I went to a movie theater yesterday. I was extremely thrilled about doing it. It was just me, and I was looking forward to being hunkered down in my seat with popcorn watching a movie unspool before me. Being a person who goes to the movies alone is one of my identity markers.
It was weird right off the bat. No one hanging out in the lobby, no bustle. T…
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