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jadepearl — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:56:40 -0800

Disappearing comment? In this thread my posts have disappeared.

Since there was no swearing, nor cruelty to another poster I am a bit puzzled. Further, if the complaint is of a derail, I would counter that other comments referring to Game of Thrones still remain AND the thread was not derailed into a crazed flamewar about Game of Thrones. The comment seem to have disappeared from my history completely. Is there a bug of some sort?

By: AElfwine Evenstar

AElfwine Evenstar — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:58:25 -0800

Is there a bug of some sort?

feature, the word is feature of some sort

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:58:36 -0800

No, I deleted it. A few people flagged in and a few people complained about the spoiler. I have not read Game of Thrones and I've only sort of watched it and I don't know what is and is not a spoiler and what is and is not a joke. So after a few comments and a few complaints that seemed to be centered on your comment I deleted the comment and left a note.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:59:49 -0800

That's also the only comment of yours in the thread so if you thought you made another one, we haven't seen it.

By: jadepearl

jadepearl — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:09:53 -0800

It is not a spoiler if it has not been written yet. Unless something momentous happened in the last novel I was not aware of which, is why the comment did not get the "spoiler alert" preface. Seriously, flagged? Duly noted.

So, if we inevitably have another Games of Thrones post or related to GoT what will be the etiquette on that? I am just curious, on what the parameters of the redaction will be.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:13:58 -0800

I can not keep track of what is and isn't a spoiler of things I have not watched or read. If I am understanding you correctly, this was a joke about books that haven't been written yet?

If it's a GoT thread, we figure people can expect standard MeFi spoiler etiquette. If you're in a non-GoT thread and dealing with people who maybe don't know what you're joking, it may be better to err on the side of not seeming like you're writing spoilers. Not everyone agrees with or uses spoiler etiquette so its absence on your comment didn't indicate that you weren't posting spoilers.

I find the whole thing fairly annoying but without knowing more about GoT personally I just go by what people are saying in the thread which was one complaint and a few flags and they were all centered around your comment. Sorry about that, we do the best we can some days.

By: jacalata

jacalata — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:25:12 -0800

I flagged it, because I haven't yet read a Dance With Dragons and I assumed you were mentioning something from that book. I would not read a thread about Game of Thrones at this point (although I might wish I could expect to be able to go into a thread about the TV show without getting info from further along in the books, I'd be prepared for people not to live by that).

There have apparently been 25 MeTa posts about spoilers, if you're interested in a general idea of what people expect in threads about the show/books.

By: jacalata

jacalata — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:26:20 -0800

also, sorry I bitched in thread

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:32:53 -0800

GoT spoiler + joke warning:

That guy in GoT dies in the end.

By: jadepearl

jadepearl — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:33:19 -0800

I came back late so did not see the full progression of point, counterpoint; such a thin line between commendation and approbation especially for a tossed line.

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:34:25 -0800

While I understand why Jess deleted the comment (how would she know?) tt's baffling to think that people are flagging and complaining about a comment that is supposedly a spoiler about something that has even been written yet.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:37:23 -0800

I was going to flag it because I knew it would cause a kerfluffle for spoilerphobes but then I forgot/stopped caring/had ice cream.

By: Paragon

Paragon — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:39:43 -0800

a comment that is supposedly a spoiler about something that has even been written yet.

Easy: "Character X is going to die in the next book" implies that they haven't died in one of the books already written.
(Didn't see the deleted comment, so no idea if it applies in this case.)

By: infinitywaltz

infinitywaltz — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:41:16 -0800

THE BUTLER DID IT...or the dragon...or...elf...or whatever there are.

By: Big_B

Big_B — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:42:57 -0800

Seems like the back and forth (last 3?) comments could go also then? What's the point of leaving those there?

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:43:46 -0800

Yeah, good point.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:46:55 -0800

That guy in GoT dies in the end.

Yeah, end of season one. What kind of crap is that? My favorite character if you cut out the girl and the dwarf! And he dies! Crap!

Also: Entirety of Game of Thrones Season 2 Leaked

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:52:20 -0800

I've never watched or read Game of Thrones, so if I know some guy dies at the end of some book or some movie, can it really be a spoiler?

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:39:36 -0800

He dies. She dies. Everybody dies.

