Do you turn your phone off in the cinema?

Buffalo wrote:Lot of no’s in the poll

I answered no because I put my phone on silent rather than turn it off.

Memento Mori wrote:
Karl wrote:
Memento Mori wrote:I ending up shouting at them which made me look like a mental.

I'm sure the rest of the cinema were with you though. What did you shout, out of interest? I want to picture this moment. Was it a stern "can you please keep it down" or did you absolutely lose it?

No I lost it. What put me over the edge was them standing up and walking around (right in front of me) several times showing what text messages they'd received. I think I shouted something like "SIT THE strawberry float DOWN, JESUS CHRIST!".

It wasn't even a good movie I wanted to see! It was a free ticket from Limitless but it was the principle. Imagine if it had been Infinity War.

You're my strawberry floating hero :wub:

Memento Mori wrote:
Karl wrote:
Memento Mori wrote:I ending up shouting at them which made me look like a mental.

I'm sure the rest of the cinema were with you though. What did you shout, out of interest? I want to picture this moment. Was it a stern "can you please keep it down" or did you absolutely lose it?

No I lost it. What put me over the edge was them standing up and walking around (right in front of me) several times showing what text messages they'd received. I think I shouted something like "SIT THE strawberry float DOWN, JESUS CHRIST!".

It wasn't even a good movie I wanted to see! It was a free ticket from Limitless but it was the principle. Imagine if it had been Infinity War.

What's the problem people have with sticking it on silent? On my phone there's 3 options from the drop down menu, on, off with vibration and off without vibration.

Did I completely miss 'that scene' in the Last Jedi? I don't recall anything that was tense/quiet? Someone spoiler box me what it was?

Curls wrote:Did I completely miss 'that scene' in the Last Jedi? I don't recall anything that was tense/quiet? Someone spoiler box me what it was?

Alright, just for you!

Hopefully nobody here has neglected to see Last Jedi yet. :slol:

Absolutely glorious. :wub:

I had someone laughing through that whole bit. strawberry floaters.

Alvin what gif->youtube wizardry is that? :capnscotty:

Roonmastor wrote:I had someone laughing through that whole bit. strawberry floaters.

This is why capital punishment should come back.

<]:^D wrote:Alvin what gif->youtube wizardry is that?

Find the gif, apply the img or webm tags as needed, then enclose all of that in URL tags with a link to the video.

Bada-bing, schwing on a wing.

Yes, I always have done

Moggy wrote:
Ad7 wrote:I would happily pay double to be able to go to a cinema that kneecapped anyone who made excessive noise

No. I used to but now it goes on silent because I know I can trust it not to make a noise during the film.

I also won't talk during the film at all because I'm not an asshole.

Buffalo wrote:Lot of no’s in the poll :?

I find it strange that anyone* would have a phone and not be confident enough to use a basic built in feature like DND.

* Ok not 'anyone' but anyone who posts here at least.

HSH28 wrote:
Buffalo wrote:Lot of no’s in the poll

I find it strange that anyone* would have a phone and not be confident enough to use a basic built in feature like DND.

* Ok not 'anyone' but anyone who posts here at least.

I’m guessing you’re referring to ‘Do Not Disturb’? I’ve no idea where that is on my phone, never seen it.

Buffalo wrote:I’m guessing you’re referring to ‘Do Not Disturb’? I’ve no idea where that is on my phone, never seen it.

Depends what phone you have I guess, but on modern Android its under sound settings. On my phone it comes on when you press the volume down button when the volume is already silent, I've also set it to appear as an option on the quick settings dropdown menu.

There's also a preferences option under the sound menu which allows you to set automatic rules for when do not disturb turns on, you can set it to turn on automatically on a timer (week nights after 11 for example) or whenever you have a calendar appointment.

You can also do it from the quick actions if you swipe down you can toggle between sound, vibrate and silent as well as enabling airplane mode there too.

On iOS it's on the swipe up menu.

Nah, I usually just stick it on silent/vibrate.

HSH28 wrote:
Buffalo wrote:Lot of no’s in the poll

I find it strange that anyone* would have a phone and not be confident enough to use a basic built in feature like DND.

* Ok not 'anyone' but anyone who posts here at least.

If the phone is on there's still an opportunity to check it.

Can people really not do without their phone being on for 2 hours?

OH MY GOD WHAT IF THERE'S AN EMERGANCY LIKE A FACEBOOK UPDATE, TWEET FROM SOME RANDOM CELEBRITY OR A TRENDING SIMPSONS MEME I MUST KEEP MY PHONE ON NOW WHERE IS MY 4 CUBIC METRE BOX OF POPCORN GOD THIS MARVEL FILM IS AMAZING I MIGHT SNEAK MY PHONE OUT AND TWEET ABOUT IT DURING A QUITE SCENE I CAN JUST TURN OFF AIRPLANE MODE THEN AND CHECK #HAPPY DAYS #SIMPLES

HSH28 wrote:
Buffalo wrote:I’m guessing you’re referring to ‘Do Not Disturb’? I’ve no idea where that is on my phone, never seen it.

Depends what phone you have I guess, but on modern Android its under sound settings. On my phone it comes on when you press the volume down button when the volume is already silent, I've also set it to appear as an option on the quick settings dropdown menu.

There's also a preferences option under the sound menu which allows you to set automatic rules for when do not disturb turns on, you can set it to turn on automatically on a timer (week nights after 11 for example) or whenever you have a calendar appointment.

Sounds a lot simpler just to turn it off, TBH.

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