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aitrus15 t1_jac6uu6 wrote

I've always thought flagging spoilers was good manners, regardless of how old something is. Lots of people I know wouldn't know what Rosebud is and I would hate to ruin the movie for them.

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DeepSave t1_jacmcfn wrote

This is my answer for life and I will gladly die upon this hill.

The assumption that everyone has seen the movies you've seen is really fucking weird. There are young, healthy, sapient, literate humans scrawling the internet every day that have no idea what happens in <your favorite movie from the 70s, 80s, or 90s> and it's weird that you would include those people in your arbitrary spoiler timer. Why punish 15 year olds for not being up to date with all of your favorite 30 year old movies?

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MutantLeader t1_jacyn0y wrote

Exactly. This comes up with comic books all the time, too. A lot of heartless people just assume that new stories are fair game after a few months. Meanwhile there are new readers every day, looking back and discovering everything for the first time.

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the_original_Retro t1_jacb0pt wrote

100%

It takes two extra seconds to add a spoiler tag inside a comment, and less than one extra second to avoid including them in the title of a post... and the latter is really kind of disappointing when you're subscribed and a spoiler title comes up on your feed, you read it, and then you can't unsee it.

I just wish Reddit had a consistent spoiler tag option across all subs.

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microwavedhottakes OP t1_jac7a8i wrote

I agree, definitely it's good manners when in a conversation with someone. And I would always clarify in a conversation whether someone had seen something before discussing spoilers.

My question arose from spoilers in online discussions and articles, where rules of discourse are a bit different. Or do you think the same argument applies?

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Dottsterisk t1_jace97q wrote

I’d say the same argument applies.

The age of the movie doesn’t matter as much as it’s pop culture ubiquity. Because the movie might be 50 years old, but every day there’s some kid turning 15-16 who is just now old enough to see the movie for the first time. They didn’t drag their feet and miss the bus, they just weren’t born yet.

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ChiltonGains t1_jacqk0n wrote

Knowing that Rosebud is the name of his sled doesn't ruin anything.

Feels very weird to get downvoted for this correct and true statement.

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