• Quokka@quokk.au
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    “Young people are finding cinemas as a way to potentially find a cheap form of entertainment. A cheap way to take the family out," Mr Tubman says.

    And he’s lost all credibility. Nothing about the cinemas is a cheap time out.

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      I live in a third would country and the cinema is really cheap here.

      They are just as nice as the ones in the states, but they don’t charge a fortune for popcorn.

      Additionally, you can bring your own food and drinks.

      A few years ago one cinema tried to ban it and their competitor advertised that they welcome outside food. Banning outside food was dropped almost right away.

      So, grab a burger king meal, some ice cream and head into the cinema.

      Not sure how it is in Australia.

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          Tuesday afternoon $7 tickets at the independent cinema, a trip to IGA and a big purse means I can manage a decent $20 date for two.

          But I don’t really want to sit elbow to elbow with strangers in a sticky uncomfortable seat, while kids cry, the guy in front keeps checking his phone with the screen brightness set to “solar flare”, and the Capti-view the staff gave me breaks or desyncs halfway through the movie.

          The last few times I went the experience was so uncomfortable, I don’t think they could give the tickets away for free to make me go again. My best friend and I will take a laptop to the park, relax on a picnic blanket with some Bluetooth headphones and snacks and enjoy a pirated movie in relative peace and comfort. It’s a change of scenery and a cheap outting.

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          You pay more per hour for a movie as minimum wage? Parking? Junk food?

          Burn it all down.

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          $8.71 for a “gallon” of milk? No way. 3 litres is $4.50 and that’s basically the same amount.

          I don’t trust those sites, never know where they pull this pricing from.

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        formally the position is “no outside food”

        In reality the ushers don’t get paid enough to give a shit