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4. Why do I get nasty looks when I send a simple, quiet text while at the movies?
The primary goal of every movie is to transport viewers to a place where they suspend their disbelief; they forget where they are and instead are completely engrossed in the story they're watching. That's what makes movies great. The moment a viewer is disturbed, however, they fall out of that reverie and the experience is ruined. Each of them just dumped $12 to sit in a room with a hundred strangers. Unfortunately for movie viewers, today's phones, especially large-screened smart phones, have incredibly bright screens (many of which have ambient light sensors, which boost brightness in the dark), just popping your phone on for an instant is like shining a flashlight in the eyes of everyone beside and behind you. So cut it out.
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Subscribe to commentsxo0mJan 7th 2009 11:26AM
'...Because today's phones, especially large-screened smartphones, have incredibly bright screens (many of which have ambient light sensors, which boost brightness in the dark), just popping your phone on for an instant is like shining a flashlight in the eyes of everyone beside and behind you...'
FYI - I think you meant to say that the ambient light sensors 'LOWER brightness in the dark.' Regardless, you're right - the big screen is never big enough if there's but one iphone screen on.
DavidJan 9th 2009 7:16AM
Ambient light sensors lower screen intensity in the dark, not raise it. It's just that our eyes are way ahead ot it in adjusted sensitivity.
LucieJan 9th 2009 8:47AM
This last fall a young co-workers husband was killed in an automobile accident. At the wake, there was this young couple, neatly dresses, polite and professional looking. They were sitting in the middle on the room in the rows of chairs. The man pulled out his phone and began text messaging. Not one, not two, but he went on and on. Meanwhile people were talking to family members, coworkers, etc. He should have left the funeral home...such indifference !
FrankieJan 9th 2009 8:55AM
Having to put up with hearing someone's personal conversations, being interrupted in an in-person conversation by someone who just must answer their cell phone, hearing cell phones rings in cell-phones-off areas...all this and the other rude things some cell phone users to is what I call cell phone stress. I react not too nicely to it, I'm sorry to say. If someone interrupts an in-person conversation with me to answer their cell phone, I just turn and walk away from them. If someone is having a loud conversation on their cell phone in a public place and I'm subjected to it, I loudly tell them to take it outside or to a more private place, no one else is interested in their conversation. I can't help it. Rude begets rude.
lahmillerJan 9th 2009 11:21AM
do your simple quiet text outside the movie. Are you there to watch a movie, or send texts to friends?? Show respect for others around you. You dont need to multi task at a movie,
trefighter2334Jan 9th 2009 12:00PM
"FYI - I think you meant to say that the ambient light sensors 'LOWER brightness in the dark.'"
Are you stupid?
FuddJan 9th 2009 4:57PM
Nope. He/She is right. Why would the brightness need to be boosted in the dark? The contrast between the darkness and the normal brightness of the screen already makes it look brighter in the dark, thus, to be legible, it does not need to be as bright in the dark as it does in a light area. Think about it: For comparison, does an ordinary (non-adjusting) flashlight look brighter to you in the day time or at night?
BevJan 9th 2009 12:26PM
I think "cell phones" and the "like" are a blight on the social horizon! It isn't the fault of the equipment, it is the idiots that are using it. Seeing women, with a car full of kids, driving her "mini-van", with a cell phone hanging out of her ear...is one of the most FRIGHTENING encounters one can have on the highway!!!!!!
GaryJan 9th 2009 1:40PM
These questions were boring and common sense. Why not ask one like, is it ok to answer my phone while my boyfried is having sex with me? I mean, if I can't answer, can I send a simple text (I can do that with one hand).
Answer - No, wait a minute until he is done, then call back.