# I am at the in-laws and they just spoiled star wars for me. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 25, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339 "2015-12-25T18:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/121 "2015-12-29T22:43:38Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > So, what do folk agree is a “reasonable” time to expect to remain spoiler free? I kinda have a hard time accepting that anyone who really cared about being spoiled couldn’t get around to seeing it within the first couple weeks. My daughter is even worse - she’s not going to see it until January. But, once she said that, we certainly were able to discuss topics other than this one movie. > > My wife an I are far from fanatics, and we managed to see it the weekend after it came out, in a 2/3 full theater. IMO, there is a limit to how much one ought to expect everyone else to restrict their conversations. I’d say give it until after Jan 1. What do you think? Fair? ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/122 "2015-12-29T22:44:10Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > What the fuck are you talking about? Nobody is claiming sppilers in an open spoiler thread are wrong. He was whining about this earlier today in [this ATMB thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=779264). That thread was just closed (because he wouldn’t STFU after the mods told him to), so he’s moved his dog-and-pony show here. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/123 "2015-12-29T22:59:37Z")
He was topic banned after he kept trying to skirt the rules on the spoiler-free Game of Thrones threads. If I recall correctly the original dispute might have started when he dropped a spoiler from the books into a thread that allowed spoilers from episodes that had been aired up yo that point. Regardless, the real damage came with his behavior afterward. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/124 "2015-12-29T23:02:12Z")
\*\* I have never posted spoilers in any spoiler free thread about any film TV show or book.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/125 "2015-12-29T23:31:12Z")
Could you repeat that? Sorry, wasn’t listening. And didn’t notice you posting that same thing over and over in the ATMB thread after being told by a mod to stop. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/126 "2015-12-29T23:40:40Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Could you repeat that? > > Sorry, wasn’t listening. And didn’t notice you posting that same thing over and over in the ATMB thread after being told by a mod to stop. As long as jerks and trolls keep posting the same lies, I’ll post the same denial. 😛 Look, I didnt bring up my name in this thread. I agree, the Op’s in laws were wrong. Sure. I agree, whathisname was wrong for posting a spoiler in a non-spoiler thread. Spoilers dont infuriate me, but I understand other’s ire about it. In fact, since I started posting here on the SDMB, I have even come to change my position on spoilers, seeing as too many jerks post them on purpose. Hell, we all make mistakes, and the casual careless mention is something not to get too riled up about. But now I see there are just too many jerks. ☹ Still, I dont post spoilers, and have never posted one on this MB except in a thread where spoilers were specifically allowed. So, if a poster calls me out in the middle of a thread and posts lies about me, sure- I’ll post a denial. Wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/127 "2015-12-29T23:43:36Z")
I don’t have the interest to continually reconstruct those past events. What’s incontrovertibly true is that Dr. Deth was being a dick and he dialed up his dickery and kept it dialed up until he got slapped with a topic ban. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/128 "2015-12-29T23:45:41Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Hell, we all make mistakes, and the casual careless mention is something not to get too riled up about. Nobody accidentally sits down at their computer, types a full sentence and hits “enter” by mistake. A person can accidentally let something slip while talking, but not while taking the time to type it out. That’s on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/129 "2015-12-29T23:47:35Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I don’t have the interest to continually reconstruct those past events. What’s incontrovertibly true is that Dr. Deth was being a dick and he dialed up his dickery and kept it dialed up until he got slapped with a topic ban. Oh, now you say I was being a dick- something that I can’t deny.😛 Sure, _mea culpa_. :o I _have_ been a dick sometimes on this board. I think I am in pretty good company, tho. So, I’ll stop being one if you will. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/130 "2015-12-29T23:50:04Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Nobody accidentally sits down at their computer, types a full sentence and hits “enter” by mistake. A person can accidentally let something slip while talking, but not while taking the time to type it out. That’s on purpose. True. Hard to do accidentally on a computer, I agree. But I have seen posters forget which thread or forum they were in. Before we could edit, I called someone a asshole, thinking we were in a related PIT thread. I apologized and reported my own post. ---
