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[KevinCow]

It's not clever. It's not funny. It's a stupid trend that's been getting worse and worse on this board.

Shit like this:

That was really

Spoiler

not

good!

Isn't clever. Isn't funny. It is a '90s "NOT!" joke in internet form. It just makes you look like a jackass.

Spoiler tagging an entire sentence that contains important information to the context of your post and possibly changes the entire meaning is just plain stupid. Like this:

That was really good!

Spoiler

Just kidding, it actually really sucked.

If you do this shit? Fuck you.


Beyond the inconvenience of slowing down my thread reading by forcing me to highlight your stupid inane remark, there's the fact that there is absolutely no way to know if what's in that black box is a shitty joke or a spoiler. I have been spoiled by highlighting a spoiler tag expecting a shitty joke, and I know I'm not the only one.


Spoiler tags are for spoilers. It's in the fucking name.

If you want to make a side remark, we have punctuation for that. (They're called parentheses.)

If you absolutely have to use some sort of editing on your text for this shit, try using [ strike ]. See? Look at how you can still read this text, but it's clearly more of an aside than part of the main content of the post.



Oh, and using excessive spoiler tags in this thread? Also not clever.

 

[RPGamer92]

Spoiler

Okay

 

[ultron87]

But spoiler tags are integral to regulating the comedic timing of one's posts.

It only really gets bad if it is in a thread that lots of actual spoilers in it that could get confused for snarky non-spoilers.

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

Spoiler

why

 

[demosthenes]

I'd prefer ppl keep using spoiler instead of strike. That strike just looks stupid.

 

[Skellig Gra]

What did you really think this would accomplish other than a thread full of BS loaded with unnecessary spoiler tags?

 

[Quacking]

It isn't something that happens only here, it's the internet.
wherever there's a spoiler tag then there are people who uses it not in the proper way.

 

[goober]

Spoiler

No.

P.S.

Spoiler

I love the 90s

 

[TommyT]

Didn't a mod have something to say about this previously? That said, I like using them to often juxtapose what the non-spoiled text says. Also makes my quips look more witty.

 

[Pandaman]

Kevin, I like you and I acknowledge some merit to your position, but i disagree and will continue to use the spoiler system in the methods described.

 

[Axion22]

Don't tell me what to do.

 

[AVclub]

Expecting to see lots of blacked out text in this thread.

Spoiler

Don't disappoint me, GAF!

 

[Misterinenja]

Spoiler

Aeris dies.

 

[whitehawk]

okay fine

 

[Ramma2]

This isn't the post you're looking for.

 

[KevinCow]

But spoiler tags are integral to regulating the comedic timing of one's posts.

If you can't be funny without using spoiler tags to hide certain parts of your post, then you're not funny and shouldn't be trying to make jokes anyway.

 

[Sharp]

I sometimes use spoiler tags to differentiate two levels of interpretation. E.g., a phrase that's optimistic unspoilered, somewhat more cynical when the spoilers are highlighted. It's a method of encoding information, not a mechanism for "not" jokes. Sorry we aren't using the tag as you, KevinCow, think we should be using it.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Spoiler

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Spoiler

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Spoiler

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Spoiler

are

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Spoiler

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[Alucrid]

I'd prefer ppl keep using spoiler instead of strike. That strike just looks stupid.

Spoiler

you look stupid

 

[The Lamonster]

Spoiler

Aeris dies.

I pity those who decide to post any actual spoilers in this thread, particularly ones from Game of Thrones.

There will be blood.

 

[Ramma2]

Neither is this one.

 

[How About No]

I totally agree with your sentiments on this

Spoiler

Dumbledore is Aeris

 

[params7]

I find it irritating too. Its pretty dumb though intended to be funny.

 

[Azure Dream]

If you absolutely have to use some sort of editing on your text for this shit, try using [ spoiler ].

Spoiler

See? Look at how you can still read this text, but it's clearly more of an aside than part of the main content of the post.

I use strike for "I'm editing a post to update my thoughts, but I'm not going to pretend I didn't say this before, just that I have a different perspective now, or don't wish to continue receiving replies on the matter." Or to mark a time-limited event is over.

I've seen it used for joke half-finished comments, but as a full aside, it looks wrong to me.

 

[NullPointer]

Oh, and using excessive spoiler tags in this thread? Also not clever.

You have to know that making a thread about this is only going to have the opposite effect right?

Is that your plan? You secretly love spoiler tags?

 

[ConfusingJazz]

This thread has been made before: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428548

Spoiler

AND YOU POSTED IN IT, OP! CHECK OUT POST NUMBER 33!

 

[Treefingers]

If you can't be funny without using spoiler tags to hide certain parts of your post, then you're not funny and shouldn't be trying to make jokes anyway.

There are certain forms of jokes that spoiler tags are suited to.

You don't think it's funny, okay. Some people do.

 

[Qwomo]

Spoiler

DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN'T DO

 

[Ferrio]

I thought doing this was banned anyways?

Looking at the FAQ, i guess not?

 

[Dr. Malik]

Spoiler

Aeris dies.

Fuck you

Spoiler

I don't know who that is

 

[Nard Bagman]

It's only slightly annoying if you're on an iPad or something where you have to copy the spoiler and paste it into the notepad to see what it says. Is there an easier way to see spoilers on an iPad? I still don't mind...if you can't click and move your mouse over a spoiler without it agitating you then you need to chill.

 

[Momo]

ITT: wolf being cried

 

[scar tissue]

Okay, I will

Spoiler

not

stop using spoiler tags for anything else but actual spoilers.

 

[Sharp]

By the way, KevinCow, if you hate spoiler tags so much, you can always use Opera, where they don't work properly by default.

 

[CrankyJay]

Start your own forum.

 

[Seda]

Wah what people do on the internet is annoying sometimes

Spoiler

wah

 

[Adamm]

okay fine

FUUUUUUUUUU.....

 

[elrechazado]

stop making threads

Spoiler

if you are the op

I like spoiler tags.

 

[Mickey Avalon]

I don't even know how to use spoiler tags

 

[Menelaus]

don't you ever tell me what to do again.

Spoiler

you hear me?

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

It has its place.

Spoiler

Mostly.

 

[NotebookJ2]

This thread has been made before: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428548

Spoiler

AND YOU POSTED IN IT, OP! CHECK OUT POST NUMBER 33!

I was about to post something like this... except the last part.

 

[xelios]

Who died and made you

Spoiler

EviLore

?

 

[Dead Prince]

This thread does not suck!

 

[polyh3dron]

I

Spoiler

love

these threads.

 

[kehs]

OP doesn't like humor.








(no, you're not getting a spoiler tag from me mr. no funny bone)

 

[Trigunner]

I'm probably in the minority, but I can't stand the _Gaf, -age, OT of _____ junk, all of it is completely obnoxious to me.

 

[JLG-]

Completely agree OP.

Spoiler

NOT!

 

[Qwomo]

It just makes you look like a jackass.

Also this is really ironic.

 

[GDJustin]

Spoiler

DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN'T DO

I literally came in here to make this exact same joke.