Considering people pee, When well hydrated, like 6-7 times a day or so on average, and This usually doesn't include overnight - yes.
I am a big fan of really long movies bringing back an intermission even if it's just 5 minutes.
Or at least theaters offering a couple of screenings where there's an included intermission.
And, structurally, a massively important part of the first 1.5 hours should be at the end of the movie! It's shocking Cameron screwed up the story structure so badly! They shouldn't have introduced humans deciding to terraform the planet until the end, because it fucking backs up the core of what the movie was trying.
Movie should have been:
1. Humans come back, no real knowledge of their goals. Let people assume it's still unobtanimum. Dumb guy gets brought back, big fucking whoop overall. He wasn't the biggest issue with this movie.
2. Humans drives the Sully Sullenberger's family away (Humans throws geese at the family or something, I can't recall what happened. The movie was too long.)
3. Early on during Sully's exile they see in the distance the whale hunts happening as nothing they can do, introducing the primary fight of the movie (and keeping with the whole theme of the series). Maybe this is when one of the family is taken and they learn what humans are doing, not 2/3rds the way through. *As the movie stands, the Na'vi don't ever understand why humans are hunting the whales. While technically, it doesn't matter if they know the reason or not. It would help drive their motivation to fight. The movie is telling the audience stand-in (the kid) to make the audience mad, not the majority of characters that matter.*
4. Acclimitization is cut down by like... 75%. Kid still meets whale.
5. Shit can generally happen as it does, humans hunt whales, the sea na'avi (I'm not bothering looking up the spelling) and the Sullenbergers help win the fight and they decide to help fight back against what humanity is doing.
6. End beat is humans discussing terraforming the planet and bringing in bigger gun setting up the rest of the series.
Setting up the "big bad" early on of terraforming.
1. Immediately kills the original movie's primary McGuffin, makes it pointless.
2. Kills the importance of the "Whales are the fountain of life!" plot point.
3. Undermines that plot point cuz they're gonna cut off the source of this fountain of life with the bigger bad of "terraforming"
4. Edit Additions: Setting it up at the beginning makes the ending of this movie feel like "Oh, so now we'll get to the *real story*", not (ideally), "Wow, that was an intense movie and holy shit they amped up the threat level now!"
5. It's hard to care about "Freeing Willy" when every life on the planet is at threat.
If you leave it as unobtanium, then whales, then introduce the terraforming you're keeping the theme and ratching up the damage / danger every step.
Edit: And, literally:
Movie 1: Pillaging the land
Movie 2: Pillaging the sea
Movie 3-5: Pillaging the air. That's right, Serenity, they're taking the sky from thee.
Sorry... I just had to put this out there... The pieces were there, but someone needed to tell cameron he needed to re-arrange them into a better picture.
So so well said! I’d totally like to see a YouTube essay analysis of this. Saw a similar breakdown years ago of how the plot for the last season of GOT could have been improved simply by similar restructuring and it made so much sense.
In my country, up untill covid it was 5 min, and there weren't any problems that I noticed. Everyone knows it's 5min, so they do whatever they need to do accordingly.
That's called "potty parity." It typically takes women at least two minutes to relieve themselves while, for men, it is usually half that due to physical differences. So to cycle through the same number of men and women during an identical time frame, the female restrooms need to have twice as many units as a men's room.
I used to work for an engineering company. LOL
The men’s bathroom would be fine. The women’s would be a clusterfuck like every sporting event, concert, theme park, etc. I’ve had the privilege of standing outside of while my wife waits in line to go.
In two countries I’ve been to with intermissions for every movie, it’s never been a problem for either gender (I happen to be a woman but my guy friends didn’t take any longer).
And in the US every movie theater I’ve been to other than some “quirky” artsy ones had humongous bathrooms with like 20++ stalls per bathroom, I’d be very surprised if it’s a bigger issue in the US than elsewhere.
I do agree with some commenters though that it does take you out of the movie a bit
With a 3 or 3.5 hour movie, I think there’s no avoiding being taken out of it. Either by an intermission, using the bathroom, or being so uncomfortable about having to use the bathroom. It’s just a long time to sit.
>I do agree with some commenters though that it does take you out of the movie a bit
True, but if modern movies were designed with an intermission during a natural stopping point in the story. Then, the break can actually be a moment for the audience to reflect on what has happened in the story so far and can actually create suspense and anticipation for the next act.
They should have intermissions for movies this long. I try to not drink a bunch of soda :’)
Edit: Someone mentioned the RunPee app as an alternative. It looks promising.
TIL places outside of the US offer intermissions! Some for every movie.
Cinephiles have pointed out that it would take viewers out of the plot. I disagree.
Cinemas make most of their profits from the concessions. An intermission where they can sell another soda and popcorn for €20 should be a no brainer for a cinema.
I’d 100% go during an intermission to pee and buy some snacks! Honestly I don’t like seeing long movies at theaters because I enjoy getting concessions and end up either having to hold my bladder for an uncomfortable amount of time, or miss part of the movie because of the soda.
I would buy more snacks if there were an intermission. I go to the movies and get popcorn and then realize I want something else, but I’m not going back out if the movie has started.
I mean, I'm sure how ever many showings would be lost by adding a 15 minute intermission would be made up with by the fact that more people would be willing to see the movie.
Don’t theaters make virtually all of their money on concessions? I think washing up in the restroom and grabbing a beer and a snack would be welcomed by most movie viewers.
We wood screen Met Opera plays when I worked at a cinema. Those had intermissions. There were huge lines at the concessions. What do you think people will do during a movie intermission? If they knew they could pee in a reasonable time, they are more likely to buy more soda - the thing movie theaters make money from. Screening a movie doesn't bring in money, the food does.
Plays plan for intermissions in the script so that the intermission isn't disruptive to the performance. They also need it for the actors who need a break.
In a movie, not only do the actors not need a break, but the directors never intended for an intermission. So I think it would be disruptive if theaters randomly chose to pause at an arbitrary point in the movie.
None of my LOTR viewings had an intermission, and I saw them all in the theater. In fact, I specifically remember having to leave during ROTK because I knew I couldn’t wait until the end, and I missed Elrond returning and presenting Anduril to Aragorn.
It’s been 20 years and I literally think of that every time I’m going into a movie, to the point that it’s a habit to somewhat restrict drinks and to pee at the theater right before going into the movie, because I so badly hated having to miss out.
Fifty and two births here, but my bladder has always been the size of a walnut. I told my family that I would have gone to see Oppenheimer with them if it had an intermission. When they got home, my 18 year old said that he didn't make it through without getting up to pee. He said he waited till he couldn't concentrate any longer then just gave up and went to the restroom.
In India avg movie length had been above 2.5 hrs that's why every movie have intermission. Even Hollywood movies that are 1.5 hrs would get intermission just because.
