Ever wonder why some people NEED to know how a story ends? Or worse, why people love to share spoilers? Well, spoiler alert: it might actually make the experience better!?
Dive deep with me into a mind-bending study where psychology meets storytelling and uncover a couple of real life spoilers in the wild… it didn’t end well for them, spoilers btw.
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Weird But Wonderful is hosted by James (@mypixelpersona)
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Topics Covered:
Antarctica scientist getting stabby on a book spoiler, Sydney cops hate Top Gun Maverick spoilers, don’t point weapons at your co-workers, Avengers End Game beat em’ ups, Skylarking and tomfoolery gone awry, 15 year spoilers for the walking dead and breaking bad, the ultimate online revenge plots, the science behind why people tell you spoilers, which sickos love to have the ending ruined according to science, Agatha Christie's murder on the orient express ruined, accidental spoilers, and M. Night Shyamalan twist endings.
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00:00 - It begins
01:01 - Antarctica scientist doesn’t like his book being spoiled
06:37 - Sydney Police officer has a 0 Top Gun Maverick spoiler threshold
17:04 - Avengers End Game spoilers ends badly
17:56 - Dallas woman tracks man down online to spoil his shows & life
22:14 - The science behind why people need spoilers
25:40 - Perceptual Fluency
26:53 - Pleasurable Tension
28:02 - I may have done a spoiler, soz
29:01 - The evidence against spoilers
32:20 - Do people like spoilers?
34:23 - Outro
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