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So Did the Hordes Really Skip out for Episode 2?

Posted by Cliff on from the let-the-box-office-record-tell-the-tale dept.

gabec asks: "A few days ago Slashdot reported that thousands of people were going to call in sick so they could go check out the new Star Wars movie. Virtually the entirety of the computer services department at my university is taking the day off in unison to go see the show. I expect the whole school to implode that day. So my question is, how many Slashdot readers really did skip out of work for Star Wars Episode 2?" Those wacky geeks over at General Protection Fault probably said it the best. I think a high truancy rate was only to be expected. Funny thing to note: timothy and I went to see Spider-Man, yesterday and we were the only two people in that theatre. Three guesses where everyone else went, and the first two don't count.

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  1. Re:blech. by doorbot.com · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know, there's a happy medium somewhere. Just because some people are Star Wars nuts (and I mean that in the crazed maniac sense), doesn't mean that the complete opposite is good. Sure, you may not like fantasy, but fantasy movies can be a good thing. [i]Lord Of The Rings[/i] comes to mind, specifically because you can read the books, and then go "experience" the books via the movies.

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    I actually haven't seen Star Wars yet (I was busy getting a sun burn at the Giants game -- my boss told me to go). I'll probably see it eventually, but I think I'm going to wait until after the first two weeks...

  2. Re:I hope you all get fired by SirWhoopass · · Score: 4, Insightful
    You CAN skip work, even if you do have responsibilities. You simply must accept the consequences of skipping work. If, in skipping work to see Star Wars you harm thousands of people, and you still choose to skip work, then you probably aren't the type of person that should have been hired for that position in the first place.

    Several months ago I told my boss I was going to be out of the office on May 16. I told him it was because I was going to see Star Wars. I have vacation days and I can use them for any reason I want.

    By the way, skipping school does harm someone... yourself.

  3. Re:blech. by ocbwilg · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Look, I have read every CS/math book I could lay my hands on. I have been coding since I was 13, and missed all my highschool home-comings while coding (I didn't miss my prom.) I am also a 3rd year college student, majoring in math.

    I have never seen a single star wars movie, never watch an anime, not even a comic book. I hate computer games (specially multi-player games) but I don't mind trying some galaga while I am waiting for my pizza at pizza hut.

    You know, if you're not careful you're going to end up dead from a distinct lack of having a life. I too enjoy reading and playing with machines, but there is a time when getting out and doing something with friends (even something passive like watching a movie) is a good thing. There is far more in the world than that which is simply technical and if you fail to experience it when you are young then you will grow up to be a bitter and remorseful old man.

  4. Re:blech. by Skirwan · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I have never seen a single star wars movie, never watch an anime, not even a comic book. I hate computer games (specially multi-player games) but I don't mind trying some galaga while I am waiting for my pizza at pizza hut.
    "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream."

    "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

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    Damn the Emperor!