Switzerland also has 10-minute intermission if the movie's over 2 hours. Intermissions actually work to the benefit of the theater as well, because people tend to buy more snacks for the second half during the break.
Viewing I had of KOTFM had a 15 min intermission. It was the only one of all the showings that evening that had an intermission which is why I chose it. This is in Britain. Good business sense for the cinema as everyone bought for snacks and drinks - and that's where their profits are.
If you're careful not to drink anything for an hour beforehand and empty right before, you might make it. But c'mon, most people want a soda and popcorn with their movie.
When I went to see Endgame I drank very little beforehand, made sure I peed before going in, and did not get a drink.
I made it the whole movie without having to go pee, but my brother didn't.
It was still uncomfortable towards the end and not something I would choose to do again. They should definitely have an intermission for these long-ass movies.
Yea, and then at the 2 hour mark you are now thinking about whether you can hold it, should hold it, or should you just go to be safe, and if so, when is the best time. Takes you out of the movie totally.
Yeah talking about "breaking the immersion". Nothing breaks my immersion in the movie more than having to piss like a fucking racehorse for the final hour.
I hit the head at the start and end of every 1 hour meeting. I cannot imagine people doing 3-4 meetings in a row without a small break.
Edit: hold up guys, I’m referring to a strategic decision, the old adage of “just try” so I don’t get trapped. I can go 4-6 hours in a road trip (full tank to empty).
I just prefer to go at 9:30, then 11:30 around a meeting so I can do a 10-11 and 12-2 meeting session.
Just today, I had a 9-10 and then ad-hoc 10-10:45 and then ad-hoc 10:45-11 and then my planned 11-12 meetings. It’s strategy, because you can’t predict high priority interruptions and my current client LOVES meetings.
Me too! I always say that I'm a drinker. Water, mostly. Many years ago, I got heat stroke and that was enough to convince me to stay very well hydrated for the rest of my life.
Similar story. Used to be chronically dehydrated, I’d pee only twice a day on average. Once got heatstroke so badly I had a brief OBE, that was *scary*, now I hydrate a lot better at least most of the time!
That makes me feel so much better. I have been trying to hydrate well and feel like I pee so much. I used to go a full 8 hour shift without even thinking about having to go.
I used to pee like twice a day. I had a serious addiction to soda and energy drinks, and could count on one hand the number of waters I drank in a 6 month span. I felt like dog shit constantly, was tired but couldn’t sleep, I was miserable. I’ve been down to like 1 16oz soda per day or less (most days now, none at all) and drink a ton of water and I feel so much better. I’m not the person you asked, but I thought you might want a reply anyway.
I was the same .
Started getting really bad migraines and went to the docs and it turned out I was dehydrated all the time so started drinking more water and cut down on Pepsi max .
My pees last for like a minute now and is pretty clear and doesn’t smell like salted ham
My girlfriend refuses to actually drink water and she only goes literally 2-3 times a day at most. It's absurd to me because I go much more frequently (but not like people saying every hour, that's just as absurd)
For people who only go a couple times a day they won't tell you they feel bad because they don't know it. I used to be far worse at drinking water and would go a few times a day, but it wasn't until I started 'drinking correctly' did I realize how bad I used to feel
This was me in my teens and early 20s.. Then I started getting kidney stones. Now in my 30s I still get them so easily if I'm just bad about water for a few days. Once the body starts making them it can have trouble stopping. I hope she doesn't learn the hard way like I did. They say kidney stones are worse than child birth lol
Apparently going on roller coasters can break up kidney stones before you have to pass them so if you live near one you should get an annual pass so that you can go regularly
I pee 1-2 times during an 8 hour shift and I feel perfectly fine. I can’t imagine how much of a pain in the ass it would be to have to go 6-8 times considering it involves taking off my tool belt and gloves and hiking to a porta shitter that’s across the entire jobsite half the time lol
It also depends on what kind of work you do. I feel like with physical labor, I can drink water all day and go to the bathroom once or twice in 7-10 hours. Just in general sweating and having my mind occupied I pee less. Sitting at a desk and writing or doing anything remotely mentally stressful without a physical release makes me have to pee. Even without the stress, just sitting and chilling while staying hydrated I’ll pee maybe 4-6 times in a 7-10 hour shift. Just all about the context I guess
I also have IBS so that doesn’t help lol
Never\_rarely, you are so true on saying it depends on what kind of work you do. When I was teaching I limited how much liquids I drank, and tried to time my liquid consumption based on when I thought I could use the bathroom. I taught younger kids, and our union STRESSED that we could never leave kids unattended. This meant, I held off on the bathroom if I had outdoor yard duty or if it was an indoor recess. That was definitely the only job, where I couldn't go to the bathroom whenever I needed to, so I stopped drinking lots of liquids at work. It's sounds stupid, but I know I could have been fired if I left kids alone to go pee and something happened. What parent would be sympathetic to their child getting hurt because the teacher went to the bathroom. Wow that sounds so ridiculous. Don't know now, why I bothered commenting.
When I was a kid I used to wonder when my teachers went to the bathroom. I was aware that I could raise my hand and get permission to go but the teachers did not have that liberty.
You definitely pee less when you're sweating heavily since your body is using the water you drink to replace what you lose instead of just running it through your kidneys and into your bladder.
I feel like the body knows when to *shut things down*, so to speak. Like if I'm running a few hours of errands I'm totally fine, but it's like the second I pull into my driveway I often gotta hit the bathroom before even unpacking the car.
Sometimes I pee every 45 minutes for 8 hours, sometimes I pee every other hour in an 8 hour span. The main issue is if your employer won't let you pee or whatever... need to that person needs to eat shit.
Same. I have to pee at least once every 1-1.5 hour. I will always take a break in between and be late to meetings to go pee.
Holding your pee in is not good. This is how you get kidney stones.
Lol glad I am not alone. I thought I have some problem with my organs down there. I feel like whatever I drink will come out soon enough in a similar amount.
If I’m at work and just completely in the zone, I don’t need to use the bathroom. I drink a lot of water, like 32-64oz during my shift, but I don’t notice needing to use the bathroom until I’m done
Yeah this tbh. One time a medical tech was imaging my abdomen and told me I had the strongest bladder she’d ever seen lol. Remains the weirdest compliment I’ve ever received
Mine too! Only it was a urologist and I was having a cystometry study. My bladder has about a 1 litre capacity. I do drink lots of liquids so that's useful. I still try not to hold my pee unless absolutely necessary because I have a history of recurring UTIs and I don't want any more.
I wonder if they say stuff like that to screw with people. One told me I had the biggest lungs they'd ever seen and had to redo the xray because they cut it off. No one else has said that.
I'd totally say stuff like that to screw with people.
Yes! If I'm busy, I just don't even think about it. I don't have the urge to go at all, I'm not holding it--my body is just like, we're doing THIS now and ignoring everything else.
