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Originally Posted by Brainiac
Hey dumb****, a spoiler is information about what is going to happen on a show. Once the episode has aired, it's not a spoiler.
If you haven't watched the current episode, don't go into a thread where people are talking about a show and bitch about them talking about the show.
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The second part has merit, but your definition of what is and isn't a spoiler [and who is or isn't a dumb****] is dunderheaded.
A spoiler is something that reveals an important, usually surprising, plot element to those who haven't seen the show in question.
A spoiler about the end of The Sixth sense is still a spoiler for anyone who hasn't seen it, but it's been out so long that people are no longer concerned about revealing it. By your standard, anything reveal from the afternoon of a movie's premiere forward is no longer a spoiler, because it'[s out there to be seen.
I have no problem with spoilers in an episodic television thread being OK once an episode has aired. Not so much the broad definition of what is and isn't spoiler.