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Butch_Beth t1_jadkqfy wrote

Reply to comment by ChiltonGains in At what point is a spoiler no longer required to be kept under wraps? by microwavedhottakes

If you can't talk about film/media/art without pop culture references, you might not really have anything to say.

More generally, I think the internet has spaces where you can say and do whatever you want and they are the worse places online. You need some level of self moderation, It is good to think of the person on the other side of the keyboard.

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ChiltonGains t1_jadps9d wrote

It’s the extreme spoilerphobes who need moderation.

I’m very sorry, but once something becomes part of the shared pop culture it’s fair game. Nobody gets to be mad about knowing that Bruce Willis was dead at the end of Sixth Sense or that Soylent Green is people.

The kind of deference that they’re asking for is unreasonable.

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Butch_Beth t1_jae1b0g wrote

I think that kinda of adversarial attitude, the one where you can say what you want and everyone else needs to shut up and take it, is toxic. It's what social media algorithms promote, argument = engagement, but it's always why people log off and don't come back.

You can be that person if you want, but at some point you're all that will be left.

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ChiltonGains t1_jaezkss wrote

I just think some folks need to calm down about spoilers, man.

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