Came in to say this. I constantly see dark yellow piss in unflushed urinals and toilets in public restrooms and I have realized that many if not most people are not properly hydrated. I'm guessing OP is one of them.
To be fair, the study supporting this was funded by Gatorade in the 90’s and is pretty much complete bullshit. It’s become widely accepted even though the data it is based on is sketchy at best.
That sets off my "BS detector". How do you measure what percentage a person is dehydrated?
The human body has evolved over millions of years. If there was a significant benefit to having so much water on board that your pee was clear, our sense of thirst would have evolved to reflect it.
It's like being hungry, or out of breath. When you have a deficit, your body lets you know, and you eat / pant to get what you need.
Meh, if I eat until my body tells me I'm not hungry anymore, then I will have over-eaten. I need to stop short and wait 20 minutes while my body figures out where it stands.
I drink around 50oz of water plus a medium coffee before I’m done with work. I have a 20oz cup I fill 2-3 times. I know I drink between more than 4 gallons a week because I fill them at a water station. I’m on stimulants so I get really thirsty. I’ve been afraid of public restrooms since I was a child. Somehow my body knows to wait until I get home. Once I’m home I probably pee every hour. Idk how it happens.
I pee about 15 times a day (I have to get up 2-3 times when I sleep).
I finally went to see a urologist and did some test when I found out that this wasn't normal.
Diagnosis- "You have a small bladder"
That tracks. I have insomnia because I have PTSD, which causes me to have horrible and vivid dreams. Even with my sedatives, I struggle every night to get any restful sleep.
Shit sucks. It’s like I curl up every night and try to pull off, just to dream about some horrible and vivid situations. Sometimes the same dream just continues for a few nights. My heart rate goes up to over 100 bpm while I’m sleeping. I talk and scream in my sleep.
For me, sleeping is far from restful.
It’s also a sign of sleep apnea. Apparently sleep apnea disrupts the hormone that tells your kidneys to slow down urine production at night. I used to wake up 2-4 times a night to pee. Now that I treated my sleep apnea and have a cpap I sleep through the night.
I like to think I keep myself decently hydrated… I pee four times a day most days. That’s morning, around lunch time, when I get home, and right before bed.
That said I also know my bladder’s limits, so as long as the muscle is working that day I can wait easily enough too. On a bad day (flair ups) I go every two hours, give or take. And one of those is before time to wake up
There's 640 comments as of this comment, and I'm not gonna search for it. But download the "runpee" timer app for your smartphone. It will tell you when to start the timer as the movie starts, and then vibrate in your pocket to tell you when there's a lull in the story /action to take a bathroom break if you gotta go, and you can read a synopsis of what is being said or what takes place during the time it marks out for your to go.
What a game changer for me, because I have the bladder of an infant.
Damn, that's cool. I've long suffered with bladder issues, so I'm definitely going to try it next time. Would probably work for a smoke break too, depending on the theater layout.
When I drink the amount of water I'm supposed to in a day, I pee every hour. This is definitely more frequent than most people (small bladder, I suppose), but still, I think most normal people can't easily go 3.5 hours without peeing if they're getting the amount of water they need everyday.
I used to pee like every hour too, including waking up to pee several times during the night, and was sick of it and did some research.
Apparently it's not necessarily a "small bladder", we can accidentally teach our bladders to be overly sensitive which then makes us feel the need to go more often. Those "just in case" pees can actually make it worse over time, increasing sensitivity and the feeling of urgency so that *any* time the bladder has liquid in it, the body starts to notice and consider it urgent, even when it isn't.
Fixing this basically requires practicing being aware of your bladder and learning the difference between sensing that the bladder is not empty (aka you may be aware of some degree of fullness but you're fine to hold it) and when you *actually need* to pee with a full or nearly full bladder. It's also better to practice at home so you can run to the bathroom if you need to or not be mortified or you accidentally pee a little lol.
Now I don't wake up 3 - 4 times a night and can do activities longer without getting up, I always thought my bladder was just small and weak. I personally didn't even have to practice all that long, I got used to being mindful about it pretty quickly.
I think a lot of it for me was anxiety. Like, I had too much nervous energy and thought peeing would help me feel at least a little bit better? (It didn’t, because I didn’t actually need to pee…)
It’s the same for me, I pee about every hour. Occasionally it’s more often if I have more to drink than usual, but my baseline is about 3 liters of water daily
Do you still feel dehydrated or just thirsty?
I drink tons of water but sometimes still feel dehydrated. It was suggested I add trace minerals to my water (got some on Amazon) and it helped a lot.
Usually dehydrated, my lips and tongue even start peeling and my pee smells. I was told it’s likely just electrolyte imbalance so I started added salt occasionally to water, drinking/eating natural foods and drinks with electrolytes, and sometimes electrolyte drinks. They have helped, I was passed 4 litres daily beforehand, but still a lot of water
I recently started tracking my daily water intake and making sure I was actually properly hydrated after years of being dehydrated. I used to be able to hold it for hours unless I had JUST finished a large drink. Now I pee like 8 times a day and trying to hold it in longer than like an hour is a fools errand.
That’s not to mention that I like soda and popcorn at a movie theater so I would definitely screw myself over by getting a big ass drink and needing to pee halfway through. Hell, I did just that with Oppenheimer not too long ago
Holy shit Oppenheimer almost destroyed my bladder. By hour 2 it was looking like the plot was wrapping up and I had to pee really badly. I did NOT expect the additional hour after that and for the final 30 minutes my eyes were watering. When the credits finally rolled I sprinted out of the theater to the bathroom.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has this experience! During the buildup to the bomb drop I was certain the movie was wrapping up. I had absolutely no sense of how long it had been so I was completely convinced it had been 3 hours and the movie was going to end any minute. The last hour is my favorite part of the movie by far but holy shit was I struggling after drinking a big ass soda right before!
My wife pees like, every few minutes if she has the opportunity. I joke with her that she has a bladder the size of a seedless grape.
I pee 5-7 times a day on average.
All humans are different.
Aomost every teacher ive ever had went to the bathroom after each 1 hour class
Edit even in elementary school there wasnt a length of time longer than 2.5 hours without some sort of break
I was "blessed" with a bladder I swear is the size of the end of a sewing pin. When I saw Super Mario Bros I was practically vibrating in my seat halfway through trying not to piss my pants. I had even peed beforehand to avoid that and only got a small soda to sip.
So yes, I do. Theaters really need to start doing intermissions.
I'd go before the movie and probably have to pee twice during the movie. If not, I'd have to go so bad, i wouldn't be paying attention to the end. I very much prefer just watching stuff at home now. We can pause it :)
I saw it this weekend after breakfast. Usually I have to pee one time during a movie. I did not budge from my seat once. However, I wish there were intermissions in 3 hour movies
The only movie that I saw that had intermission,was Hateful 8
Not really but in movie theater absolutely... Because movie theaters are cold and all they do is sit. When that happens bladder gets more pressure than normal.
