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#101 November 13, 2007, 10:03:30 pm

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This weeks episode is going to be good I hope. Jan is suing Dunder Mifflin and Michael has to be deposed as a witness.

Also there will be competition between Jim and Pam and Daryl and Kelly after a ping pong match which jim will lose.

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Parker

#102 November 13, 2007, 10:09:26 pm

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Yeah, that could be interesting.

Kind of a weak episode, Survivorman. Plenty of funny parts but it was just... Eh... Not too impressed.

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#103 November 15, 2007, 04:41:41 am

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Yeah, Jim quitting = new subplot I'm pretty sure. He's said before "If I work here too long this becomes a career."

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#104 November 15, 2007, 06:37:13 am

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Quote from: ASE on November 13, 2007, 02:47:04 am

so uh.... I guess no one watched The Office last week.

It was an above average episode, if not simply for Michael's sudden desire to become a better person by getting lost in the Pennsylvania wilderness.
Creed was hilarious with his insistance for Peach cobbler, although the whole Office Birthday Party subplot was pretty dumb, imo.
Michael's ability to get many uses out of his pants and Dwight's reactions were awesome.

i didn't think it was dumb. i mean, a lot of their premises are pretty dumb if you just take a step back and look at them, but i like how it served to focus on how jim did in michael's shoes and, later on, helped to draw a parallel between he and michael, which was pretty ridiculous! you could actively seen this normalization where michael became a bit more like a normal person and jim's humor got a bit dumber, and at the end they were startlingly similar.

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Cheesy Doritos

#105 November 15, 2007, 11:03:30 pm

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Apparently this is the last episode until the writers get back from the strike.

Hope it's good!

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Sarah

#106 November 16, 2007, 02:14:51 am

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This episode reminds me of I Am Sam hahaha

edit: DON'T READ THE POSTS BELOW MINE IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE EPISODE CHEESY DORITOS IS GAY AND DIDN'T PUT SPOILER TAGS

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#107 November 16, 2007, 03:05:43 am

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This was a great episode. I actually loved it. The ping-pong side story was pretty funny and Michael protecting Dunder Mifflin was pretty cool of him, and his boss respected it and him more for it.

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#108 November 16, 2007, 03:12:33 am

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wow

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#109 November 16, 2007, 04:42:45 am

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wow spoilers times two dude.

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#110 November 16, 2007, 07:50:26 pm

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Quote from: Myke on November 16, 2007, 02:14:51 am

edit: DON'T READ THE POSTS BELOW MINE IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE EPISODE CHEESY DORITOS IS GAY AND DIDN'T PUT SPOILER TAGS

Thank you.

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#111 November 16, 2007, 09:12:25 pm

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Thanks buddy. I didn't actually TRY to post twice, but I assumed that for these tv show topics we were allowed to talk about them after they aired. Otherwise every other post would be spoiler'd, in case someone hadn't EVER SEEN AN EPISODE OF THE OFFICE BUT WAS GOING TO THE THREAD TO CHECK IT OUT. Dickwad.

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Sarah

#112 November 16, 2007, 09:59:52 pm

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A) you posted it like 5 minutes after the episode had ended
B) you revealed the ending of the episode (which in most episodes would be such a big deal but this one was pretty CLIMAX BASED so...)
C) You're allowed to talk about them after they've aired but just posting WOW THIS IS HOW IT ENDED is usually something that should be tagged.

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#113 November 17, 2007, 04:24:49 am

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That's... not what I did? What are you talking about? Yeah, it was an important part of the episode, but it was (holy shit oh my god) AFTER THE EPISODE AIRED. Why SHOULDN'T I be able to talk about it?! It's not my fault if someone taped the episode but hadn't watched it yet, but then proceeded into the thread about it. Why shouldn't I say what I liked or didn't like about the episode, even five minutes? Why the hell should that matter? I don't know if you're just being an weirdo or you went into the topic before watching the episode, or something, but the point is you shouldn't go into the topic after the episode aired and NOT EXPECT 'spoilers'. Hell, I posted it a HALF HOUR after the episode aired, buddy.

