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AlephZero
12/09/22 5:16:18 PM
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I want to go see a movie this weekend but my local cinema has a strict 'no singles allowed' policy. Do you think it would be worth it to hire a prostitute to see the movie with me? Will the usher know and not allow me in anyway?

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Robot2600
12/09/22 5:17:03 PM
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the usher will know

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TaylorHeinicke
12/09/22 5:17:04 PM
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i would get around it by never going to that theater again because that's a stupid fucking policy

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DrizztLink
12/09/22 5:17:26 PM
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We already know you're three children in a trenchcoat.

Just take off the coat.

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rexcrk
12/09/22 5:17:45 PM
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Theyre not gonna care who you bring as long as its someone.

Or just walk along a group and pretend youre with them all sneaky like


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thronedfire2
12/09/22 5:18:02 PM
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try suing the theater for discrimination

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Tyranthraxus
12/09/22 5:18:21 PM
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No singles means you can't leave a single seat open between what you book and what was already booked. It doesn't mean you have to show up with someone else.

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MrWingnut
12/09/22 5:18:43 PM
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Why is that even a rule?

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FatAnimeBooty
12/09/22 5:20:32 PM
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Movies going after incels
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sabin017
12/09/22 5:21:40 PM
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"But the theater is empty"
"Sorry, it's policy"

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Giant_Aspirin
12/09/22 5:21:45 PM
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wait ... what now? i've never been denied a ticket to anything because i wanted to go by myself. if this is true, LOL theaters, just keep digging your grave deeper. i'll continue to watch movies at home.

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bo_danvers
12/09/22 5:21:46 PM
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Never heard of this.

I go see movies by myself all the time.
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DarkBuster22904
12/09/22 5:26:02 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
No singles means you can't leave a single seat open between what you book and what was already booked. It doesn't mean you have to show up with someone else.
This. It has nothing to do with denying single viewers. You just can't pick your seats in a way that locks them down to ONLY single viewers

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RISEofCHRISTIAN
12/09/22 5:27:56 PM
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That theatre should be CANCELED or SUED for discrimination against singles.

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NoxObscuras
12/09/22 5:30:49 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
No singles means you can't leave a single seat open between what you book and what was already booked. It doesn't mean you have to show up with someone else.
That makes sense. It would be annoying if you're trying to sit together, but a bunch of people bought every other seat.

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InTheEyesOfFire
12/09/22 5:33:43 PM
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TaylorHeinicke posted...
i would get around it by never going to that theater again because that's a stupid fucking policy


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theAteam
12/09/22 5:36:39 PM
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I just tell them my gf lives in another town and they wouldn't know her.

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Philip027
12/09/22 5:37:57 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
No singles means you can't leave a single seat open between what you book and what was already booked. It doesn't mean you have to show up with someone else.

The rule really sounds like it could be phrased way better, in that case.
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WilliamPorygon
12/09/22 5:43:20 PM
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Just bring your sex doll

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Giant_Aspirin
12/09/22 5:45:27 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
No singles means you can't leave a single seat open between what you book and what was already booked. It doesn't mean you have to show up with someone else.

oooh. yeah that makes perfect sense. i've had this happen when buying a ticket for a concert.

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The_Popo
12/09/22 5:46:01 PM
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DarkBuster22904 posted...
This. It has nothing to do with denying single viewers. You just can't pick your seats in a way that locks them down to ONLY single viewers

Ive been in sold out theaters before, where ushers would require people to move closer together to open up any seats that were open in the middle of the rows.

To the people who dont get it, an O is an occupied seat and an X is an open seat. So they want a theater that would otherwise look like this:

O O X O O O O X O O X O X O
O O O X X O O O X O X O X O
O O X O O X O O O X O X O O

To instead look like this:

X X O O O O O O O O O O X X
X X X O O O O O O O O O X X
X X O O O O O O O O O O X X

This way, it opens up more seats for people who are in pairs.

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Letron_James
12/09/22 5:48:01 PM
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Is this a peep show or something lol

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Dakimakura
12/09/22 5:50:34 PM
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AlephZero posted...
Do you think it would be worth it to hire a prostitute to see the movie with me?

Only if you get to fuck her in the end.

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RlP
12/09/22 5:57:44 PM
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AlephZero
12/09/22 6:18:19 PM
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rexcrk posted...
Theyre not gonna care who you bring as long as its someone.

Or just walk along a group and pretend youre with them all sneaky like
I tried this last time but the girls in the group very pointedly told the usher, "He's NOT with us."

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TaylorHeinicke
12/11/22 5:26:34 PM
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DarkBuster22904 posted...
This. It has nothing to do with denying single viewers. You just can't pick your seats in a way that locks them down to ONLY single viewers
Oh.

This makes sense then. Thought it was no singles.

There is no way around it other than to just not go

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Mibahlzitch
12/11/22 5:26:59 PM
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I've never heard of that kind of policy

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Naysaspace
12/11/22 5:28:18 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
No singles means you can't leave a single seat open between what you book and what was already booked. It doesn't mean you have to show up with someone else.
Think of the math on that. Eventually there will be a single seat left open. Usually a triple seat section that will be unbookable, even to a couple.
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FL81
12/11/22 5:29:11 PM
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AlephZero posted...
cinema has a strict 'no singles allowed' policy
I've never even heard of this being a thing outside of the internet

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DarkBuster22904
12/11/22 6:00:03 PM
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Naysaspace posted...
Think of the math on that. Eventually there will be a single seat left open. Usually a triple seat section that will be unbookable, even to a couple.
Eventually, sure. Still a better outcome than dozens of scattered, empty single seats because people decided to use Urinal Logic

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Crimson_Corsair
12/11/22 6:03:19 PM
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Is AlephZero just an unironic Complete_Idiot alt?

