I assume everyone has this issue with spoilers?

[Deleted]

I hate when people put spoilers on fb. When I'm watching the bachelor I have to stay off FB all evening until I can watch the show.

[cville]

A few people I know essentially live tweet television shows on FB. I think that's taking it too far since even within the country you could be spoiling people.

Two years? GTF over yourself, dude.


I think a good 12 hour buffer is nice.

[styme46]

If I'm going to post about a tv show anywhere (fb, here, etc.), I never post details...just something general like "OMG, HIMYM sucked" or the like. But then again, I'm usually the one that's behind since I'm on Mountain Time and most of you are on Eastern Time.

[tacocat]

I hate when people post spoilers the night the shows air. I had a few people post their feelings, but no one posted actual spoilers.

Two years is definitely long enough to talk about spoilers and the other person shouldn't get mad.

[justcallmekhaleesi]

I hate when people post spoilers on FB. You're an asshole if you do. Post a status with no spoilers and then discuss in the comments.

Even if a show has been on for years, I still don't say anything because I know so many people go back and watch shows. I'd be so bummed if say, I was watching Dexter for the first time and someone ruined season 4 for me. Sure, it was 5 years ago, but that doesn't change the fact that it's still a shocking finale.

ETA: I don't think you can get mad about a spoilers from years ago, at all, but I personally don't spoil any shows because I like to be surprised, so I figure other people do too. 

[thebuddhagouda]

I won't post anything while live watching because there are so many people that onDemand or DVR and watch the next day, but after a couple days I don't feel sorry for you anymore.

As for someone reading an old book or watching an old show, I won't intentionally spoil if I know you're just now catching up, but if I'm talking to someone else I'm not going out of my way to avoid spoiling for you.

One of my students got mad last year that we were discussing Deathly Hallows because he had just started reading the books. Nope, these books are 10+ years old. You don't get to be mad.

[janegold]

I think it's rude to post spoilers on FB where people can't know it's coming by just scrolling through Newsfeed. I was PISSED when people spoiled The Good Wife last week.

[thatgirl2478]

ugh - yeah - rude to post them on FB where you can't block them.

I'm SO FAR behind on TV - I haven't been able to watch ANYTHING since Thursday (no Greys, no Scandal, no Walking Dead, no HIMYM).

[lilybug]

I don't watch many shows live, but I also don't mind spoilers - I usually seek them out. lol.

I try to stay vague if I post about tv shows. I don't see the point of "The mother is ____!!" posts. "Shocked at the HIMYM finale!" gets the same point across, right?

[McGavin]

I try to avoid spoiling anything for anyone at anytime. We were 5 months behind on getting through Breaking Bad and never had a spoiler from anyone. I'm really happy about that because it was so, so awesome.

[spitforspat]

FB spoilers are the worst. You call yourselves my FRIENDS?!

[Deleted]

I think people should hold of on hard-to-avoid spoilers (like Facebook status updates) for 12-24 hours.

Two years though? That's fair game. If I get spoiled for a show I haven't watched, yet, I'm a little disappointed, but that's just how it goes.

[thebuddhagouda]

Apr 1, 2014 9:36:04 GMT -5 @astrid said:

Apr 1, 2014 9:29:09 GMT -5 lilybug said:

I don't watch many shows live, but I also don't mind spoilers - I usually seek them out. lol.

You are my people.

Yeah, they don't bother me. I'm bad about getting stressed in the middle of a book and flipping to the last page to make sure it turns out okay before I finish reading.

[lilac05]

I don't watch much TV live because it's right at bedtime for the kids. We don't have DVR anymore, either. I don't mind spoilers, and seek them out, too. I don't get completely wrapped up in shows, though.

I never post spoilers. I don't typically post about shows in general. I think spoilers are just kind of a fact of life now. I think it's kind of annoying that people have to talk in code because others were too busy doing other things to watch it. I miss the days that everyone would go to school to talk about Cheers or Friends or whatever from the night before. Now you can't have those conversations without someone saying, "STOP TALKING about it...I haven't seen it yet."

