The very last time I was in a theater, the woman ahead of me freaked out because she found bugs crawling on her. Movie off, lights on; the chair she was in was covered in lice.
That got me thinking a lot about the environmental conditions of movie theater seats: large crowds of a cross section of society, rotating multiple times a day. And given seat could have had four different people sitting in it by the late night showing. And that, seven days a week. Even if they completely fumigated the entire theater between showings (which they don’t), then you’d only be trading a potential infestation with exposure to chemicals likely to increase your cancer risk.
Nope. No thank you. A decent big screen OLED and sound system, and I’m perfectly happy to wait until I can stream the movie. Plus, you pay once vs once per person.
Haven’t been to the movies since covid and no plan to return ever again. Sit in a room with a bunch of strangers and risk getting infected? Fuck that. Most of the people I know that got covid got it from the movies. Hard pass
No.
The very last time I was in a theater, the woman ahead of me freaked out because she found bugs crawling on her. Movie off, lights on; the chair she was in was covered in lice.
That got me thinking a lot about the environmental conditions of movie theater seats: large crowds of a cross section of society, rotating multiple times a day. And given seat could have had four different people sitting in it by the late night showing. And that, seven days a week. Even if they completely fumigated the entire theater between showings (which they don’t), then you’d only be trading a potential infestation with exposure to chemicals likely to increase your cancer risk.
Nope. No thank you. A decent big screen OLED and sound system, and I’m perfectly happy to wait until I can stream the movie. Plus, you pay once vs once per person.
New fear unlocked.
If I were you I’d do something to put an end to this line of thinking or you’ll wind up never leaving your house again.
Haven’t been to the movies since covid and no plan to return ever again. Sit in a room with a bunch of strangers and risk getting infected? Fuck that. Most of the people I know that got covid got it from the movies. Hard pass