Malicious, petty, egocentric

[cali]

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that's what posting spoilers is.

And I don't care about the Olympics. I'm not watching them. I'm not following them.

But why would anyone want to ruin it for those who get pleasure from watching and finding out the results for themselves?

You don't respect people who are into the games?

I don't respect petty, malicious, egocentric people who feel entitled to ruin other folks' innocent pleasures.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. This amount of attention is given to fucking GAMES?

The DU must be bored out of its mind.

[11 Bravo]

5. Many of us engage in sports. Many of us watch sports. Many of us do both. We can't all be an ...

uber-hip lefty dude such as yourself who casually dismisses all athletic competition as "fucking GAMES". So please, just indulge us, your worship.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Where to start...

The Olympics will have little bearing on whether or not you feed your family... unless your an Olympian.

[SidDithers]

15. Must everything have some bearing on whether or not you feed your family?...nt

Sid

[Posteritatis]

16. Please provide your list of acceptable non-professional interests. (nt)

[Aerows]

82. I like archery

I also like gymnastics, though I wasn't trained in them.

I suspect the person you were replying to has a grudge against people that enjoy participating in, and observing sports.

[11 Bravo]

18. Agreed, and the fact that "To Kill A Mockingird" is a great book also has no bearing ...

on my family's next meal. Likewise, watching "Inherit the Wind" every time it comes on does not affect our eating habits.

Damn, if I lived life according to your standards, it would be a singularly unenriched existence.

[pinboy3niner]

24. You pretty much win the thread there, brother

[Cooley Hurd]

35. But, it has far more bearing than who wins the dressage competitian...

[11 Bravo]

39. At last, you spit it out! You in all your superiority are uniquely suited to ...

determine which diversions are worthy of respect. Awesome responsibility there, slick. Thanks for assuming the burden so that the rest of us dummies are free to pursue our dreary and incorrectly prioritized little lives.

[Cooley Hurd]

60. It's sports, 11...

NOT politics.

[11 Bravo]

71. Damn, I hope it's not a spoiler to point out that you just took the Gold Medal in non sequiturs!

Got to go pretty soon. My son has a (shudder) baseball game. His team qualified for the Championship Tournament for the local Cal Ripken league. Can you believe the worthless little asshole also plays on his college team and umpires and coaches Challenger Little League players? What a fucking waste of time!

[obamanut2012]

89. Most of the Olympians are in the hole for their sport

And seeing people march last night, like the runner who has "blades" instead of legs, women being the first females of their countries allowed to compete, athletes from villages with little or no electricity... that is amazing.

I also like many of the sports, although I'm not a"big sport" person.

[Posteritatis]

6. Imagine! People have interests which diverge from your own! What Philistines! (nt)

[Cooley Hurd]

9. No, my comment is regarding importance of info.

[sibelian]

8. Courtesy too advanced for you, eh?

Suit yourself.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. Your comment is devoid of... english.

[sibelian]

17. OMG that just crushes my day!

Whatever shall I do?

[Cooley Hurd]

33. :-)

Apparently it did, since you bothered to reply.

[sibelian]

42. How much more attention would you like my love?

are you yet sated?

[Cooley Hurd]

61. One more, please?

[sibelian]

63. I poke you.

POKE

[XemaSab]

27. I am not a sports fan but I love the Olympics

Seeing the women athletes from Saudi Arabia, the athletes from Syria, the athletes from East Timor, the athletes from North Korea, the athletes from Tuvalu... It's a rare moment when the whole world really comes together.

But of course you know that it's more than just a series of games. You're just looking to pick a fight because you're bored out of your mind.

[Cooley Hurd]

30. I am when it comes to this silliness

[William Seger]

37. Here's a thought

Take a hike.

The fresh air will do you good.

[Cooley Hurd]

44. What? Critisicm of Olympics getting to you?

How about YOU take a hike to a site that devotes itself to such nonsense.

[sibelian]

47. You go first.

You're more annoying.

[Cooley Hurd]

50. Nope - been here much longer than you...

See ya!

[sibelian]

53. Maybe a little TOO long, hm?

[mythology]

62. You may have been here longer,

but that's not actually an excuse for boorishness. I'm sure you have interests that others would find silly, but I hope others have more class about it than you have shown here.

[SidDithers]

68. And I've been here longer than you...

what's your point?

Sid

[Ikonoklast]

74. He actually thinks seniority counts for something, Sid.

I find it funny.

Not "Ha ha" funny, though.

Just...funny.

[SidDithers]

87. It was cute when he called you "newbie" tho...

Sid

[RC]

40. Yeah really.

We barely get rid of the gun fights in GD and now this? Hard to believe DU is supposedly a Liberal political site, with a common political enemy, with so many people bitching about how and what other people post.

