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I remember there was indeed social media uproar over people revealing the bonus items with the Ghost of Past.

Spoiler culture is out of hand.

If Burger King puts out a new sandwich and I have it and I tell you to try it because I thought it had a nice honey mustard, someone's going to call me out for spoiling it for them.
 
d_amazing put up a video of the Mouse King and ONLY put a lone image of the spoiler item at the end of his video in the very last image, and he WARNED PEOPLE. So if they get pissed at him, they only have 1 person to blame for it, and they'll need a mirror to see them.
 
Red Ogre said:
I have always hated spoilers. If it's something I'm fiercely adamant about, I'll avoid the entirety of the internet. If I don't want to know about it, it's on me to dodge the information.
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Relevant story...
The year was 1991, the date, January 27. I had just finished my 9-hour shift at the shifty and shitty grocery store I worked at. Beyond all hope I had managed to avoid Super Bowl SPOILERS and I got word that the VCR did happen to pick that night to function properly and record. I was a mild Giants fan at the time and was excited to see the game. On my drive home, I was so damn happy, Jimmy Cliff's I Can See Clearly Now was playing on the radio. I still remember the cold air, the rattle of my Oldsmobile Cutlass gliding down the road. The song ended and the DJ jumped in with "Congratulations to the New York Giants on winning the Super Bowl."


Mother.
FUCKER!
 
I think I became immune to spoilers once I could just pick apart any story on a structural, writer level and call almost every shot. I just see the pattern and code. But to me what's important is the emotional beats and action scenes that get me there. Then I can decide if it worked for me.

Context is king to me.

As such, I became the tank for all spoilers. Someone mad about being spoiled or learning something in advance and bursting to share? I'll take it.

Even in your example, knowing the winning team might dissolve fourth quarter tension, but I still want to know and experience the highs and lows for myself.

But I also think that is a very fair thing to want to avoid. I think media is fair to avoid. I never got to experience the Sixth Sense correctly because someone told me. I'm aware I will never be able to know what that was like. It's kind of weird. In a way what actually upsets me is was that I won't actually be able to pick it apart the way I do every other story to see if I could get there.

But I do draw the line on things like action figures or food. And the other half of the equation is some of the most spoiler sensitive people I know live on social media in the first place, so... If you're swimming with sharks, why you going to get mad that sharks are interrupting your swim? Why are you hanging out on the Star Wars leaks Reddit if you don't want Star Wars leaks.

You got to have accountability somewhere.
 
Couldn’t help myself and looked at the spoiler. Not sure why they felt the need to keep it a secret. It’s a cool addition that may convince a few more to buy the figure. These secret items really ought to be more along the lines of the golden gag accessories at the Armory experience rather than the really cool bonuses they have been. I guess I’m glad we’re getting better stuff than just repainted accessories (well, Krampus’ was just skulls and skeleton hands) but you’d think they’d want to advertise them more, after the spoiler embargo.
 
Red Ogre said:
Relevant story...
The year was 1991, the date, January 27. I had just finished my 9-hour shift at the shifty and shitty grocery store I worked at. Beyond all hope I had managed to avoid Super Bowl SPOILERS and I got word that the VCR did happen to pick that night to function properly and record. I was a mild Giants fan at the time and was excited to see the game. On my drive home, I was so damn happy, Jimmy Cliff's I Can See Clearly Now was playing on the radio. I still remember the cold air, the rattle of my Oldsmobile Cutlass gliding down the road. The song ended and the DJ jumped in with "Congratulations to the New York Giants on winning the Super Bowl."
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Fuck man, spoiler alert! I'm a bit behind on my football and was queued up to watch this one!
 
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