And yet that did not happen. You’re so paranoid about spoilers, you’re now to the point where you’re protesting about things that didn’t happen. You’re such a whiny ass titty baby, you make the “Leave Britney Aloooooone” guy look like John Wayne.
I just LOL’d. Thank you.
Regards,
-Bouncer-
I like how you’re saying essentially “no, we wouldn’t be assholes like that!” while being an asshole.
The thread is young yet, plenty of chance for someone to do that. And it would be a dick move. And not at all unlikely.
I also do wonder how I’m labelled as “whiny”. Specifically, what behavior have I exhibited that’s whiny? Is just wanting to not be spoiled inherently whiney? Have I been whining about stuff in the threads?
In fact you’ll find that once the show started airing, I didn’t even speak to the issues of spoilers and moderation - except once, in last week’s thread, when someone pretty unambiguously dropped a spoiler.
I would go so far as to say that the people who bitch endlessly about the existance of the non-spoiler discussion when they could otherwise participate in the spoiler discussion to their heart’s content are whiny.
In fact, if you look at the clusterfuck threads from last year, you’ll notice there’s a whole lot more whining from people like you, along with deliberate threadshitting, than there was from the anti-spoiler side. You were petulant - the idea that that there were people who wanted not to be spoiled was so aggravating to you that you decided to try to throw a tantrum and wreck the threads so nothing good would come out of the discussions. You guys all acted like spoiled 6 year olds.
After we came up with a solution last year that worked well, I tried to lead the charge to make sure that we’d keep the solution through this year. There was hostility at first, but once the show started, things settled in and it worked. And it was successful - the level of discourse in the threads towards the end of last year continuing into this year was much higher, mostly because petulant, childish bitches like yourself were finally silenced. In both threads, that is. It was a win for both the spoiler and non-spoiler crowds. You’ve always been the problem.
Also, as to the OP, this is a stupid thing for a pit thread. When people just make an entire post in a spoiler box, without any context or explanation, that’s annoying. That doesn’t pertain specifically to GOT.
You often don’t even know what the hell the spoiler box pertains to. Sometimes people will post in a thread about one show and then drop a big spoiler that no one could possibly predict about another show. Spoiler boxes aren’t completely random mystery boxes - you should at least have some vague idea of what they contain.
If you honestly think there’s nothing whiny about, “I want it THIS way in this thread, and THIS way in this thread, and if you guys don’t do it you’re mean and YOU’RE the babies always whining not me and you MIGHT spoil me in this thread so you’re a MEANIE DICK in advance” then you have your head farther up your vagina than I thought possible.
I will NEVER understand how learning a particular detail about a part of a story or show you have not yet experienced somehow ruins the whole thing. I’ve had many movies or stories “spoiled” for me, and it didn’t make the movie or show any less enjoyable for me.
It’s not about the destination guys, it’s about the journey. Lighten up a bit!
That is the point. The journey is about discovering every detail in the order that the author has decided to reveal them in the way that the author has decided to reveal them. Stories are written in a specific way for a specific purpose and enjoying a work properly means experiencing in the way that the author intended.
But things get better after a couple of days.
The journey is getting from point A (beginning) to point B (end). If you know what happens at point B, but not from how A got to point B, how does that ruin anything? It doesn’t for me.
That being said, people should be respectful that spoilers ARE generally hated by a lot of people, so I’m not going to go around and spoil things for others. I’m just saying I won’t ever understand it.
I created one thread - a spoiler free thread to discuss the TV show as its own entity. The other threads that formed were not my responsibility.
And it would be a dick move if someone were to post major spoilers openly in this thread just to try to piss off random people because they feel like they have the freedom to do so in the pit. I’m not sure how that’s a point of contention. And it struck me as likely, because you guys are quite frankly assholes [edit: when I say “you guys”, I don’t mean everyone involved in this thread or the spoiler/non-spoiler issue. I mean assholes who deliberately tried to threadshit and wreck threads when they weren’t getting their way like quicotic78 and digitalc]. And if it starts to go in that direction, that will explain my non-participation in this thread. I just asked that people not do that.
But no, you’re really proving here that you’re the mature adult and I’m the petulant child. Good work. Keep it up.
Congratulations! You are officially NOT a giant douche.
Can’t tell whether or not you’re being sarcastic, but for the record, even though I don’t see spoilers as a problem, I do recognize they are for others and generally make a point never to discuss anything that could be regarded as a spoiler.
So, I won’t understand it, and I think other people should lighten up about it, but I still respect it and won’t shit all over them by spoiling a story or a show or a movie.
In fact, I rarely talk or post about these kinds of pop culture things at all, so I am confident in being able to say that I’ve never spoiled anything for anyone, ever.
I generally read all the spoilers I can get my hands on, but come on, it’s easy to understand why many people don’t like them. Sometimes, it’s fun to be surprised. Movies and T.V. shows in particular tend to do everything they can to heighten the drama of these moments. If you already know about the surprise, you can’t be surprised by it in the moment as it unfolds in the show. This takes away some of the fun.
Does it ruin the whole thing? No, not unless that one surprise is the only enjoyable moment of the whole show. But certainly, it takes away from the enjoyment of that moment.
How can anyone possibly not understand this?
Everybody Dies, motherfuckers!!!
I just hope Cersei dies in a somewhat entertaining way. Never liked her.
There is only one possible solution here: make Game of Thrones a verboten topic, and any mention of it anywhere on the SDMB results in instant banning 
of course by that logic I’d be banned for making this post so carry on
Shhh! Someone will take you seriously.
Really? Qualifications to narrow the field of assholes? I thought being at least a bit of an asshole was a requirement at the SDMB, led as we are by that snarky asshole, Cecil Adams.
False dichotomy. It’s rare that it “ruins the whole thing”, but it can certainly decrease the overall enjoyment. If someone seeing The Empire Strikes Back for the first time is told Darth Vader is Luke’s father ahead of time, then a truly epic moment will be diminished for them. And I’m pretty sure that 99.9% of humanity instantly understands that point. Do you really not get it at all?
I find it much safer to only post in those threads through my lawyer. I send him my comments, and then he edits them to makes sure they will not lead to my incarceration at a later date.
It appears we may be on the verge of an inexplicable and rather potentially harsh re-evaluation of the GOT spoilers issue - just when things were settling in and working very well - and I don’t want to be on the wrong end of it, so I’m going to check out of this thread. Unsubscribing and won’t be posting anymore.