To think you cannot moan about spoilers after the programme has aired?!

[HeIsNotTheSun]

People on Twitter moaning about the official GBBO account tweeting about who went out this week. “Haven’t had a chance to watch it yet!” “It hasn’t aired in the US yet!” Being the two main complaints.

You see it on here too sometimes. People moaning about programmes being spoiled because they haven’t had a chance to watch it yet.

I think they should dry up, in all honesty. Totally fair where the programme hasn’t aired in the UK yet and other UK users spoil it. But ffs, just don’t follow the GBBO account if you don’t want it spoiled??

YABU

Many thanks for your input.

I agree, YANBU. If I don't get to watch something as it goes out, and don't want to know what's happened. I avoid social media until I've caught up, DH is the same with the football results!

YANBU. Once it's been aired it's fair game

YANBU, this has always made me laugh. You always get someone moaning about spoilers when the Mail Online post about the latest episode of EastEnders, or that night's Strictly elimination. Once something has been broadcast on live TV it's not a spoiler.

It's like people expect the world to revolve around them. If I've missed that night's Strictly result then I'll steer clear of news sites and Twitter until I get a chance to watch it.

untangled yes! 🙌🏻

Depends what it is and how quicky. I used to watch the soaps.. a few of them (havent for about a year...) If I decided to watch one episode on plus 1.. or catch up... but an hour later.....Id see 10 mins later on facebook.... "OMG can't believe Ken was killed off in a car crash!!"... and be slightly annoyed. .BUT now I don't use social media at all (unrelated) but life is so much better

Yes. Not that you should blurt it out at someone you know hasn't seen it, but once it's in the public domain it's out there.

I once heard someone complain that a classic book, something like a Jane Austen novel although it wasn't that, was spoiled for them by someone giving away the ending.

My sense is that people now maybe think about this a little differently than they used to. I remember when GoT was on, people would flip out, as if knowing anything about what might happen would seriously ruin their viewing pleasure. This, when the books started being published in the 70s. It wasn't about the narrative so much as being surprised, like a sort of roller coaster.

I agree. If i miss rugby, i tell my rugby friends to say dont tell me the score. Then i avoid social media til i watch the match.

I’m sure there was a thread on here last year and someone mentioned Sirius Black dying in Harry Potter. Another poster was cross at the ‘spoiler’ - the bloody book’s been out for over ten years! That was the most ridiculous example I ever saw.

Personally, other than some sport, I don't really care if I know the ending of something or not. Unless the main point of a story is a cunningly set twist at the end it does not diminish my enjoyment to know what happens in advance.

But lots of people don't feel that way and I think it's a bit rotten of the broadcaster to broadcast the result to countries that have the episode coming up. Lots of fans will follow the broadcaster and to have something they are anticipating watching spoiled before it's available for them to watch is pretty rude on the broadcaster's part.

It depends.

I did have a mini hissy fit on here because of a spoiler.

The spoiler was that the main character had been murdered. The OP put that in the title so there was no way I could miss it if I came on MN.

I hadn't gone on twitter and was waiting for a friend to come round to watchit together.

If they had put something like, "Last night's programme X" and put the spoiler in the text I would not have an issue.

I think a bit of consideration when talking to people is now expected spoiler etiquette (next day at work etc) - ie just check they have watched it. I usually get in there with a “I haven’t watched it yet!!!” If the conversation comes around to the show in question.

But social media and the news are fair game to report on stuff once it’s aired - so people should avoid them if they haven’t watched live!

My dad is legendary For giving spoilers away - he told my sister about GOT Red Wedding which he will never be allowed to forget 😂

YANBU. I am in a Facebook group for a show and the group name specifically says it will have spoilers and still someone complained on a post saying they hadn't watched it yet (this was something that had been aired) and it wasn't fair to post it!

If something is famous for being a surprise or shock it's a bit dickish to give away the plot. Like seeing someone on page 3 of Gone Girl, or just settling down to watch The Sixth Sense. Things where the twist is integral to your enjoyment. Giving away a soap event or a football result - meh.

When does GBBO air in the US? If its just a day's delay then I think the official account could wait before spoilering it for an entire country.
But apart from that, if you miss something live it's on you to avoid spoilers.

The Americans are the same with Doctor Who. It’s like, no you’ve spoiled stuff for us for years, tough!!

I agree that once something has aired on mainstream television it's fair game. I think some people are much more interested than I am in results though.

I haven't watched yesterday's GBBO yet. I don't really care who went out or who was star baker, so I won't be worried if I find that out in advance of seeing it. What I'm looking forward to is seeing the creations, especially in chocolate week! Similarly, I would watch an episode of Strictly even if I knew in advance who was going out, because I would enjoy seeing the dances.

I happily re-read books and re-watch films. They are not ruined for me because I already know the ending. With some books, even if you don't know the ending in advance, you can be pretty sure what is going to happen (eg in Jane Austen, you know the heroine will marry her man). And we all surely knew in advance that Harry Potter would ultimately defeat Voldemort, though obviously we didn't know exactly how or who the casualties along the way would be.

I agree that once something has aired on mainstream television it's fair game

I agree, if you want to watch later and avoid knowing what happened you need to stay off the internet (plus TV, radio etc). Otherwise how long do you expect people to keep things a secret for?

I like knowing what’s going to happen before I watch things.
I know I’m in the minority but I just like to know. 🤷‍♀️

Cast your minds back... My mum was staying with family in a country where TV was months, even years behind the UK and US and spent half her trip threatening to tell them who shot JR!

YANBU! It never used to be like this. It’s such an Americanism, basically because they are the ones who moan about it the most.

If I any to look at something on social media after it’s aired then I think that’s perfectly fair and I can talk about it if I want! Not my fault you’ve not watched it.

Once it has been aired it's fair game. I don't really care about spoilers anyway.

My favourite one was when the Wolf Hall adaptation was on TV and they had a historian on the Today programme to talk about the real life death of Thomas More. Some woman apparently rang up the programme to give them an earful as the death hadn’t been shown yet and she was angry about spoilers. John Humphreys rightly said something along the lines of ‘it happened 500 years ago, the statute of limitations has been and gone on this one’

@StCharlotte

Cast your minds back... My mum was staying with family in a country where TV was months, even years behind the UK and US and spent half her trip threatening to tell them who shot JR!

I blame Bing Crosby!