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Just +1'ing, mostly.

Hanging out in the Asylum and OOT forums makes me feel like a kid again. I see all these people with post counts in the tens of thousands and I look at mine and it's only 1800. I think since I'm posting more often than I ever have, I'm going to start something fun and interesting when I ding 2k, because even if it's a drop in the bucket for some of you guys, it's a big deal to me!

Edited, Apr 30th 2012 12:11pm by Bigdaddyjug

You're not the boss of me.

I've done both alone before, but prefer to have company. Following the stated conditions, I'm more adverse to dining alone than watching a movie alone. I can't imagine dining alone and getting a table in any sort of hosted eatery. I'd get a spot at the bar, or find someplace to eat where I'm not going to be occupying a table that a whole group might use. Honestly, it's more about being rude than about being self conscious about being alone. Obviously, this does not apply to diners, lunch rooms, etc. But the question was about seated/hosted tables, which those are generally not. I suppose something like Denny's late at night when it's not busy, I might take a table/booth, but then that's not really a mid level restaurant either. Even when I'm traveling, I'll usually just get takeout or room service rather than sitting down somewhere. Hotel bar/restaurant being the possible exception of course, but I'll usually try to sit at the bar if there is one in that situation as well.


As to movies? While I tend to prefer to go with friends, I will go see a film I'm really interested in alone if timing doesn't allow for a group of us to go. It seems like films go in and out of the theater a lot faster than they used to, so it's honestly tricky to schedule to see them sometimes. There's lots of films that come out and a couple friends will all be like "OH! Let's all go see that together!", but not this weekend, because of X, and the other person can't go the next weekend, because of Y, and by weekend 3, it's only showing in like 5 places, and if you don't get there on week 4 you're waiting for it to come out on DVD. So yeah, sometimes I'll realize that if I don't just drive to a theater and see it myself right now, today, this minute, while I've got a few hours of free time, I'm not going to see it in the theater at all, with or without other people.


Of course, I just realized that the tiny little theater that's right near where I live has been remodeled and it's this thing now. I knew they'd been redoing it (and all the other stuff in that mall area, making grocery shopping a pain sometimes *waves cane*), but hadn't actually tried going there since they finished. Someone was raving about this new super-luxury theater, and I'm like "that sounds cool, where is it?", only to realize it's like 3 blocks from my house. Hmmmm... So does it count as eating out by yourself if you go in there and order food? Do we need a separate category for this?

Edited, Apr 30th 2012 1:41pm by gbaji

Hussy!

I have the opposite of that here. At what used to be the dirt mall, the cinema is still there showing second runs (about six months old) for $2 matinees. So I'll usually wait till my movie shows up there and try to hit it up on a weekday afternoon.

You were kind of beaten to the punch by the airline industry. Of course, while they get you to a different destination, your idea would allow one to simply walk out of the movie.

I was thinking "Chris Browns".












Waiting to see if anyone gets that.

Yeah, I guess it would have been funnier a few months ago.

Once again I have no idea what's going on.

Oh well.

We'll just call that "six degrees of sucky joke" and move on!