# The movie Send Help is a must watch

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [May 15, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101 "2026-05-15T18:31:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/21 "2026-05-16T21:01:50Z")

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> [@Moriarty](#):
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> They don’t fall in love, he isn’t redeemed, and she is revealed to be maniacal and manipulative.

Much smarter and more capable too. She got driven over the edge.

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What code are you folks using to blur text? I’m on Chrome. Nothing is working.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/22 "2026-05-16T21:37:21Z")

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> [@enipla](#):
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> What code are you folks using to blur text?

[spoiler] and [\spoiler]

I’m also using the original editor not the newer WYSIWYG rich text editor.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/23 "2026-05-16T21:38:46Z")

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spoiler\]test\[\\spoiler

Doesn’t seem to work in the rich text editor.

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**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/24 "2026-05-16T23:55:37Z")

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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> Instead she was a horrible person who managed to defeat an even more horrible person. There was no satisfaction in the ending.

On the one hand, horror movies tend to be morality plays, so this did give me a bit of an unsatisfying feeling. On the other hand, it sort of felt like a commentary on what it takes to get ahead in our current society and (looking around) I can’t say that it’s wrong.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/25 "2026-05-17T00:05:15Z")

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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> [spoiler] and [\spoiler]

You need a forward slash there, not a back slash, though.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/26 "2026-05-17T09:28:05Z")

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> [@enipla](#):
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> What code are you folks using to blur text? I’m on Chrome. Nothing is working.

We use the `[spoiler]` and `[/spoiler]` tags on just about every single post over in the thread for the Wordle game.

➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) - #8357 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8357) ■

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/27 "2026-05-17T09:56:51Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
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> We use the `[spoiler]` and `[/spoiler]` tags

FYI I used a tic mark (a ` mark) around those tags to display the tags verbatim.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/28 "2026-05-17T11:05:07Z")

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Ok. Thanks. That worked. Google search was telling me to use pipes like this || spoiled text ||

Or use the ‘eye’ icon which I don’t have.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/29 "2026-05-17T14:49:22Z")

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FYI, there’s also a test thread where you can test it out.

➜ [Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! - #1013 by LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1013) ■

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/30 "2026-05-17T15:04:04Z")

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Thanks. I just use my preview screen.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/31 "2026-05-17T15:23:24Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> Somebody took the one element of _Triangle of Sadness_ that I really loved and made it the premise for a whole movie.

I came here to add this, both send help and triangle of sadness are good movies. However I feel triangle of sadness does a better job of fleshing out the inverted hierarchy.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/32 "2026-05-17T15:29:26Z")

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There’s no need to try to remember all this stuff.

In the edit input box, the rightmost button across the top is a + symbol in a contrasting circle. That means “more …”. As in "Click me to see all the _other_ buttons there isn’t room on the screen for.

If you click that +, a dropdown appears with another 10 options. You need to scroll within the dropdown to see them all.

One near the bottom is the “Blur spoiler” with an icon that looks to me like a magic wand. Farther up in that list is the “Hide details” with a \> icon.

This is Hide details:

> **Summary**
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> This text will be hidden

And this is Blur spoiler This text will be blurred.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-send-help-is-a-must-watch/1030101/33 "2026-05-17T15:47:08Z")

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Ah crap. I looked at that but did not scroll down. I should know this. AI kept telling me to look for an 👁 icon.

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