Spoiler alert: The New York Times thinks you use the phrase "spoiler alert" too much. Look, they've got a graph and everything! They put a lot of thought into this. From their post:
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They follow up their findings with some recent examples of stories they themselves have posted recently, where the phrase was used, in their opinion, unnecessarily—like it's become a crutch word we all overuse in an ironic fashion, the same way hipsters all wear thick-rimmed Buddy Holly glasses.
We'll admit, style choices like this often get scrutinized to the point where it's ridiculous, but they have a point: When the examples presented range from "So I ignored Kevin’s texts and calls, patiently waiting for him to realize we really were supposed to be together...Spoiler alert: he didn’t," to "Spoiler alert: The microbes living on your pillowcase are not all that different from those living on your toilet seat,"—both instances where the phrase is just used in an effort to be humorous even though nothing is even close to actually being a spoiler—it's time to give it a rest. Unless, of course, Game of Thrones is involved.
Still, though, we can't imagine how they'd get through an episode of Doctor Who, where "spoilers" is pretty much River Song's catchphrase:
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[via New York Times]