[gopiscrap]

55. Agreed

Jesus fucking Christ we are political forum let's worry about the election not a bunch of spoiled pampered jocks looking to cash in!

[SidDithers]

56. From post #12, below

their post about that kind of attitude needs to be seen again.

"Ooooh I'm a rebel, that means I get to shit on your toast. What, you don't like? Well toast is for CAPITALISTS and you need to grow up."

Sid

[Cooley Hurd]

58. Best, most important response to this thread...

[awoke_in_2003]

86. You may be able to call...

the hockey and basketball players "spoiled pampered jocks" because they play pro sports, but you can't say that about most of those athletes. They have worked their whole lives to get where they are. I know many may not care about the games, hell I only watch them every now and again, but the games are one of the few interactions our country has with other countries that doesn't involve bombing the living hell out of them.

[nolabear]

67. Actually this is the Olympics. The Fucking Games will be at the GOP Convention.

Lighten up. I could care less about sports but I know something that lightens peoples' sad hearts when I see it. And that doesn't hinder the cause. It helps it.

[laundry_queen]

2. I agree with the malicious posts

that are posting spoilers on purpose. What I took issue with was there was 1 thread last night politely asking to not post spoilers. Then this morning there was one thread with a spoiler that could have been a mistake, perhaps the poster didn't see the thread last night. Could've been an honest mistake, and then a bunch of people went totally bonkers over that spoiler. I thought the reaction was completely out of proportion and that if those people were really that invested in seeing the event from start to finish without any spoilers beforehand, then why are they online? There was one time I wanted to watch the Stanley Cup playoff game I dvr'd without spoilers and I didn't go online, I didn't turn on live TV, I didn't talk to anyone until I had watched the game. It was important to me, so I had a contingency plan to avoid spoilers. If I went on DU and saw someone had posted the winner of the game, I dont' think I'd have had a tantrum calling people assholes. But that's just me.

Perhaps there should be a sticky on top of all the boards posted by admin letting everyone know. Not everyone was aware Americans weren't getting these things live (I am here in Canada, didn't know NBC sucked so bad.)

[SidDithers]

22. 6 threads...

deliberately posted with results in the subject line. All from the same poster. All posted within an hour of each other.

You agree with that?

Sid

[Posteritatis]

31. I think she's agreeing that the posts *are* malicious, not with them. (nt)

[SidDithers]

36. Ahhh, gotcha...

you're right.

Sid

[NYC_SKP]

3. The only thing worse is not gracefully accepting the criticism and making amends.

I can scarcely believe that anyone among us wouldn't fix it and apologize immediately.

And, the people who argue against the guidelines are a shame to the community.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Not arguing, just incredulous...

...that such silliness has enveloped DU.

[petronius]

10. The 'Game of DU' is an Olympic-caliber sport all on its own

[Cooley Hurd]

13. sooo true...

[pinboy3niner]

29. Them's fightin' words!

[Ikonoklast]

20. As are those that self-appoint themselves the arbiter of what passes as 'silly'.

Pomposity from the tragically hip is always amusing.

[Cooley Hurd]

26. Hip?

More like you pulled that comment from your...

[Ikonoklast]

38. Ok, tragically bland, then.

Have it your way, Skippy.

[Cooley Hurd]

41. My name's not skippy newbie

[sibelian]

52. Oh, the eyes again!

Aren't the eyes fun? They make it look to other people like you're sort of scornful. It obviates the need to actually say anything. It kind of makes it look like you've done something when you haven't! Fun, aren't they?

[Ikonoklast]

73. And he threw the "Newbie" card!!

I am totally in full panic disaster recovery mode before his 4chan mastery of Teh Intrawebs!!!

[sibelian]

79. We can LEARN from him.

We can learn from his... um...

[Ikonoklast]

69. I'm sorry, didn't hear you.

Please speak into the dilligaf amplifying device a little louder.

Thank you for co-operation in this matter.

[sibelian]

12. The attitude of some people posting on this subject is revealing.

Snotty, "ner ner ner I don;t have to do what YOU say" when what's being asked is the teeniest bit of typing. I had no idea that so many people on this board were so up themselves, well I take that back, I did, but not about a subject like this.... "Ooooh I'm a rebel, that means I get to shit on your toast. What, you don't like? Well toast is for CAPITALISTS and you need to grow up."

Teenagers.

[Cooley Hurd]

19. Actually, the multiple threads regarding "spoilers" reveal more....

...about attention spans here.

[sibelian]

25. Maybe you should read what you're posting before you hit "post my reply".

Capiche?

Doesn't make an awful lot of sense to accuse those who seek *not* to know something of having an attention span problem, does it?

Or maybe it does, in your mind. Perhaps the phrase "attention span" has a different meaning to you?

