# How do I read spoilers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996 "2003-01-01T04:29:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/1 "2003-01-01T04:29:42Z")
I’m trying to read the thread down the page about The Two Towers but all the spoilers are just black boxes and I cant figure out how to read them! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/2 "2003-01-01T04:31:22Z")
Highlight them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/3 "2003-01-01T04:38:53Z")
Okay, highlight this box: If you can read this, you’re doing it right. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/4 "2003-01-01T06:37:50Z")
Thank you, it’s frustrated me for months, but I’ve never had time to ask. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/5 "2003-01-01T07:25:27Z")
Okay, whole we’re on the subject, how do I make them go dark? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/6 "2003-01-01T07:46:39Z")
Enter [spoiler] and [/ spoiler] around the text you want to hide. Don’t include the spaces in the tags, of course. And in the Crying Game, Dil is really a man in drag. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/7 "2003-01-01T08:45:16Z")
If you press Control-A, you’ll be able to read all the spoilers on a page. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/8 "2003-01-01T08:59:27Z")
A night (or early morning if you must be precise) for multiple revelations. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-read-spoilers/145996/9 "2003-01-01T16:06:49Z")
Must say it annoys me when reading a thread which is started off with people posting spoilers, and by the end of the thread people for reasons known only to themselves are still posting spoilers…It really only has to be the first couple of posters surely.