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I went to the cinema last night last minute which meant either waiting an hour or seeing The Mechanic

so I went in, it was about 1/2 full, audience mostly 15-35 which given the subject wasn't surprising.

I sat down in the cheap seats ( too tight to pay extra to sit 1 row further back)

The lights dim and the ads come on, then it starts with the bloody phones, light on, light off, 5 minutes, light on light off.

I thought they'll stop when the film starts, after all they've paid £7 to get in

does it *******s, I ended up sat 3 rows from the front so the constant distraction like a disco glitter ball is at least 3 rows behind me.

has the attention span of the average teenager dropped to 5 minutes or does facebook rule their lives so much they have to constantly check in case one of their friend has got another spot
 
neil_g said:
what film was it? i'll make sure to avoid that one.. :lol:

seriously though, over 18 viewings late in the evening are the way forward.
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It was The Mechanic, a no brainer action film which wasn't as bad as I was expecting despite being so close to the screen I got a crick in my neck
 
I think I'll be the first of my friends to like this. :lol:
 
Haha...kids of today eh... I gave one of my Sons mates a lift home a couple of weeks ago, and so my Son is in the front of the car, his mate is sat in the back, and all you can hear is my son's phone going off and his mates... constant 'brrrr' and his mates 'brrrr'.

After we had dropped his mate, it stopped and I said to my Son what was all that about, and he said they were instant messaging each other on their Blackberry's!

I nearly fell on the floor.... :lol:

I like twitter and the new media age - heaven knows, I'm trying to start a new business with it, but when the kids are IM'ing each other instead of talking cos their Dads about, well that does take it to new heights!
 
I stopped going to the cinema regularly when some brain dead teenage couple brought their persistently crying months-old baby in to a 9 o'clock showing of some crash-bang action film [I forget which] . A complaint to the management fell on deaf ears. "We let babies in at any time" they said.

So now I'll only go to the latest showing, usually 11-ish. And only maybe once a year, if that. I watch my films on dvd [after first release prices have fallen] via an expensive home AV system. Or occasionally, other means.
 
wibbly said:
Haha...kids of today eh... I gave one of my Sons mates a lift home a couple of weeks ago, and so my Son is in the front of the car, his mate is sat in the back, and all you can hear is my son's phone going off and his mates... constant 'brrrr' and his mates 'brrrr'.

After we had dropped his mate, it stopped and I said to my Son what was all that about, and he said they were instant messaging each other on their Blackberry's!

I nearly fell on the floor.... :lol:
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There's a method in this madness. The messages are probably something like "Sorry my dad wears clothes like this", "Does your dad always smell funny?" or "Just pretend you're interested in what he's saying"

In the appropriate text language complete with spelling mistakes of course.
 
wack61 said:
I went to the cinema last night last minute which meant either waiting an hour or seeing The Mechanic

so I went in, it was about 1/2 full, audience mostly 15-35 which given the subject wasn't surprising.

I sat down in the cheap seats ( too tight to pay extra to sit 1 row further back)

The lights dim and the ads come on, then it starts with the bloody phones, light on, light off, 5 minutes, light on light off.

I thought they'll stop when the film starts, after all they've paid £7 to get in

does it *******s, I ended up sat 3 rows from the front so the constant distraction like a disco glitter ball is at least 3 rows behind me.

has the attention span of the average teenager dropped to 5 minutes or does facebook rule their lives so much they have to constantly check in case one of their friend has got another spot
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My friend is the same way,

in fact he put on his facebook status, that he was at the cinema watching a film, can't remember what one.
Anyways, I commented on it saying: Log off of facebook and watch the bloody film :lol:
 
MisterE said:
There's a method in this madness. The messages are probably something like "Sorry my dad wears clothes like this", "Does your dad always smell funny?" or "Just pretend you're interested in what he's saying"

In the appropriate text language complete with spelling mistakes of course.
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Well that's strange you say that, as that's usually the Wife and I tweeting that to each other about our kids :lol:
 
Short answer would be a loud NO

I like Facebook, but get fed up with people that live there lives vicariously via it and air many forms of issues over it, I like being able to keep up with friends and family, look at photos etc, I also make use of it to publicise my photos and other things

Matt
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Use it every day, but only as a distraction or to arrange events, if I've got something better to do I'll do that instead. Certainly wouldn't inflict it on cinema go'ers! I do wonder what will happen to the latest generation who've grown up entirely on the net, be interesting to see how the dynamic of socialising will change...
 