To make this post more relevant (sorry about the rant but DEFEND MY HONOR and all that), I actually was rooting for Pam to kick Kelly's ass in ping-pong. This way was great, too, though. I really loved the part with Dwight and Jim playing, and then them talking about Darryl being the client. Also the cold-open was pretty funny, with Ryan and all.

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#114 November 17, 2007, 04:26:18 am

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holy crap

Last Edit: November 17, 2007, 04:30:23 am by Cheesy Doritos

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#115 November 17, 2007, 04:27:18 am

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Anyone know why this keeps happening (to me)?

edit: if its not obvious (the times are different) i only posted once

Last Edit: November 17, 2007, 04:32:06 am by Cheesy Doritos

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#116 November 17, 2007, 06:43:38 am

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Quote from: Cheesy Doritos on November 17, 2007, 04:24:49 am

That's... not what I did? What are you talking about? Yeah, it was an important part of the episode, but it was (holy shit oh my god) AFTER THE EPISODE AIRED. Why SHOULDN'T I be able to talk about it?! It's not my fault if someone taped the episode but hadn't watched it yet, but then proceeded into the thread about it. Why shouldn't I say what I liked or didn't like about the episode, even five minutes? Why the hell should that matter? I don't know if you're just being an weirdo or you went into the topic before watching the episode, or something, but the point is you shouldn't go into the topic after the episode aired and NOT EXPECT 'spoilers'. Hell, I posted it a HALF HOUR after the episode aired, buddy.

To make this post more relevant (sorry about the rant but DEFEND MY HONOR and all that), I actually was rooting for Pam to kick Kelly's ass in ping-pong. This way was great, too, though. I really loved the part with Dwight and Jim playing, and then them talking about Darryl being the client. Also the cold-open was pretty funny, with Ryan and all.

yeah except for the part where about half the people who even use this site torrent/download the episodes. stop trying to make excuses for dickish behavior and just use the goddamn spoilers, for christ's sake. is it really that big a deal to you that you you need to fight for your right to not be considerate of other people?

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#117 November 17, 2007, 06:47:08 am

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i think the main problem is that though the episode had already been over for you when you had posted, many people in other timezones have had no chance to watch it yet(in may case you had posted at 7:00, 2 hours before it airs).

if you must post spoilers either way a couple hours or add a spoiler tag(why is this so hard?)

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#118 November 17, 2007, 06:12:37 pm

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One could argue that you take your chances when you come into a thread about a show a minute after a new epiosode that you haven't seen airs to begin with. 60% of the conversation in this thread is going to be spoiler-laden. It'd almost be less work to add spoiler tags to the stuff that isn't a spoiler.

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#119 November 17, 2007, 06:40:07 pm

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Well, talking about the episode after it's happened and mentioning specific scenes that were funny (for the office) is pretty much how it always goes. And yeah, you should expect some spoilers, but each poster should use some discretion in what they're choosing to say, and when it's so obviously a BIG THING like the end of last weeks episode, it's pretty clear that you should be using spoiler tags. Especially when you're posting MINUTES after the show has aired. As time passes it's a little more acceptable to not use spoiler tags (although still appreciated).

I often randomly click threads that I go into often (like this one) and start reading. Sometimes I'll do it before I've seen an episode. It is nice to know that although some of the less important parts are being talked about, I won't have accidentally stumble across a plot twist in the middle of most posters sentences.

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#120 November 17, 2007, 08:15:11 pm

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It was half and hour for me, so stop saying it was MINUTES. I think I'm entitled to defend myself. Like Shadowtext said, you should expect spoilers in these kinds of topics. I'm sorry if spoiled anything for you, Dead Phoenix. Be reasonable, Myke. My god. I hadn't counted on you going into the topic, a half hour after the episode aired, and NOT expecting spoilers. It wasn't dickish behavior, it was me talking about the goddamn episode I had just watched. If you haven't seen the episode, don't go into the topic. When I miss the Office and tape it, I don't GO into the topic before I watch it. Want to know why? COMMON SENSE. Jesus christ, I didn't do anything wrong, so stop crying because you saw a spoiler after the episode aired. In the future, I'll wait a little longer for the people in vastly different timezones, but i'm not going to put a goddamn spoiler tag every time I say something that could be considered GIVING IT AWAY. Jesus.

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