Will the shooting of a texter change your cellphone usage in a theater (1 Viewer)

[Statorama]

Offshoot of the other thread involving the retired cop that shot a man in a movie theater because the man refused to quit texting.

Will those events affect your own cellphone usage in a movie theater? Will you be more inclined to shut it down if someone asks? Or do you view the Florida shooting as an isolated incident that won't have any effect on your moviegoing cellphone usage whatsoever?

Have you had run-ins with people texting or making some other kind of disturbance in a theater? Have you been on the other side of that confrontation?

 

[HughHoney]

No but stories like this have made me rethink how I act in public when a confrontation is possible.

 

[Zow]

No to any since I don't find muted texting as a distraction in a theater.

 

[Wilfredo Ledezma]

No but stories like this have made me rethink how I act in public when a confrontation is possible.

Agreed. especially the Road rage cases of late with people getting shot etc. People are ####### nuts these days.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

From now on, I will only text in public when I'm also strapped and ready for battle.

 

[RBM]

No but stories like this have made me rethink how I act in public when a confrontation is possible.

Same. I've always had a pretty big mouth but I'm never going to be strapped so dialing it down needs to be in the cards for me, with all the nut jobs that are (strapped).

And I'm absolutely fine with owning and keeping it home for defense, but I don't get the need to bring it out. All it takes is one freak like this ####### yesterday to destroy an innocent family over nothing.

 

[Apple Jack]

Not even a little bit. Then again I live in civilization so my phone has been on vibrate/silent since 1999.

 

[Fennis]

I decided to switch from a cell phone to a laptop in movie theaters.

 

[Apple Jack]

From now on, I will only text in public when I'm also strapped and ready for battle.

ANd know that if you forget your kevlar that you can used magazines with a little duct tape to protect the vital organs. Won't stop the bullet, but might slow it down enough to save your life.

 

[Terpman22]

Not really. Most of the theaters I go to just have kids/teenagers in it. And it's LA, everyone is stoned.

 

[danielmclark]

The massacre at the theater in Colorado didn't stop me from going to the movies, so I don't see why a guy getting shot for texting would alter my behavior in that regard.

 

[Apple Jack]

The massacre at the theater in Colorado didn't stop me from going to the movies, so I don't see why a guy getting shot for texting would alter my behavior in that regard.

He didn't get shot for texting. He got shot for being a disrespectful ##### to a crazy old person.

 

[lod01]

Why would I ever go to a movie theatre again? Who wants to be near a bunch of mouth breathing, knuckle draggers?

 

[LinusMarr]

No to any since I don't find muted texting as a distraction in a theater.

same here woz...

 

[Clayton Gray]

From now on, I will only text in public when I'm also strapped and ready for battle.

 

[T Bell]

In a place where the sound of the texting is going to be disruptive (which is pretty much anywhere where other people will be) and where I'm going to be sending and receiving a series of texts, I'll set my phone to vibrate. That's one of the first things I do when I go into a theater. Should be common sense, IMO.

I suppose I'm a little more sensitive to this as I'm a litigation attorney and some judges will practically behead you if your phone makes a noise in court.

So in other words, no, this won't change my usage habits.

 

[NCCommish]

No because I leave my phone in the car when I go in to a movie theater. Started doing that back when I was given my first beeper 20+ years ago. I am there to watch the movie not talk, text or see cat videos. Unless cat videos are part of the movie.

 

[Parrothead]

no, but from now on I will frisk anyone sitting close to me

 

[jwb]

Why would anyone feel the need to text in a theater in the first place? I'm not a heavy text user, so find it odd that one can't be out of touch for two hours. And if you *must* text, is it that hard to leave the theater and not bother everyone else?

I'm just astounded at the people who think that they (and their kids) matter more than anything else in public, to the point where they are astonishingly rude.

 

[Sarnoff]

Gonna carry my gun to the theater more often so I can police these rampant texters.

 

[T Bell]

Why would anyone feel the need to text in a theater in the first place? I'm not a heavy text user, so find it odd that one can't be out of touch for two hours. And if you *must* text, is it that hard to leave the theater and not bother everyone else?

I'm just astounded at the people who think that they (and their kids) matter more than anything else in public, to the point where they are astonishingly rude.

Based upon the age of the kid, they were probably texting grandma who was watching her as this was her first time without mom or dad around. It's a plausible scenario.

