stupid stuff like this is why i'm not going to be online in the week or so before the last book's release. some of us have spent years following the story and don't want some idiots with a "LOOOLL!!1!11 its just a book get over it!" attitude towards spoilers.
i remember someone in #model_design pasted the actual text to the major spoiler at the end of the previous book without any warning the day after it's release. not to mention the idiots driving by kids standing in line and shouting it out.
apparently it's bad to spoil movies or tv shows that people have been following for a few weeks/months but a book series people have followed for 15 years? fair game. :P
It took me a moment to realize some of you were actually taking this serious. Wow.
And on the subject of spoilers, my friend once bought a ticket to the Passion of the Christ, just so he could yell "HE DIES IN THE END" during the opening credits. Spoilers ftw.
I what I think is hilarious is the people doing the spoiling or shouting of endings acting all surprised when people get pissed, like its childish of them to be upset that their book or story got ruined. I would say there's very little MORE selfishly childish then intentionally ruining something someone enjoys for your own half second of pleasure. It's like something an attention starved kid does. Mommy doesn't love you? It's ok, your 3 knuckle-head douche buddies that chuckled approve of you for the moment, thats a suitable replacement right?
If someone ordered a 30 dollar dinner that they've been excited about for weeks and right before they were about to take a bite you intentionally knocked the whole thing in their lap it wouldn't seem unreasonable for that person to get pissed would it?
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lol I think that's the point. (On The Passion)
I agree the rest is a wee bit childish though...
Harry get's expelled from Hogwarts in the second chapter of the book when he and his friends hold a banner at the Quiddich World Championship reading "Bong Hits 4 Voldemort".
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If someone ordered a 30 dollar dinner that they've been excited about for weeks and right before they were about to take a bite you intentionally knocked the whole thing in their lap it wouldn't seem unreasonable for that person to get pissed would it?
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Bad example, because the person wouldn't get to eat the food, unless they ate it off their lap (But I'm sure the restaurant would replace it anyway).
Whereas, even though the ending was spoiled, you'll still get to see the film from start to finish without someone spilling it into your lap (or in a film equivalent, switching off the projectors just after the previews before the film).
Hahaha, sorry to be a jerk.
I've had no interest in Harry Potter, I've never read a single book nor seen any of the films, so I really don't care much about it. Though I do agree what has been said about spoilers though. Just not cool.
Yeah, but the reason I'd be pissed doesn't really have anything to do with the loss of the food, or the enjoyment of a story. Like you said, I can still see the movie, I can buy another dinner..its someone, maliciously, acting like a fucking tool to a complete stranger that I think is the childish bit.
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i remember someone in #model_design pasted the actual text to the major spoiler at the end of the previous book without any warning the day after it's release. not to mention the idiots driving by kids standing in line and shouting it out.
apparently it's bad to spoil movies or tv shows that people have been following for a few weeks/months but a book series people have followed for 15 years? fair game. :P
And on the subject of spoilers, my friend once bought a ticket to the Passion of the Christ, just so he could yell "HE DIES IN THE END" during the opening credits. Spoilers ftw.
I what I think is hilarious is the people doing the spoiling or shouting of endings acting all surprised when people get pissed, like its childish of them to be upset that their book or story got ruined. I would say there's very little MORE selfishly childish then intentionally ruining something someone enjoys for your own half second of pleasure. It's like something an attention starved kid does. Mommy doesn't love you? It's ok, your 3 knuckle-head douche buddies that chuckled approve of you for the moment, thats a suitable replacement right?
If someone ordered a 30 dollar dinner that they've been excited about for weeks and right before they were about to take a bite you intentionally knocked the whole thing in their lap it wouldn't seem unreasonable for that person to get pissed would it?
Though funny, thats hardly a spoiler.
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lol I think that's the point. (On The Passion)
I agree the rest is a wee bit childish though...
Harry get's expelled from Hogwarts in the second chapter of the book when he and his friends hold a banner at the Quiddich World Championship reading "Bong Hits 4 Voldemort".
If someone ordered a 30 dollar dinner that they've been excited about for weeks and right before they were about to take a bite you intentionally knocked the whole thing in their lap it wouldn't seem unreasonable for that person to get pissed would it?
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Bad example, because the person wouldn't get to eat the food, unless they ate it off their lap (But I'm sure the restaurant would replace it anyway).
Whereas, even though the ending was spoiled, you'll still get to see the film from start to finish without someone spilling it into your lap (or in a film equivalent, switching off the projectors just after the previews before the film).
Hahaha, sorry to be a jerk.
I've had no interest in Harry Potter, I've never read a single book nor seen any of the films, so I really don't care much about it. Though I do agree what has been said about spoilers though. Just not cool.
-caseyjones