Poll: Is There A Statute Of Limitations On Spoilers?

[Dalisclock]

All I can say is that I kinda wish Citizen Cain hadn't been spoiled for me by the simpsons, its a fantastic movie and I wish I had been able to experience it cold, but its also like 70 years old. So I can't really hold it against them.

I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, considering knowing the what Rosebud is really doesn't affect the movie much.

Unless you were referring to something else.

 

[Worgen]

All I can say is that I kinda wish Citizen Cain hadn't been spoiled for me by the simpsons, its a fantastic movie and I wish I had been able to experience it cold, but its also like 70 years old. So I can't really hold it against them.

I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, considering knowing the what Rosebud is really doesn't affect the movie much.

Unless you were referring to something else.

I guess we will never know since that among other things was spoiled for me way before I ever saw it.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

I always give spoilers, even for things 20+ years old. Just because something is old hat to one person does not mean it isn't new to a recent convert. Besides, putting in spoiler tags isn't hard, so why take the chance when it's so quick and easy to do?

 

[Lunar Templar]

That which has been out for years does not deserve a warning anymore.

this.

Especially if we're counting the age of said work in double digits, like FF7.

 

[Kenbo Slice]

I try to be nice with most spoilers. If someone says that they haven't seen/read whatever, I will do my best not to spoil it for them. Even if I give them a dumbfounded look.

However, if I'm just casually talking about something that has been out for years, then it's fair game. For example, read below. Fair warning: Spoilers for Arkham Knight.

Spoiler

My coworker asked me about Arkham Knight, and I asked him if he was ever going to play it. He said no, so go ahead and spoil it. Three other people were in the room and I said very loudly, "Is anyone in here going to be playing Arkham Knight?" No one answered, so I asked again, again very loudly. So I started telling him about it, and revealed that the Knight is Jason Todd. One of the guys in the room got mad at me, "Dude! I haven't played it yet." I immediately shot back that I had asked twice if anyone was going to play, and everyone else in the room had said they had heard me. Still, I felt a little bad, but I continued. I then told my coworker where Jason originally came from, and how Joker beat the snot out of him with a crowbar and how comic book readers called in to decide Jason's fate. Again, the same guy got upset. That time I told him it was all on him. Jason's death had happened decades ago in comics. If he didn't know who Jason was or what had happened to him after all this time, that was his problem.

So yeah, a situation like the end there, I won't feel bad if I ruin it for someone.

You see, it may be more recent but I don't think it's a spoiler because it's completely obvious. I knew who it was before the game even came out.

OT: If it's over 10 years old, I will not put spoiler warnings.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Isn't it 6 weeks? I'm pretty sure its right around then.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

That which has been out for years does not deserve a warning anymore.

this.

Especially if we're counting the age of said work in double digits, like FF7.

Look - all due respect - but that's bollocks. Remember when you were first stunned into silence by Vader's revelation in Star Wars V? What if your father had the attitude of "it's years old, balls to spoilers"? The first book of A Song of Ice and Fire was over 15 years old before the first episode of HBOs Game of Thrones was released, should I have just not bothered with spoilers when discussing Jon Snow's parentage?

As I said above: for the absolute minimal effort it takes to put in spoiler tags, why ruin something for new fans?

 

[Ravenbom]

I really hate when people talk about current TV shows (though I find it very understandable with cable shows because you pay a premium to get those shows and there shouldn't be a grace period on something you paid a premium for) because I usually wait until the show is out on Netflix or Hulu etc and in one season that I can just binge.

TV shows are now in the Binge Era and for me, it's even more important than movies or videogames to keep free of the spoilers because TV seasons are a huge investment of time.

 

[Lunar Templar]

That which has been out for years does not deserve a warning anymore.

this.

Especially if we're counting the age of said work in double digits, like FF7.

Look - all due respect - but that's bollocks. Remember when you were first stunned into silence by Vader's revelation in Star Wars V? What if you father had the attitude of "it's years old, balls to spoilers"? The first book of A Song of Ice and Fire was over 15 years old before the first episode of HBOs Game of Thrones was released, should I have just not bothered with spoilers when discussing Jon Snow's parentage?