Went to a mates 40th party last year (haven't senn him nor fellow mates for a couple of years) and they were all facebooking on their phones & they're all 40+ :$
 
The most ironic thing of all is kids are addicted to these social network sites and spend less time being social with friends in person. Pretty soon the ability to write with a pen will be behind us. I mean chip n pin cards have already written out signing on reciepts, so its only a matter of time before they get a job interview and the boss hands them an application form and a pen and they look at him as if he just whipped his cock on the table and asked "can you keep a secret?"

Seriously i worry about the next few possible generations of kids that have all this technology and entertainment at their fingertips yet still compain "we got nothing to do."
 
archamedes said:
Pretty soon the ability to write with a pen will be behind us.
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I do not see this as a bad thing. I'd be happy to never have to use a pen again. I'm 41, so hardly a teenager.
 
Do you guys really, really think it's just Facebook they're on....and do you guys really think so derogatory of the awesome new media age we live in...? <shocked>
 
What ever happened to ..................... Myspace :$ :exit:
 
My daughter is always on the blackberry, even when at the flicks.
We went to a local park on Sunday with my son and played a few ball games which was constantantly disrupted by my daughter's FB messages. :( Wonder how long it will take before my son is FB addicted. :'(
 
NigelPaul said:
My daughter is always on the blackberry, even when at the flicks.
We went to a local park on Sunday with my son and played a few ball games which was constantantly disrupted by my daughter's FB messages. :( Wonder how long it will take before my son is FB addicted. :'(
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at least you have found her weakness you can use when she's bad. Forget being grounded ,thats so old fashioned, take their phones off them and they are begging for forgivness
 
archamedes said:
at least you have found her weakness you can use when she's bad. Forget being grounded ,thats so old fashioned, take their phones off them and they are begging for forgivness
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:thumbs: Good idea! :D
 
archamedes said:
at least you have found her weakness you can use when she's bad. Forget being grounded ,thats so old fashioned, take their phones off them and they are begging for forgivness
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My Son got a bad comment from a teacher in his school planner so I took his Xbox off him for a week, we're on day 4 so far and it's like his life is over.

it's not the perfect punishment though as him asking if he can have it back every 10 minutes is really getting on my tits
 
I was at party over Xmas and i was watching people sitting in the midst of it all mates all around them checking their Facebook ! Unbelievable these werent teens either all 40 plus !
Saddos ! We're going to lose any interpersonal skills the way we're going - no doubt there'll soon be a virtual shag app for Iphone too !
 
MisterE said:
I stopped going to the cinema regularly when some brain dead teenage couple brought their persistently crying months-old baby in to a 9 o'clock showing of some crash-bang action film [I forget which] . A complaint to the management fell on deaf ears. "We let babies in at any time" they said.

So now I'll only go to the latest showing, usually 11-ish. And only maybe once a year, if that. I watch my films on dvd [after first release prices have fallen] via an expensive home AV system. Or occasionally, other means.
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Surely the Baby did not meet the age rating and got kicked out???:lol::lol:
 
wack61 said:
My Son got a bad comment from a teacher in his school planner so I took his Xbox off him for a week, we're on day 4 so far and it's like his life is over.

it's not the perfect punishment though as him asking if he can have it back every 10 minutes is really getting on my tits
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A week? That's really harsh. Really :eek:
 
Give him back the x box.

Just pinch the lead that connects it to the tv, or his controllers.............
 
My daughter is nineteen and a ten quid top up lasts her about six months, even if she takes the phone its hardly ever turned on, that's saved for when she has to make a call.

Can't work out what all these people are doing on phones, like little toys for teenagers and adults alike, much prefer being unobtainable thank you very much
 
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johnb said:
We use Facebook to see what our 20 years old+ daughters are up to!
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And that's why I'd never accept my parents on facebook! Mind you my parents have also said they'd never try to look at my facebook because to them it's an invasion of my privacy; I'm inclined to agree with them.
 
Have to confess to being a facebooker .. see no harm with it at all ... also I farmville *shocking* lol
 
I deleted my facebook accept yesterday!!!

It annoys me though...re mobiles...everyone I know always has threes on, always responds etc, but my gf some 600 km away only turns hers on to make a 999 call, if ever! Drives me mad!

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