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What is it with Boomers and talking loudly in movie theatres?

Bonanza said:
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In this week's episode of "What grinds my gears", we turn our attention to Boomers that loudly talk during movie theatres. Granted, the Boomers can't take all the credit, as I've seen many an obnoxious teenager doing teenager shit in theatres too. But I understand them, as their brains aren't fully formed, and I suspect they are/were raised by Boomers that talk during movies.

So what's the deal? Why are these people this way?

The normal scenario is old Betty and old Gerald saunter into the theatre, usually late, when the lights have gone down and their old eyes can't see anything. They loudly flomp down, and immediately proceed to have a conversation as if it's a day at the beach. They are usually the last people in the theatre to figure out the plot, and then long after everyone else has moved on, they loudly comment on the plotline advancing: "Oh he's the bad guy!" or "The Dinosaur's in there!" or something else completely idiotic.

No whispering here-- loud, high-decibel level manner of speaking.

Whoops, forgot to silence the text ringer which is at rocket-launching-level loudness! Pull out that Iphone 10 with screen brightness at 100, take 5-10 seconds to figure out how to silence it, and then loudly comment to their companion about what happened on the phone.

Why are these people this way?
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Maybe it was boomers telling younger generations to shut the fuck up and turn their phones off? Yeah that’s probably more like it :flipoff2:

Boomers go to the movies riiiiiiiiight :lmao:
 
Ummduh said:
How do you feel about your neighbors' basketball habits?
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I lived in a small house about 10 years ago next to a rental house. The 3 bedroom next door was rented to a family of black people with 5 kids. The father didn’t want the kids in the house ever. They bounced a basketball 24/7. My house being 900sqft meant that there was no where to hide from the noise and shockwave of that damn bouncing ball. Every neighbor in about a 5 house radius hated these kids. I can still hear it now…bounce bounce bang bounce bounce bounce.

One day before going to work I saw those white metal scuff marks that you get when you drag metal on black top for about a mile or so then I see a basket ball hoop in the ditch. Sure enough it’s the neighbors. Someone had chained it to a car and dragged it away and thrown in a ditch. I honestly had no idea who did it but was happy. I figured the noise would stop.But did it? No. Fuck no. They just dribbled those balls all fucking day now.

A week goes by and one day the 82 year old man from across the street hobbles over to me and my buddies and tells us with a huge smile about what he did to the hoop. Chained it to his old man Lincoln town car. Guy had a sick wife and had enough. He said he was working on a plan to deal with the dribbling. Family was evicted about 3 weeks later and all their stuff was piled on the curb and in the pile of stuff was about 30 basketballs. I’ll never know what the old man’s plan was to stop those kids from dribbling was.
 
I haven't been to a theater since around 2010 $3 dollar afternoon mantena of the Diehard movie where he took a helecopter out with a car. At one point the bad guy treatens his family, and some lady in the back spoke up and said "Oh you are so fucked now" the whole group there started laughing, one of her friends said "Gerorgia you cantsay that" Gerogias answer was "well he is!"
 
BigBurt said:
I lived in a small house about 10 years ago next to a rental house. The 3 bedroom next door was rented to a family of black people with 5 kids. The father didn’t want the kids in the house ever. They bounced a basketball 24/7. My house being 900sqft meant that there was no where to hide from the noise and shockwave of that damn bouncing ball. Every neighbor in about a 5 house radius hated these kids. I can still hear it now…bounce bounce bang bounce bounce bounce.

One day before going to work I saw those white metal scuff marks that you get when you drag metal on black top for about a mile or so then I see a basket ball hoop in the ditch. Sure enough it’s the neighbors. Someone had chained it to a car and dragged it away and thrown in a ditch. I honestly had no idea who did it but was happy. I figured the noise would stop.But did it? No. Fuck no. They just dribbled those balls all fucking day now.

