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Author Topic: Leaving through front exit doors. Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 12-08-2009 11:32 AM                     Touché Though it wasn't me making assumptions. It's more me being dyslexic, but whatever. I misread it.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-08-2009 04:38 PM                        Chris, you are the king of not understanding what dyslexia means around here. I read Mike's entire post backwards, jumbled the words into several different orders and did not come up with your conclusion.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 12-08-2009 11:40 PM                     Dyslexia actually only means that a person has difficulty reading, not necessarily that they jumble letters/words, just so you know. But I do have it where I jumble up letters and words often; and incidentally, jumbling this up can also make it easier to skip over a word altogether and get the wrong meaning that way. It also doesn't help if you come on here after being up late studying for some finals. So perhaps I don't know what dyslexia means on this forum, but I sure know that I have it and how it affects my reading/comprehension.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-08-2009 11:59 PM                        Chris, now being aware that you have this condition I'll try not to be so judgmental in the future. Apologies.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-08-2009 11:59 PM                     I hate it when words and letters seem to jump around on the page. One time, you read, "Chickens and witches." It's confusing and it doesn't make sense so you go back and read it again but, this time you read, "Chicken sandwiches." Shit like that happens to me all the time. I often have to read things two times just to be sure.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 12-09-2009 12:04 AM                     I'll never forget one time reading some book in HS and then going "WTF? That sentence made no sense at all." Then I looked back through and realized that I changed "was" to "saw." Though the more annoying part personally is that the same kind of stuff happens in my speech too. I'll regularly be thinking something like "I hate Mondays" and start to say "I mate hondays" then start stuttering. I fucking hate that.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-09-2009 09:48 AM                        When I was in school, I had designs on being a radio DJ. That was quickly put to rest during my first auditions when I discovered that I have mild dyslexia and simply can't do cold reads of copy. I just can't. Over the years I have gotten the occasional gig, but only it if I know I can rehearse and rehearse over and over to get it right. Even then, after fully preparing, I still give the audio engineer a good editing workout. They like my voice; they are not fond of the editing sessions. When following driving directions, I will invariably get left and right confused. MANY times my lady will be sitting right next to me and she's learned she shouldn't use words -- she points. Visuals I can understand perfectly; it's words that need to get translated into mental concepts get messed up. They say it has something to do with the left and right hemisphere of the brain receiving signals out of sync and slightly time delayed or something. We have too theatres in our complex. I will many times say the name of the one when meaning the other. When I am in a meeting or such with the suits, I have even tried to force myself to think about the correct name and force myself not to say the wrong one, but that can actually make me stutter. It used to bother me a lot when I was a kid, but I got to accept that's just the way it is and you just have to make adjustments and deal. I do double check telephone numbers or any other data that someone tells that I am writing down -- I will always ask them to repeat it and I tap each number with my pen as they say it. A bit of an annoyance, sure, but as disabilities go, this is just quirky; there are many others out there that make it look like a walk in the park, albeit most likely in the wrong direction. Oh, and to get back on topic about theatres designed with exit doors next to the screen: THAT problem can be adjusted quite readily with a few pounds of plastique explosives and a talented demolition team -- level that multiplex box in less than 60 seconds. Theatre designers who put exit doors next to the screen are an abomination and need to have their pubes pulled out one by one.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-09-2009 04:21 PM                        quote: Chris Slycord I'll regularly be thinking something like "I hate Mondays" and start to say "I mate hondays" then start stuttering. I fucking hate that. I often have this same issue. Drives me nuts. Usually the more people in a room, the better I'll speak, oddly enough.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 12-10-2009 07:59 PM                        quote: Chris Slycord "I mate hondays" Reminds me of the Aerosmith album "Night in the Ruts".  |  IP: Logged Poon Limpapun Film Handler Posts: 40 From: Pathumwhan Bangkok Thailand Registered: Nov 2007 posted 12-19-2009 03:54 PM                        In Thailand, we have a building code that requires aisles running around each and every auditorium in the house so we always have side front doors on each side of the screen and we always use these doors for the audiences to exit. These exits are usually located on one level down from the lobby (due to stadium seating) and we place restrooms down there so that we could separate guests exiting and entering the theatre.  |  IP: Logged Geoff Jones Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 579 From: Broomfield, CO, USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 12-19-2009 04:32 PM                        When I worked at LucasArts (video games), we had company screenings of almost anything that ILM or Skywalker Sound worked on. These were often at a single in Corte Madera at around 9am on Saturdays or Sundays. We would get regular email reminders asking folks to not leave out the side doors, because it threw light on the screen while people were trying to see their names in the credits. The emails didn't seem to work - there was always somebody...  |  IP: Logged

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