You members of DU (that may or may not log directly on to DU and not surf the rest of the Internet) have no right to express your desire to have the Community Standards of DU address the issue of sporting event spoilers, so STFU.

Did I miss anything?

it's beyond presumptuous to DEMAND that EVERYONE censor themselves in order to help keep one ignorant of daily events

"Shhh, don't post spoilers if Obama beat Romney. I'm DVR'd Fox News for 5 hours."

You seem to not want to avail your fellow DU members of options.

Maintaining someone else's self-imposed ignorance of real world events is not an obligation.

But hey, it's just an Internet discussion board so there's no need for that, right?

courtesy.

people in offices were not like "shhh, don't talk about the world cup game, someone within earshot may be dvring it" they were talking about it

all that common, just saying.

Some people have them, even still. Yes, even on the internet.

Y'all know what is said about "opinions"

What rank are you on the "Manners Force"?

and yes, STFU, because, you know, we're talking about something that's already happened and the results of which are in the news. You can avoid turning on the TV or reading a news site that may give away the score, you can also avoid DU. Complaining about having things like sports scores "spoiled" is narcissistic whining.

You don't mind if I ignore your suggestion though do you?

sorry, but you have no right to complain about "spoilers". I follow F1 racing; some of the races and qualifying sessions are on quite early, early enough that I don't see them live. If I want to watch the qualifying session or race and not know who won beforehand, you know what I do? I don't go to any news sites where I might see the result, and don't visit any forums where I might see the result. I don't expect the entire world to not talk about something just because I haven't seen it and know how to exercise self-control. Perhaps you should try it.

OK.

Your lack of self-control isn't other people's problem, it's yours.

Never really paid any attention to you before, but I can see you're a wealth of humorous thoughts and opinions. Will definitively be anticipating your next comedic offerings.

Have a nice day!

I am very busy breastfeeding at the Olive Garden until then.

I HAVE RIGHTS !! Don't be mean to me!

Glad you're here to add your insightful and thought provoking commentary. We are all sure to be enlightened by the wealth of intelligent opinions you'l be certainly sharing with us!

To me it's obvious which one out-narcissists the other.

to Game of Thrones, or something. Sports scores are everywhere on the internet!

K & R

Or did someone really alert on this?

They have news on those newfangled things at the top of every hour!

Boy, people get outraged by everything these days.

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of the matches and they could be seen by me if I chose to stay up at 1~4am. Sometime I do, rarely, most
often I record the games and watch them after I get up in the morning.

I rarely look at the scores online before I watch the game.

BUT, if I go on to the internet there is ALWAYS a chance the scores will appear before I watch the recorded game.
...Anywhere on the internet...
THIS I KNOW FOR A FACT.

Tikki

But, when I turned on the internet this morning, it popped up right there in front of me. I didn't even have to look. It wasn't on DU, it was on my homepage. I just checked, yep, there it is...the scores and all the fascinating info I don't care about on my screen.

It's unavoidable. My son has a very busy life. When football season pops around, he has to DVR all the Bears games. I refrain from sending him texts and he stays off the internet until he gets home. Somehow, he survives the day without my loving words about football and hasn't been hospitalized from lack of internet.

If it is really that important to someone, I would think that staying off the internet, not just DU, would be necessary. It's freakin' EVERYWHERE! Hell, I even had a client say something to me about it. I feigned interest well enough that he wasn't offended but not so much that he carried on with the conversation.

It...is...everywhere.