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No spoilers allowed! Forum community challenge :D

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Participants bluehound32Larry Martin11ruggedjackal46Patrick Smith44Jerry Martin19Austin Kellyredowl90Amanda Nguyen5hollowsailor19Chloe NguyenJason Chavez32northerncrane4Lawrence Bishop14Mark Barrett3Kate TorresKevin Scott37Nathan Anderson44Casey Martinez6Karen Smith9electricmoose29Mark Smith56
Kate Torres Kate Torres Member
45 messages
joined Jun 2008
#61 ·
Jerry Martin19 said:But Shower, how are we even supposed to know what you're spoiling? The sentence goes: But I would’ve lost my mind if someone spoiled that he was in ... (spoiler follows) but there's zero mention of which movie we're talking about. So your "spoiler" is basically just a lottery draw. If you had mentioned Fight Club and then hidden the text in white, we'd know it was a spoiler for Fight Club, but this way, you're just spoiling it for everyone 😁

p.s. That movie was spoiled for me ages ago. Same thing happened with The Usual Suspects 😢

I explicitly wrote that in lowercase for a reason. If I put a "spoiler alert" warning for Fight Club, the mere fact that I’m mentioning it basically ruins the twist anyway. It's a total gamble either way. Honestly, screw it—might as well just spoil it upfront. 😬
Jerry Martin19 Jerry Martin19 Regular
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joined Nov 2006
#62 ·
Kate Torres said:I explicitly wrote that in lowercase for a reason. If I put a "spoiler alert" warning for Fight Club, the mere fact that I’m mentioning it basically ruins the twist anyway. It's a total gamble either way. Honestly, screw it—might as well just spoil it upfront. 😬

That’s still better than accidentally clicking a "spoiler" warning for some movie you haven't even seen yet and getting hit with the plot twist immediately...
Karen Smith9 Karen Smith9 Active Member
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joined Apr 2013
#63 ·
Amanda Nguyen5 said:Wait, does the guy at the end of I Am Legend actually die or what?
Just tell me so I can decide if it's worth dropping some cash on a movie ticket.

I'd much rather spend my money on a couple of beers instead.

Why do you even care?... Will Smith is in it—that alone is reason enough to grab a drink
electricmoose29 electricmoose29 Newcomer
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joined Feb 2007
#64 ·
Hehe, so, have you guys just never seen 'The Last Man on Earth'? Or maybe 'The Omega Man'? Or perhaps you haven't even picked up the novel that those three movies were more or less based on? 😁
Wait... I hope this isn't actually a spoiler 🙂 (😁)

Seriously though, people... even if I personally don't mind spoilers, please try to show a little more empathy toward those who do. It really isn't that much trouble to change your font color, and I promise ten people aren't going to follow you around just because you ruined a movie for them.
(And besides that, those white letters are honestly the best; I always find myself squinting to see what's hiding 😁 )

Oh, and one little tip: when you're quoting someone who uses spoiler-white text, just be careful, because white definitely doesn't stay invisible against a blue background 😉
(I truly can't wrap my head around why so many people think that 😬)
Mark Smith56 Mark Smith56 Newcomer
5 messages
joined Jan 2008
#65 ·
electricmoose29 said:Hehe, so, have you guys just never seen 'The Last Man on Earth'? Or maybe 'The Omega Man'? Or perhaps you haven't even picked up the novel that those three movies were more or less based on? 😁
Wait... I hope this isn't actually a spoiler 🙂 (😁)

Seriously though, people... even if I personally don't mind spoilers, please try to show a little more empathy toward those who do. It really isn't that much trouble to change your font color, and I promise ten people aren't going to follow you around just because you ruined a movie for them.
(And besides that, those white letters are honestly the best; I always find myself squinting to see what's hiding 😁 )

Oh, and one little tip: when you're quoting someone who uses spoiler-white text, just be careful, because white definitely doesn't stay invisible against a blue background 😉
(I truly can't wrap my head around why so many people think that 😬)

Let me show you what I mean. ☕

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