# Are we going crazy over spoilers?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 7, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-crazy-over-spoilers/833638 "2019-05-07T23:10:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-crazy-over-spoilers/833638/41 "2019-05-09T16:18:45Z")

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> I see this on the dope also, where you have to spoiler box anything an actor says in an interview, even in a thread for people who have already seen the episode

That probably was me. I said in another thread that:

[SPOILER]The actor that plays Bronn said in an interview something to the effect of “You’re not going to like me this season.”

That is so vague that I wouldn’t have thought in a million years that would be considered a “spoiler.”

Did it affect my viewing experience though? Well yes. Every time he comes on screen I expect something bad to happen. So I get it.  
[/SPOILER]

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-crazy-over-spoilers/833638/42 "2019-05-09T16:30:33Z")

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That’s the nice thing about sports. Live sporting events don’t always have good twists and surprises, but when they do, nobody can spoil them ahead of time. (And the vast majority of people who watch them do so in real time, and expect to talk about them afterward, so nobody complains about spoilers.)

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-crazy-over-spoilers/833638/43 "2019-05-10T19:09:13Z")

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> [@Ashtura](#):
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> That probably was me. I said in another thread that:  
> [spoilers]

Okay, I’m going to bitch about spoilers now. When you use a spoiler box, you need to give SOME indication of what the hell is inside it. How about “I said in another thread [about Movie X/TV show Y] regarding [general plot point that isn’t a spoiler] that:” then you write out your spoiler box. Please?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-crazy-over-spoilers/833638/44 "2019-05-10T21:51:28Z")

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[Relevant musical selection.](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG-XNrUqyzo)

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