Topic: i am so adamantly opposed to spoiler tags that im making a thread about it (Read 5139 times)

sean · « **on:** 25 Jan 2011, 21:34 »

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Despoilers! - Harry

tania · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 21:40 »

the forum's just excited cos it's something cool and new. to be fair, you haven't even given it a full day.

just relax, everybody will calm down once the novelty wears off, just like everything else.

Johnny C · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 21:46 »

the mod & admin team worked so fucking hard on this you asshole

sean · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 21:46 »

i am really a terrible person

Alex C · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 21:48 »

This might even be less of a thing than the single serve coffee makers.

sean · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 21:52 »

sean · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 21:53 »

you know i still really hate those things though...

JD · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 21:55 »

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calenlass · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 22:16 »

Man, small text can be just fine if you keep it to size 9. It is still readable and conveys your point. Smaller than that is stupid.

Inlander · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 22:16 »

I like to think of them as "dance" tags. Look at the forum jiggle, tee-hee-hee!

KvP · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 22:21 »

You are a sick, sad man.

sean · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 22:26 »

i think i accidentally made a parody thread about myself.

Inlander · « **Reply #12 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 22:32 »

Quote from: KvP on 25 Jan 2011, 22:21

You are a sick, sad man.

I think you should put spoiler tags over that. Some people might not know it yet!

Spluff · « **Reply #13 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 23:34 »

The depths of harry's depravity is required pre-reading for this board. Anybody who is unaware of it failed to undertake the required studies before signing up.

Johnny C · « **Reply #14 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 23:35 »

i wish they had embedded sounds and i could make it like a smashmouth acapella soundboard

squawk · « **Reply #15 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 00:11 »

Quote from: sean on 25 Jan 2011, 22:26

i think i accidentally made a parody thread about myself.

my reaction, post-comprehending this, was very similar to the squinty-glassy-eyed mouth-agaped revelation "whoa" after a great highdea

Tom · « **Reply #16 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 02:07 »

Sean, Tania's right; I've had my fun. I just wanted to mess around with it and that's why I did it in the pointless thread.

Eris · « **Reply #17 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 03:33 »

Apparently the spoiler tags have been fixed for a while now, at least according to est. It just means that none of you thought to try using spoiler tags and used tiny font instead (which i also hate, btw) so you're all just behind in the times.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #18 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 03:58 »

Quote from: Inlander on 25 Jan 2011, 22:16

I like to think of them as "dance" tags. Look at the forum jiggle, tee-hee-hee!

This this this. Exactly this.

jhocking · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:42 »

Quote from: sean on 25 Jan 2011, 21:34

(like small text can be, that is a joke here right?)

I've never really complained about it because it's just not that big a deal, but I don't like people writing things too small to see. Then I have to do more work just to read the damn post.

Inlander · « **Reply #20 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:43 »

You guys have no idea how close I am to wrapping spoiler tags around every single post in this thread.

Inlander · « **Reply #21 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:44 »

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Eris · « **Reply #22 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:45 »

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Eris · « **Reply #23 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:46 »

Probably one of the reasons why I would never be made a mod, now that I think about it.

jhocking · « **Reply #24 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:46 »

Quote from: Inlander on 26 Jan 2011, 04:44

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Not actually very close at all.

FUCK YUO

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #25 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:46 »

I'm going to start a thread about stuff Sean hates. Guess what the first post will be?

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jhocking · « **Reply #26 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:47 »

and the thread is done. gg!

Inlander · « **Reply #27 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 04:52 »

Quote from: jhocking on 26 Jan 2011, 04:46

Quote from: Inlander on 26 Jan 2011, 04:44
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Not actually very close at all.

FUCK YUO

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Graphite · « **Reply #28 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 06:28 »

Ahoy, people who hate tiny text! Set a minimum font size on your browser and your problem will be solved!

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #29 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 06:59 »

I've just turned on signatures and avatars and come to the conclusion that spoiler tags are the least of many evils. Still, it would be nice to turn them off, and smileys.

pwhodges · « **Reply #30 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 07:13 »

Let's just all get it out of our systems:

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KharBevNor · « **Reply #31 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 07:14 »

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Blue Kitty · « **Reply #32 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 07:50 »

Quote from: Inlander on 25 Jan 2011, 22:16

I like to think of them as "dance" tags. Look at the forum jiggle, tee-hee-hee!

Plus I'm pretty happy that the scrolling text keeps going underneath the spoilers. It doesn't need you to read it, it doesn't care, it just keeps rolling.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #33 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 08:31 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 26 Jan 2011, 07:13

Let's just all get it out of our systems

I'm not sure I want it in my system in the first place. This isn't crack you know.

jhocking · « **Reply #34 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 09:00 »

I'm browsing from my phone right now and the spoiler tags work even better than on desktop. Since you can't mouseover, you don't see what's inside until you deliberately tap on them.

Johnny C · « **Reply #35 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 10:20 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 26 Jan 2011, 08:05

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Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #36 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 10:36 »

i'm excited about it

i often have ideas and feelings that can't be expressed without spoiler tags

Zingoleb · « **Reply #37 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 10:46 »

damn dude

calenlass · « **Reply #38 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 11:19 »

Bet you he hovered over it with his mouse and quickly moved it off when it was half-loaded and he realised what it probably was.

Lines · « **Reply #39 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 12:09 »

I just wanna see if this works....

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Hover to see!

allison · « **Reply #40 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 12:20 »

You can only do that in the Inception thread.

Liz · « **Reply #41 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 12:48 »

Allison I love you.

Lines · « **Reply #42 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 12:58 »

No, then I'd have to do a spoiler within a spoiler within a spoiler within a spoiler, all of which may or may not be part of one HUGE spoiler. That'd just be silly.

scarred · « **Reply #43 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 13:48 »

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Something Witty · « **Reply #44 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 15:13 »

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Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #45 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 15:27 »

i would hang that quote tunnel on my wall

internet forum art is the next big thing, i can tell

Inlander · « **Reply #46 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 16:17 »

What I want to know is, in the old days when you could break the forum with a single post of suitable extravagance and depravity, if you'd hid such a post behind a spoiler tag would the spoiler tag also have protected the forum until the post was revealed?

I guess what I'm asking is is the spoiler tag like a condom for the internet.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #47 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 16:22 »

It seems to have taken all the steam off of the quote tunnel, not a single slow down going through it.

Metope · « **Reply #48 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 17:26 »

Okay I think it might be time for someone to photoshop some form of crustacean anal sex.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #49 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 17:34 »

and hide it behind a spoiler tag

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