OK, so I guess they liked the separate spoiler best on average,
That's so weird to me. I'm not spoiler-phobic the way I used to be, but still. I can't see how "here's a story where at the end they stone a lady to death, now go read" improves The Lottery. It's a different reading experience, to be sure, but the magic of not being spoiled means you get
both
experiences - the growing unease and shock at the end, and then the experience of reading it while knowing where it's all headed and seeing things differently. It doesn't disappear into the ether so you can't read it again.
"here's a story where at the end they stone a lady to death, now go read" improves The Lottery.
I can only speak for myself, but I find that if I don't know the ending, I get really stressed out, and find myself galumphing over great parts of the story just to find out if something really bad happens. Once I know the answer, I am more relaxed and can enjoy reading. But I also enjoy reading the same books, including mystery novels, over and over and over. There are some Agatha Christie books that I have probably read over 20 times.
Even with those two, the difference between their torso lengths is much less dramatic.
Still, there's going to be back pain.
Woot! The newly opened restaurant in the complex has breakfast potatoes. The helping is too small for breakfast, but it's definitely a start. Nomming that, and then leftover brownie cupcake.
I like spoilers sometimes and do not want them other times. If it is a creative work that I think I will enjoy, I am much less likely to want spoilers in terms of plot. I feel like casting spoilers are barely spoilers.
I also am very suspicious about that spoiler study. There are a couple shows where I don't care (sitcoms, mostly) but any show I am even the slightest bit invested in, I just do not want to know. And books? Forget it. It takes hours and hours and hours to read a book, and so I just absolutely no not want to know what is going to happen.
This is proving problematic right now, in fact, as I want to both watch Game of Thrones and start reading A Song of Ice and Fire, but whichever I do first will spoil the other. Quite a conundrum.
There is now a rum drink with the same name as my sister. Which is weird, but now that I think of it, there's been a rum drink with
almost
the same name as my sister for the longest time. Still odd.
My midyear performance review! It was due Monday! Don't they understand they have to remind me constantly? I wonder if that's a question on the review. I can't even remember if 1 is good or 4 is good. Suck.
Cat Fashion Show. The cats are not amused.
But are they as sad as the sad etsy dogs?
OK, they're more pissed than sad.
eta: And why are so many of these cats hairless? Are people more prone to dress up their cats if the cats are hairless?
