“LOL this is so dumb” is the only appropriate response to AMC’s CEO saying today that the company may allow texting in theatres. Adam Aron the CEO of AMC Entertainment conducted an interview with Variety today and made this ridiculous statement, “When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don’t ruin the movie, they hear, ‘Please cut off your left arm above the elbow.’ You can’t tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That’s not how they live their life.”

 

 

He went on to explain that AMC is looking for ways to prevent teens and young adults everywhere from committing mass elbow lacerations, “We’re going to have to figure out a way to do it that doesn’t disturb today’s audiences. There’s a reason there are ads up there saying turn off your phone, because today’s moviegoer doesn’t want somebody sitting next to them texting or having their phone on…what may be more likely is we take specific auditoriums and make them more texting-friendly.”

 

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Everyone besides Adam thinks this is a horrible idea (because it is) and the tweets going out today illustrate this:

 

https://twitter.com/ObscureGent/status/720687927802466305

https://twitter.com/djoneson/status/720698156116107268

 

If only there was place where you could watch movies comfortably away from all other people and not pay for overpriced tickets and popcorn… HMMMMM

 

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