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07-03-16, 08:04 PM
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07-03-16, 08:06 PM
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Damn good question.
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07-03-16, 08:07 PM
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I have watched no episodes because we have only four channels with our antenna. I would say that LoP has also watched none unless he watched them somewhere else without me as is his right since we have no agreements regarding GoT.
07-03-16, 08:07 PM
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I'm about to press play on the last 95km of today's stage, so feel free to spoiler away!
Actually spoilers don't bother me much due to short term memory loss.
Actually spoilers don't bother me much due to short term memory loss.
07-03-16, 08:14 PM
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I don't even watch h the tour anymore. Who the eff are all those people whizzing along?
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07-03-16, 08:19 PM
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It's just not in the news, until maybe the very end.
Maybe ESPN, I don't know, it's only baseball left and I have little reason to tune in.
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07-03-16, 08:25 PM
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Facebook is different from the news. You're friends with people who are interested in the same stuff as you. And when something epic happens, people talk about it!
07-03-16, 08:28 PM
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Yeah that's the difference, you're tuned into the bike scene, I'm not.
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07-03-16, 08:29 PM
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So spoilers work statistically just like everything else.
If you blab 10 minutes into the rebroadcast who wins, you are going to piss off X number of your friends (as you noticed last night).
If you wait 24 hours, you're going to piss off far fewer friends.
If you wait 48 hours, you're going to piss of practically no one.
Who do you want to be? Someone who pisses off a lot of your friends, a few of your friends, or none of your friends?
If you blab 10 minutes into the rebroadcast who wins, you are going to piss off X number of your friends (as you noticed last night).
If you wait 24 hours, you're going to piss off far fewer friends.
If you wait 48 hours, you're going to piss of practically no one.
Who do you want to be? Someone who pisses off a lot of your friends, a few of your friends, or none of your friends?
07-03-16, 08:33 PM
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I think I need to unfollow Peter Sagan on Facebook. Literally flipped it on today, then checked facebook (like 10 minutes after the finish in the real world) to get it ruined by PS. Always blabbing about the results. Although I will admit to watching thinking "how the hell does that result happen with so few kilometers to go?" At least I was still wondering how it was going to happen the whole time.
07-03-16, 08:35 PM
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I think I need to unfollow Peter Sagan on Facebook. Literally flipped it on today, then checked facebook (like 10 minutes after the finish in the real world) to get it ruined by PS. Always blabbing about the results. Although I will admit to watching thinking "how the hell does that result happen with so few kilometers to go?" At least I was still wondering how it was going to happen the whole time.
07-03-16, 08:36 PM
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So spoilers work statistically just like everything else.
If you blab 10 minutes into the rebroadcast who wins, you are going to piss off X number of your friends (as you noticed last night).
If you wait 24 hours, you're going to piss off far fewer friends.
If you wait 48 hours, you're going to piss of practically no one.
Who do you want to be? Someone who pisses off a lot of your friends, a few of your friends, or none of your friends?
If you blab 10 minutes into the rebroadcast who wins, you are going to piss off X number of your friends (as you noticed last night).
If you wait 24 hours, you're going to piss off far fewer friends.
If you wait 48 hours, you're going to piss of practically no one.
Who do you want to be? Someone who pisses off a lot of your friends, a few of your friends, or none of your friends?
Where does this idiocy come from? There is a sporting contest, but you aren't allowed to talk about it. Incredible. If someone cares, then they damn well better find a way to watch instead of blaming their problem on the folks who do.
07-03-16, 08:36 PM
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The subtle difference here is that I'm not blaming him... I'm talking about me doing something about it, not him doing something about it.
07-03-16, 08:42 PM
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2 days afterwards it isn't even worth talking about anymore. Friends had better find a way to watch whatever they care about before the next morning.
Where does this idiocy come from? There is a sporting contest, but you aren't allowed to talk about it. Incredible. If someone cares, then they damn well better find a way to watch instead of blaming their problem on the folks who do.
Where does this idiocy come from? There is a sporting contest, but you aren't allowed to talk about it. Incredible. If someone cares, then they damn well better find a way to watch instead of blaming their problem on the folks who do.
Just sayin'.
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07-03-16, 08:49 PM
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2 days afterwards it isn't even worth talking about anymore. Friends had better find a way to watch whatever they care about before the next morning.
Where does this idiocy come from? There is a sporting contest, but you aren't allowed to talk about it. Incredible. If someone cares, then they damn well better find a way to watch instead of blaming their problem on the folks who do.
Where does this idiocy come from? There is a sporting contest, but you aren't allowed to talk about it. Incredible. If someone cares, then they damn well better find a way to watch instead of blaming their problem on the folks who do.
Addiction is our little playground, but there are obviously limits to what's appropriate and what's not. In this case, it's already been well established that it's a faux pas to discuss spoilers in the 41, so why not accept that part of the social contract, go to the appropriate forum/thread and comment away? Once you have the threads on your subscription page, what's the diff (besides not pissing off other members)?
07-03-16, 08:49 PM
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You can intentionally not go to a TDF news site... but a complete social media blackout is getting harder and harder to pull off. Should I ignore all of my friends kids pics and everything else that happens on facebook, etc... just because I watch a bike race?
But if you're subscribing to TDF news in your feed, it's your own damn fault. If you're participating in a non-TDF forum then different standards apply. I would say addiction is in the latter category.
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07-03-16, 08:50 PM
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It comes from the sticky warning thread at the top of the Road forum page. Looks much like this:
Sticky Posting Spoilers.....do NOT do it.
Sticky Posting Spoilers.....do NOT do it.
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07-03-16, 08:57 PM
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Oops - won another ebay auction on a plane. I really did need a low-angle block plane, though, and it was a decent price.
07-03-16, 09:00 PM
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This is not a spoiler, as it has nothing to do with the results. There was some great road art out there today (at least the 10 year old in me thinks so):
