Ymmv: ... but seriously, tell us again how you're allowed to breed?
Ymmv: ... but seriously, tell us again how you're allowed to breed?
http://www.dorktower.com/2014/08/06/the-spoils-of-spoilers-dork-tower-06-08-14/
http://www.dorktower.com/2014/08/06/the-spoils-of-spoilers-dork-tower-06-08-14
http://www.dorktower.com/2014/08/06/the-spoils-of-spoilers-dork-tower-06-08-14/
http://www.dorktower.com/2014/08/06/the-spoils-of-spoilers-dork-tower-06-08-14
I 100% disagree. I think people should always be considerate to the unspoiled whenever possible, no matter how long ago something came out. I never tell people how Citizen Kane ends because if they can somehow manage to watch it unspoiled (as I did), it's awesome.
ReplyDelete"Caesar dies. Frodo lives. Jesus does both."
ReplyDeleteI can be considerate, but if you get mad because it slipped out that the Titanic sank, it is 100% on YOU. You do not get to live in a bubble, hermetically sealed from all of history and events, untouched by the passage of time.
Or rather, if you demand that level of spoiler protection, I'll simply ignore you and your complaints as immaterial, and simply stop interacting with you at all.
I have decided I want that on a t-shirt. Possibly with RIver Song on the other side.
ReplyDeleteJohn Dilick Well, I don't count actual historical events as things you need to be careful of spoiling. That's dumb.
ReplyDeleteBut fiction? Fiction that's supposed to be enjoyed without foreknowledge of what happens? I don't care how old it is, it's nice not to spoil it for people.
It is people.
ReplyDeleteI would not intentionally spoil someone, but after a certain amount of time you're kind of at your own risk.
ReplyDeleteMark Erikson While I don't willingly spoil stuff -- even very old historical fiction -- I will not feel bad about accidentally doing so. I am not going to ask someone if they've seen Star Wars before making a joke that involves the events therein, because the odds are very, very much in my favor that they have seen it, or are at least aware of the details already.
ReplyDeleteAs I said, once someone makes me aware that they are that spoiler-phobic, I'll simply stop interacting with them, as simply discussing a movie that is 5 years old runs into danger of upsetting them.
"Caesar dies. Frodo lives. Jesus does both."
ReplyDeleteHey, that's catchy.
I was 50/50 on whether it was you or Hill.
ReplyDelete(Google results turned up Rowat, and I was pretty sure it was older than that.)
He's been gone so long, we should just auction off his best lines and donate the proceeds to charity.
ReplyDelete(But that one actually was mine.)
John Dilick It depends on what you mean by "that" spoilerphobic. I'm not saying live you life like nobody has seen anything and you can't ever talk about pop culture at all, I'm just saying to be reasonable. If you're going to discuss major plot points of a movie that not everyone has seen, it can't hurt to put in some spoiler space.
ReplyDeleteAnd the original comic was suggesting the three days after a show airs it the onus is on the spoilee to avoid spoilers? I guess maybe that applies to twitter, but otherwise it seems pretty severe.