By: item

item — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:59:36 -0800

I am so fucking sick of having this discussion:

If you hadn't left your Game of Thrones out on the counter overnight it wouldn't have been spoiled, so you deserve whatever consequences arise should you go ahead and eat it anyway.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:11:30 -0800

Or just pour molten gold on the motherfucker's head and kill him already.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:11:40 -0800

SNOW KISSES DUMBLEDORE

By: Rocket Surgeon

Rocket Surgeon — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:14:59 -0800

It's like - you can't really be spoiled cuz really good stories are totally predictable and you should've known what was going to happen and if you're spoiled by a spoilsport then the spoilage wasn't worth it. DUH!

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:31:20 -0800

This one guy kills this other guy with a sword. And some dudes rape some ladies. Then people yell at each other. Also I think there are some varlets and villeins.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:31:33 -0800

Winter came.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:54:55 -0800

I like spoilers. Feel free to privately email or message me spoilers about anything.

By: philip-random

philip-random — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:15:58 -0800

Orson Welles lied about what really happened in Grover's Mill, New Jersey, 1968.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:16:58 -0800

Here's some spoilers for ya, Loq.

By: Rocket Surgeon

Rocket Surgeon — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:51:29 -0800

I'm about halfway through Everybody Poops and although it's a taut thriller I'm a little disappointed somebody clued me into how it ends.:'( IS THERE NO ESCAPING THE SPOILERS!?

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:57:42 -0800

Hodor ends up Verbal Kinting everyone in the final scene.

By: Tell Me No Lies

Tell Me No Lies — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:01:45 -0800

The King is dead, Topper. Let it go.

By: deborah

deborah — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:06:04 -0800

elizardbits: "I was going to flag it because I knew it would cause a kerfluffle for spoilerphobes but then I forgot/stopped caring/had ice cream."

Ice cream? There better be enough for this whole thread, missy!

By: h00py

h00py — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:10:19 -0800

President Snow smells like blood because he has mouth ulcers.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:26:45 -0800

It was bound to turn up anyway: none of the characters are real. They're actually an assortment of chesspieces and playing cards scattered under a child's bed. The winter and ice motifs are derived from a discarded snowglobe, and Tyrion turns out to be a 9 volt battery.

By: drlith

drlith — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:04:22 -0800

You know that part in the Bible where Jesus dies?

IT WAS ALL JUST A DREAM.

Don't tell me what happens after the Apocalypse, though. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PART YET.

By: solotoro

solotoro — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:26:01 -0800

forgot/stopped caring/had ice cream

is now the gender on my profile.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:54:41 -0800

Who's Winter?

By: mediareport

mediareport — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:19:56 -0800

spoilerphobes

Aw, that's uncharitable.

The ice creams help, though.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:19:59 -0800

"Who's Winter?"

Winter.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:05:36 -0800

Post..gone

Post..gone
Comment..killed
Just..cause
Beans..were..spilled
Or..maybe..not
But..anyway
It's..really..just
That..kinda..day

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:34:37 -0800

Yeah, right. Like there's really a monster at the end of this book.

By: kavasa

kavasa — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:37:33 -0800

Winter came.

Who got the reward?

By: edgeways

edgeways — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:58:50 -0800

The lion is a stand in for Jesus!!!

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:05:31 -0800

edgeways, we have all seen The Gladiator

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:13:49 -0800

I can't believe kavasa would link to a kids comic in an adult thread.

By: endless_forms

endless_forms — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:21:07 -0800

HINT: not a kids comic.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:47:28 -0800

Oh man, do they kill Jesus in The Gladiator?

By: MsMolly

MsMolly — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:11:42 -0800

Spoiler: Arya adds one last person to her hit list. https://twitter.com/hijinksensue/status/232199977978429440/photo/1

By: Lexica

Lexica — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:40:51 -0800

Orson Welles lied about what really happened in Grover's Mill, New Jersey, 1968.

No, he didn't.

Your first name's not John. I can tell.

By: radwolf76

radwolf76 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:34:34 -0800

Easy: "Character X is going to die in the next book" implies that they haven't died in one of the books already written.