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Lost_All_Senses
12/11/22 6:10:41 PM
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If that was a stupid policy here, Id just try to sneak in. If you get caught, you just gotta leave without arguing back and you're fine. Nobody wants to waste their time dealing with someone they can easily tell to leave. Most stuff if you just be like "oop, you got me. Gg." You're fine. It's getting defensive and doubling down that makes others get involved. 9 times out of 10 the person doesn't care enough to report something that can easily keep as nothing

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K181
12/11/22 6:15:13 PM
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I've literally never heard of any theater doing this, aside from maybe having heard of not letting a single dude in to see a kid's movie by himself.

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Jupiter
12/12/22 9:38:29 AM
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I have never heard of this.

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Master_Kazuya
12/12/22 9:39:06 AM
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Why not invite Usher? The usher will be okay with it.

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Master_Kazuya
12/12/22 9:39:51 AM
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Real talk you could bring your friend and say it's your S/O

Also I have never heard of this either

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GrandConjuraton
12/12/22 9:41:20 AM
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Mibahlzitch posted...
I've never heard of that kind of policy
This.

Is it a regional thing? Here, you just buy a ticket and sit wherever you want.

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VampireCoyote
12/12/22 9:42:10 AM
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I just present two of me while watching

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ZevLoveDOOM
12/12/22 9:43:04 AM
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this is the first time i've heard of such thing.

and it sounds pretty fucking stupid...
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Tyranthraxus
12/12/22 9:43:47 AM
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GrandConjuraton posted...
This.

Is it a regional thing? Here, you just buy a ticket and sit wherever you want.
It's selectively enforced based on theater / movie. Basically unless they're expecting a theater to be sold out they don't enforce it.

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BurmesePenguin
12/12/22 9:47:51 AM
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I remember watching Seinfeld when I was a kid and there was an episode where theyre going to the theater but george and jerry were late cause shenanigans, so Elaine had to hold their seats. I was deeply puzzled. It wasnt until years later I would learn of the lunacy of the American theater experience. You dont buy a ticket to a specific seat! You just buy a ticket to the movie and sit where the fuck ever. No wonder such madness as this topic parleys is the result of such anarchy.
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WingsOfGood
12/12/22 9:50:51 AM
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Just bring a booster pack.
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Garioshi
12/12/22 9:54:31 AM
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Thoughts on The Menu (2022)?

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Jupiter
12/12/22 11:34:11 AM
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BurmesePenguin posted...
I remember watching Seinfeld when I was a kid and there was an episode where theyre going to the theater but george and jerry were late cause shenanigans, so Elaine had to hold their seats. I was deeply puzzled. It wasnt until years later I would learn of the lunacy of the American theater experience. You dont buy a ticket to a specific seat! You just buy a ticket to the movie and sit where the fuck ever. No wonder such madness as this topic parleys is the result of such anarchy.
The theaters in my city started the assigned seats a couple years ago. You select your seat when you buy your ticket.

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NoxObscuras
12/12/22 11:43:56 AM
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So many people not reading the topic beyond the opening post. They're still commenting about going alone lol.

BurmesePenguin posted...
I remember watching Seinfeld when I was a kid and there was an episode where theyre going to the theater but george and jerry were late cause shenanigans, so Elaine had to hold their seats. I was deeply puzzled. It wasnt until years later I would learn of the lunacy of the American theater experience. You dont buy a ticket to a specific seat! You just buy a ticket to the movie and sit where the fuck ever. No wonder such madness as this topic parleys is the result of such anarchy.
That's no longer a thing in most theaters. It used to be that you'd just buy a ticket and sit wherever. Reserved seating was only for the more expensive showings. Now though, all showings are reserved seating.

I can't remember when that change kicked in though. It was gradual.

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DarkBuster22904
12/12/22 1:19:33 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
So many people not reading the topic beyond the opening post. They're still commenting about going alone lol.

That's no longer a thing in most theaters. It used to be that you'd just buy a ticket and sit wherever. Reserved seating was only for the more expensive showings. Now though, all showings are reserved seating.

I can't remember when that change kicked in though. It was gradual.
it was gradual, but I remember it kicking into full gear around the Avengers Infinity War/Endgame time-frame.

And I wouldn't be at all surprised if prepping for those sealed the deal

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bigblu89
12/12/22 1:56:51 PM
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Philip027 posted...
The rule really sounds like it could be phrased way better, in that case.
It is. When you try to leave a single seat, like buying 4 seats but buying seats 2-5, leaving set 1 open, it'll advise you that you cannot leave open a single seat.

In most theatres, it's only the policy if the movie is expected to be a near sellout.

Naysaspace posted...
Think of the math on that. Eventually there will be a single seat left open. Usually a triple seat section that will be unbookable, even to a couple.

In most theatres, it's not a hard rule until it gets close to a sellout.

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KhlavicLanguage
12/12/22 2:46:18 PM
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CE is so fucking stupid lmao
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K181
12/12/22 2:47:29 PM
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KhlavicLanguage posted...
CE is so fucking stupid lmao

Yes, but what does that have to do with a topic where most people are saying this isn't an actual policy?

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