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Note that this post includes a major spoiler for the show The Good Place. The show is fantastic, so I'd suggest not reading unless you've already finished seas

Note that this post includes a major spoiler for the show The Good Place. The show is fantastic, so I'd suggest not reading unless you've already finished season 1, or have decided it's not for you.

righthand 3mo ago
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- mindwok 3mo ago
  You should be kinder to people if you want them to come around to your way of thinking.
  - righthand 3mo ago
    I was unkind? I would call telling people to prioritize circuses over learning and livelihood pretty damn cruel. Even if they did it in a friendly way.
- insanitybit 3mo ago
  Yes, we're so starved for content about the corruption in our country, thank god there's this one article that explains these hidden secret issues.
  - righthand 3mo ago
    Oh okay, let me try to advise instead what you are suggesting: Dont read anything about the corruption in this country, because it might not be entertaining as 10 year old TV show. You need a healthy entertainment diet of non-corruption content, so that you don’t feel the need to contribute to democracy.
    - insanitybit 3mo ago
      Where is this "anything" coming from? Do you think this is the only article about this topic? This isn't even new.
      - righthand 3mo ago
        Oh okay, there are multiple articles on the same thing, don’t read or inform yourself of anything because they might spoil an old TV show! The article isn’t a light refresher on corruption, it literally has suggestions of how to change cryptocurrency investment for the better. It is frankly very indepth and lengthy and very good. But one wouldn’t know that if they skipped over it because of few lines might hurt their entertainment viewing-surprise ego.
        insanitybit 3mo ago
        Don't put spoilers in your article then idk what to tell you.
        righthand 3mo ago
        Okay then I know what to tell you however: Enjoy your new found uninformedness as relative to your passive tv diet.
- normie3000 3mo ago
  > Read the article and try to understand it. You made it seem mysterious, but it's spelled out explicitly in TFA: > the meticulously designed paradise she has been living in is in fact an engineered torture chamber
audunw 3mo ago
I only started watching it after I got spoiled, and didn’t mind it. Before I knew about the premise I thought the show looked boring. Didn’t pick it up based on the excerpt on Netflix. The show doesn’t really rely on not knowing the twist. And even saying there’s a spoiler for season 1 will probably clue most people onto what the twist is anyway
- amanaplanacanal 3mo ago
  It doesn't look like much, but is absolutely terrific. I rewatch it every few years: it's funny as hell, and grapples with real philosophy.
normie3000 3mo ago
Now I know there's a spoiler, the title of the article is a spoiler.
nytesky 3mo ago
I am ride or die Good Place; my family has the Trolley Problem party game. Don’t spoil it if you haven’t seen it. But honestly I feel the Darkest Timeline is more apt, ala Community.
righthand 3mo ago
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- SquareWheel 3mo ago
  Well, I wasn't intending to violate any guidelines, and I don't believe I've dismissed the article besides. I was just trying to save some people from potential frustration, as there was no warning provided upfront. edit: Ah, I see. You left this comment after having your last response flagged.
  - righthand 3mo ago
    You dont believe you dismissed the article? > so I'd suggest not reading unless you've already finished season 1 That’s pretty dismissive! Yes I left this comment as an attempt at a new healthier approach to calling out bad/unhealthy comments. Not going to flag a rules debate.
- scared_together 3mo ago
  I disagree that a spoiler warning qualifies as a “dismissal” or even a “complaint”.
  - righthand 3mo ago
    But the spoiler warning isn’t the dismissal. It’s the dismissal that’s the dismissal: > so I'd suggest not reading unless you've already finished season 1 Looks pretty dismissive unless you finish watching a tv show not entirely related to the content of the post to me. How is it not a complaint to complain that theres a minor spoiler from a tv show in an article and suggest people not read it?
rsynnott 3mo ago
It is, in fairness, a pretty common trope. See also https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=936 https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=936 , and also Iain M Banks' Surface Detail; both predate _The Good Place_. (WARNING: The above comic contains the same spoiler as the article, more or less.)
- doublepg23 3mo ago
  Jacob's Ladder (1990) is one I'm thinking of too.
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Note that this post includes a major spoiler for the show The Good Place. The show is fantastic, so I'd suggest not reading unless you've already finished season 1, or have decided it's not for you.

