Is it your own responsibility to avoid spoilers?

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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Let's use Game of Thrones as an example. Some people watch it later than others.

A new episode airs, and most of Steve's friends have seen it. Steve has to wait a few more hours to watch it because he's in work. On his lunch break Steves decides to browse Facebook on his phone and to his horror, scrolls past a major spoiler from the episode. Steven then proceeds to make a post on Facebook complaining about said spoilers. Should he have realized by that point that if most of your friends watch it, it's highly likely that someone is going to be talking about it?

Posting spoilers is still a scummy thing to do, but if you go onto social media in the aftermath of an episode that most people except you have seen, you're risking it. Shouldn't people know that by now?


 
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to a degree, you should definitely take SOME responsibility i'd say

it would be nice if people were more considerate, but since they aren't, proper precautions ought to be taken, especially if you're the type of person to consider minor plot details spoilers


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
to a degree, you should definitely take SOME responsibility i'd say

it would be nice if people were more considerate, but since they aren't, proper precautions ought to be taken, especially if you're the type of person to consider minor plot details spoilers

Exactly, you can't really expect everyone else to be as considerate as you'd like them to be, especially in this day and age.


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Or make the better decision to just not care about anything.


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Or make the better decision to just not care about anything.

Yeah, fuck people who enjoy and are invested in stories and characters right?


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I think a couple days or so something has come out is fair game to have spoilery discussion, although if someone has actually mentioned that they aren't caught up yet then it's a bit of a dick move to talk about spoilers while they're around.

Unfortunately I'm not invested enough in GoT anymore to care about spoilers so I've gone and read everything that (apparently) happens in season 8.


 
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Somewhat.

If you know your friends have seen it and are the spoiler-blurting type, you'd avoid Facebook. If a website is known for spoiling things just for the sake of it, obviously it's on you to avoid the site if you want to watch it unspoiled. If you're really into the show and browse fansites or wikipedias, etc, I'd avoid those too to be on the safe side since it's expected to be up-to-date there.

It's not on everyone else to control what they spill if you've failed to keep up, or that you get in a raging fit about a show you apparently care deeply about but not enough to take some precautions if you aren't able to watch it on time. It's a courtesy for others to mark spoiler tags or warnings, but it shouldn't be expected.


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it would be nice if people were more considerate, but they aren't
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its only your responsibility after the official release date occurs. if someone spoils something for you because of leaks, it's on them.


 
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tbh fams, if spoilers end up totally ruining your enjoyment of a series you might be autistic


 
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tbh fams, if spoilers end up totally ruining your enjoyment of a series you might be autistic

there's a difference between total enjoyment ruined and some enjoyment ruined. i dont think anyone says theyve completely ruined something for themselves ny ruining it.

personally id like to get everything out of my media the way its creators intended