# Cafe Society stickies temporarily disturbed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014 "2012-03-28T03:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/21 "2012-03-29T15:31:15Z")
Nice unboxed spoiler there, SeniorBeef. BTW, from what I gathered from the intro posts the stickies are only temporary until everyone gets the hang of it. When the “Special Little Snowflake” book series gets made into a cable show, and there are enough viewers/readers/posters that it’s a hassle to keep spoilers from the books spilling over into the series, perhaps the same format will be followed. Since it’ll be somewhat established by then, no need for a sticky, even though it would be Very Special. So it’s there for a while 'till everyone gets up to speed, right? We’re going to get our BOO! forum back soon too, right? d&r ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/22 "2012-03-29T15:45:01Z")
Ha, I didn’t even think about it being a spoiler, since it was an internet meme almost on the level of “luke, I am your father” Anyway, I’d support dual-thread approaches to adaptations in general, but generally they aren’t necesarily - there’s just not that much discussion of the original source material. Someone upthread mentioned Dexter, and the Dexter books are almost irrelevant to the series, and apparently not something anyone wants to discuss, because the issue rarely gets brought up. The Walking Dead is closer - and I’d rather have comics discussion put elsewhere - but again, only a tiny fraction of the discussion that GoT generates. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/23 "2012-03-29T15:57:38Z")
:smack: He did it again! Why do I get the feeling this is turning into the Monster at the End of the Thread? Actually, LIKYF is a bit more known and spread around than SKD. There are a lot of people who haven’t read/seen the HP books that eventually get to them due to the buzz and whatnot. Not that you’re going to hell, but it’s an interesting example of two different spoiler outlooks–hell, I’d still spoiler RB in CK rather than chance it. I have to go now, there’s an acronym out there that I haven’t met. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/24 "2012-03-29T16:12:51Z")
Feel free to edit my posts if the SKD thing is considered a spoiler, sorry. I thought it was such a pop culture thing that everyone knew it, which is why I chose it as an example of the sort of spoiler I’m hoping to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/25 "2012-03-29T16:53:49Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > (Consulting on Game of Thrones since the CS mods are not familiar with it and does not follow the show.) I love this. At TWOP some moderators don’t watch the shows they’re moderating, so they have no clue what constitutes a spoiler. The results are catastrophic (on the message board level of catastrophic). **quixotic78** , spoiler boxes aren’t inadequate, it’s just that the thread would be filled with boxes, and nobody wants to read a thread full of boxes. Plus, if you’re subscribed via e-mail, there are no boxes – it’s all right there. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/26 "2012-03-29T16:57:54Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Feel free to edit my posts if the SKD thing is considered a spoiler, sorry. I thought it was such a pop culture thing that everyone knew it. It is. I even have a “movie spoiler” t-shirt that has it on the front, along with a bunch of other stuff. And i’ve never even seen the Harry Potter films or read the books. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/27 "2012-03-29T17:26:14Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > It is. I even have a “movie spoiler” t-shirt that has it on the front, along with a bunch of other stuff. And i’ve never even seen the Harry Potter films or read the books. Wow. Just, wow. Do you wear it in public? That would be pretty shitty. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/28 "2012-03-29T18:14:33Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Wow. Just, wow. Do you wear it in public? That would be pretty shitty. Yep. The Harry Potter spoiler is the most recent one on the shirt. Quite a few are from much older movies like the original Star Wars series, Psycho, The Crying Game, The Sixth Sense, etc. Almost all the spoilers are ones that have made it into the general cultural consciousness, even among people who haven’t seen the movies in question. There are 5 movies on the shirt that i still haven’t seen, but i knew all the spoilers already. Does anyone really not know that Soylent Green is made of people, or that the Planet of the Apes was earth all along? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/29 "2012-03-29T19:32:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Gukumatz** very kindly volunteered to help out the Cafe Society mods with this show, which indeed was very contentious last season. The problem was that the people who had read the books were – either deliberately or not – bringing stuff from the books into the discussion of the TV show, which was really pissing off a lot of the people who hadn’t read the books. Since **Gukumatz** has both read the books and was watching the TV show, he was able to sort out exactly who was doing what, spoilerwise, and he was an enormous help to the regular CS mods, since none of us were familiar with the material in either form. > > He will be acting CS mod while the show is on, with special responsibility for the _Game of Thrones_ threads, and **Marley23, Ellen Cherry** , and I are \*extremely \*grateful for his willingness to do so. > > **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator I think it’s a little silly both that this show gets such special treatment (3 threads? all stickied?)and thinking people will stick to the spoilers rules any better. STM, him keeping an eye on the threads would have been good enough. eta: mhendo, I once got chastised by a poster for mentioning: The trailer for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly showed the Mexican standoff at the end. