(The following article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones)
In the internet era, people are very strict on spoilers. If I tweeted out today that Kevin Spacey is Keyser Soze someone would say "SPOILER ALERT: I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET." even thought "The Usual Suspects" came out in 1995. Last weekend popular tv show Game of Thrones had a huge twist that shocked viewers. NFL qb Aaron Rodgers took to twitter the next they to talk about it and was met with a lot of abuse for spoiling the show .
@aaronrodgers12 dude! Spoiler alert!
— Michael Abrahamzon (@mabrahamzon) June 4, 2013
@aaronrodgers12 SPOILER ALERT! Jesus!
— CG Casey Kim (@caseykim12) June 4, 2013
— Zac (@Killimansorrow) June 4, 2013
Here was his explanation.
I didn't watch GOT last night either. But the rules are you have 24 hrs to watch the show. Sorry. Didn't make the rules. — Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) June 4, 2013
Hey folks, @josecanseco spoiled tonight's game for me with the pacers winning in ot. Didn't see me gettin mad at him. #24hrrule
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) June 4, 2013
Had the softball game from last night on dvr, but watched sportscenter this morning and they totally spoiled it for me.....
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) June 4, 2013
...never watching sportscenter again. How can they just ruin stuff for u without waiting 24 hours @tcrabtree83
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) June 4, 2013
Where do you weigh in? Is 24 hours enough to wait before spoiling a program? Or should people have the decency to stay off social media until they watch it? Either way it is a lot of fun to spoil a show for someone: At the end of the Dark Knight Rises, you think Batman is dead but he really isn't. Good god, that was satisfying.
h/t sportsgrid