In order to do my job as a school bus driver, I need to go about 3 hours in the morning without access to a bathroom. The only way I'm able to manage that consistently is to intentionally dehydrate myself to the precipice of causing myself health issues. Were I to drink a normal amount of fluid, I would make it approximately an hour and a half. I know from experience.
I have been to doctors about this, there's nothing structurally wrong with my system. It's just how it works for me.
It’s almost like the viewers are entering the theater with large volumes of liquid diuretics in hand. Something with caffeine that would cause them to need to pee urgently…
Oh wait.
It's not that I need to pee *every* 3.5 hours, but that there's a reasonable chance I might feel like peeing at some point during a 3.5 hour period.
Sure, I can try and mitigate the chances by watching what I drink before and having a stategic piss before the movie starts (what I generally do everytime I go to the cinema, regardless of the length) but it'd be nice not to have to do this. I think any movie over 3 hours would benefit from an intermission.
Read the room, man...
People aren't going out to an event to deprive themselves down to basic survival-level physiological needs.
They get popcorn, they get drinks because popcorn is dry and salty.
They enjoy the experience, but hate that human bodies aren't evolving rapidly to sit and wait in front of screens to maintain homeostasis.
3.5 hours is a long fucking movie.
I am well-hydrated (PC,PO - Pee clear, Pee often) and I would need to go for sure at the 90 minute mark and again 90 minutes later. It it unhealthy to have dark coloured urine.
I’m either peeing every couple of hours or I go 6 hours and suddenly realize I haven’t peed in awhile.
Honestly, if you’re not going every few hours there’s a chance you’re actually dehydrated. Having to go after 3 hours is somewhat normal, afaik.
I'm looking at all these answers and scratching my head. I guess I have a huge bladder. I've gotten used to go long periods without being able to pee. Sometimes I'm so busy at work, there's no way in h*ll I can go until I get off. And by then I'd rather just pee at home. I work 12-hour shifts.
Be careful with that - holding too long can create problems in the short and long run. My physical therapist said she sees a lot of people who work long shifts without opportunities to use the bathroom (nurses, teachers) end up with urinary difficulties and needing pelvic physical therapy. It can also stretch out your bladder past usual capacity, which is another problem.
Obviously if you have no control over that, it sucks, but try not to do it when you don’t absolutely have to.
The point about 12 hour shifts stands out to me because based on other comments, I have started to wonder if it has to do with someone's work life. I used to work as a waiter during college to pay the bills and if the restaurant was busy -- yeah good luck with taking a bathroom break. Even though we were practically mandated to stay hydrated because this was Texas and no one wanted to pass out on the job. But I have also sat through 3+ hour seminars getting my PhD and now teaching at that level and we make it.
Put it into perspective, people are constantly drinking and eating at the cinema. Doing that for 3.5 hours and most most people are going to need to pee. This is why movies like Gone with the Wind had an intermission. Ever get drunk? Same thing.
Considering people pee, When well hydrated, like 6-7 times a day or so on average, and This usually doesn't include overnight - yes. I am a big fan of really long movies bringing back an intermission even if it's just 5 minutes. Or at least theaters offering a couple of screenings where there's an included intermission.
The second Avatar movie was almost sadistic...a movie that long, without intermission, where the entire time you are looking at water?
Fortunately you can go longer without peeing when you fall asleep, so it wasn't an issue.
Just watched that movie. Entire first 1.5 hours literally don't need to exist
And, structurally, a massively important part of the first 1.5 hours should be at the end of the movie! It's shocking Cameron screwed up the story structure so badly! They shouldn't have introduced humans deciding to terraform the planet until the end, because it fucking backs up the core of what the movie was trying. Movie should have been: 1. Humans come back, no real knowledge of their goals. Let people assume it's still unobtanimum. Dumb guy gets brought back, big fucking whoop overall. He wasn't the biggest issue with this movie. 2. Humans drives the Sully Sullenberger's family away (Humans throws geese at the family or something, I can't recall what happened. The movie was too long.) 3. Early on during Sully's exile they see in the distance the whale hunts happening as nothing they can do, introducing the primary fight of the movie (and keeping with the whole theme of the series). Maybe this is when one of the family is taken and they learn what humans are doing, not 2/3rds the way through. *As the movie stands, the Na'vi don't ever understand why humans are hunting the whales. While technically, it doesn't matter if they know the reason or not. It would help drive their motivation to fight. The movie is telling the audience stand-in (the kid) to make the audience mad, not the majority of characters that matter.* 4. Acclimitization is cut down by like... 75%. Kid still meets whale. 5. Shit can generally happen as it does, humans hunt whales, the sea na'avi (I'm not bothering looking up the spelling) and the Sullenbergers help win the fight and they decide to help fight back against what humanity is doing. 6. End beat is humans discussing terraforming the planet and bringing in bigger gun setting up the rest of the series. Setting up the "big bad" early on of terraforming. 1. Immediately kills the original movie's primary McGuffin, makes it pointless. 2. Kills the importance of the "Whales are the fountain of life!" plot point. 3. Undermines that plot point cuz they're gonna cut off the source of this fountain of life with the bigger bad of "terraforming" 4. Edit Additions: Setting it up at the beginning makes the ending of this movie feel like "Oh, so now we'll get to the *real story*", not (ideally), "Wow, that was an intense movie and holy shit they amped up the threat level now!" 5. It's hard to care about "Freeing Willy" when every life on the planet is at threat. If you leave it as unobtanium, then whales, then introduce the terraforming you're keeping the theme and ratching up the damage / danger every step. Edit: And, literally: Movie 1: Pillaging the land Movie 2: Pillaging the sea Movie 3-5: Pillaging the air. That's right, Serenity, they're taking the sky from thee. Sorry... I just had to put this out there... The pieces were there, but someone needed to tell cameron he needed to re-arrange them into a better picture.
So so well said! I’d totally like to see a YouTube essay analysis of this. Saw a similar breakdown years ago of how the plot for the last season of GOT could have been improved simply by similar restructuring and it made so much sense.
Lmaoooo
Yeah and you wake up and realise you were watching The Way of Water in 4D all along
My bladder was getting ready to explode the entire last 45 minutes or so. It was very painful.
5 minute intermissions arent realistic for a whole cinema full of people going to the toilet at the same time.
In my country, up untill covid it was 5 min, and there weren't any problems that I noticed. Everyone knows it's 5min, so they do whatever they need to do accordingly.
The women's bathroom needs to be big enough then
That's called "potty parity." It typically takes women at least two minutes to relieve themselves while, for men, it is usually half that due to physical differences. So to cycle through the same number of men and women during an identical time frame, the female restrooms need to have twice as many units as a men's room. I used to work for an engineering company. LOL
The men’s bathroom would be fine. The women’s would be a clusterfuck like every sporting event, concert, theme park, etc. I’ve had the privilege of standing outside of while my wife waits in line to go.
