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Yeah, pretty much. Did you even read my post? Skip the part about Super Ex-Girlfriend, you obviously didn't understand that that was an example of how a spoiler spoils (in this case, the spoiler was the title, not the ensuing discussion). I thought I explained pretty clearly how the spoiler spoiled, and why it did. Forget the rest of the film, and the fact that you didn't enjoy it -- I don't care, you're not taking the example for how the example was intended. I thought I did a pretty good job of explaining how spoilers spoil in general, and you didn't even bring that part up.

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This is the way the forums @ xkcd.com do it, and I think it's quite nice. Does the spoilered text get sent in the email updates? Sure: obviously, you already understand the worst spoilers. But there are milder spoilers that just ruin the movie-watching experience, because they put you in the wrong frame of mind. I'm going to pick one that probably nobody here has seen besides me and Hirsch: My Super Ex-Girlfriend. The spoiler from that one is right in the title -- she doesn't become his ex-girlfriend until more than half-way through the movie. So the first half of the movie seems to be one long dragging setup, rather than what it's meant to be -- the first half of the movie. You're in the wrong mindset to be watching the first half of the film. So that's why spoilers are bad -- they put you in a different mindset than you should be while watching the film. For example, if there's a particular scene in the preview -- like between the good guy and the main bad guy (the "big boss fight"), and they don't meet until the end, you're watching the entire movie knowing that they're going to interact, so any possible suspenseful moments beforehand are rendered moot. Is Buffy really going to get out from under that car that Spike threw on her just before the commercial? Well, you know she is, because you saw a kiss between her and The Master in the previews for this week's episode, and they haven't kissed yet -- that kind of thing.

Hey now, I can get laid, I just choose not to. Besides, I like Billy's fantasy world better than yours right now (although reality is somewhere in between).

Hey, my chances with Shania Twain just went up from negative infinity to negative infinity plus a little bit.

...at which point Pete looked at Todd like this: I am? I am!?! I am? PS This is entirely made up, I wasn't even there.

Dew et. I love my Wheatfield.

Just wanted to offer a word of support -- you seem to be pretty tough, I think you'll come through this okay.

No-one's buying Dusty, Dusty is not for sale. And you couldn't handle two of me.

Oh, c'mon, you know you want the Billy Bags six-shelver.

Actually, that sounds like them charging up.

I see what you did there.

Awesomeness. I really like these two.

So it's alright to eat the ugly kind? (Just kidding, I know it's dolphin tuna, not dolphin mammal.) Rekx -- we're actually spoiled over here in Maryland -- I don't eat good seafood near as much as I'd like, because to get the really good and fresh stuff, we have to make a small field trip to Annapolis. You'd be surprised how much mediocre seafood is served in this area, considering how close we are to the sea ocean. Actually, recently I've taken to eating seafood as frequently as I can -- if we're eating out, it's on the menu, and sounds good, I'll order it and say, "Doctor's orders". It's the truth, too. So I vouch for the fact that it's rarely fresh fresh fish. Tyrion -- thanks for the rec on Cantlers, it's on my list, now, too.

Jesus Christ, I hate introduction threads.

Yeah, those kind of sucked, didn't they? "How can we repackage a Slinky?" "Why would we want to, it's selling so well?" "Because pretty soon, everyone who wants one will have one, and then sales will taper off." "So? If every household has at least one, then we're still doing really good. Besides, they kink if you actually use them at all, so those people will have to replace them." "If they're selling that well, then we can get rid of the marketing staff, which means you'll be out of a job." "Oh." "..." "Uh." (tugs at collar) "..." "How about -- we stick things on each end so they look like long animals?" "Now you're cooking. Go tell it to manufacturing."

That's a software issue, not a function of the 3g. As far as I know, Imap already works, what other issues are there? Push? I'll have to look into it -- I had someone else say something to the effect of, "Apple needs to get email working the way Blackberry does", so I do know it's an issue, I just don't know what it is. EDIT: Just found an article that synopsizes the problem. Looks like the answer is going to be, "no".

That can be done, too, but then AT&T won't subsidize it, I don't think. But yeah, I'm waiting for the 3G. June cannot come fast enough.

Well that's just silly

Well, yeah, who hasn't? But the person in that vid just looks like a heart attack waiting to happen.

The first time I saw those two clips, I didn't even realize it was the same person right away. I'm surprised he didn't have an aneurysm since that older clip. He must have switched to decaf like that same day.

No, never mind, I didn't realize it was the second half of that one. "Fuck it, we'll do it live!" Awesome. How great is O'Reilly? This great:

[img width=150 height=150 alt=facepalm]http://www.head-case.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2743&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=8088592a1f3cbe7b76f8d13df6dfbfc1

Hey, that one's gone, what should I search on?