I would NEEEEEEEEEEEEVER actually GO OUTSIDE and expect not to hear spoilers. :D That’s madness around here. As a matter of fact, if I still cared about boxing and a Puerto Rican was fighting that night, I would *HAVE* *TO* watch it live, because as soon as the win or loss is declared, people are going to be screaming about it in the streets!!! :D

So, yeah, going to church exposes you to people that saw the fight already. Going to brunch after that exposes you to MORE people that saw the fight already. You’re going to pass by newspapers, televisions, radios…..

To me, if you have knowledge before other people, be courteous and keep it to yourself. You saw a preview of yadda yadda movie, STFU and let other people enjoy it. Same thing goes for if you live on the East coast and the same show isn’t being simulcast on the West coast. If they have to wait three hours to get it, it’s only right that you keep it under the hat until the entire USA (if that’s where you live) saw the event.

At this point, in 2009, there are people that live-blog events. They microblog information as it’s happening from conferences, concerts, fights… As a matter of fact, I just reminded myself about a spoiler I got.

This Brazilian dude was going to fight Mirko Cro Cop and it was going to be televised later that day. I was looking forward to watching it when I got home. At the time, I was watching a BJJ competition, live, in a school’s sports arena.

I hadn’t noticed these dudes huddled around together, like 15 dudes, until one of them received a call on his cell phone, got some information and then they started jumping around, screaming and falling on the floor. It turned out that they were Brazilian, and their homeboy had just knocked Cro Cop out… like HAD JUST knocked him out, IRL, and someone called from the fight to give them the report.

So, of course they’re going to rejoice and whoop it up! :D Fortunately, I was too far away from them to hear what they were yelling about, so I wasn’t 100% sure how that fight was going to turn out. The point is the same, though. Those are the hazards of being around people that don’t have any reason not to act naturally and discuss things they have knowledge of. If you happen to hear it, that’s just your lousy luck… and in some cases, your lack of self-insulation until you can experience the event yourself.

But, Yeah, Basically.. Newspapers are over. The 6pm and 11pm news is over. Waiting for information until companies get around to publishing it is over. If someone you know isn’t Twittering it, they’re RTing something someone else posted or it’s in the sidebar for “Trending Topics”. In the near future, it’s only going to become *tougher* to hide from information you don’t want to hear, not easier.

Yeah, I mean I agree with your point, and it’s valid. I think it’s probably way more valid for systems that aggregate status updates from people than it is for personal blogs. I could have posted a generic update that said the conversation about the outcome was going on over here.

I’ll figure out something equitable for the future. As far as having friends over to watch something 24 hours later, good luck with not stumbling upon any spoilers for that long…
 
 
 
 
btw… Is your sister still FINE THAN A MUG? :D

[puff of smoke, as Bill breaks out, stage left]

Is it possible to talk about the fight without giving away the outcome? Maybe. Should I have avoided social media? Maybe. Am I gonna backhand you when i see you? Probably… 8-)