I just go pee when I need to. Go with the flow is a better policy than subjecting your bladder to a movie’s rhythm. Your body will thank you.
This is how I missed the midiclorians scene in phantom menance and it made the movie so much better
An app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Also still requires you to check your phone during a movie which should be immediate jail time across the board Not true! The app has cues that you can read ahead of time. Eg: > Bob says “I didn’t know you were French!” When you hear Bob say that, there’s your chance to go. The app will give roughly 3 cues per movie, about 15 to 30 mins apart, so you have multiple chances. Also, apparently you can set it to go off w…
Parent is complaining about this will make you have to view your phone during the movie in order to see when it's happening, presumably because you'll disturb others who sit next to you because of the brightness of the phone. So instead you suggest making it go off with a timer instead? That seems even worse!
You start the app when the movie starts and it just sends a notification that vibrates at the best time. If you read the cues beforehand it’s a great reminder. Not distracting or disturbing to anyone else in the theater.
Re: An app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Also still requires you to check your phone during a movie which should be immediate jail time across the board Not true! The app has cues that you can read ahead of time. Eg: > Bob says “I didn’t know you were French!” When you hear Bob say that, there’s your chance to go. The app will give roughly 3 cues per movie, about 15 to 30 mins apart, so you have multiple chances. Also, apparently you can set it to go off w…
Parent is complaining about this will make you have to view your phone during the movie in order to see when it's happening, presumably because you'll disturb others who sit next to you because of the brightness of the phone. So instead you suggest making it go off with a timer instead? That seems even worse!
Except you can use this to tell you in advance when you can run, so you know when to take you're 1/2 way break.
And a discrete timer that vibrates in my pocket disturbs noone. And it does it at the best possible times.
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#74(Meta question): Is there a reason blog posts get a year, but the websites for apps that have been out for a long time do not?
Re: An app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Jordan Palmer is also an ex-NFL quarterback. He never started, wasn't that good, didn't last long, and only had 18 career passing attempts, certainly no Carson, but he was still a pro.
It's pretty funny that he probably looks bad in context, but if he showed up to a non-NFL match he'd be hilariously better than everyone there I think about that a lot when I'm trudging through the muck on forums, especially TeamBlind. There are kids in their 20s getting burned out at Amazon who'd be able to singlehandedly revolutionize the engineering processes at most normal companies in the world.
> There are kids in their 20s getting burned out at Amazon who'd be able to singlehandedly revolutionize the engineering processes at most normal companies in the world.
You'd have to believe that talent and compensation are actually well-correlated and I'm pretty sure it's tenuous at best.
Yeah, the kids coming out of top schools and crushing their LeetCode interviews are probably smarter on average, but it's not like that necessarily translates to the sort of skills or behaviors that can revolutionize business practices.
Re: An app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Also still requires you to check your phone during a movie which should be immediate jail time across the board Not true! The app has cues that you can read ahead of time. Eg: > Bob says “I didn’t know you were French!” When you hear Bob say that, there’s your chance to go. The app will give roughly 3 cues per movie, about 15 to 30 mins apart, so you have multiple chances. Also, apparently you can set it to go off w…
Parent is complaining about this will make you have to view your phone during the movie in order to see when it's happening, presumably because you'll disturb others who sit next to you because of the brightness of the phone. So instead you suggest making it go off with a timer instead? That seems even worse!
Neither of the two methods I described require looking at the phone during the movie.
1. If you’re going to use the cues, you look at them before the movie starts.
2. If you’re going to use the timer, the phone will vibrate in your pocket. Granted, if you have a loud-vibrating phone, that could be disruptive (although not as bad as the screen being on or ringing, and not worse than a person getting up to go to the bathroom).
When the cue/timer happens, you leave the theater. While you’re peeing you can look at the app to find out what’s happening in the movie.
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#77(Meta question): Is there a reason blog posts get a year, but the websites for apps that have been out for a long time do not?
A year in the title generally indicates that what is being linked to is as it was in the year specified. Usually, a blog post is static and easy to apply a year to but front pages of ongoing projects may have new information or changes that make it harder to label with a year. If a particular project is finished then applying a year to the title could make sense but most people don't bother to look into what year that should be, and in some cases may be subjective.
Re: An app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie
#78we really are in the nightmare dystopic vision of being connected to an engagement machine and more or less drooling our way through life... How many apps does the average person have on their phone...having something so hyper specific just seems incredible to me (as someone with nothing installed on it)
Re: An app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie
#79we really are in the nightmare dystopic vision of being connected to an engagement machine and more or less drooling our way through life... How many apps does the average person have on their phone...having something so hyper specific just seems incredible to me (as someone with nothing installed on it)
I wouldn’t call it a dystopian nightmare, just movies are no longer as engaging as they used to be. Now I can text/send videos pics or voice to any of my friends at any moment I feel. Why should I force myself to watch the boring part of a movie?
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For me it's less war scenes like in LOTR and more longwinded action movie scenes, like people fighting or elaborate car chases or what not. One of the many reasons why I'm really not a fan of the superhero genre that seems so pervasive nowadays.
Another reason I dislike the superhero genre these days is because the plot arcs are so predictable. It seems like every movie follows exactly the same beats. At this point they feel more like remixes than fresh content.
Exactly this. I feel there is little reason to watch it these days.