One other person said it but I can provide a bit more context: web rings were the life blood of fan communities that weren't on Usenet or irc. Many people would make their own website (yes, geocities and much later, angelfire ... there were others but I don't recall) and petition to link up to the webring.
Being on group email lists was a big thing too. Listserv was one but there were a bunch of others at the time. The group emails were like forums a little bit.
At least in the corners of the Internet I hung out there were a few sites that got "big" and they would often have pages that would maintain links to other sites as well as being part (or the originator) of the webring. Sometimes on the community site you could be kind of a member and get a blurb, or just your name, which would link to your email or person website (or both}.
The larger and more polished community sites really did kind of end up as these social hubs and an early form of social media.
You still used search engines to dick around but they really sucked pre-seo but they were sometimes their own community and link hubs in their own right (Yahoo).
You could also just browse larger sites manually. Exploration was part of the experience and stumbling on weird stuff randomly was one of the best things about late 90s, early 00"s internet.
Thanks for replying. I've heard that the seats seemed normal from others, and people who experienced what we did. I suspect the seat widths are variable in different sections and appreciate you adding data to the hypothesis. :)
And the sound engineer people (not sure if that's their official title) are* suuuuper condescending about it. "Well it's your fault for not having a professional setup mixed the same as a theater."
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*Fixed a typo.
Thanks for the replies people, I'm learning a lot! I think another commenter referenced the same article I'm half-remembering (as you do) where some professional audio people commented on this issue. They said movies are designed for the theater and nothing else with no intention/interest in fixing it. IIRC (and I probably don't) this is likely due to directors or studios not wanting to pay for a home version or having a specific vision they would rather not compromise. Even though the effect of not compromising is..well, the posted comic.
What? I'm already blocking them?
Oh, I'm using Connect on mobile. It's nice because if someone comments on a post and you've blocked their home instance (like lemmynsfw for example) it will give you the option to view the comment or just breeze on by.
Out of curiosity where did you see them? Was it at Climate Pledge Arena? We went to a concert there not too long ago and the new seats were just awful. They really jammed as many as possible in during the remodel.
Like, my friend who is the average size of a fit 35 yr old was pretty much squished and uncomfortable. I mean, I'm pretty sure I had bigger seats in elementary school and these weren't the cheap seats either! Not the Cadillac premium seats, no, but not far off.
We were in the back row of the section (in front of the tables) so we ended up standing most of the time because the seats were too frickin small to be even remotely comfortable. The people behind us were cool with it.
It could explain why the dudes in your experience didn't sit, but I agree it is rude to stand in front of someone sitting, ESPECIALLY if you're at the front of a section.
No age limit! I will give ANYONE candy, I don't even care if you're wearing a costume- but I really need you to say trick or treat. Opening my door and everyone just standing there silently is painful.
To be honest I was lazy at my old place and just used a wet Swiffer. I feel bad about it because I know that ain't clean.
Previously I used pine sol and hot water, or just dish soap and hot water on linoleum floors. Growing up we didn't have a mop so we just used rags and scrubbed by hand.
Perfect sense.