Everyone in here saying how fun going to the movies alone is. Idk. I’ve done it before, it was pretty lame. I’d way rather go with a friend and have someone to talk about the movie with. Going all alone sucks.
Eh, went to my first concert by myself. Lost my spot when I had to pee and got to watch my favorite band from side stage.
One of my first jobs was at a movie theater, back when you had to physically splice film reels together. Doing so meant you had to watch the whole thing for quality assurance…so I saw every new film at 0300 in an empty theater and it was fantastic. Going to a movie with other people around feels weird and cramped
How I saw all the lotr films
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“Money”
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I think people are sleeping on the power of "The Shrug"™️
Whenever someone is asking why are you not following the societal norm, just 🤷 Don’t explain yourself, let them try to rationalize to you why the norm is good actually. Then you can finish them with “Okay?” followed by another shrug.
Works every time.
I used to go to restaurants alone and I the last time I did it the waitress/owner started asking what I do and gave me the impression that she felt sorry for me.
Now it has been a while that I didn’t go. It wasn’t because of her but it I feel like it.
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The sentiment in question is a response to someone else being weirded out and posting it online… No one is seeking validation lol they’re asserting that it’s normal.
People who act creepy and take videos or pictures of someone out doing something alone and posting it online are the weird ones.
This context should be obvious
Context doesn’t matter when lonely people are seeking a dopamine hit through a false sense of moral / intellectual superiority.
Bad takes drive engagement and the dopamine hits from engagement makes life under hyper atomized late stage capitalism slightly less depressing.
There’s nothing stopping you from asking another adult from taking a picture of you without your phone held up in the middle of it like a caveman brandishing the first burning branch.
The only thing you’ll regret about going to a movie solo is not doing it sooner. It’s liberating.
only problem is there’s still other people there.
I used to live in a small town with a cheap historical monoplex about 15 minutes walk from my apartment. I’d just check what was playing on my drive home from work all week and if I was interested I’d walk over on the weekend and see a $10 showing of something. I’ve never been much of a moviegoer but it was really nice. Literally the only nice part of living there except the 15 minute commute to the job I had. Round here though it’s just not worth going to a movie alone
I don’t go places with people for social validation. I do it because doing those things by myself is incredibly boring.
I want to go to the comfy movies but all the seating is loveseat couches. I might have to share that with a stranger. So anyways I heard WoW is good again?
The ones I go to have armrests that fold down. No need to share with others.
Ooh so I can pretend they don’t exist. I like that.
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At the end of the universe, there is a café with the last known entities that persist. They exchange stories, favorite experiences and say their goodbyes to one another, ancient and forgotten.
There’s a dreaded moment when straws are drawn or a volunteer is called to be the last one to turn off the lights – to herald the calling of the next universe.
No one wants to do it however, because the last one has to do it alone.
It’s in that quiet abyss, in the consuming darkness, the expanse and contracted void of dead light, where stars no longer shine, where trillions of lives existed and were extinguished – that an epiphany can be had, as one celestial appendage holds over the reset toggle:
Everything matters. Even if no one is around to experience it.
– Click –
I am several decades old and I still have to remind myself I’m allowed to go have fun by myself.
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Come to Japan. Here, they have all sorts of seating at places specifically for people to be alone.
You’re making me want to book that plane ticket even more. The main thing I’m struggling with is deciding where I would go. If you don’t mind me asking, any favorite locations or cities?
Tokyo obviously, but the dotonburi (spelling?) market of Osaka is a must see. I’d also recommend Nintendo land at universal studios if you grew up in the 90s with those games, it’s incredible. And in terms of “plan before you buy the tickets” the Miyazaki museum is sold out months in advance, so many people will try to a reservation there before getting flights and hotels if they’re fans.
Aside from that, the deer in Nara are pretty special and it’s just a day trip from Osaka. And if you’re in the mood for something somber but incredible, Hiroshima is beautiful and the museum is incredible.
Sure! I’ll go with what my friends recommended as well, since I haven’t travelled to all of the locations I want to go yet. Tōkyō is of course pretty bustling, and has a lot. Kyōto, Ōsaka, and Nara (i.e. the Kansai region) are all close to one another, so it’s a good area to visit and sightsee. Although, it can get incredibly crowded with tourists. Other places people mention they like are Sapporo in Hokkaidō, and maybe Fukuoka in Kyūshū. Also, what the other commenter mentioned is good advice. Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions.
