Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
So because it inconveniences you and annoys you, we all should do as it is convenient for you? If people want to use spoiler tags, so what? I agree they don't need to be required, but if I know someone doesn't know about a movie, TV show, or whatever else that I have something to say about, out of consideration for that person, or people, I will use the tags. Even if THEY ARE NOT NECESSARY. Doesn't make them illegal.Ironhidensh wrote:Burn, you lazy bum, this is for you!
So spoiler tags, yay or nay? When are they good, when are they not needed? If you didn't want to be spoiled, why did you click on the thread in the first place?
Personally, I don't like them. They're annoying as all hell when using a phone, which I do 99% of the time. If the title of the thread says "spoilers", that should be good enough. Hell, if the title of the thread has the title of the movie, that should be good enough. We are all, mostly, grown-ass men and women. We should know what we are in for before getting on the net in the first place.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:Burn, you lazy bum, this is for you!
So spoiler tags, yay or nay? When are they good, when are they not needed? If you didn't want to be spoiled, why did you click on the thread in the first place?
Personally, I don't like them. They're annoying as all hell when using a phone, which I do 99% of the time. If the title of the thread says "spoilers", that should be good enough. Hell, if the title of the thread has the title of the movie, that should be good enough. We are all, mostly, grown-ass men and women. We should know what we are in for before getting on the net in the first place.
Ironhidensh wrote:Settle down there Roddy, and have a snickers. You sound like shadowman when you are hungry.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Va'al wrote:What I was suggesting (while chatting to Burn about this) was that we could go for around a week after most Anglophone countries have received a new feature, be it episode, movie, what have you.
Now, for on demand or Netflix, the situation is a little different. Not everyone has access, not everyone binges, how do we regulate that, if at all?
Ironhidensh wrote:The week for new movi s would be okay. I just see the need for spoiler tags as a lack of self control. A failure to regulate ones own behavior. For instance, I don't want to be spoiled on Star Wars 7. When that movie starts getting released, I will no longer go near any thread associated with Star Wars. I won't sit back and whine, demanding people censor themselves for me.
If I was on an actual computer, this probably wouldn't bother me, but since I've only turned my computer on about 6 or 7 times in the last four years, they drive me nuts on mobile devices.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Burn wrote:Two posts in this thread and not one of them have offered an idea on how we could establish some guidelines for the use of spoiler tags. But, as per usual, your contribution is to attack others for their stances.
Burn wrote:Unless you're going to contribute to the discussion Shadowman, please leave this thread.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Burn wrote:So what would YOU consider an acceptable time frame for spoiler tags to be used? One week? One month? One year?
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Jeen0808 wrote:Unless you're going to actively moderate the use of spoiler tags and literally go out of your way to report to people about the "wrong use of spoiler tags, because it's been a week," everyone's just going to keep doing what they prefer to do.
Rules for spoiler tag usage? No, thanks.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Shadowman wrote:Burn wrote:Two posts in this thread and not one of them have offered an idea on how we could establish some guidelines for the use of spoiler tags. But, as per usual, your contribution is to attack others for their stances.
Well maybe if their stances weren't "People either have to deal with spoilers or get off the internet because I don't like spoiler tags" then I might be a bit more accommodating.Burn wrote:Unless you're going to contribute to the discussion Shadowman, please leave this thread.
Is it a spoiler for something recent enough that people would be angry for finding it out before seeing the movie? Use spoiler tags. At the very least put "Spoiler" in big letters at the beginning of your post. Because Occam's razor.
I'm reminded of a time when my DVR screwed up and didn't record a certain episode of Transformers Prime. So I headed to the official thread because streaming links are put up there fairly quick. The idea is that I'd only barely look at a post to see if it had a link or an embedded Youtube video in it. First post I come across had, in big old letters, the major spoiler for the episode, displayed in such a way that I couldn't not see it.
Because sometimes, even if you're trying to avoid spoilers as best as you can, someone else is going to be an inconsiderate douche and get them to you anyway.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:Shadowman wrote:Burn wrote:Two posts in this thread and not one of them have offered an idea on how we could establish some guidelines for the use of spoiler tags. But, as per usual, your contribution is to attack others for their stances.
Well maybe if their stances weren't "People either have to deal with spoilers or get off the internet because I don't like spoiler tags" then I might be a bit more accommodating.Burn wrote:Unless you're going to contribute to the discussion Shadowman, please leave this thread.
Is it a spoiler for something recent enough that people would be angry for finding it out before seeing the movie? Use spoiler tags. At the very least put "Spoiler" in big letters at the beginning of your post. Because Occam's razor.
