[an_aparallel]

we 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)

[bmitc]

Agree. Also, aside from medical conditions, it it really that hard to use the restroom before the movie?

And to me, it’s part of the experience to find the right timing if you really need to go.

[phs318u]

Hyper-specific apps just seem to me like a return to the Victorian predilection for hyper-specific tools, such as grape shears and top-hat irons.

[reidjs]

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?

[an_aparallel]

this is the kind of thinking that results in app ideas like "new app that uses AI to predict the least offensive time to take a pee break during a work meeting"... and this is precisely the kind of thing that blunts us into being automatons.

[midoridensha]

Why bother paying to be in a theater at all then? Why are you paying to be bored?