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By katem - 16/04/2013 05:08 - United States

Today, my friend and I were seeing a movie. We ended up sitting next to a man who was continually laughing, clapping, and bouncing up and down on his seat. Extremely annoyed, we turned to him and told him to "shut the fuck up". Turns out he had downs syndrome and ran out of the theater crying. FML
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Hazimius 0

Why would your first course of action be to tell someone to "shut the **** up"? I agree with #3.

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limeade 0

You should have been nicer, but I dont really blame you. If he can't behave he shouldn't go in public, it's disrespectful and inconsiderate. If a child behaved like that, everyone would bitch about bad parenting. When an adult has a child's brain capacity, they should also be expected to behave as a child would be expected to in a public place like a movie.

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Rodjmeister 0

Fail. his actions didn't tip you off to something being wrong? wow.

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nevele11 0

Seriously, there's a guy who comes to the mall near me all the time who does that, his name is Randy and he's such a sweet heart. He doesn't understand what he's doing. Way to be an a-hole.

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fueledbyamy 0

yeah, thats true. i work at toys r us, and theres a man who comes in at least once a week, probably in his late 20's and i serve him, and he is incredibly sweet :)

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AlyshaDeShae 10

You know, I almost want to say that you deserve it simply because I'm not a big fan of cussing or screaming at strangers, but I don't think you do. First of all, if someone is in a theater, regardless of any mental problems, that should indicate that they are somewhat capable of following rules. All theaters display their rules throughout the previews and they are pretty simple: 1. Keep quiet! 2. Turn off cell phones and pagers. Granted, you could have and possibly should have been a little nicer when asking, but like #15 said, you get asked nicely during the previews to keep quiet. For that matter, this particular bit even warns you of the consequences: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxNO4x5puWE :-D

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ryan__h 1

#s 35, 36, 47, and 50 I totally agree

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ateasenfitz 0

If my kid had down's syndrome I would not let them bounce up and down in a movie theatre its rude, therefore the OP is right, tell them to STFU

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tiedyejedi 0

At least you got to see the movie in peace. I agree with #61 as well - partly because if the man was functional enough to take himself to a movie, buy a ticket, find his seat, etc, then he should be able to comprehend the rules of the theater. If he was there with a guardian, it was the guardian's responsibility to keep him quiet. People wouldn't be as tolerant of a screaming child, I don't see the difference here.

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