I try to avoid using the word "hate" but it fits into my vocabulary more than i would like. sometimes i use it for emphasis in the same way that i sometimes use f*** as an adjective. it creeps in there, i don't mean it literally, but alas my grammar is imperfect and i say that i hate something when i don't actually do, just dislike it. f*** is the same way. it gives a sentence a nice little UMPH that you just can't get by using "darn" or "stupid".
there are those few things in the world that i actually hate. downright despise them. and one of those things is people clapping at movies. i CANNOT stand it. i can't explain why, but i actually sometimes shudder when it happens.
here i am enjoying the final moments of solitude in the movie theater. my popcorn or milk duds (perhaps even both) are gone, i've successfully escaped the real world for a few hours. then it begins. the overemotional lady in the third row (center) starts it. pretty soon the whole theater is in on it. are they clapping for the projectionist? maybe the guys who come in after the movie to clean up the popcorn? no. my theory is that the movie clappers are clapping for themselves. "Yay for me - I watched a movie!!" It has to stop. clap after a symphony. clap for the girl who gets a perfect score in the 10m diving competition. but please do not clap for Tom Cruise after he's played himself (but named Ethan or Jerry or Charlie or even Maverick) for the past 2 hours. he's not there to hear it.
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YES! I hate that soo much, too. I also hate when people clap at the end of a long flight. Argh!
p.s. that last comment was from me. i was signed into my junk mail account when i posted.
YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the frick is up with that? I can't REMEMBER the last movie I went to where that didn't occur at the end. It is the worst buzz kill on the planet. And honestly - I think it's a trend. Do you remember this happening when you went to movies as a child and teenager? I don't! I think it's people wishing they were attending stage theater, so they feel more cultured or something. So stupid!
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