I have noticed a growing and highly disturbing trend in Facebook status messages. A certain population of Facebook users seem to find it acceptable to post spoilers as their status messages, effectively ruining many important and exciting revealing moments for the rest of us sad saps. You would think people would just intuitively KNOW not to do something so douchey, but apparenty not.Mike and I, like MANY other people out there, like to DVR tv shows and watch them later so we can skip commercials. Additionally, we're out here in California, so whatever happens on the East Coast takes 3 hours to make its way to us. And yet people refuse to consider these reasonable facts and instead decide it would be a good idea to post revealing info that absolutely deprive us from having our own organic experiences. This is in very poor taste, my friends. Very poor taste indeed.
Example: I'm not a huge Oscars fan, but I do love knowing the big 3 of Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Picture. This year I trudged through the nearly the entire show waiting for Best Actor with great anticipation. With about 20 minutes of the show left, at least 6 people posted something like, "OMG I can't believe Sean Penn won Best Actor!!!" Entire Oscars ruined. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS LIPPY.
Another example: People on earlier time zones always post who gets kicked off of reality shows. Seriously, people? SERIOUSLY? You feel the need to post it on Facebook the SECOND it happens, before the rest of the United States has had a chance to find out for themselves??? One of the highlights of my week this summer has been So You Think You Can Dance. I love the dancers this season and I look forward to Thursday nights where I bite my nails while waiting to see if my favorites are going home. And even though I can skip to the end, I like the drama and the build up and the anticipation (doesn't everyone??). I work hard all week, surely I deserve this small pleasure? But no... I will log on to Facebook at around 7 pm and some East Coast asshole has written, "OMG I can't believe Randi got kicked off!" The ENTIRE SHOW is then destroyed for me, because why even bother watching when I know the outcome???
Last week my friend posted something about SYTYCD and I quickly wrote back and said, "I haven't seen it yet, please don't post any spoilers!!" Maybe 5 minutes later her friend responded to the SAME thread saying who got kicked off. WHAT THE F---?? I specifically asked for no spoilers! People, come ON! Can't you just wait a reasonable amount of time so as to ensure that everyone has had a fair chance? Is that SO difficult??
Mike says it is my fault for being on Facebook at any time when I don't want something to be revealed. I suppose this is somewhat true. But sometimes I just forget and log on anyway, and then get punished by someone's careless post. And why should I have to avoid Facebook? How about these Facebook Spoilers just think about other people for once and not just their own selfish whims? How about a little self-restraint when it comes to posting content that might possibly ruin something for someone else? I swear, if Facebook existed in the late 90's, a million morons would have posted, "OMG I can't believe Bruce Willis was dead the WHOLE MOVIE."
So yeah, I'm really freaking sick of people on Facebook ruining things for me. Can't you at least post something vague, like you were surprised, or you were unhappy, but not reveal the actual spoiler??? Or if you absolutely must share your reaction to some big reveal, call someone or send them an email. Don't put it out there for everyone to see and RUIN EVERYTHING for the rest of us. Or in the LEAST write "SPOILER ALERT" in big letters before your post. That at least gives the rest of us a small chance of avoiding your bad taste.
Anyway, I am considering unfriending anyone who posts any more Facebook spoilers. I will also try to avoid Facebook for the Oscars and SYTYCD and any other time I don't want some dumbass to spoil everything. It's a shame that I have to resort to this, but desperate times...
P.S. The picture really has nothing to do with the post, but it's HILARIOUS.