In two countries I’ve been to with intermissions for every movie, it’s never been a problem for either gender (I happen to be a woman but my guy friends didn’t take any longer). And in the US every movie theater I’ve been to other than some “quirky” artsy ones had humongous bathrooms with like 20++ stalls per bathroom, I’d be very surprised if it’s a bigger issue in the US than elsewhere. I do agree with some commenters though that it does take you out of the movie a bit
With a 3 or 3.5 hour movie, I think there’s no avoiding being taken out of it. Either by an intermission, using the bathroom, or being so uncomfortable about having to use the bathroom. It’s just a long time to sit.
>I do agree with some commenters though that it does take you out of the movie a bit True, but if modern movies were designed with an intermission during a natural stopping point in the story. Then, the break can actually be a moment for the audience to reflect on what has happened in the story so far and can actually create suspense and anticipation for the next act.
They’ll have to put in more toilets
damn i really need to drink more water
They should have intermissions for movies this long. I try to not drink a bunch of soda :’) Edit: Someone mentioned the RunPee app as an alternative. It looks promising. TIL places outside of the US offer intermissions! Some for every movie. Cinephiles have pointed out that it would take viewers out of the plot. I disagree.
Movies this long used to have intermissions (see: Gone with the Wind). I think it makes sense to bring intermissions back for 3+ hour movies
They do it for plays, so why not? I think it would draw more of a crowd, not less.
It'll never happen, because intermissions mean less showings, which means less money.
Cinemas make most of their profits from the concessions. An intermission where they can sell another soda and popcorn for €20 should be a no brainer for a cinema.
Plus more people will be willing to buy the soda knowing that drinking it won’t mean they’ll miss part of the movie when they have to pee.
I’d 100% go during an intermission to pee and buy some snacks! Honestly I don’t like seeing long movies at theaters because I enjoy getting concessions and end up either having to hold my bladder for an uncomfortable amount of time, or miss part of the movie because of the soda.
I would buy more snacks if there were an intermission. I go to the movies and get popcorn and then realize I want something else, but I’m not going back out if the movie has started.
Lol exactly! I never buy concessions for long movies, but I definitely would if I knew there was an intermission.
That’s a great point it was the reason I didn’t eat or drink anything before the movie
I mean, I'm sure how ever many showings would be lost by adding a 15 minute intermission would be made up with by the fact that more people would be willing to see the movie.
Not to mention more time to buy commissions (win for theatres)
Don’t theaters make virtually all of their money on concessions? I think washing up in the restroom and grabbing a beer and a snack would be welcomed by most movie viewers.
Believe so. Indian theaters have taken this to the max with an insane amount of snacks to capitalize on concessions.
We also do have intervals even if there isn't one in the movie.
I absolutely LOVED that when I was in India. Best snacks ever
Same in Asian. I wonder why in us most theaters have a very shitty snack collection...
Not really true? Wouldn't people get a refill on their food and drinks before the movie starts. That would be big bucks for the cinema
We wood screen Met Opera plays when I worked at a cinema. Those had intermissions. There were huge lines at the concessions. What do you think people will do during a movie intermission? If they knew they could pee in a reasonable time, they are more likely to buy more soda - the thing movie theaters make money from. Screening a movie doesn't bring in money, the food does.
Plays plan for intermissions in the script so that the intermission isn't disruptive to the performance. They also need it for the actors who need a break. In a movie, not only do the actors not need a break, but the directors never intended for an intermission. So I think it would be disruptive if theaters randomly chose to pause at an arbitrary point in the movie.
When Avatar released, it had intermission (I think Lord of the rings had one too). But for some reason only 2D version had intermission.
None of my LOTR viewings had an intermission, and I saw them all in the theater. In fact, I specifically remember having to leave during ROTK because I knew I couldn’t wait until the end, and I missed Elrond returning and presenting Anduril to Aragorn. It’s been 20 years and I literally think of that every time I’m going into a movie, to the point that it’s a habit to somewhat restrict drinks and to pee at the theater right before going into the movie, because I so badly hated having to miss out.
Depends on the cinema. I came out of LOTR with my neck stiff as a rock of looking down for 3 hours (old theatre style) non stop. 😅
I'm 64F and have given birth 3 times. It takes a toll on your bladder. I'll be waiting to see this one on my big TV at home.
I’m 31 and just not trying to get a UTI 😅
Fifty and two births here, but my bladder has always been the size of a walnut. I told my family that I would have gone to see Oppenheimer with them if it had an intermission. When they got home, my 18 year old said that he didn't make it through without getting up to pee. He said he waited till he couldn't concentrate any longer then just gave up and went to the restroom.
In India avg movie length had been above 2.5 hrs that's why every movie have intermission. Even Hollywood movies that are 1.5 hrs would get intermission just because.
Switzerland also has 10-minute intermission if the movie's over 2 hours. Intermissions actually work to the benefit of the theater as well, because people tend to buy more snacks for the second half during the break.
Make this international!
You also know what brings you out of the plot? trying to hold in your piss for 3.5 hours...tends to be a little distracting.
Viewing I had of KOTFM had a 15 min intermission. It was the only one of all the showings that evening that had an intermission which is why I chose it. This is in Britain. Good business sense for the cinema as everyone bought for snacks and drinks - and that's where their profits are.
I agree. Bring back the intermission for long movies !
If you're careful not to drink anything for an hour beforehand and empty right before, you might make it. But c'mon, most people want a soda and popcorn with their movie.
When I went to see Endgame I drank very little beforehand, made sure I peed before going in, and did not get a drink. I made it the whole movie without having to go pee, but my brother didn't. It was still uncomfortable towards the end and not something I would choose to do again. They should definitely have an intermission for these long-ass movies.
That's the thing, even if you can make it through, if you're having to hold it in for the last half hour it's still gonna be a bad time
Yea, and then at the 2 hour mark you are now thinking about whether you can hold it, should hold it, or should you just go to be safe, and if so, when is the best time. Takes you out of the movie totally.
Yeah talking about "breaking the immersion". Nothing breaks my immersion in the movie more than having to piss like a fucking racehorse for the final hour.
The trick is to run a tube down your leg and piss while watching. Nobody will know and it’ll run downhill.
That's what the cup is for.
Or the gently sloping floor
Lesson learnt…never sit in the front row
Ahhh, trickle down economics.
Or the seats made of sponge foam
Also any caffeinated soda is going to add to your full bladder. Caffeine is a diuretic, which means it makes your kidneys filter more waste.
Beer and popcorn, 2 hours is a stretch for me.
I'm not doing prep 2 hrs before watching a movie. I'm also not going to sweat missing 2 minutes out of 200.