As I said above: for the absolute minimal effort it takes to put in spoiler tags, why ruin something for new fans?

No, what's 'bollocks' is having act like common knowledge is some massive secret cause some one's just or might be getting into it.

I'm not gonna baby some one with spoiler tags for games or other media that are almost half my age. Besides an out of context spoiler isn't nearly as 'spoiling' as you think. Saying, for example, 'Aria Dies' in one of the Game of Thrones books isn't as big a spoiler with out any details be-hide it. (BTW I don't read those books so I have no idea if she's actually dead or not)

Hell, I 'knew' Spoilers for the 2.55 story of FF14 (destroys FF7 in terms of story) and I was STILL pissed the fuck off when I got to that part. Why? I knew 'what was gonna happen' right? well, no. I knew only a small part of what happened. What happened to that character was only the tip of a much larger 'piss the people who like this character off' ice burg.

Like every thing else context is everything. Just saying 'so and so dies' with out the context still leaves a LOT on the table in terms of spoilers, as all you know is a brief part of the goings on, not what lead up to it, or the fall out from it

and No, I don't remember actually how I felt from the Vader reveal. Do you have any idea how long ago that was for me? Not to mention... not really a Star Wars person. It's to boring.

 

[EternallyBored]

That which has been out for years does not deserve a warning anymore.

this.

Especially if we're counting the age of said work in double digits, like FF7.

Look - all due respect - but that's bollocks. Remember when you were first stunned into silence by Vader's revelation in Star Wars V? What if your father had the attitude of "it's years old, balls to spoilers"? The first book of A Song of Ice and Fire was over 15 years old before the first episode of HBOs Game of Thrones was released, should I have just not bothered with spoilers when discussing Jon Snow's parentage?

As I said above: for the absolute minimal effort it takes to put in spoiler tags, why ruin something for new fans?

"stunned into silence?" I mean I love me some Star Wars but the Darth Vader reveal isn't exactly mindblowing, it's just kind of a cool part that sets up Darth Vader's eventual redemption, without the context of the rest of the movies the Darth Vader reveal isn't really that awesome just by itself. I remember seeing Empire in the theaters with multiple friends that knew the "plot twist" before they saw the movie for the first time, they still came away loving the movie, some of them even becoming bigger Star Wars fans than me. None of them were "stunned into silence" either.

As for GoT, whether you should have bothered depends on context, purposely going into a thread about the T.V. show and dropping book spoilers would be kind of a lame thing to do, but if I'm in a thread with other book readers talking about the books, then fuck no I'm not throwing spoiler tags on everything, if a GoT watcher wanders in and is spoiled that's their own fault. Also, the Jon Snow thing wasn't exactly a big deal either, a fellow book reader spoiled that for me before I got to that part, and I didn't really give two shits, it's George R.R. Martin, I still enjoyed the books. Without the context of the story as a whole, Jon Snow's identity is meaningless.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

That which has been out for years does not deserve a warning anymore.

this.

Especially if we're counting the age of said work in double digits, like FF7.

Look - all due respect - but that's bollocks. Remember when you were first stunned into silence by Vader's revelation in Star Wars V? What if you father had the attitude of "it's years old, balls to spoilers"? The first book of A Song of Ice and Fire was over 15 years old before the first episode of HBOs Game of Thrones was released, should I have just not bothered with spoilers when discussing Jon Snow's parentage?

As I said above: for the absolute minimal effort it takes to put in spoiler tags, why ruin something for new fans?

No, what's 'bollocks' is having act like common knowledge is some massive secret cause some one's just or might be getting into it.