These are serial fantasy novels we're talking about, there's no such implication. To excerpt a portion of filk singer Tom Smith's excellent observation on the subject, titled Serial Killer:

Book 1: Everything turns to shit
Book 2: Everything is shit
Book 3: We install plumbing

Book 4: The toilet backs up
Book 5: The house overflows
Book 6: We save the house, but the plumber dies

Book 7: The plumbing explodes
Book 8: We resurrect the plumber
Book 9: We discover the true meaning of shit

If Book 9 hasn't come out and I joke "you know the plumber's going to die in the next one" and you haven't gotten to the end of Book 6 yet, you haven't had your surprise at the plumber's fate spoiled at all.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:44:26 -0800

Luke is Vader's son.

By: Tell Me No Lies

Tell Me No Lies — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:52:34 -0800

John Henry beats the steam powered hammer, but dies in the attempt.

By: jfuller

jfuller — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:53:26 -0800

Lambchop is just a sockpuppet.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:01:30 -0800

But whose sockpuppet?

By: cmoj

cmoj — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:07:40 -0800

Spoiler!

The game is coming from inside the thrones.

By: patheral

patheral — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:34:00 -0800

Soylent green is made of people

By: Rocket Surgeon

Rocket Surgeon — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:15:17 -0800

Hey, come on you guys. If you're going to spoil, at least do some meta spoiling.

- Vader is not only Luke's father, but he is actually a good guy deep down inside.
- Soylent Green is made of people, but so is Soylent Yellow AND Soylent Red.
- The lion and the whale are god, but Citizen Kane was not.
- Everybody poops, and I mean EVERYBODY.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:16:36 -0800

Rosebud was some stupid sled.

By: patheral

patheral — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:05:48 -0800

And Citizen Kane died alone (point of the story, wasn't it?), so no one actually heard his last words.

By: Tell Me No Lies

Tell Me No Lies — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:31:17 -0800

And Citizen Kane died alone

Well except for ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM FILMING HIM.

Duh.

By: Rocket Surgeon

Rocket Surgeon — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:26:17 -0800

With the help from a young friend, Bruce Willis' character resolves his inner conflict and is able to move on.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:08:37 -0800

Major T.J. 'King' Kong rides an atomic bomb that explodes in Russia, thus initiating the apocalyptic nuclear destruction of the US and the Sovuet Union.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:18:56 -0800

The lab assistant is epileptic, and no one finds the cure in time because she has a seizure when the red light flashes "positive."

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:16:53 -0800

Is there really a movie like that or you make that one up?

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:25:08 -0800

It's a real movie.

By: radwolf76

radwolf76 — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:47:13 -0800

They find the cure in time despite the photosensitivity-triggered seizure.

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:20:20 -0800

If I remember right, they don't find the cure but they do establish that the strain on the loose has in fact mutated to a non-world-apocalyptic form that can be dealt with via cloud seeding to have it rain down over the ocean (or something like that) BUT the research station itself is set to self-destruct to prevent catastrophes except the strain mutates and multiplies incredibly rapidly under high-heat conditions because it's a wacky extremophile and so then they have to STOP the base from blowing itself up which involves one of the researchers having to climb through a tower dodging LASERS in what is among the dumbest possible climactic sequences of any erstwhile science-y thriller.

By: radwolf76

radwolf76 — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:53:53 -0800

The book did it better. It was tranquilizer darts dosed for things lab-animal sized, but with the system programed to keep firing as long as its sensor picked up movement, so if the target kept pushing on like Dr. Hall does, eventually you've accumulated a lethal-to-humans dose. Changing that to lasers and gender swapping one of the main characters were among the few changes between the book and the movie (and even with Rule 63 being invoked, there's only about two or so extra lines of dialogue to account for the change.)

By: Rocket Surgeon

Rocket Surgeon — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:41:30 -0800

A genocide is committed upon a space-faring race of intelligent beings by a crafty Earthling who manages to do it through a plug-n-play computer virus he whipped up on his Apple computer.

By: Rocket Surgeon

Rocket Surgeon — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:43:29 -0800

The Ghostbusters really aren't afraid of no ghost! Or old world gods and lesser demons, for that matter.

By: Tell Me No Lies

Tell Me No Lies — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:15:36 -0800

Santa Clause isn't real, no matter what that little tramp Virginia says.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:22:05 -0800

Santa Clause isn't real

No, no, it IS real. That's a standard feature of any contract.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 01:34:39 -0800

Santa was real, but he got what was coming to him.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:20:44 -0800

Was totally sure you were linking to this.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:31:46 -0800

Nope, not enough pug.

By: Lexica

Lexica — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:20:01 -0800

OMG BATTLEPUG I AM IN LOVE