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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is a good story.

Back when it first came out, "Steve" was at a party and heard some people talking about the movie. He hadn't seen it, and politely listened. He heard the entire plot, including all the twists and a dozen spoilers. Later that week he was with another group and they decided they wanted to see the movie. Steve didn't want to spoil everyone's fun, so he went, even though he thought he'd be bored.

Later, he wrote about how, even knowing the plot and the surprises, he was still on the edge of his seat for the whole movie.

There's a reason people are still talking about this decades old movie.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Funny enough I haven't actually heard a single spoiler for it. I only vaguely know about it, and it's been on my "maybe watch if I have nothing else one day" list for at least a few years. I haven't actively avoided it, but I haven't actively tried to seek it out either. I'll get to it one day, spoiled or not.

Good story in any case.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If and when, you'll probably realize that you've been watching spoilers for years and didn't get the connection.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 points 11 hours ago

References that people who have seen it know but people that haven't don't are references done right. They're not a spoiler at that point.

But yes I've had the same experience with many of the TV shows that are popular on places like here and reddit, the office, sunny, parks etc. You start seeing how many comments are just people referrencing stuff.