 

[Brony]

Why would I ever go to a movie theatre again? Who wants to be near a bunch of mouth breathing, knuckle draggers?

That's no way to talk about gun holders. Some of them have graduated from high school I hear.

 

[LinusMarr]

Why would anyone feel the need to text in a theater in the first place? I'm not a heavy text user, so find it odd that one can't be out of touch for two hours. And if you *must* text, is it that hard to leave the theater and not bother everyone else?

I'm just astounded at the people who think that they (and their kids) matter more than anything else in public, to the point where they are astonishingly rude.

Being single i text ALOT! But its always on silent i guarrantee nobody can hear me text in a loud ### movie theatre during previews. Once the movie starts i normally shut my phone off and put it in my pocket

 

[Leroy Hoard]

no, but from now on I will frisk anyone sitting close to me

You may find them very receptive to that in certain types of movie theaters.

 

[Copeman]

While your texting might be quiet, the light coming from your phone is even more distracting. Turn your phone off people. You can do it. I know it's like your little drug, but at least try.

 

[LinusMarr]

While your texting might be quiet, the light coming from your phone is even more distracting. Turn your phone off people. You can do it. I know it's like your little drug, but at least try.

I dont understand how a teeny light can be distracting while you have a huge light coming from the movie screen lol

I dont find it distracting at all, i just think people like to whine about meaningless things like that...

 

[Two Deep]

No because I leave my phone in the car when I go in to a movie theater. Started doing that back when I was given my first beeper 20+ years ago. I am there to watch the movie not talk, text or see cat videos. Unless cat videos are part of the movie.

This....Why can't you texters put it down for 2 hours and enjoy a movie without distraction? I just don't get the phone addiction. That is what it is....an addiction.

 

[LinusMarr]

No because I leave my phone in the car when I go in to a movie theater. Started doing that back when I was given my first beeper 20+ years ago. I am there to watch the movie not talk, text or see cat videos. Unless cat videos are part of the movie.

This....Why can't you texters put it down for 2 hours and enjoy a movie without distraction? I just don't get the phone addiction. That is what it is....an addiction.

We have a bunch of womenz texting us is why

 

[jonessed]

People that text in movie theaters suck. If you have something important to respond to step outside and deal with it.

The more important lesson here is to avoid fighting if you have something to lose. It's not worth it.

 

[LinusMarr]

People that text in movie theaters suck. If you have something important to respond to step outside and deal with it.

No i prefer to sit there and text quietly, thanks for the suggestion tho...

 

[Copeman]

While your texting might be quiet, the light coming from your phone is even more distracting. Turn your phone off people. You can do it. I know it's like your little drug, but at least try.

I dont understand how a teeny light can be distracting while you have a huge light coming from the movie screen lolI dont find it distracting at all, i just think people like to whine about meaningless things like that...

It's very distracting. Especially if you are right behind the person. I understand that you don't understand. That's part of the problem.

 

[LinusMarr]

While your texting might be quiet, the light coming from your phone is even more distracting. Turn your phone off people. You can do it. I know it's like your little drug, but at least try.

I dont understand how a teeny light can be distracting while you have a huge light coming from the movie screen lolI dont find it distracting at all, i just think people like to whine about meaningless things like that...

It's very distracting. Especially if you are right behind the person. I understand that you don't understand. That's part of the problem.

Nah, im like a texting ninja in the theatre, you never see it coming...Boo!

 

[El Floppo]

Why would anyone feel the need to text in a theater in the first place? I'm not a heavy text user, so find it odd that one can't be out of touch for two hours. And if you *must* text, is it that hard to leave the theater and not bother everyone else?

I'm just astounded at the people who think that they (and their kids) matter more than anything else in public, to the point where they are astonishingly rude.

Based upon the age of the kid, they were probably texting grandma who was watching her as this was her first time without mom or dad around. It's a plausible scenario.

Or the paid baby-sitter, which is what happens with us all the time.

For me- going to the movies is about getting lost in the experience. Loud people, people eating smelly food outside the theater, and now people with their bright screens that they feel they have to check every few minutes annoy the living #### out of me and ruin the movie experience.

But anything goes during the previews, IMO- just shut it down for the feature.

 

[NCCommish]

No because I leave my phone in the car when I go in to a movie theater. Started doing that back when I was given my first beeper 20+ years ago. I am there to watch the movie not talk, text or see cat videos. Unless cat videos are part of the movie.