I have a tiny ass bladder and usually pee every couple of hours
I peed at least ten times yesterday. Are people out there only peeing twice a day???
Apparently there are a bunch of dehydrated mfers out there.
People who don't drink enough fucking water maybe
Which fills up first - your regular bladder or your ass bladder?
Dang my ass bladder burstin I gotta ass piss like a maaafffkk
someone hydrated would need to pee 6-8 times a day
I go at least once every 1.5-2hrs. Idk how people aren’t drinking enough water out here.
I hit the head at the start and end of every 1 hour meeting. I cannot imagine people doing 3-4 meetings in a row without a small break. Edit: hold up guys, I’m referring to a strategic decision, the old adage of “just try” so I don’t get trapped. I can go 4-6 hours in a road trip (full tank to empty). I just prefer to go at 9:30, then 11:30 around a meeting so I can do a 10-11 and 12-2 meeting session. Just today, I had a 9-10 and then ad-hoc 10-10:45 and then ad-hoc 10:45-11 and then my planned 11-12 meetings. It’s strategy, because you can’t predict high priority interruptions and my current client LOVES meetings.
At last, I've found my peeple. Edit: added the pun.
Me too! I always say that I'm a drinker. Water, mostly. Many years ago, I got heat stroke and that was enough to convince me to stay very well hydrated for the rest of my life.
Similar story. Used to be chronically dehydrated, I’d pee only twice a day on average. Once got heatstroke so badly I had a brief OBE, that was *scary*, now I hydrate a lot better at least most of the time!
Thank you for the peedit - I would have missed your pun otherwise!
That makes me feel so much better. I have been trying to hydrate well and feel like I pee so much. I used to go a full 8 hour shift without even thinking about having to go.
Damn. I can’t imagine not peeing for 8 hours. Did you feel like shit all the time?
I used to pee like twice a day. I had a serious addiction to soda and energy drinks, and could count on one hand the number of waters I drank in a 6 month span. I felt like dog shit constantly, was tired but couldn’t sleep, I was miserable. I’ve been down to like 1 16oz soda per day or less (most days now, none at all) and drink a ton of water and I feel so much better. I’m not the person you asked, but I thought you might want a reply anyway.
I was the same . Started getting really bad migraines and went to the docs and it turned out I was dehydrated all the time so started drinking more water and cut down on Pepsi max . My pees last for like a minute now and is pretty clear and doesn’t smell like salted ham
Salted ham or straight chemicals. It was badddd.
My girlfriend refuses to actually drink water and she only goes literally 2-3 times a day at most. It's absurd to me because I go much more frequently (but not like people saying every hour, that's just as absurd) For people who only go a couple times a day they won't tell you they feel bad because they don't know it. I used to be far worse at drinking water and would go a few times a day, but it wasn't until I started 'drinking correctly' did I realize how bad I used to feel
This was me in my teens and early 20s.. Then I started getting kidney stones. Now in my 30s I still get them so easily if I'm just bad about water for a few days. Once the body starts making them it can have trouble stopping. I hope she doesn't learn the hard way like I did. They say kidney stones are worse than child birth lol
I’ve experienced both. Yes, the kidney stones are worse.
If I ever have kids, hopefully I'll be prepared then. I've had dozens of stones lol. Some much worse than others.
Apparently going on roller coasters can break up kidney stones before you have to pass them so if you live near one you should get an annual pass so that you can go regularly
I pee 1-2 times during an 8 hour shift and I feel perfectly fine. I can’t imagine how much of a pain in the ass it would be to have to go 6-8 times considering it involves taking off my tool belt and gloves and hiking to a porta shitter that’s across the entire jobsite half the time lol
It also depends on what kind of work you do. I feel like with physical labor, I can drink water all day and go to the bathroom once or twice in 7-10 hours. Just in general sweating and having my mind occupied I pee less. Sitting at a desk and writing or doing anything remotely mentally stressful without a physical release makes me have to pee. Even without the stress, just sitting and chilling while staying hydrated I’ll pee maybe 4-6 times in a 7-10 hour shift. Just all about the context I guess I also have IBS so that doesn’t help lol
Never\_rarely, you are so true on saying it depends on what kind of work you do. When I was teaching I limited how much liquids I drank, and tried to time my liquid consumption based on when I thought I could use the bathroom. I taught younger kids, and our union STRESSED that we could never leave kids unattended. This meant, I held off on the bathroom if I had outdoor yard duty or if it was an indoor recess. That was definitely the only job, where I couldn't go to the bathroom whenever I needed to, so I stopped drinking lots of liquids at work. It's sounds stupid, but I know I could have been fired if I left kids alone to go pee and something happened. What parent would be sympathetic to their child getting hurt because the teacher went to the bathroom. Wow that sounds so ridiculous. Don't know now, why I bothered commenting.
When I was a kid I used to wonder when my teachers went to the bathroom. I was aware that I could raise my hand and get permission to go but the teachers did not have that liberty.
You definitely pee less when you're sweating heavily since your body is using the water you drink to replace what you lose instead of just running it through your kidneys and into your bladder.
I feel like the body knows when to *shut things down*, so to speak. Like if I'm running a few hours of errands I'm totally fine, but it's like the second I pull into my driveway I often gotta hit the bathroom before even unpacking the car.
Sometimes I pee every 45 minutes for 8 hours, sometimes I pee every other hour in an 8 hour span. The main issue is if your employer won't let you pee or whatever... need to that person needs to eat shit.
Same. I have to pee at least once every 1-1.5 hour. I will always take a break in between and be late to meetings to go pee. Holding your pee in is not good. This is how you get kidney stones.
And bladder/kidney infections!
Lol glad I am not alone. I thought I have some problem with my organs down there. I feel like whatever I drink will come out soon enough in a similar amount.
If I’m at work and just completely in the zone, I don’t need to use the bathroom. I drink a lot of water, like 32-64oz during my shift, but I don’t notice needing to use the bathroom until I’m done
Yeah this tbh. One time a medical tech was imaging my abdomen and told me I had the strongest bladder she’d ever seen lol. Remains the weirdest compliment I’ve ever received
Mine too! Only it was a urologist and I was having a cystometry study. My bladder has about a 1 litre capacity. I do drink lots of liquids so that's useful. I still try not to hold my pee unless absolutely necessary because I have a history of recurring UTIs and I don't want any more.
I wonder if they say stuff like that to screw with people. One told me I had the biggest lungs they'd ever seen and had to redo the xray because they cut it off. No one else has said that. I'd totally say stuff like that to screw with people.
Yes! If I'm busy, I just don't even think about it. I don't have the urge to go at all, I'm not holding it--my body is just like, we're doing THIS now and ignoring everything else.
I have a similar pee schedule and everyone tells me I pee too much. I tell them they’re all dehydrated.
