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It was people that didn't like reading or nerdy kids, trying to spoil their interests.
by wormpilled 6mo ago
It was people that didn't like reading or nerdy kids, trying to spoil their interests.
- tombert 6mo agoI actually liked reading and I was a nerdy kid. To be clear, I never actively participated in the spoiler stuff, just read about the reactions. I mean, keep in mind I was fourteen when this happened, and fourteen year old boys are very often assholes and I was sadly not an exception to this. I guess I just found it funny how much of a reaction people had with it. I liked the Harry Potter books too, I was reading them like every other fourteen year old was, and the plot being spoiled for me didn't really bother me very much, cuz, you know, it's just a book. Some people really got upset. Again, definitely a dick move to do that, and a dick move for me to find it amusing. Kids are douchebags.
- rkomorn 6mo agoDid you also find videos of guys waiting in line at stores to buy consoles, then smashing them in front of the people who were still in line funny?
- morpheuskafka 6mo agoI doubt that. Someone who doesn't like reading wouldn't think of "spoiling a book" as a prank category that comes to mind or understands it to be a serious upset rather than just slightly annoying. Also, they'd likely feel that going to a bookstore and shouting things relating to a book serious is "cringe" or whatever you want to call it, if they aren't the type to even go to a bookstore in the first place.
- wormpilled 6mo agoAll it takes is one person to go "I did this" and then the others have a good troll/joke to use. Doesn't take a lot of effort and people were more outgoing back then.