I'm not gonna baby some one with spoiler tags for games or other media that are almost half my age. Besides an out of context spoiler isn't nearly as 'spoiling' as you think. Saying, for example, 'Aria Dies' in one of the Game of Thrones books isn't as big a spoiler with out any details be-hide it. (BTW I don't read those books so I have no idea if she's actually dead or not)

Hell, I 'knew' Spoilers for the 2.55 story of FF14 (destroys FF7 in terms of story) and I was STILL pissed the fuck off when I got to that part. Why? I knew 'what was gonna happen' right? well, no. I knew only a small part of what happened. What happened to that character was only the tip of a much larger 'piss the people who like this character off' ice burg.

Like every thing else context is everything. Just saying 'so and so dies' with out the context still leaves a LOT on the table in terms of spoilers, as all you know is a brief part of the goings on, not what lead up to it, or the fall out from it

and No, I don't remember actually how I felt from the Vader reveal. Do you have any idea how long ago that was for me? Not to mention... not really a Star Wars person. It's to boring.

Wow, someone gets prickly quickly. Look, I'm not saying don't discuss your favourite book, radio series, tv show, video game etc but what I am saying is that for the sake of putting in (spoiler)(/spoiler) tags before and after your comments that's no extra effort for you but may well save big reveals for other people.

And as for your "do you know how long ago that was for me" comment? I'm older than you so yeah, I do know how long ago that was for you, and in that time I would have expected an adult to develop some form of compassion or consideration for others.

 

[Dango]

If it's not a widely circulated spoiler, then yes, I always ask if who I'm talking to minds.

 

[Lunar Templar]

That which has been out for years does not deserve a warning anymore.

this.

Especially if we're counting the age of said work in double digits, like FF7.

Look - all due respect - but that's bollocks. Remember when you were first stunned into silence by Vader's revelation in Star Wars V? What if you father had the attitude of "it's years old, balls to spoilers"? The first book of A Song of Ice and Fire was over 15 years old before the first episode of HBOs Game of Thrones was released, should I have just not bothered with spoilers when discussing Jon Snow's parentage?

As I said above: for the absolute minimal effort it takes to put in spoiler tags, why ruin something for new fans?

No, what's 'bollocks' is having act like common knowledge is some massive secret cause some one's just or might be getting into it.

I'm not gonna baby some one with spoiler tags for games or other media that are almost half my age. Besides an out of context spoiler isn't nearly as 'spoiling' as you think. Saying, for example, 'Aria Dies' in one of the Game of Thrones books isn't as big a spoiler with out any details be-hide it. (BTW I don't read those books so I have no idea if she's actually dead or not)

Hell, I 'knew' Spoilers for the 2.55 story of FF14 (destroys FF7 in terms of story) and I was STILL pissed the fuck off when I got to that part. Why? I knew 'what was gonna happen' right? well, no. I knew only a small part of what happened. What happened to that character was only the tip of a much larger 'piss the people who like this character off' ice burg.

Like every thing else context is everything. Just saying 'so and so dies' with out the context still leaves a LOT on the table in terms of spoilers, as all you know is a brief part of the goings on, not what lead up to it, or the fall out from it

and No, I don't remember actually how I felt from the Vader reveal. Do you have any idea how long ago that was for me? Not to mention... not really a Star Wars person. It's to boring.

Wow, someone gets prickly quickly. Look, I'm not saying don't discuss your favourite book, radio series, tv show, video game etc but what I am saying is that for the sake of putting in (spoiler)(/spoiler) tags before and after your comments that's no extra effort for you but may well save big reveals for other people.

And as for your "do you know how long ago that was for me" comment? I'm older than you so yeah, I do know how long ago that was for you, and in that time I would have expected an adult to develop some form of compassion or consideration for others.

This is the Internet -.- it's really a reflex anymore, especially when some one leads off there post with 'Bollocks'

 

[FPLOON]

I treat Spoilers like non-Christians treat the Bible... Yeah, I said it...

Anyway, it's a case-by-case basis in general... and that's why it was all a dream and it was the twin who died instead...

 

[totheendofsin]

Let's put it this way, I'm not going to feel bad about spoiling Darth Vader being Luke's father.

I believe tvtropes has an article on the subject

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItWasHisSled