I'm right there with you. Spoilers (read: all) actively ruin the entire experience for me. To me it's all about the exploration of the world and how you find out about the twists and turns that make the first experience the most worthwhile. By taking away that oppurtunity to explore the context of the plot or setting or whatever, you've effectively taken away my chance to immerse myself in the moment. That's what movies and books are for me.
Farther down you talk about being asked to leave when people wish to discuss something and you don't want to know (as an option). Most of my friends would find it rude to exclude someone from a conversation. But personally, it wouldn't bother me. If I'm the one causing the road block to a discussion, then I'll usually bow out. In the end, I hope that I'm adult about it and I try not to impose my strict "NO SPOILER" policy on people. That doesn't mean that other people aren't freaking obnoxious about the entire thing and shouldn't be taken out and shot. I'm all for shooting namby-pambys.
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Date: 2007-07-23 01:21 pm (UTC)Farther down you talk about being asked to leave when people wish to discuss something and you don't want to know (as an option). Most of my friends would find it rude to exclude someone from a conversation. But personally, it wouldn't bother me. If I'm the one causing the road block to a discussion, then I'll usually bow out. In the end, I hope that I'm adult about it and I try not to impose my strict "NO SPOILER" policy on people. That doesn't mean that other people aren't freaking obnoxious about the entire thing and shouldn't be taken out and shot. I'm all for shooting namby-pambys.