A week goes by and one day the 82 year old man from across the street hobbles over to me and my buddies and tells us with a huge smile about what he did to the hoop. Chained it to his old man Lincoln town car. Guy had a sick wife and had enough. He said he was working on a plan to deal with the dribbling. Family was evicted about 3 weeks later and all their stuff was piled on the curb and in the pile of stuff was about 30 basketballs. I’ll never know what the old man’s plan was to stop those kids from dribbling was.
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Well I'm a boomer and I don't think we're the crowd doing that, but since you just confirmed how sensitive you young wipper snappers are I may just go to a movie theatre, which I haven't been in decades, and have myself a little loud talkfest....:flipoff2:

Maybe I complain about all the litter on the floor.
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I don’t go to theaters much and maybe I’m a sucker but I’ll only go to a more expensive theater/showing like IMAX, Dolby Atmos, or a luxury theater where it costs more and that’s only for movies I REALLY want to see. 1) people at those theaters/showings are paying more for a better experience; less likely to make trouble. 2) if I were to confront someone about being annoying they’re more likely to “get it” and actually stop without escalating.
 
Sandy Johnson said:
I used to have an absolutely psycho girlfriend. And I mean psycho like starting fights with people in bars and things like that. So one day I'm at the movies with here and there's this lady in the front row everyone walks past when they first come in. She had a little kid who was running around playing in the walkway when we came in and they happened to run into her. That's all it takes for psycho person to decide they don't like someone, so she immediately decided she didn't like that kid. We go find our seats and the movie starts, and for the first 30 minutes or so, this kid keeps talking/yelling/making little kid playing noises while the entire theater is trying to watch the movie. This isn't a kid movie either, it was like James Bond or something like that. Anyway, there's a quiet part in the movie and all anyone can hear is just this little kid loudly talking. Luckily for everyone else in the movie theater, I had brought my psycho girlfriend. She lets loose in a dark theater with:
"Shut that kid up or I'll stab it in the fucking face!"

Kid was immediately silenced and shortly after the lady packed up and left. People clapped.
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I’ve been at a lot of theaters that I wish your ex was at. :laughing:
 
Slander said:
Boomers turn into blacks as they get older. Loud in movies, walking around talking on their speaker phones loud as shit, and demand their gibs from the .gov



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I have noted that old people steal too. :lmao:

I have not been to the theatre in a long time but I have always had pretty good luck. My dad had a string of really bad experiences with people talking and kicking his chair etc. for a few years every time he would go. Going to the nicer theatre with a bar and recliner chairs is probably the way to go.
 
Just had the same boomer experience at a movie theater.

Talking, phones out, volume on and ringer volume at jet engine volume. Of course the phone rings multiple times.
 
Bunch of freakin babies..... OH poor me, boomers are mean and hurt our feelings and ruined the world......:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

Shed a tear for me.

But the world is way off worse now, weird...........



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87manche said:
almost like 40 years of boomers running the country fucked it all up.
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Boomers complaining about today's adults cracks me up. They're the ones who raised them.

When boomers complain about the current youth.... it's their kids who are raising that "youth"


A long time ago I got the best advice I could ever get from a cranky old lesbian lady with zero social skills who worked in IT. I was at work bitching about my then girlfriend and she yelled from over her cubicle wall:
"Don't complain about the girl you chose to be with! It just makes you sound like a looser who can't do any better. Date her and shut up or break up with her."

Boomers complaining about generations that came after them sound a lot like that.
 
To be fair to boomers, the world has changed a lot since they were kids and a lot of them have a difficult time understanding it or adapting to it. An adult that would rather play online video games on a friday night instead of going out to a bar - lazy in their minds. Anyone that wants to work from home and can do all of their work on a computer - lazy. Wanting to actually take vacations instead of always working 100 hours a week - lazy. Etc Etc Etc. I assume you had a lot of the same mentality as society switched from lamps and outhouses to electricity, running water, phones, etc.

My BIL is very successful in his business. He's close to retirement and has a couple nice houses, restored cars, etc. My 78yo dad can't wrap his head around how he can afford all that. "he must have loans out the ass and probably don't own anything". To my dad, real life is a 3/2 house you pay $30k cash for and a chevy in the driveway all from grinding at your 9-5. Like you could back in the 50's/60's.
 
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