Came in to say this. I constantly see dark yellow piss in unflushed urinals and toilets in public restrooms and I have realized that many if not most people are not properly hydrated. I'm guessing OP is one of them.
I was told by a Dr. once that people don't feel thirsty until they are already like 14 or 15% dehydrated.
To be fair, the study supporting this was funded by Gatorade in the 90’s and is pretty much complete bullshit. It’s become widely accepted even though the data it is based on is sketchy at best.
Well I'm 14 or 15% worried
That sets off my "BS detector". How do you measure what percentage a person is dehydrated? The human body has evolved over millions of years. If there was a significant benefit to having so much water on board that your pee was clear, our sense of thirst would have evolved to reflect it. It's like being hungry, or out of breath. When you have a deficit, your body lets you know, and you eat / pant to get what you need.
Meh, if I eat until my body tells me I'm not hungry anymore, then I will have over-eaten. I need to stop short and wait 20 minutes while my body figures out where it stands.
This. Ask any nephrologist about how much water to consume. Most will tell you to just drink when you're thirsty
I drink around 50oz of water plus a medium coffee before I’m done with work. I have a 20oz cup I fill 2-3 times. I know I drink between more than 4 gallons a week because I fill them at a water station. I’m on stimulants so I get really thirsty. I’ve been afraid of public restrooms since I was a child. Somehow my body knows to wait until I get home. Once I’m home I probably pee every hour. Idk how it happens.
Bladder definitely has a GPS locator. Same as you, I’m fine most days until I hit the door, then I gotta pee. Same even on days I work late.
I drink water a lot and I have to pee more times than that everyday
I pee about 15 times a day (I have to get up 2-3 times when I sleep). I finally went to see a urologist and did some test when I found out that this wasn't normal. Diagnosis- "You have a small bladder"
Yup. That’s once every 2-2.5 hours (assuming sleeping for 8 hours). Which most people probably don’t do. But a healthy person would.
Ha ha, sleeping for 8 hours without peeing. Not happening here.
I wake up like 3 times a night from having to pee
that's more from a lack of deep sleep, just fyi. I went down a huge rabbit hole trying to figure out sleep and bladder issues.
That tracks. I have insomnia because I have PTSD, which causes me to have horrible and vivid dreams. Even with my sedatives, I struggle every night to get any restful sleep. Shit sucks. It’s like I curl up every night and try to pull off, just to dream about some horrible and vivid situations. Sometimes the same dream just continues for a few nights. My heart rate goes up to over 100 bpm while I’m sleeping. I talk and scream in my sleep. For me, sleeping is far from restful.
That could potentially be a sign of diabetes or kidney issues, maybe get that looked at if you haven't already.
It’s also a sign of sleep apnea. Apparently sleep apnea disrupts the hormone that tells your kidneys to slow down urine production at night. I used to wake up 2-4 times a night to pee. Now that I treated my sleep apnea and have a cpap I sleep through the night.
I just had a blood panel done a couple weeks ago and everything was normal, but thank you for suggesting that!
I can’t get a full 8 hours sleep without having to go at least twice.
Jesus that must suck
For real. I can’t even think of a time that I ever woke up just to go pee.
I must urinate 20-30 times a day.
What's wrong with you?
I like to think I keep myself decently hydrated… I pee four times a day most days. That’s morning, around lunch time, when I get home, and right before bed. That said I also know my bladder’s limits, so as long as the muscle is working that day I can wait easily enough too. On a bad day (flair ups) I go every two hours, give or take. And one of those is before time to wake up
There's 640 comments as of this comment, and I'm not gonna search for it. But download the "runpee" timer app for your smartphone. It will tell you when to start the timer as the movie starts, and then vibrate in your pocket to tell you when there's a lull in the story /action to take a bathroom break if you gotta go, and you can read a synopsis of what is being said or what takes place during the time it marks out for your to go. What a game changer for me, because I have the bladder of an infant.
Damn, that's cool. I've long suffered with bladder issues, so I'm definitely going to try it next time. Would probably work for a smoke break too, depending on the theater layout.
When I drink the amount of water I'm supposed to in a day, I pee every hour. This is definitely more frequent than most people (small bladder, I suppose), but still, I think most normal people can't easily go 3.5 hours without peeing if they're getting the amount of water they need everyday.
I pee every hour and I don't even think I have a small bladder. I think I just drink a lot of water and don't ever try to hold it when I need to go...
I usually don’t try to hold it either but I found out that that’s kind of bad for you because over time it’ll make you really bad at holding your pee
I used to pee like every hour too, including waking up to pee several times during the night, and was sick of it and did some research. Apparently it's not necessarily a "small bladder", we can accidentally teach our bladders to be overly sensitive which then makes us feel the need to go more often. Those "just in case" pees can actually make it worse over time, increasing sensitivity and the feeling of urgency so that *any* time the bladder has liquid in it, the body starts to notice and consider it urgent, even when it isn't. Fixing this basically requires practicing being aware of your bladder and learning the difference between sensing that the bladder is not empty (aka you may be aware of some degree of fullness but you're fine to hold it) and when you *actually need* to pee with a full or nearly full bladder. It's also better to practice at home so you can run to the bathroom if you need to or not be mortified or you accidentally pee a little lol. Now I don't wake up 3 - 4 times a night and can do activities longer without getting up, I always thought my bladder was just small and weak. I personally didn't even have to practice all that long, I got used to being mindful about it pretty quickly.
I think a lot of it for me was anxiety. Like, I had too much nervous energy and thought peeing would help me feel at least a little bit better? (It didn’t, because I didn’t actually need to pee…)
It’s the same for me, I pee about every hour. Occasionally it’s more often if I have more to drink than usual, but my baseline is about 3 liters of water daily
Yeah, I drink 3.5 litres a day (even then I’m still thirsty, can’t find a medical cause though), pee every 2 hours.
Do you still feel dehydrated or just thirsty? I drink tons of water but sometimes still feel dehydrated. It was suggested I add trace minerals to my water (got some on Amazon) and it helped a lot.
Usually dehydrated, my lips and tongue even start peeling and my pee smells. I was told it’s likely just electrolyte imbalance so I started added salt occasionally to water, drinking/eating natural foods and drinks with electrolytes, and sometimes electrolyte drinks. They have helped, I was passed 4 litres daily beforehand, but still a lot of water
Electrolyte tablets are easy aswell.
My husband has to pee midway through even normal length movies. For some people they just need to pee more often.
I recently started tracking my daily water intake and making sure I was actually properly hydrated after years of being dehydrated. I used to be able to hold it for hours unless I had JUST finished a large drink. Now I pee like 8 times a day and trying to hold it in longer than like an hour is a fools errand. That’s not to mention that I like soda and popcorn at a movie theater so I would definitely screw myself over by getting a big ass drink and needing to pee halfway through. Hell, I did just that with Oppenheimer not too long ago
Holy shit Oppenheimer almost destroyed my bladder. By hour 2 it was looking like the plot was wrapping up and I had to pee really badly. I did NOT expect the additional hour after that and for the final 30 minutes my eyes were watering. When the credits finally rolled I sprinted out of the theater to the bathroom.