**Author:** ![grayhairedmomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@grayhairedmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grayhairedmomma)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/131 "2015-12-30T18:31:33Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > So, what do folk agree is a “reasonable” time to expect to remain spoiler free? I kinda have a hard time accepting that anyone who really cared about being spoiled couldn’t get around to seeing it within the first couple weeks. My daughter is even worse - she’s not going to see it until January. But, once she said that, we certainly were able to discuss topics other than this one movie. > > My wife an I are far from fanatics, and we managed to see it the weekend after it came out, in a 2/3 full theater. IMO, there is a limit to how much one ought to expect everyone else to restrict their conversations. It isn’t just about having time. I specifically waited to see it because I wanted to see it with my brother while he was in town for the holidays. Then we waited an extra day to see it because we thought it’d be more enjoyable for my daughter if she saw the original Episodes IV - VI, first. It was a lot of fun for our family to wait and re-experience those movies and then see the new one without having much knowledge of it, just like we did with the very first movie. I don’t see what’s so hard about understanding that people might be excited to see a new movie, but not also be ready to as soon as it comes out. In my opinion, everyone should unquestionably expect to keep quiet about major plot points while the movie is still in the theater unless they’re in a group that they know everyone has seen the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/132 "2015-12-30T18:37:05Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You posted: \*You deliberately spoiled people that you knew wished to be unspoiled. That makes you an asshole. \* > > and yet, **I have never posted spoilers in any spoiler free thread.** > > Thus, you are here admitting that I did nothing wrong. Right, you deliberately spoiled people in a different thread. That is not a lie. You’re an asshole. Go fuck yourself. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/133 "2015-12-30T19:08:02Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Right, you deliberately spoiled people in a different thread. That is not a lie. You’re an asshole. Go fuck yourself. I posted a single spoiler in a single thread where spoilers were allowed and encouraged, and in fact discussed. This is a normal and accepted practice in CS and in fact there’s a whole thread right now just choke full of spoilers about the new Star Wars film. So, what you’re saying is that no spoilers can _ever_ be posted _anywhere_, even if the OP and title make it clear it’s OK and expected?:dubious: Or that **Snarky Kong** must approve any spoilers first? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/134 "2015-12-30T19:12:10Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > \*\* I have never posted spoilers in any spoiler free thread about any film TV show or book.\*\* Yes you did. And you got a warning for it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/135 "2015-12-30T19:26:06Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Yes you did. And you got a warning for it. Nope. In fact I have only one warning. 01-29-2014 for saying **Half Man Half Wit** had a “Appropriate user name”. Pretty lame. Look you can believe the lies or look up the truth yourself. I have never posted a spoiler outside of a **SPOILERS!** thread. Yes, I made a huge pest of myself in arguing about “special rules for special threads”. No doubt. But I rarely posted in those threads and never posted spoilers there. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/136 "2015-12-30T19:40:33Z")
And yet here you are again, making a huge pest of yourself in arguing about special rules for special threads. Why, oh, why do you insist on quibbling about spoilers? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/137 "2015-12-30T19:57:15Z")
I never go see a movie right away. That doesn’t mean I should expect that people will reveal plot points while it’s still on the theaters. And whether or not I’m a “fan” of that movie is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/138 "2015-12-30T20:10:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Nope. In fact I have only one warning. 01-29-2014 for saying **Half Man Half Wit** had a “Appropriate user name”. Pretty lame. > > Look you can believe the lies or look up the truth yourself. I have never posted a spoiler outside of a **SPOILERS!** thread. > > Yes, I made a huge pest of myself in arguing about “special rules for special threads”. No doubt. But I rarely posted in those threads and never posted spoilers there. Dude. IFFFF you managed to get special rules for yourself about posting certian things here you musta been a dick of first order. This is a place that let a certifiable pedophile post here for awhile about pedo stuff. And few other posters that were the biggest jerks/assholes/threadshitters that knew how to walk just this side of the line for year.s ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/139 "2015-12-30T20:11:47Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > - I don’t even like the phrase - knowing something about the plot doesn’t “spoil” a movie Of course it does. Not in the sense that you will not find the movie enjoyable. But your enjoyment will surely be lessened. _Part of the fun is the surprise in plot twists and reveals._ There is an emotional component to it that only comes from being engaged in it. In murder mysteries, MOST of the fun is trying to play along and try to figure out whodunnit. If you know ahead of time, it will not be nearly as enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339/140 "2015-12-30T20:37:27Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > ]Part of the fun is the surprise in plot twists and reveals.\*. Shit, for a good fraction of the movies out there that is MOST of the fun. Fuck, if I knew what actually happened in a movie I wouldn’t shell out the money to see it in the theater in the first place. As far as I am concerned Rigamoron owes me about 5 dollars give or take now. AND… this and the related thread also reminds me of how many socially clueless asperger like fucking assholes populate this place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339.md?page=8)