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The strange ritual of watching movies with strangers

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We gather in cavernous auditoriums, sticky with spilled soda, to stare at a glowing wall for over three hours. The communal experience mostly involves aggressively shushing the person behind you who refuses to stop chewing loudly.

The strange ritual of watching movies with strangers
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