OK people… Welcome to the age of the Internet and instantaneous news. If you don’t want to learn information so quickly get the hell off the Internet and read the F’n news paper…
Now stop your bitch’n
HTFU
It happens every year… it will happen next year too. some people just like to whine.
Grant
If people would jsut learn manners…
I mean jeez you go to a scifi forum and it’s just second nature to alert people when you are posting about spoilers - but for whatever reason people here just can’t grasp the idea that people don’t always watch stuff live.
So if people don’t want to have the TdF ruined each day, I guess they need to stay off Slowtwich for 3 weeks, because it’s asking too much for people to type “spoiler” in their subject lines. That’s reasonable.
I wonder how Slowman feels about that.
but for whatever reason people here just can’t grasp the idea that people don’t always watch stuff live.
You’re right. Or perhaps there is just an inordinate number of assholes who post here and have no regard for common courtesy.
clm
The bottom line is clear: True cycling fans want to know right away the outcome of the stages; the Lance-generation posers are the ones that don’t mind waiting for the TIVO.
Oh this is priceless! My two favorite asshole posts:
Nice spoiler - you’ve ruined everything! I didn’t know they’d got to stage 11, I’m tivoing the whole tour because I’m so busy and important and I’m expecting the whole world to follow a news blackout regarding the tour until I get round to watching it in september. Go Vino! Wiggins for the prologue!
and
Lazy ben, i just wanted to say that i agree with you, i do like to watch the tour in december and then, watch ironman hawaii right after(janurary) I would gladly appreciate if people stop talking about stuff happening on this planet until i get to see them when i have time!!!
Anyway, for those that want the planet to stop spinning or go at there rythme… , dont read slowtwitch or anything else if you dont want to know what is going on in the world… maybe hide under a rock so you dont get your evening spoil…
life is happening right now… it s only a race and i dont want to open every freaking spoiler thread to know what is going on… just write what happen in the title and lets talk about it!!!
Assholes or not, Ben and Jonnyo are my heros!
there are an inordinate amount of assholes in the general population, i don’t know why ST would be any different?
but for whatever reason people here just can’t grasp the idea that people don’t always watch stuff live.
You’re right. Or perhaps there is just an inordinate number of assholes who post here and have no regard for common courtesy.
clm
I completely agree with you paulo…for once…damnit
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Watch it Paulo… they’ll be calling you the son of swimfan next…
I wonder if I post the winner of each stage for the next 5 days how long it takes me to get booted… not like I’ll be missing much…
I don’t want to complain, but when I was watching last night, they didn’t show Lance once. WTF? Seriously, is this really a sport if I don’t see Lance? That’s why I watch marathons these days!
The bottom line is clear: True cycling fans want to know right away the outcome of the stages; the Lance-generation posers are the ones that don’t mind waiting for the TIVO.
Post away. Just put spoiler in the subject line. Or you can just be obstinate. Have another cup of coffee. I recommend Coffees from Hawaii.
The comments defending spoiling stages (or olympic results or anything else) always remind me of the arguments smokers make. It’s all about them and not having any courtesy or respect for others and a total unwillingness to make a simple gesture for others.
Really, maybe Cancellera TTing the last kilometer of that stage for the sprint win was a spoiler and shouldn’t be posted in the title of a thread.
But Dave Z. missing the time cutoff? Oh now, you spoiled it for me!!! He rode really slow, wasn’t on camera at all and was eliminated from the race. That sounds like it would have been so exciting to watch, how dare anyone spoil that!!!
HTFU
What is a phrase very quickly becoming overused Alex?