Sigmund Freud
2/21/2014 12:10:00 AM
On Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:39:43 PM UTC-5, Rhino wrote:
> On 2014-02-19 5:21 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> > You know, this is getting annoying. Either you're writing a spoiler,
> > or you're not. General description of a series or an episode, or a cast
> > list, or a heads up about the time slot, isn't a spoiler.
> >
> > A spoiler is a revelation of the outcome of major plot developments,
> > characters dying, surprises, any of which would ruin an episode for a
> > viewer if he knew about it before he watches.
> >
> > This stuff isn't difficult.
>
> Difficulty has little to do with it when we have the likes of Seamus
> deliberately spoiling key developments every chance he can get. He hides
> behind the argument that just because it was technically possible for
> everyone to have seen something a few hours before, that everyone
> therefore has done so and that anyone who hasn't actually done so has no
> right to any consideration. This was particularly grievous in his recent
> spoiler about the fate of the Zoe character on House of Cards.
>
> He may have watched the entire second season of House of Cards on Feb 14
> but some of us are consuming it a little more slowly. Simply assuming
> that everyone has seen it the minute he has finished it is vastly
> unrealistic. The spoiler I'm thinking of didn't even mention the show
> title or the word "spoiler" in the subject line so anyone who watched a
> show with a character named Zoe in it might very well have read it
> without realizing that it was a spoiler. I certainly would have stayed
> away from his thread if he had labelled it properly. He's more than
> capable of writing a proper subject line but has demonstrated a complete
> lack of courtesy in all his dealings with this newsgroup. I don't think
> he'd hesitate to spoil ANY show, even weeks or months ahead, if he had
> the necessary insider knowledge. I think he does it because he gets off
> on antagonizing people. Somehow he never tires of his desire to piss
> people off. Mostly, he does this through his sock puppets but when the
> opportunity presents itself, he loves to spoil shows too.
>
> Of course he's not the only one who has dropped spoilers but I think he
> sets the tone. I think his flagrant spoiling is perhaps encouraging
> others to follow suit in a Gresham's Law kind of way. I don't think
> there's any hope of getting Seamus to grow up but I hope you're
> successful in persuading the less juvenile regulars on this newsgroup to
> a little more considerate.
Who is zis "Seamus", Rhino? I haff not seen anyone use zat alias in zis
newsgroup. Perhaps you suffer from ze hallucinations, hmm? Lie on zis
couch and I can try to solff zis problem off yours. Though it will cost
you. My rate, eet ees $300 an hour, but I haff a family to feed, yes?