I think the reason that the spoilers thing can sometimes bother folks is that it involves cultural touchstones. I grew up in the 80s. Being asked to
Posted by
TWuG
Mar 6 '11, 14:30
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spoiler warn for movies that are *the* highpoints of entertainment from my youth is basically asking me to scrub my conversation of culturally significant shorthand.
I get that not everyone has seen the same films I have and I certainly wouldn't purposefully spoil someone if it was clear they wanted a pristine viewing experience.
But to say that references to BTTF or Ghostbusters or the John Hughes films should get put behind a spoiler warning simply because the newer generation hasn't seen them yet is giving deference to people who didn't grow up with it over those of us who did.
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