We can quibble over a reasonable length of an embargo, but it's not infinite.
Snape killing Dumbledore or Leia being Luke's sister or Paul Atreides becoming God-Emperor shouldn't shock anyone.
Media is released. People consume media. At some point, everyone who is interested can reasonably be expected to have consumed it.
Randomly revealing key plot points in a discussion is just a dick move.
reply
And if someone cares that much about consuming something that already exists in another form... maybe also be curious enough to consume it there?
I'm certainly not going to censor myself for people who are a decade+ late to the party and refuse to read a book.
Nobody is asking you to censor yourself. I am simply asking you to preface a plot spoiler with something.
We can quibble over a reasonable length of an embargo, but it's not infinite.
Snape killing Dumbledore or Leia being Luke's sister or Paul Atreides becoming God-Emperor shouldn't shock anyone.
Media is released. People consume media. At some point, everyone who is interested can reasonably be expected to have consumed it.