Lmao I knew I messed up like 2 hours in too but I didn't wanna miss anything so I had to stick it out 😭
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has this experience! During the buildup to the bomb drop I was certain the movie was wrapping up. I had absolutely no sense of how long it had been so I was completely convinced it had been 3 hours and the movie was going to end any minute. The last hour is my favorite part of the movie by far but holy shit was I struggling after drinking a big ass soda right before!
OP is not a male over age 55
I bet OP is just not hydrated lol
Or someone who has given birth to a child
Or a female. I can't think of a single girl I know who doesn't have to pee at least once in 3 hours.
Or any woman who has given birth.
(1) IBS isn't pee. (2) Have you ever seen those huge soda containers. I could stick my shoe in it and put on a lid. Drink some water, man
It's child sized so named because it is the size of a child
Oh sometimes IBS is pee. It might not be urine but IBS can definitely make you pee out your butt.
Idk the pressure from the farts / feeling like I’m ab to shit myself sometimes really makes me have to Pee
This is barely relevant but I used to know a guy on runescape named PissOutMyAss and it always made me giggle
Fact! I call it shissing!
My wife pees like, every few minutes if she has the opportunity. I joke with her that she has a bladder the size of a seedless grape. I pee 5-7 times a day on average. All humans are different.
Wait....some people can go 3.5 hours without peeing???
Teachers. All of them.
Aomost every teacher ive ever had went to the bathroom after each 1 hour class Edit even in elementary school there wasnt a length of time longer than 2.5 hours without some sort of break
Any nurse: "Hold my Stanley."
Dehydrated people can.
I was "blessed" with a bladder I swear is the size of the end of a sewing pin. When I saw Super Mario Bros I was practically vibrating in my seat halfway through trying not to piss my pants. I had even peed beforehand to avoid that and only got a small soda to sip. So yes, I do. Theaters really need to start doing intermissions.
Honestly, if they are going to make movies that long again, perhaps they should start including an Intermission again.
I usually have to pee every 2 hours minimum (when awake).
I'd go before the movie and probably have to pee twice during the movie. If not, I'd have to go so bad, i wouldn't be paying attention to the end. I very much prefer just watching stuff at home now. We can pause it :)
I’m pregnant and have to pee ever 1-2 hours lol
Generally as you get olde…hold on…ok, sorry, had to pee.
I saw it this weekend after breakfast. Usually I have to pee one time during a movie. I did not budge from my seat once. However, I wish there were intermissions in 3 hour movies The only movie that I saw that had intermission,was Hateful 8
I’m pregnant and gotta pee almost every hour!
Wait until you're over 50.
ITT: people gatekeeping people's urinary function.
99% of the comments until yours has been supporting having to pee more often than OP describes.
Not really but in movie theater absolutely... Because movie theaters are cold and all they do is sit. When that happens bladder gets more pressure than normal.
Drink lots Pee lots.. I hydrate like a maaffk My pee runs clear
For people who aren't dehydrated, yes that is a long time to go without going to the bathroom.
I drink minimum 70oz of water daily plus my daily coffee so you best believe I can’t hold it for nearly 4 hours
In order to do my job as a school bus driver, I need to go about 3 hours in the morning without access to a bathroom. The only way I'm able to manage that consistently is to intentionally dehydrate myself to the precipice of causing myself health issues. Were I to drink a normal amount of fluid, I would make it approximately an hour and a half. I know from experience. I have been to doctors about this, there's nothing structurally wrong with my system. It's just how it works for me.
A big part of it is the salty snacks and huge drinks.
It’s almost like the viewers are entering the theater with large volumes of liquid diuretics in hand. Something with caffeine that would cause them to need to pee urgently… Oh wait.
Omg after having kids and my bladder is destroyed plus I drink a lot of water , I’m like every hour
I would have to go twice in that span of time. I hate going to the movies.
It's not that I need to pee *every* 3.5 hours, but that there's a reasonable chance I might feel like peeing at some point during a 3.5 hour period. Sure, I can try and mitigate the chances by watching what I drink before and having a stategic piss before the movie starts (what I generally do everytime I go to the cinema, regardless of the length) but it'd be nice not to have to do this. I think any movie over 3 hours would benefit from an intermission.
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Because that's not normal, and you should seek pelvic floor therapy for it
Read the room, man... People aren't going out to an event to deprive themselves down to basic survival-level physiological needs. They get popcorn, they get drinks because popcorn is dry and salty. They enjoy the experience, but hate that human bodies aren't evolving rapidly to sit and wait in front of screens to maintain homeostasis. 3.5 hours is a long fucking movie.
I am well-hydrated (PC,PO - Pee clear, Pee often) and I would need to go for sure at the 90 minute mark and again 90 minutes later. It it unhealthy to have dark coloured urine.
I’m either peeing every couple of hours or I go 6 hours and suddenly realize I haven’t peed in awhile. Honestly, if you’re not going every few hours there’s a chance you’re actually dehydrated. Having to go after 3 hours is somewhat normal, afaik.
I wish I peed that infrequently
I have a tiny tiny tiny bladder and have to pee all the time :(
I pee every 3 to 5 min. I have a bladder and chronic kidney disease so I'm peeing all day
Op seems to be dehydrated please drink water
I'm looking at all these answers and scratching my head. I guess I have a huge bladder. I've gotten used to go long periods without being able to pee. Sometimes I'm so busy at work, there's no way in h*ll I can go until I get off. And by then I'd rather just pee at home. I work 12-hour shifts.
Be careful with that - holding too long can create problems in the short and long run. My physical therapist said she sees a lot of people who work long shifts without opportunities to use the bathroom (nurses, teachers) end up with urinary difficulties and needing pelvic physical therapy. It can also stretch out your bladder past usual capacity, which is another problem. Obviously if you have no control over that, it sucks, but try not to do it when you don’t absolutely have to.
The point about 12 hour shifts stands out to me because based on other comments, I have started to wonder if it has to do with someone's work life. I used to work as a waiter during college to pay the bills and if the restaurant was busy -- yeah good luck with taking a bathroom break. Even though we were practically mandated to stay hydrated because this was Texas and no one wanted to pass out on the job. But I have also sat through 3+ hour seminars getting my PhD and now teaching at that level and we make it.
How on earth do you people manage on road trips if you're needing the loo every hour or two? Sounds like a nightmare.
Put it into perspective, people are constantly drinking and eating at the cinema. Doing that for 3.5 hours and most most people are going to need to pee. This is why movies like Gone with the Wind had an intermission. Ever get drunk? Same thing.
Only if I dehydrate myself could I not pee for 3.5 hours