This....Why can't you texters put it down for 2 hours and enjoy a movie without distraction? I just don't get the phone addiction. That is what it is....an addiction.

We have a bunch of womenz texting us is why

Yeah I find women like it better when you don't act like you are waiting on them to contact you because you got so little going on. A little hard to get goes a long way.

 

[Politician Spock]

This won't change texters at all. They will continue doing it in theaters... and in their cars while driving too.

 

[Rayderr]

No but stories like this have made me rethink how I act in public when a confrontation is possible.

Always treat people as thought they the capability both mentally and physically to kill you. If everybody did this, we'd all live in peace and harmony. (going way back to Smoo's 3 free kills theory.)

 

[koby925]

Getting back on topic, these recent extreme incidents have had me thinking more. I generally don't let little things people do annoy me. That said, when people repeatedly poke the bear or when I perceive harm to my family, I have gotten into some altercations. Gotta wonder where the line is now between getting walked over and standing up for yourself.

 

[jwb]

People that text in movie theaters suck. If you have something important to respond to step outside and deal with it.

No i prefer to sit there and text quietly, thanks for the suggestion tho...

in all honesty, this is a big problem today. "No, I'm going to do it anyway, even if it annoys you"

And trust me, the light is distracting.

 

[LinusMarr]

No because I leave my phone in the car when I go in to a movie theater. Started doing that back when I was given my first beeper 20+ years ago. I am there to watch the movie not talk, text or see cat videos. Unless cat videos are part of the movie.

This....Why can't you texters put it down for 2 hours and enjoy a movie without distraction? I just don't get the phone addiction. That is what it is....an addiction.

We have a bunch of womenz texting us is why

Yeah I find women like it better when you don't act like you are waiting on them to contact you because you got so little going on. A little hard to get goes a long way.

Thanks for the advice but i am doing ok with my current strategy. The "snooze you lose" theory is correct when it comes to online dating...

 

[Two Deep]

Why would anyone feel the need to text in a theater in the first place? I'm not a heavy text user, so find it odd that one can't be out of touch for two hours. And if you *must* text, is it that hard to leave the theater and not bother everyone else?

I'm just astounded at the people who think that they (and their kids) matter more than anything else in public, to the point where they are astonishingly rude.

Based upon the age of the kid, they were probably texting grandma who was watching her as this was her first time without mom or dad around. It's a plausible scenario.

Or the paid baby-sitter, which is what happens with us all the time.

For me- going to the movies is about getting lost in the experience. Loud people, people eating smelly food outside the theater, and now people with their bright screens that they feel they have to check every few minutes annoy the living #### out of me and ruin the movie experience.

But anything goes during the previews, IMO- just shut it down for the feature.

Its already been reported that the 22 month old kid was at daycare.

 

[NCCommish]

No because I leave my phone in the car when I go in to a movie theater. Started doing that back when I was given my first beeper 20+ years ago. I am there to watch the movie not talk, text or see cat videos. Unless cat videos are part of the movie.

This....Why can't you texters put it down for 2 hours and enjoy a movie without distraction? I just don't get the phone addiction. That is what it is....an addiction.

We have a bunch of womenz texting us is why

Yeah I find women like it better when you don't act like you are waiting on them to contact you because you got so little going on. A little hard to get goes a long way.

Thanks for the advice but i am doing ok with my current strategy. The "snooze you lose" theory is correct when it comes to online dating...

Yeah I never online dated. And really I am supposed to be worried that some chick can't wait two hours to hear back? Plenty more where that one came from.

 

[Statorama]

Now that essentially every movie is online, I rarely go to the theater.

The light from a phone in a darkened theater is a distraction to me, and most people respond to a courteous request to shut it off. I live out in the boonies, so your mileage may vary.

I power my phone down fully when I'm at the theater and that will not change.

 

[El Floppo]

Why would anyone feel the need to text in a theater in the first place? I'm not a heavy text user, so find it odd that one can't be out of touch for two hours. And if you *must* text, is it that hard to leave the theater and not bother everyone else?

I'm just astounded at the people who think that they (and their kids) matter more than anything else in public, to the point where they are astonishingly rude.

Based upon the age of the kid, they were probably texting grandma who was watching her as this was her first time without mom or dad around. It's a plausible scenario.

Or the paid baby-sitter, which is what happens with us all the time.

