Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.

'Time Bomb'


Spoilers 3: First Mutant Enemy, Now the World

[NAFDA] Spoilers for any and all currently running TV shows. All hardcore spoilage, all the time. No white font.


P.M. Marc - Oct 24, 2004 4:13:24 pm PDT #72 of 3486
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I'm with Amych on the whitefont issue.

If people need spoiler fairies, I'm always willing to be of service, but whitefont in here drives me batty.


libkitty - Oct 24, 2004 5:13:02 pm PDT #73 of 3486
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

If we whitefont, then should we decide if this thread is NAFDA or not, for responses? Many of the Lost posts are actually talking about things that have already been aired, I think mostly in response to spoilers. Because they relate to posts here, I think it's appropriate to respond here, but wouldn't think that they would need to be whitefonted.


Jessica - Oct 24, 2004 5:19:38 pm PDT #74 of 3486
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I would also vote in favor of a no-whitefont thread. I'm willing to whitefont if that's what it takes to have a spoiler thread at all, but it's not ideal.

I strongly feel that, at the very least, this must be a NAFDA space where anything that's been aired can be discussed freely. Also any speculation. Whitefont, if we're going to have it at all, should be reserved for actual spoilers only.


amych - Oct 24, 2004 5:24:16 pm PDT #75 of 3486
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

should we decide if this thread is NAFDA or not

It's got to be NAFDA. A spoiler thread where we can't talk about stuff that's already aired means the terrorists have already won.


le nubian - Oct 24, 2004 5:43:49 pm PDT #76 of 3486
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

For the record, I couldn't give a shit whether we whitefont or not. I'm willing to do whatever. I really don't mind the white font.


Topic!Cindy - Oct 25, 2004 3:03:13 am PDT #77 of 3486
What is even happening?

I agree it's got to be NAFDA. I didn't even realize that was an issue.

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Back before the earth cooled, when there was no spoiler font, people used to post spoiler warnings, and leave a space (to give the brain time to catch up with the eyes) and then post their spoilers, right in regular colored font. Would something like that work as a compromise between the people here who prefer white font, and the people here who prefer to talk openly?

Example:

Buffy spoiler

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I heard Buffy's getting a little sister.

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Lost Spoiler

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They're on an island

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Is that worse than white font, for the people opposed to white font? Better? The same? How about for the people who don't want everything open. Would you be able to skim past that?


Jessica - Oct 25, 2004 4:41:21 am PDT #78 of 3486
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Is that worse than white font, for the people opposed to white font?

Yes, much.

(No real rational reason why, but spoiler space makes my teeth itch even more than whitefont does.)


amych - Oct 25, 2004 4:49:29 am PDT #79 of 3486
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

No real rational reason why

Here's one: It's completely unsuited to a forum. Spoiler space worked okay for mailing lists and usenet, where you were looking at one message at a time and could hit next or delete or whatever to skip the message entirely. When you're scrolling through a page of successive messages, it simply doesn't work -- you're going to see the stuff anyway, and in the mean time, you make the page longer to scroll and harder to read.


Topic!Cindy - Oct 25, 2004 5:13:42 am PDT #80 of 3486
What is even happening?

(No real rational reason why, but spoiler space makes my teeth itch even more than whitefont does.)

I don't think you need a rational reason. It either works or irks. In this case, it irks.

Here's one: It's completely unsuited to a forum. Spoiler space worked okay for mailing lists and usenet, where you were looking at one message at a time and could hit next or delete or whatever to skip the message entirely. When you're scrolling through a page of successive messages, it simply doesn't work -- you're going to see the stuff anyway, and in the mean time, you make the page longer to scroll and harder to read.
Oh. I learned it on a linear board. Still, I don't love it, either. If I had my own way, it would be a free-for-all in here, but I don't watch much TV anymore, and never have been bothered much by spoilers. I was just trying to think of a compromise that would leave all groups happy enough. Spoiler space is obviously not it. There may not be an it.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 25, 2004 5:26:52 am PDT #81 of 3486
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Chiming in to say I'd prefer no white-font as well, but will live with it if necessary. Not sure how we handle the decision, though. Would it need to be an official vote, or an in-thread show of hands (aka bullshit consensus)?