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[vyragosa]

ive had this fic all written days ago but trying to edit it is so hard...

[emalnessary]

When to Visit Frankfurt, Germany

An operations administrator for the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW), Emal Nessary oversees operations at the WGAW building in Los Angeles, California, and handles daily administration of the Writers Guild Theater. In his free time, Emal Nessary travels outside California to such places as Frankfurt, Germany. Tourists enjoy spending time in Frankfurt throughout the year, but certain months are still regarded as better times to visit. Much of the city’s tourism lasts between April and September. During these months, average temperatures hover around 71 degrees. Meanwhile, rainfall averages between 2 inches and 3 inches. Despite the wetness, summer offers the best weather and a healthy amount of local events and festivals. However, since the good weather brings large crowds, the cost of visiting Frankfurt during these months is high. Visitors must book accommodations very early on, especially when visiting during one of the city’s events. During the rest of the year, crowds dwindle as the weather becomes colder. October has decent weather and can still be a good time to visit. On average, temperatures during this month stay around 60 degrees and rainfall levels are at roughly 2.5 inches. The cooler weather keeps many travelers away so finding hotel deals is easier. As the city moves into winter, prices drop even further. By November, average temperatures have dipped to 50 degrees, and they fall to in the 40s in December. Meanwhile, rainfall increases to nearly 5 inches. The weather stays inclement until March when temperatures begin to climb.

[chrisllinas]

Best Time to Visit the Peruvian Amazon

Best Time to Visit the Peruvian Amazon

Peruvian Amazon Image: rei.com

Attorney Chris Llinas practices through his firm J. Christopher Llinas, Attorney at Law in Ocean Pines, Maryland. In his free time, Chris Llinas enjoys ecotourism and traveling to off-the-beaten-path destinations. He has visited the Peruvian jungle twice.

The swathe of Amazon Rainforest located in Peru is home to more than 1,300 bird species and countless other…

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[chishionotenshi]

SPOILERS: A Guide to not being “that”person

“Why does everybody get mad about spoilers?” you may ask, scratching your head. “Everybody has already seen/read/heard that on the day it came out,” you might venture. “Besides, it won’t change what you see/hear/read,” you add, firmly. “And if you don’t want spoilers, just stay off the internet,” you declare, cheerfully thinking you have laid out a logical argument and wondering why 6 people just stopping following you, 2 unfriended you, and your best friend is texting, “Plz stop.” Theoretical you, you are “that” person. When the episode/movie/book comes out, you start typing away, using every one of your 144 characters to tell everybody what is happening, taking screencaps for facebook and instagram, and making gifs for tumblr. You feel like you are part of the show as you recreate it for everybody who must also be watching with you, and will have within minutes reciprocated. In fat, in under an hour, you’ve found or made a funny comic to go with this #1 trending topic so that no one, NO ONE could possibly miss out on this joyous experience that we’re all having together.

Except, there is no “we,” only theoretical you. And you may swear you tagged the post spoilers, or told your friend, “Spoiler alert,” but that did not stop you from continuing ahead, all cylinders pumping at top capacity as you spill the whole thing for anybody and everybody to find, whether they wanted to or not. And this is why you have become “that” person. Your crimes?

1. You don’t actually tag stuff as “spoilers/spoiler alert/spoils galore.”

1a. You tag something as  “spoilers/spoiler alert/spoils galore,” but then spoil in the tags right after.

2. You don’t realize that other people are not in the same minute, let alone time zone as you are.

3. You stop tagging or otherwise warning people the moment you’ve watched something all the way through.

4. You think nobody minds spoilers.

5. You actually want to spoil everything about this book/movie/tv show because you get a petty jolt of glee each time someone asks you to stop.

Let’s set about fixing those crimes, point for point.

1. You don’t actually tag stuff as “spoilers/spoiler alert/spoils galore.”

Start tagging your posts. It might take an extra minute, but it will stop people from blocking/dropping you. I have blocked people before, and there are some people on tumblr that I am considering dropping because they won’t tag and assume everyone is living the exact same life they are,

1a. You tag something as  “spoilers/spoiler alert/spoils galore,” but then spoil in the tags right after.