For me- going to the movies is about getting lost in the experience. Loud people, people eating smelly food outside the theater, and now people with their bright screens that they feel they have to check every few minutes annoy the living #### out of me and ruin the movie experience.

But anything goes during the previews, IMO- just shut it down for the feature.

Its already been reported that the 22 month old kid was at daycare.

ok?

 

[LinusMarr]

No because I leave my phone in the car when I go in to a movie theater. Started doing that back when I was given my first beeper 20+ years ago. I am there to watch the movie not talk, text or see cat videos. Unless cat videos are part of the movie.

This....Why can't you texters put it down for 2 hours and enjoy a movie without distraction? I just don't get the phone addiction. That is what it is....an addiction.

We have a bunch of womenz texting us is why

Yeah I find women like it better when you don't act like you are waiting on them to contact you because you got so little going on. A little hard to get goes a long way.

Thanks for the advice but i am doing ok with my current strategy. The "snooze you lose" theory is correct when it comes to online dating...

Yeah I never online dated. And really I am supposed to be worried that some chick can't wait two hours to hear back? Plenty more where that one came from.

Well normally i am trying to keep up with 8-10 so they keep me busy. I am sure they would wait but if someone wants to get all bent over a silent, little light during previews he has the issue, not me...

 

[Sarnoff]

While your texting might be quiet, the light coming from your phone is even more distracting. Turn your phone off people. You can do it. I know it's like your little drug, but at least try.

I dont understand how a teeny light can be distracting while you have a huge light coming from the movie screen lol

Really?

It's the rule of Dominant Contrast. The first thing your eye is drawn to is the most dominant contrast in your field of view. While the movie screen is large & bright, a constantly moving small, bright white spot just in the corner of your vision, completely surrounded by the black darkness of the rest of the theater, will always draw your attention away from the central image.

You're telling me if you're home watching a movie on your big screen TV in a dark room, and one of your kids sneaks up in front of the screen, and from a foot or two below aims a flashlight at your eyes, you're not going to notice or find it distracting?

 

[LinusMarr]

While your texting might be quiet, the light coming from your phone is even more distracting. Turn your phone off people. You can do it. I know it's like your little drug, but at least try.

I dont understand how a teeny light can be distracting while you have a huge light coming from the movie screen lol

Really?

It's the rule of Dominant Contrast. The first thing your eye is drawn to is the most dominant contrast in your field of view. While the movie screen is large & bright, a constantly moving small, bright white spot just in the corner of your vision, completely surrounded by the black darkness of the rest of the theater, will always draw your attention away from the central image.

You're telling me if you're home watching a movie on your big screen TV in a dark room, and one of your kids sneaks up in front of the screen, and from a foot or two below aims a flashlight at your eyes, you're not going to notice or find it distracting?

A flashlight to a cell phone light, is that the best you can do?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Now I'm not saying he should have killed him... but I understand.

 

[Clifford]

No but stories like this have made me rethink how I act in public when a confrontation is possible.

Agreed. especially the Road rage cases of late with people getting shot etc. People are ####### nuts these days.

Thanks to the 2nd amendment and the NRA I watch myself whenever I am around agitated whiteys. They're a national menace.

 

[jwb]

While your texting might be quiet, the light coming from your phone is even more distracting. Turn your phone off people. You can do it. I know it's like your little drug, but at least try.

I dont understand how a teeny light can be distracting while you have a huge light coming from the movie screen lol

Really?

It's the rule of Dominant Contrast. The first thing your eye is drawn to is the most dominant contrast in your field of view. While the movie screen is large & bright, a constantly moving small, bright white spot just in the corner of your vision, completely surrounded by the black darkness of the rest of the theater, will always draw your attention away from the central image.

You're telling me if you're home watching a movie on your big screen TV in a dark room, and one of your kids sneaks up in front of the screen, and from a foot or two below aims a flashlight at your eyes, you're not going to notice or find it distracting?

A flashlight to a cell phone light, is that the best you can do?

Now you're just trolling. Enough of us have said it's distracting. Knowing this, are you going to continue with the "if it is, so what?" line of thought?

 

[Rayderr]

No but stories like this have made me rethink how I act in public when a confrontation is possible.

Agreed. especially the Road rage cases of late with people getting shot etc. People are ####### nuts these days.

Thanks to the 2nd amendment and the NRA I watch myself whenever I am around agitated whiteys. They're a national menace.

Good thinking. Black people never have guns.