# Spoilers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/109478>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 17, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/109478 "2002-05-17T01:05:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/109478/1 "2002-05-17T01:05:41Z")

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Is anybody else not bothered by spoilers? I mean, for the movies that you haven’t seen? If there’s a thread about a movie that I haven’t seen and want to see, I’m gonna read the spoiler! It doesnt affect the impact that the movie has on me when I see it.  
Anybody else?

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**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/109478/2 "2002-05-17T01:25:38Z")

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Nope, I couldn’t give a shit one way or the other.

The only thing I didn’t want to know beforehand was whether my child was a boy or girl.

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/109478/3 "2002-05-17T01:28:19Z")

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Spoilers really bother me because if I know that something is going to happen, then I find myself just waiting for it to happen. I find it hard to sit back and enjoy what’s happening at the moment because I know the next step already.

I prefer to come into something completely fresh so that everything is brand new and what’s happening at the time is all I can concentrate on.

Colin

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**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/109478/4 "2002-05-17T15:00:23Z")

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I kinda like them because if I know a few of the major events, I’m able to notice subtle details, which I enjoy. It’s a personal preference - and I go to great pains to avoid giving other people spoilers they may not want.

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**Author:** ![The\_Clawman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@The\_Clawman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Clawman)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/109478/5 "2002-05-17T15:09:57Z")

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Don’t mind spoilers except for films where there is a major twist. In that case, I don’t even want to know that the film has a twist.

:::Sixth Sense grumble grumble Bloody Guardian reviewer grumble grumble:::

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**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/109478/6 "2002-05-17T15:24:31Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by The Clawman \*  
> \*\*Don’t mind spoilers except for films where there is a major twist. In that case, I don’t even want to know that the film has a twist.
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> :::Sixth Sense grumble grumble Bloody Guardian reviewer grumble grumble::: \*\*

Indeed, I’m watching the Sixth Sense going, “so Bruce is a ghost and only the kid can see him, can’t wait for the twist, it’ll be absolutely brilliant…”

DOH!