This one is my pet peeve. You started off so well, only to ruin yourself instantly. It’s like taking off all your armor right before going to fight the final boss. As excited as you are, take the spoiler OUT of the tags.

2. You don’t realize that other people are not in the same minute, let alone time zone as you are.

This one gets tougher as you gain more followers and friends, but just presume someone is from another country. TV shows are often two weeks behind in Europe and Australia, books can be months behind in the USA, and movies usually open “internationally” before they premiere in the USA.

What to do? For books: tag as spoilers for the first month(or take the time to look the release dates up). For movies: tag as spoiler alert for 2-3 weeks AFTER THE DAY OF THE MIDNIGHT PREMIERE (that is day 0) to give everyone time to have gone to the less crowded and expensive showings. And for TV shows: tag as spoilers ahead for at least a week and half to let people have a chance to catch it on hulu. BEFORE YOU POST, take a deep breath and ask yourself: how many days has this been out? Remember the midnight premiere is day 0. Then tag appropriately. If you KNOW you have a non-domestic (not in your country) follower/friend, keep tagging unless or until they announce they’ve seen/heard/read it, or don’t want to.

3. You stop tagging or otherwise warning people the moment you’ve watched something all the way through.

As with #2, you think once the show/book/movie is over, everybody has seen it. Life doesn’t work that way for most of us, especially once we are over 18 and paying our own bills. We may have to wait for hulu to put it up for free (one week later), for it to be picked up by Netflix (one to two months after domestic runs are over), for our hold to come in at the library (several weeks with more popular things), or for our cable to be repaired (until eternity). Be a good friend and keep tagging.

4. You think nobody minds spoilers.

Actually, a large number of people mind spoilers. It often takes the edge off the initial experience, removes the excitement you were so eager to share minute for minute with the world until we have none. We already know what’s going to happen because everybody immediately came out of the theater and made memes and gifs and long opinion pieces without tagging them. It rubbed me RAW to realize how many people on tumblr don’t add tags, especially when reblogging. TV shows don’t all air at the same time (hence why they can play back the footage of New Year’s Eve around the world no matter where YOU live- come on, you learned about time zones before you were ten). There are not enough seats in all of those theaters to accommodate everyone who will see the movie during its run. The library did not buy enough copies for everyone in the library system to pick up that book on the same day. You are not everybody. Someone else out there does mind. So tag your posts.

5. You actually want to spoil everything about this book/movie/tv show because you get a petty jolt of glee each time someone asks you to stop.

Please go see a therapist. But wait! What constitutes a spoiler?  Lots of things.

SPOILERS AFTER THE CUT AS EXAMPLES

a. Any major plot point. “Snape kills Dumbledore” is a good example, or “Rosebud is the name of the sleigh he had when he was a child.”

b. Dialogue, especially that gives away plot points or snappy jokes, e.g. Vizzini: HE DIDN'T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE. Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. c. Stills, screencaps, photos from the set of the movie/TV show, or the movie/TV show/book itself. Posting pictures from Marvel sets that were not posted by the actors or producers is an example of a spoiler of this kind- the idea here being that this is not something they wanted to be shared, so you should not share it either.

d. Gifs made of the movie or TV show before it has been released on DVD and Blu Ray, especially those with the captions on. This may be illegal, as well as just plain rude. It’s not “as bad” as releasing the entire source on Youtube via illegal taping, but you are certainly walking a fine line legally and annoying people who haven’t seen it yet.

e. Clips of the movie or TV show THAT ARE NOT IN THE TRAILER before it is released. This IS illegal distribution and you will have your content taken down. Also, not cool.

f. ANYTHING YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER TO POST: concept art, general art, promotional art, cover art, passages from the text, script copies, secret illegal photos, secret illegal video, etc. This is not only a major spoiler, but it is 100% illegal and a prosecutable offense.

What can you post, then?

You may post whatever you want, JUST TAG IT AS A SPOILER WHEN IT IS ONE. If you can write a reaction post without any of the above, you have a job in journalism as a reviewer. Send it to the Chicago Tribune, or Washington Post, or your own local “paper.” But if you are unable to contain your need to spill an entire plot all over your dashboard, at least put up the spoiler curtain before we slip in it.