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    "Popcorn Sorter" Eliminates Un-Popped Kernels Using, Um... Vibration?

    Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive

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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/04/09

    In reply to Popcorn-Flinging Basketball Bowl Shoots and Scores
    Roomba is going to eat well tonight.
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    08/04/09

    In reply to Popcorn-Flinging Basketball Bowl Shoots and Scores
    well, first off: the remote hand is always different from the popcorn hand. i do not like dirty remotes. secondry, i don't like putting cold beverages next to hot popcorn. that just makes no friggin' sense. lastly, i woulnd't aim for that damn little basket -- i would aim for the dog.
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    08/04/09

    @Nick: mission accomplished: I'm sure there's some thermal engineer out there somewhere performing an epic facedesk over your comment.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    08/04/09

    @lpranal: and why would said engineer do that?
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    08/04/09

    @Nick: mission accomplished: probably something to do with what i'd imagine is a very inefficient heat transfer from fluffy popcorn -> plastic -> air -> aluminum can -> cold soda, so that would be one of the less stupid things about this, though there's certainly no shortage of stupid to be had with this thing.
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    07/26/09

    In reply to "Popcorn Sorter" Eliminates Un-Popped Kernels Using, Um... Vibration?
    In the popcorn industry jargon, an upopped kernel is called an "Old Maid". Just another fact I know.
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    Image of MePerson MePerson
    07/26/09

    In reply to "Popcorn Sorter" Eliminates Un-Popped Kernels Using, Um... Vibration?
    This is essentially how every product needing to be separated by size is sorted, only in a more manageable package. A simpler way would be to pour the popcorn into a colander with large holes (if there exists such a thing) and shake it over a bowl.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/26/09

    In reply to "Popcorn Sorter" Eliminates Un-Popped Kernels Using, Um... Vibration?
    Well, it might even be the motor unit from a massage pillow... which only means the motor unit from a massage pillow IS A VIBRATOR!
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    07/26/09

    In reply to "Popcorn Sorter" Eliminates Un-Popped Kernels Using, Um... Vibration?
    all the un poped stuff stays at the bottom of the bowl anyways...this is just a cash grab lol...
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    Image of MePerson MePerson
    07/26/09

    @urbanturban666: Exactly. That's why only a group called Stupid Inventions could come up with such a brilliant idea.
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    07/26/09

    In reply to "Popcorn Sorter" Eliminates Un-Popped Kernels Using, Um... Vibration?
    I always heard the best popcorn was drown at the bottom of the bag.
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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    Movie theater popcorn has the fat equivalent of about two days' worth of meals, so that's actually a bargain if you think about it in a tangential, bizarre way.
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    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    I would sneak in candy, but I really like eating popcorn during the movie. It's a mindless little activity to do that helps you concentrate on the film. There's always too much salt though, so I can never finish a whole bag (even a small). I always feel a little ripped off, but whatcha ya going to do?
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    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    One of my jobs in high school(1980-82) was as an usher at the local multiplex. At that time the numbers looked like this...

    a fifty pound bag of unpopped popcorn cost the theater $5 us

    from that fifty pound bag the theater would make approx. $600 us in sales

    When I asked my manager how we could justify our prices and why anyone would pay that much for popcorn and candy he told me something that I still remember to this day..."If there's a seat, there's an ass to sit in it."
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    Image of EBone EBone
    03/13/09

    @dtm: Remember that time you had the crush on the chick at the photo store across the way in the mall and you spent like 50 bucks on film and you didn't even have a camera?
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    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    I stopped going to the movies when ticket prices went over $12 and movies were released on DVD three months after the theater premier.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    Yep, and don't forget 15 minutes solid worth of ads for everything from new movies to Mazda and Skittles. Taking up more of your time, and making more cash for the theatres.


    Now I'll go to a movie or two per year, but most of them I'd download because I'm not going to pay as much as I would for a DVD just to see a movie once and go home.

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    The worst part is that it's not even made fresh anymore. They just take already popped kernels and warm them under a heat lamp...
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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    03/13/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: wow what crappy theatre do you go to? Any theatre I've worked at has completely new corn every day
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    03/13/09

    @Justin Paulson: AMC Theaters. Perhaps you've heard of them..
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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    If you want theaters to survive (which is an open debate given our personal home theaters), you almost have to buy a bag of popcorn to give them some sort of profit - ignoring the small mortgage you have to take out to afford your night out. Personally, I think the box office needs to raise their price on the ticket so they can make a larger profit and charge a more reasonable price on the refreshments (although I recognize that the agreement they have with the MPAA makes that nearly impossible to do without giving more money to the studio). Then again, I wouldn't think a higher ticket price made sense if my wife did not demand the jumbo popcorn and pop every time we were watching a new flick. Damn those nights out are expensive.
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    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    I generally go to the Regal Battery Park 11 theater since it's so close to my office. They don't care what I bring in there. Me and some other people once went to a late showing with Chinese takeout. Nuts to theaters with their concession rules. I already paid $12.50+ to see their movie, I'm not buying their high-priced vittles. WHAT A BUNCH OF.......
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    03/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Ah, I see your reference to a defunct commenter.
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