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A Boring Dystopia
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it's actually good, because you have a shared expereince to talk about after.
you don't watch the movie and go home. you TALK about the movie.
So the first date is like a 3 to 4 hour affair minimum? Coffee can be as short as an hour, and I can dip after 15 if it's not going well. Much more time efficient
No? It's like an 2-3 hours. Most movies that aren't marvel movies are like 90m long, then you chat for an hour over a drink or food. then you go home.
i dunno where you live, but most restaurants/bars here are very fast because they are tryign to turn over customers as much as possible. most coffee shops have a 15-20m seating limit now too. you can't just order 1 coffee and sit there 2 hours and if you spend 2 hours for a single drink the wait staff will ask you to leave.
Average feature film length has been 120 minutes since the 2000's, and it's been trending upwards since then. Even if the movie is only 90 minutes though, you're still gonna be in the theater for at least two hours anyways, between standing in line for popcorn/snacks/drinks and sitting through previews. And if you're gonna follow up with a drink or food anyways, you could just... skip the movie lol
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to police people's first dates, and if both parties want to go see a movie and get a drink after, great. In today's dating ecosystem though, for the majority of people, the prospect of sitting in a dark room with a near stranger for 90-120 minutes is uncomfortable, and usually not a very good first date idea.
The person you're dating doesn't interest you?
most people I meet are not interesting, no.
But that's why you go on the date, to see if they are interested or not. And one way to do that is to see how they react to a shared experience. Or you find out they hate what you love.