering machine ate the message.

Yes. This very much too. What's even funnier now is that if you miss a call or fail to return because you're in a movie and respectfully silenced your people are annoyed. As in, "How could you be completely unavailable for 2 hours."

 

What's getting worse - and, at least most of these kind dim their screens - people feel entirely in the right to accept and return texts during a movie. Only a matter of time before that's the new normal. Pretty much already is there.

Edited June 9, 2018 by JohnnyGossamer

[MikeQ]

6 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

I miss everyone not having a phone on them all the time.  It was much easier to duck people or claim the answering machine ate the message.

Nobody in my social circle makes phone calls anymore - pretty much only texting except in some circumstances. So, I'm open with my friends - I tell them, if you text me, I may not respond right away. If it is a text, I consider it non-urgent. So, if I'm out with someone, I don't check my phone (unless it is ringing), and if I'm busy and I get the text, I may still not respond right away. If you really want a response from me immediately, then call me. But of course, that's rare - most stuff is non-urgent.

 

Peace,

Mike

[Water Bottle]

19 minutes ago, iHeartJames said:

this guy i was dating had some gray pubes but it didn't bother me at all

i don't understand why you think anyone would want to know this

 

TMI is a thing. 

[Nova]

The moment someone tells me I took too long to respond back to their text is the moment they get placed on the "take my time to respond back," list. 

 

While life is going on, my phone isn't plastered to my face and anyone who expects that isn't enjoying life themselves. So I take my time to respond back in hopes they get that. 

[Killimano3]

Ive never had a problem with ppl on their phone at movies and I go quite frequently. Only see the occasional phone during (and they're usually from China where apparently it's the complete norm for everyone to be texting)

[CJohn]

 

Discuss the EA Play conference live now in the E3 thread.

[harrycaul]

Still lots of phone calls, but even in a work context email is close to vanishing for me. Everything is some mix of texting and slack-like chat. It was kinda weird when I recently realized I hadn't sent an email in weeks.

[Ethan Hunt]

Oh Jesus yeah. 

 

I'm surprised Hereditary's Cinema score is that high

[JB33]

6 minutes ago, Killimano3 said:

Ive never had a problem with ppl on their phone at movies and I go quite frequently. Only see the occasional phone during (and they're usually from China where apparently it's the complete norm for everyone to be texting)

That definitely explains why most of the time the culprits are Asian people whenever it happens to me. I got testy with these two goofball Asian chicks who were actually watching a YouTube video during IT last September.

 

Like, come the fuck on.

Edited June 9, 2018 by JB33

[JB33]

2 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Oh Jesus yeah. 

 

I'm surprised Hereditary's Cinema score is that high

What did you think??

[Ethan Hunt]

10 minutes ago, JB33 said:

What did you think??

oh it's totes my favorite movie of the year so far 

 

loved every second of it 

[nick64]

I just don’t get the idea of getting annoyed with someone if they don’t answer immediately. If the day is over and they didn’t answer, that’s one thing, but what could you possibly have to say that warrants:

 

2:45 - “Hey”

3:02 - “???”

3:06 - “Hellooo”

3:11 - “What are you doing??”

3:18 - “?????”

3:22 - “ANSWER”

3:30 - “Ugh”

[WrathOfHan]

46 minutes ago, nick64 said:

I just don’t get the idea of getting annoyed with someone if they don’t answer immediately. If the day is over and they didn’t answer, that’s one thing, but what could you possibly have to say that warrants:

 

2:45 - “Hey”

3:02 - “???”

3:06 - “Hellooo”

3:11 - “What are you doing??”

3:18 - “?????”

3:22 - “ANSWER”

3:30 - “Ugh”

I had to wait 8-9 hours for the second reply in a conversation once

[Water Bottle]

3 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I had to wait 8-9 hours for the second reply in a conversation once

 

One time I didnt reply for a whole week.

[Nova]

7 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I had to wait 8-9 hours for the second reply in a conversation once

I have 185 unread text messages on my phone. 

[DAR]

2 hours ago, AJG said:

Imagine... being 40

[Thrylos 7]

2 hours ago, AJG said:

If you can remember the majority of the 80s you’re old.

Yeah, unfortunately this.....