[Cooley Hurd]

28. eyes

...as in

[sibelian]

43. You tire quickly, it seems.

Haven't you won yet? lol

[Cooley Hurd]

46. No, your post wasn't worth a more detailed response...

Welcome to DU!

[sibelian]

54. Not that you'd have one!

bless!

[Cooley Hurd]

59. "Bless?"

Great, besides sports crap, you're going to throw your religion in my face?

Bless yourself...

[sibelian]

72. I had no idea you were so sensitive.

What can I say?

(strokes Colley Hurd gently) poor Cooley Hurd. Poor Cooley Hurd. Forget the Bless thing. It was insensitive and crass of me. Never mind. There, there.

[Cooley Hurd]

85. Hee!

You wasted THAT much energy on a reply?

[sibelian]

91. OMG, you have self-image problems too!

this just gets worse and worse, just because it's you I'm responding to doesn't mean I've wasted my time darling. You deserve to be spoken to, really you do.

[SidDithers]

23. Awesome post...

"Ooooh I'm a rebel, that means I get to shit on your toast. What, you don't like? Well toast is for CAPITALISTS and you need to grow up."

Fucking nailed it.

Sid

[Posteritatis]

32. Yep. (nt)

[SidDithers]

14. Well said...

Sid

[Live and Learn]

21. Chit, I thought this was a Romney thread.

Meh.

[arely staircase]

34. what other current events should we not post here until everyone has had a chance to

learn of their outcome beforehand? and how long should we wait?

[sibelian]

45. Let's leave those ones until they happen, eh?

We've got a pretty clear position on the Olympics.

[Cooley Hurd]

48. Exactly...

You don't want LBN, stay away from DU...

[Beaverhausen]

49. You can post anything you want, just not in the subject line

this happens with award shows such as the Grammys and Emmys, or even American Idol. We are all in different time zones and don't get the shows live.

[arely staircase]

65. if you have the internet you have the olympics live

if you don't have the internet then results posted on du shouldn't bother you.

[Beaverhausen]

66. You don't get to decide how and when I watch the Olympics

what you can do is simply be considerate of others. You can do that, right?

[arely staircase]

70. again, what other current events should this apply to?

and no i dont decide how or when or why you watch badminton or dressage. but i find it odd you would like me and other duers to let you decide when we can comment on something, based on your decision not to watch it live.

[sibelian]

76. It doesn't matter, just don't do it with the Olympics here!

Other events can be handled as and when they arise...

[arely staircase]

80. yeah, i get that

that's my whole point - that that makes no sense

[sibelian]

84. So let me just get this fully into my mind

Are you seriously telling me that you can't see why sporting events shouldn't be spoilered on DU because there isn't an extant procedure for other events otherwise unrelated to the Olympics other than that they have an ending that could be spoiled? And that the absence of such a clear "nonspoiler" culture on DU means that requests for such courtesy don't make sense?

Is that in fact what you are saying to me? Would you requrie clear unambiguous signposts all over DU telling you not to spoil the end of "The Dark Knight Rises"? Or would you just go with the idea that it shoudln't be spoiled without being told? If you would go with that, why would it not "make sense" to respond cooperatively to people requesting that a similar courtesy be extended to DU participants for events of interest to them like the Olympics?

[arely staircase]

88. how can we spoil something that has already been broadcast?

what about people who chose to get their olympic coverage from their morning paper? should we wait a day for them? newsweek and time? should we wait a week for those publications?

[sibelian]

90. Dude, there's no *waiting* just put "spoiler" in the thread title!

you can post *whenever you like* just be aware that some people have schedules that clash with broadcast times is all. You;d put *spoiler* in a thread title if you were posting Dark Knight stuff, yeah? same thing.

[Ikonoklast]

83. Ask Skinner, but he has spoken on *this* matter.

Those that disagree with his call need to take it up with him.

I wouldn't if I were you.

[A Simple Game]

51. I don't much care anymore, but when I did I knew better to go any place

where I might run into a spoiler. I avoided people at work, didn't stop at a store, made sure the car radio wasn't on a station that may announce the game results and went directly home.

I don't come to DU to NOT find information, and shame on anyone else that thinks I should. If you don't want spoilers, don't go where there might be some.

If a game or event is so important to you, why are you coming here first? Know where your life changing event or game is and go directly there, do not stop at DU.

DU is about information, not the suppression of information.

[HuckleB]

57. Pure hogwash.

[HankyDub]

64. SPOILER ALERT!!!

The Olympics are boring.

[left is right]

75. I clicked on this only because I thought it was about rmoney

it does describe him. I am so disappointed that it was referring to people who seem to want to spoil the Olympics for others. I am not at all interested in any aspect of the games and think that spoilers may be more a case of unbridled enthusiasm rather than maliciousness. But I could be wrong

[SunsetDreams]

92. Locking

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