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/30 "2012-03-29T19:37:27Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > thinking people will stick to the spoilers rules any better. Yeah, don’t hold your breath on that one. There’s still people that are adverse to figuring out when and how you should use spoiler boxes on this board. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/31 "2012-03-29T20:01:20Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yeah, don’t hold your breath on that one. There’s still people that are adverse to figuring out when and how you should use spoiler boxes on this board. Thankfully, every single poster on this board slavishly reads stickies and always follows the rules contained within. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/32 "2012-03-29T20:47:24Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > It is. I even have a “movie spoiler” t-shirt that has it on the front, along with a bunch of other stuff. And i’ve never even seen the Harry Potter films or read the books. > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Wow. Just, wow. Do you wear it in public? That would be pretty shitty. > [@mhendo](#): > > Yep. We need to sticky you, pronto. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/33 "2012-03-29T21:21:20Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I think it’s a little silly both that this show gets such special treatment (3 threads? all stickied?) Seriously concur. I mean, I used to worry that the **24 Club** threads went overboard. **Knead** Jesus, did I start all of this? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/34 "2012-03-30T12:31:30Z")
> [@quixotic78](#): > > Thankfully, every single poster on this board slavishly reads stickies and always follows the rules contained within. Heh. Yeah - I don’t know about other posters, but stickies are pretty counterproductive to getting my attention. I immediately scroll past them when my screen loads. [QUOTE=Knead] Jesus, did I start all of this? [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure you did. Were there any other shows that had previously gotten a thread for every new episode? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/35 "2012-03-30T13:13:59Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I’m pretty sure you did. Were there any other shows that had previously gotten a thread for every new episode? Many shows get a thread for each new episode. Few get several threads for each new episode. This thread itself is starting to get unwieldy. I think we need one thread to discuss the CS stickies, one to discuss spoilers, one for people to ask questions about spoilers in general, one for people to ask questions about stickies in general, one for people to make predictions about whethre people will follow directions (and to be clear that they are just predictions, not spoilers!), and one to make useless jokes. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/36 "2012-03-30T13:33:57Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Many shows get a thread for each new episode. Few get several threads for each new episode. But the question, rephrased, was "Did shows get threads for every episode before _24_? I don’t think so, but I can’t be arsed to research. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/37 "2012-03-30T13:34:34Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Many shows get a thread for each new episode. Few get several threads for each new episode. I’m well aware of that. The point being discussed is that Knead is known for having hosted the weekly threads for the television show “24”, starting back in 2001. At that point, it was extremely uncommon for shows to have threads for each episode. In fact, I believe there was quite a bit of discussion regarding the need to do so. Which is why he posited that this may have been all his fault. In other words, it’s a joke, lorene. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/38 "2012-03-30T13:39:26Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I’m well aware of that. The point being discussed is that Knead is known for having hosted the weekly threads for the television show “24”, starting back in 2001. At that point, it was extremely uncommon for shows to have threads for each episode. In fact, I believe there was quite a bit of discussion regarding the need to do so. Which is why he posited that this may have been all his fault. > > In other words, it’s a joke, lorene. OK, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/39 "2012-03-30T13:40:42Z")
Eta 'cause lorene isn’t the only one who got wooshed. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014/40 "2012-03-30T14:22:00Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Many shows get a thread for each new episode. Yes, but I don’t think any did before we started doing it for _24_. Christ … _11 years ago_. ETA: Whoops, I’ve really got to hit refresh before I reply. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014.md?page=3)