[pantsparty]

If you're not going to watch an episode as it's airing, you need to enforce a social media blackout.

I mean, sometimes people drop spoilers in COMPLETELY UNRELATED posts.

Still not over it, carrots!

[NothingWrongwithOhio]

Not a show or movie, but my friend and I were reading Philippa Gregory novels around the same time. She was in the middle of the Mary, Queen of Scots one, which I hadn't read, and I made some offhand comment like "I wonder if they'll actually 'show' her beheading at the end" and she was like "WHY WOULD YOU TELL ME THAT SHE GETS BEHEADED?!?!?!" Dude. That's history. That's like freaking out because you're about to see "Lincoln" and someone says "Sucks how John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in a theater."

[nahoku]

Yes, I have to remind myself to avoid FB/Twitter sometimes if I'm behind on something. I do hate when people post spoilers as status updates on FB. EW.com did that a week or so after Breaking Bad ended - I'd done such a good job avoiding spoilers (I'd just started watching the series) and then I saw what happens to a major character due to a link they shared.

And carrots, I remember that spoiler, lol! The problem with that was that it came out of nowhere/wasn't related at all to the thread, if I'm remembering correctly, and I'm pretty sure the episode was only a few days old. Still not cool, dude! I can control myself and stay out of the threads that are specifically discussing an episode (or movie/book/whatever it may be), but it sucks when a spoiler comes out of nowhere.

[thebuddhagouda]

Apr 1, 2014 10:48:25 GMT -5 NothingWrongwithOhio said:

Not a show or movie, but my friend and I were reading Philippa Gregory novels around the same time. She was in the middle of the Mary, Queen of Scots one, which I hadn't read, and I made some offhand comment like "I wonder if they'll actually 'show' her beheading at the end" and she was like "WHY WOULD YOU TELL ME THAT SHE GETS BEHEADED?!?!?!" Dude. That's history. That's like freaking out because you're about to see "Lincoln" and someone says "Sucks how John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in a theater."

I had the same issue with Captain Phillips and someone getting mad because I spoiled the end. Um, this actually happened. A few years ago. YOU WERE ALIVE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

[y4m]

Apr 1, 2014 9:36:28 GMT -5 @canadiandrone said:

I think people should hold of on hard-to-avoid spoilers (like Facebook status updates) for 12-24 hours.

Two years though? That's fair game. If I get spoiled for a show I haven't watched, yet, I'm a little disappointed, but that's just how it goes.

This is my rule.

It is dick to post finale spoilers in real time, especially if you are on the east coast.  It is also ridiculous to expect that people will hold off on discussing something more than a day.  If you really care that much, watch the show already.

[snickers]

I don't care if someone posts a spoiler, but I don't think I've ever posted something about a TV show on facebook.

[elfinia7]

Apr 1, 2014 9:29:09 GMT -5 lilybug said:

I don't watch many shows live, but I also don't mind spoilers - I usually seek them out. lol.

I try to stay vague if I post about tv shows. I don't see the point of "The mother is ____!!" posts. "Shocked at the HIMYM finale!" gets the same point across, right?

I'm the same way. My H hates that I actually seek out spoilers even though I don't tell him. When Lost was on, I'd go to all the theory sites to see what people thought or had insight on. Or when we watch Big Brother I'll search out the live feed sites so I'll know real time information before it's even aired.

I do try to be cognizant of not spoiling things for others like for Game of Thrones I had read the books so I knew all about the Red Wedding.  I didn't tell H what was going to happen but I did spend most of that episode watching his face cause I so wanted to see his expression when it all went down. 

[Deleted]

I don't have that issue -- I think because you have to be a pretty hardcore Facebook user to still, in 2014, post about things like TV shows, and anyone on my friends list who posts often and/or about minutiae like that was blocked from my newsfeed long ago.