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by racl101 1335 days ago
I forwent popcorn and soda for Avengers Endgame cause I didn't wanna get up to go to the bathroom. Just took tiny sips of water when my mouth got dry.

Worked like a charm.

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Avengers: Endgame seems to be just around 3 hours long. Wouldn't it be enough to simply go to the bathroom before sitting down to view it?
Unless your body is already quite dehydrated, this strategy will be hit-or-miss on it's own.

Improvenent is possibe by combining the above with relieving yourself immediately before the performance begins.

If you relieve immediately beforehand and can't hold it for 90 minutes, there is likely a medical issue (e.g. old man, pregnant, etc).

> If you relieve immediately beforehand and can't hold it for 90 minutes, there is likely a medical issue (e.g. old man, pregnant, etc)

I suffer from what I've dubbed "Movie Bladder".

Being in a situation where it would be inconvenient to have to use the bathroom creates the urge, regardless of actual bladder fullness. As soon as the situation is resolved, the urge vanishes. It's all in my head.

Job interview? I'll hit the bathroom five minutes before it begins. As soon as I enter that Zoom call, the urge returns. As soon as we sign off, the urge goes away.

When I fly, I love the window seat, but have too much social anxiety to ask the people in the middle and aisle seats to let me out to use the bathroom. So naturally, as I get seated, the urge comes and remains the entire flight. As soon as we land, the urge is gone. Even after getting off the plane, I'll walk past the bathrooms, and not even the power of suggestion brings back the feeling of needing to urinate.

The urge isn't completely constant, and it's not overwhelming. After all, my bladder is anything but full, since I make it a habit to relieve myself as late as possible before entering the situation. It's still annoying to deal with though, since I know it's all in my head and is not an actual bladder issue.

> It's still annoying to deal with though, since I know it's all in my head and is not an actual bladder issue.

There might be some fight or flight response that causes you to tense up your muscles, triggered by the psychological association. That could lead to excess pressure on your bladder especially if there's a muscle imbalance.

If I were you I'd go to physical and psychological therapists out of sheer curiosity - probably start with one specializing in pelvic muscle weakness since that is extremely common amongst sedentary professionals.

I'm not sure I'd pay a therapist (physical or psychological) for a mere curiosity.
My kid has some kind of Pavolvian response to walking into a shopping center. As soon as we arrive he needs to go to the bathroom.
> If you relieve immediately beforehand and can't hold it for 90 minutes, there is likely a medical issue (e.g. old man, or pregnant).

Avengers Endgame is 3 hours and 1 minute long.

Some of that is credits, and maybe you should be able to hold it for 3 hours anyway, but some people do have medical problems. They should still be allowed to enjoy movies.

> but some people do have medical problems. They should still be allowed to enjoy movies.

I never understand statements like this. You're replying to someone who already mentioned the former statement, and didn't say anything about the latter.

lack of reading comprehension or comprehension in general.
I wonder why the theaters won't incorporate a 5 minute intermission break for movies longer than 2h:20m (140 minutes, on the higher end for typical films).
When I watched Return of the King in a theater they had 10 or 15 min break in the middle, it was the first and last time I've seen such arrangement. It would be nice if Hollywood finally accepted such format and just went with 3-4 hour long movies with a break. Not for all movies of course, but at least for the more complex ones. I mean not making 2:30 long movie and then just pad it with irrelevant, often static scenes for some "Complete Movie Of the Year Directors Super Duper Cut Edition" clocking at 3:00, but having zero new content as compared to theater cut. That's just a dumb trend imho. But instead actually plan the story for 3 or 4 hours, with a proper increase of storytelling, characters and so on. Just for some top AAA movies.
When the LOTR came out originally the theatres I went to had no break.

When they did the marathon showing of the extended editions before the first hobbit movie they did an intermission on each movie. It was nice.

Intermissions feel dated. But when I saw Ben-Hur at the fathom event, boy did I need it!
My video game clan takes hourly bathroom/stretch breaks, since we're all in our 30s and 40s. It's pretty great
Growing up in India, movies always had an intermission. They even used to cut Hollywood movies at 45 minutes. I always looked forward to the break because it was one of the rare occasions my parents would let me and my sister have soda and pop corn.
This explains why any movie I've seen coming from India has always felt _long_.
"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder." - Alfred Hitchcock