righthand 3mo ago

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mindwok 3mo ago
You should be kinder to people if you want them to come around to your way of thinking.
- righthand 3mo ago
  I was unkind? I would call telling people to prioritize circuses over learning and livelihood pretty damn cruel. Even if they did it in a friendly way.
insanitybit 3mo ago
Yes, we're so starved for content about the corruption in our country, thank god there's this one article that explains these hidden secret issues.
- righthand 3mo ago
  Oh okay, let me try to advise instead what you are suggesting: Dont read anything about the corruption in this country, because it might not be entertaining as 10 year old TV show. You need a healthy entertainment diet of non-corruption content, so that you don’t feel the need to contribute to democracy.
  - insanitybit 3mo ago
    Where is this "anything" coming from? Do you think this is the only article about this topic? This isn't even new.
    - righthand 3mo ago
      Oh okay, there are multiple articles on the same thing, don’t read or inform yourself of anything because they might spoil an old TV show! The article isn’t a light refresher on corruption, it literally has suggestions of how to change cryptocurrency investment for the better. It is frankly very indepth and lengthy and very good. But one wouldn’t know that if they skipped over it because of few lines might hurt their entertainment viewing-surprise ego.
      - insanitybit 3mo ago
        Don't put spoilers in your article then idk what to tell you.
        righthand 3mo ago
        Okay then I know what to tell you however: Enjoy your new found uninformedness as relative to your passive tv diet.
normie3000 3mo ago
> Read the article and try to understand it. You made it seem mysterious, but it's spelled out explicitly in TFA: > the meticulously designed paradise she has been living in is in fact an engineered torture chamber

audunw 3mo ago

I only started watching it after I got spoiled, and didn’t mind it. Before I knew about the premise I thought the show looked boring. Didn’t pick it up based on the excerpt on Netflix. The show doesn’t really rely on not knowing the twist. And even saying there’s a spoiler for season 1 will probably clue most people onto what the twist is anyway

amanaplanacanal 3mo ago
It doesn't look like much, but is absolutely terrific. I rewatch it every few years: it's funny as hell, and grapples with real philosophy.

normie3000 3mo ago

Now I know there's a spoiler, the title of the article is a spoiler.

nytesky 3mo ago

I am ride or die Good Place; my family has the Trolley Problem party game. Don’t spoil it if you haven’t seen it. But honestly I feel the Darkest Timeline is more apt, ala Community.

righthand 3mo ago

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SquareWheel 3mo ago
Well, I wasn't intending to violate any guidelines, and I don't believe I've dismissed the article besides. I was just trying to save some people from potential frustration, as there was no warning provided upfront. edit: Ah, I see. You left this comment after having your last response flagged.
- righthand 3mo ago
  You dont believe you dismissed the article? > so I'd suggest not reading unless you've already finished season 1 That’s pretty dismissive! Yes I left this comment as an attempt at a new healthier approach to calling out bad/unhealthy comments. Not going to flag a rules debate.
scared_together 3mo ago
I disagree that a spoiler warning qualifies as a “dismissal” or even a “complaint”.
- righthand 3mo ago
  But the spoiler warning isn’t the dismissal. It’s the dismissal that’s the dismissal: > so I'd suggest not reading unless you've already finished season 1 Looks pretty dismissive unless you finish watching a tv show not entirely related to the content of the post to me. How is it not a complaint to complain that theres a minor spoiler from a tv show in an article and suggest people not read it?

rsynnott 3mo ago

It is, in fairness, a pretty common trope. See also https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=936 https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=936 , and also Iain M Banks' Surface Detail; both predate _The Good Place_. (WARNING: The above comic contains the same spoiler as the article, more or less.)

doublepg23 3mo ago
Jacob's Ladder (1990) is one I'm thinking of too.

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