I'm reminded of a time when my DVR screwed up and didn't record a certain episode of Transformers Prime. So I headed to the official thread because streaming links are put up there fairly quick. The idea is that I'd only barely look at a post to see if it had a link or an embedded Youtube video in it. First post I come across had, in big old letters, the major spoiler for the episode, displayed in such a way that I couldn't not see it.
Because sometimes, even if you're trying to avoid spoilers as best as you can, someone else is going to be an inconsiderate douche and get them to you anyway.
You went, delibritly, into a thread known for containing spoilers, then got upset because you saw a spoiler. Again, personal responsibility.
Forever is ridiculous. If you haven't seen something within a week, then that's on you. Dedicated threads should be their own spoiler warning. People don't deserve special treatment because they still don't know Vader is Luke's father 30 some years later.
I've decided I want to enjoy the new RiD cartoon with my son, so I've quit reading that thread, I didn't ask people to start making spoiler tags about the show. Personal responsibility, it's a lost art.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Shadowman wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Shadowman wrote:Burn wrote:Two posts in this thread and not one of them have offered an idea on how we could establish some guidelines for the use of spoiler tags. But, as per usual, your contribution is to attack others for their stances.
Well maybe if their stances weren't "People either have to deal with spoilers or get off the internet because I don't like spoiler tags" then I might be a bit more accommodating.Burn wrote:Unless you're going to contribute to the discussion Shadowman, please leave this thread.
Is it a spoiler for something recent enough that people would be angry for finding it out before seeing the movie? Use spoiler tags. At the very least put "Spoiler" in big letters at the beginning of your post. Because Occam's razor.
I'm reminded of a time when my DVR screwed up and didn't record a certain episode of Transformers Prime. So I headed to the official thread because streaming links are put up there fairly quick. The idea is that I'd only barely look at a post to see if it had a link or an embedded Youtube video in it. First post I come across had, in big old letters, the major spoiler for the episode, displayed in such a way that I couldn't not see it.
Because sometimes, even if you're trying to avoid spoilers as best as you can, someone else is going to be an inconsiderate douche and get them to you anyway.
You went, delibritly, into a thread known for containing spoilers, then got upset because you saw a spoiler. Again, personal responsibility.
Forever is ridiculous. If you haven't seen something within a week, then that's on you. Dedicated threads should be their own spoiler warning. People don't deserve special treatment because they still don't know Vader is Luke's father 30 some years later.
I've decided I want to enjoy the new RiD cartoon with my son, so I've quit reading that thread, I didn't ask people to start making spoiler tags about the show. Personal responsibility, it's a lost art.
I'd argue that, but then I realized I already explained it, and like most things, you just didn't comprehend it.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:You are right, I don't think I've ever comprehended anything you've ever said.
Ironhidensh wrote:it is not my responsibility to keep you away from spoilers, it's your own.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Shadowman wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:You are right, I don't think I've ever comprehended anything you've ever said.
I know you meant that as sarcasm, but I genuinely believe it.Ironhidensh wrote:it is not my responsibility to keep you away from spoilers, it's your own.
It's not my responsibility to keep pedestrians out of the road, but that doesn't mean I should be tearing though a school zone at 70 miles per hour. It's just as easy to get my foot off the gas so other people don't have to suffer.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:Shadowman wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:You are right, I don't think I've ever comprehended anything you've ever said.
I know you meant that as sarcasm, but I genuinely believe it.Ironhidensh wrote:it is not my responsibility to keep you away from spoilers, it's your own.
It's not my responsibility to keep pedestrians out of the road, but that doesn't mean I should be tearing though a school zone at 70 miles per hour. It's just as easy to get my foot off the gas so other people don't have to suffer.
Okay. If reading a movie spoiler is as horrible to you as the vehicular manslaughter of children, you have some problems. I'm going to buy you a beer, a burger, and a prostitute. You need them.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
I think you missed the point of his analogy. Completely.Ironhidensh wrote:Shadowman wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:it is not my responsibility to keep you away from spoilers, it's your own.
It's not my responsibility to keep pedestrians out of the road, but that doesn't mean I should be tearing though a school zone at 70 miles per hour. It's just as easy to get my foot off the gas so other people don't have to suffer.
Okay. If reading a movie spoiler is as horrible to you as the vehicular manslaughter of children, you have some problems. I'm going to buy you a beer, a burger, and a prostitute. You need them.
It Is Him wrote:I have nothing worthwhile to add to this discussion. If you're on your phone, you probably just went REALLY out of your way to read this. Sucks to be you, nerd. You didn't really need those few seconds of your life you spent trying to read this message anyway.
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