Is going to the cinema alone a different level of lonely?

IntentionalPun said:
I used to travel for work alone. I was in my twenties and had never in my life went out to eat or to a theater alone. Took me a while but I got over the hangup eventually and started going out to eat (usually the bar at a restaurant as getting a table still felt weird.)

It was fun and really kind of nice. Still never did that when I wasn't traveling alone but I also have not been single since I was a 9th grader.
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Last time I went to the movies with a chicken. Felt pretty lonely since the chicken ignored me the whole time. To make things worse, after the whole chicken jockey craze it left the theater with someone else.
 
Shit what about when you eat alone at a restaurant or use public toilets by yourself ?

I've been to the cinema on my own. Sometimes you just want to watch a film and you can go on your own.
 
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I live right beside a big theater and I love going by myself! In the morning when not many people there. sometimes the wife and kids want to go sure but it just isn't as relaxing.
 
Of all the social activities you could do on your own, I would say that going to the cinema on your own actually makes the most sense. to the extent that once you are in the movie theatre it is completely irrelevant whether anyone is with you.
 
I'm married with kids. I used to go to movies on my own all the time. I saw Godzilla Minus One by myself, and it was the first time in a long time. And I loved it.
I saw Infinity War alone before seeing it with my wife; and SO many movies in the 90s I went to by myself--by choice.
Now, I think a crowded theater would hit differently if you're by yourself, but in the middle of the day, in a relatively empty theater, it's awesome.
 
If I didn't have to see another human and listen to their voices, I'd start believing in sky fairies. I'm now sitting here smiling and day dreaming that i'm the only person on earth and there is no one to annoy the shit out of me, especially my wife.

I'll be staying in this dream for a while.
 
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Do it all the time. Everyone I know just don't care about going to the theatre, they 100% just click on a streaming service.

It's nice that while alone most places you reserve the seats so I pick an empty spot in between two other empty ones so I usually have the left and right side of me free all to myself
 
Same as others have said, I miss the days when I used to have the freedom to go to a movie completely alone if I wanted to.

Being alone by choice is the purest form of freedom.
 
AJUMP23 said:
It is great when you go alone and you are the only one in there. And you have to remind the theater to start your movie.
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Yo dawg i hear you like alone, so...

My schedule is flexible enough and I have a movie theater less than 5 minutes away from home. So I can catch a few sessions in the middle of the afternoon.
The best thing for that obscure movies that only I like
 
It's pretty nice actually, and I recommend it. You are just sitting down and watching a movie for 2hrs there isn't much of a social aspect to it. Eating and drinking alone at a bar is where the real depression begins.
 
It really isn't but it's socially seen as such.
I think in a few years this will change tho, loneliness is growing exponentially but people still enjoy watching movies.
 
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Nah, people go to the cinema alone all of the time. It's basically like watching a movie alone at home at this point.

Also, I kind of prefer it. Don't get me wrong, having friends coming along is great as well. But sometimes there's something satisfying about watching whatever I want alone with a huge popcorn.
 
When I was young I used to think that, never went anywhere alone. As I got older, zero fucks given, I go do whatever I want by myself when no one is available.
 
Jinxed said:
When I was young I used to think that, never went anywhere alone. As I got older, zero fucks given, I go do whatever I want by myself when no one is available.
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Honestly, going to the movies with friends is like the most anti-social thing to do. "Hey, buddy, want to go and sit in a dark room with me and not talk for two hours?"
 
I used to all the time when the wife couldn't be arsed with a new Marvel movie, didn't bother me in the slightest, just cause someone's in the cinema by themselves doesn't mean they're some loner no mate's, could be a million reasons, nowadays I have my wee lad whose a complete geek like his dad to drag along to the cinema
 
I enjoy going solo to the movies. No one else to worry about, if the movie sucks can just leave. Great during the day cause the theater is basically empty it just few other people wanting to enjoy the movie in peace
 
I once went in Jurassic Park 3 alone. Nobody wanted to see it so I thought fuck it! 🤣 Wasn't too bad but I prefer to watch with somebody so we can talk about the movie afterwards!
 
I spent ages getting a group of people together to watch a movie. Calendar synch, date planners, the whole fucking thing.

What actually happens:

- you meet in front of theatre
- you make smalltalk. "Hey how's it going" "yeah good, you?" "yeah fine"
- you take a piss because it's a 3 hour movie
- you buy some beer because it's a 3 hour movie
- movie starts, you sit and watch
- the movie is over, lights come on
- you take a piss because it's a 3 hour movie
- "wow that was pretty neat" "yeah that was cool" "anyway I need to get back, early day tomorrow" "all right see you later" "okay take care man"
- you drive home
 
I don't think I've ever gone to a sit-down restaurant by myself before. Because of the necessary interaction with the wait staff/servers, I do think this one would bother me.

But movie theaters, shopping, self-serve buffets & fast food? I got over feeling like everyone was judging me for that a long time ago.

Nobody cares if you're solo, and if they do, well, they suck and should probably find more interesting things to think and talk about.
 
Depends on the situation, the movie and the general demographic of other cinema goers.

If it's basically a dead/forgotten movie and it's not like overtly perverted or something and it's only like you and a few others overall, then who cares?

If, however, it's like an animated kids movie, the whole cinema is full of families and kids, and you are there by yourself... just walk away, :messenger_tears_of_joy: you can stream it later.
 
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