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ronearc t1_iue0o1k wrote

This is the single greatest reason to own a smart phone. Forget all of the conveniences and empowerment. Being able to look up where the hell you know a certain actor from is peak smart phone usage.

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Coconut-bird t1_iuflnqh wrote

That and who the heck is singing that classic rock song?

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ronearc t1_iufnqdh wrote

On the songs, I will often unlock my phone and hit the microphone in the Google Widget, and have Google find the song for me, but it's always a race to get the search happening before the dialog starts up again.

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PsycoMonkey42 t1_iufrmu4 wrote

Shazam app will also find the song 99% of the time from pretty much any part of it. no need to wait for dialogue.

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ronearc t1_iufspyk wrote

Oh, sorry. I meant before the show's dialog starts back up and the music moves to the background.

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OtterApocalypse t1_iuflo9n wrote

I can look up everything just fine from my desktop. When I'm actually watching movies on a screen that's larger than any cell phone screen.

Out of curiosity - do you actually pause the movie you're watching on that tiny screen and open a new window/tab/app to find the name of an actor? That seems a bit unwieldy to me.

Don't get me wrong, I usually have at least two browsers open when I'm streaming vids. One for the video, the other screen for browsing or whatever. So it's not really an issue for me to use my 'non-video' monitor to look up some facts, but it seems like it'd be cumbersome at the very least to try to do that on my phone.

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ronearc t1_iufnb3z wrote

In the last few years I've been really mobility limited, so it's possible that I've just become more reliant upon my phone.

Watching things falls into three categories:

  1. Watching alone: I'm probably watching on my phone or on the TV while also browsing my phone. I'll pick a time when things are slow to look something up, or I'll pause. But it'll distract me from the show if I don't find out.
  2. Watching casually with my wife: I'll ask her, and if she doesn't know, I'll look it up on my phone, same as above.
  3. Watching seriously with my wife: Sometimes we follow Drafthouse Rules. No phones, no pausing, lights off, but we can have food/drink. In that case, I make a point to look it up later.
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SarcasticNeat t1_iufqfr3 wrote

Bro, but there’s porn.

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ronearc t1_iufqt3a wrote

I can imagine a scene or encounter that'll get me off. I can't imagine the name of someone whose name I can't remember.

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Skeptic_Drinker t1_iuggtu5 wrote

I live on Wikipedia, I’m always looking up something, or how to videos on YouTube.

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