Let me let you in on a little secret.
I'm pathetic.
Yep. I'm one of those people who sit on my increasingly fat ass, watching the latest realobotomy TV or awards shows while simultaneously writing on a laptop. Being extremely Caucasian, not to mention cliché, I have an unhealthy relationship with Mad Men, Downton Abbey, and now Girls and The Newsroom. I take these shows seriously, often discussing characters as if they're real people, perhaps even my friends or coworkers.
"Can you believe what Pete said to Joan? And did you get a load of his leisure jacket?
"Lady Mary and I have so much in common, not the least of which is our ability to bungle every romantic situation that presents itself."
Yes, I really do talk like that. Out loud.
So I'm rather put out (i.e., en-fucking-raged) when some Facebook or Twitter premature e-proclaimator decides to discuss an episode or plot point while it's still airing. In a different time zone! You're not an early adopter; you're a co-opting snot. I can't even imagine how the poor kahunas in Hawaii cope with the likes of loose-lipped or trigger-fingered mainlanders hashtagging #jaguarfail or #phillipphillips while a show is airing on the East Coast. Show some discretion and stop giving away the gasp-worthy moments. If you don't, let me clue you into a spoiler of my own: #iwanttopunchyouintheface.
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YES. SO MUCH YES. It's especially bad for those NOT in the US, because we generally won't see it for another six months or so. And that uber-delay in screening? Means that even the official Facebook pages give you spoilers. They're all "Okay, now that it's aired in all US time zones, what did you think of X killing/hooking up with/punching Y?"
Fuck you, Facebook page. I don't live in America, so you just ruined it for me. Along with half the English speaking world. (I actually also had this problem with Eurovision earlier in the year. I was not impressed...)
Hey, you're not supposed to be writing on the weekend. Where are your friends?
Um, I'm sitting here right next to my friend, having a writing afternoon.
Even worse is when a spoiler enters popular culture on the assumption that everyone knows anyway so it won't do any harm.
There will always be a new generation that hasn't see The Empire Strikes Back yet. The first thing I ever knew about Citizen Kane was what Rosebud was. I haven't seen The Sixth Sense at all, and there's probably no point now.
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