How to avoid spoilers in this day and age.

WITHOUT GOING FULL HERMIT MODE 

These days, just going online is an even harder game of Minesweeper than the one in the "So.. why do I recommend the way I do on here?" article from before.  That's because news media talk about things as they happen, assuming everyone sees things day one.  In fact, social media make spoilers trend like clockwork and clicking on the wrong link or trend will blow up in your face.  Heck, even talking to your Discord friends could lead to a moment something gets said or shown that you haven't seen yet (and Discord has a LITERAL spoiler tag feature)

 So... how do we navigate the minefield?

• Avoid trailers (they tend to OVERSHARE like they get paid by the second of footage used)
• Avoid official social media: they might reveal something you're not ready for
• Avoid certain fandoms, as they might treat "early info" as currency
• Don't click any videos talking about whatever movie or tv show you're wanting to watch spoiler-free, especially lore-talk or conspiracy-theory thumbnails.
• Mute certain words or phrases on social media (including movie names if you have to)
• And whatever you do... AVOID THE TWITTER TRENDING SECTION LIKE THERE'S AN UBERCHARGED WHAMMY WITH A RED MEDIC BEHIND HIM
• Oh, and fast forward any Primetime NBC shows when they're about to go to or from a commercial break.  That's spoiler city in a peacock suit. 

 

 The point is, the less you know (or think you know, as some spoilers can be straight up FALSE) can ruin your experience more and more.  Just like with Nintendo Directs and any other hyped event that can be spoiled.

 

IMO, THAT'S what's wrong with the MCU (besides it just doing too much all at once)! People trying to spoil/leak/speculate the next movie/show to death. 

 

 

 

...........Aww crap, that UberCharged Whammy?

He's secretly also a Heavy...

I am dead, not big surprise

(unlike my experience watching the Super Mario Galaxy movie)