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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Spoilers don't ruin movies. People do.
Do spoilers ruin your life?
Yes! They make me die the small death.
No. Posting on an Internet forum is more important to me.
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unlimited shrimp
Aug 30, 2008

Darko posted:

Therefore, knowing this, it's good to err on the side of not being a dick when talking about media. You can be a dick if you want to be a dick and take away experiences from people, but you're being a dick, and it's probably better to not be a dick.
Why is it incumbent on the people who have seen the text to protect the people who haven't seen the text from spoilers? If you're invested in experiencing the emotional impact of a text's plot twist, and that text is out in the wild and readily accessible, then why isn't it squarely on you to be diligent in avoiding spoilers?

I get not being a dick about spoilers, but I don't get using spoiler tags in the Star Wars thread for a month after the film was released.

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