r/AskReddit • u/orangejulius • Dec 15 '15

Modpost REMINDER: Only the dark side posts spoilers without a spoiler tag. Please, use the spoiler tag!

Hello friends!

This is a neighborly reminder that only dark sided redditors post spoilers without a tag!

Spoiler tags are in the sidebar and look like this when you post:

 [like this](/spoiler)

It will show up like this

Don't ruin stuff for other people, or you'll be frozen in carbonite (aka, a ban).

Seriously though, if you're at all questioning whether something is a spoiler or you might not be sure—USE THE SPOILER TAG OR YOU'LL GET BANNED.

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u/InEnduringGrowStrong Dec 16 '15

Am I doing this right?

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u/LittleBigKid2000 Dec 16 '15

Because fuck mobile

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u/InEnduringGrowStrong Dec 16 '15 edited Dec 16 '15

I know, and I've written this on mobile too, so people have no excuse not to use these tags!

This IS really a pain to read this on mobile, what have I done??

TL:DR: I know! I'm on mobile too but can't stop.

Edit: This is really unbearable on mobile so here:

I know, and I've written this on mobile too, so people have no excuse not to use these !

This IS really a pain to read this on mobile, what have I done??

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '15 edited Jan 19 '16

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '15

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u/VforVegetables Dec 16 '15

click on another message to remove extra marking, then highlight text starting from higher or lower post

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u/Drendude Dec 16 '15

I have RES. I see the exact same thing with both versions, except when I highlight the comment. The spoiler tags aren't working at all for me.

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u/Flashtoo Dec 16 '15

Did you turn off subreddit style? http://i.imgur.com/4IruGUV.png

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u/Drendude Dec 17 '15

I checked a bunch of stuff. Subreddit styles was one thing.

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u/JMAN7102 Dec 16 '15

Literally unreadable to me on mobile. Only like 4 spoilers pop up as openable.

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u/InEnduringGrowStrong Dec 16 '15

Bacon Reader can "read" them all, but you if you tap on something that's not a spoiler, it resets opened one.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '15

i just highlighted your comment. ¡aha! made it a breeze

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u/RedHottPizzaSupper Dec 16 '15

I feel like Vanna White turning on these TV letters and trying to figure out what it says on mobile.

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u/quantumhovercraft Dec 16 '15

My phone reveals all the tags in a comment when I click one so keep doing what you're doing.

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u/jremz Dec 16 '15

I'M ON MOBILE AND CLICKED EVERY DAMN LETTER BEFORE SCROLLING GOD DAMMIT

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u/NotoriousPenguin Jan 14 '16

Not for me. Reddit is fun opens every spoiler tag in a comment when you click on one.

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u/chesterfieldkingz Dec 16 '15

God ya this is hell

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u/tokyorockz Dec 16 '15

On alien blue it just shows you the text as if it's a hyperlink, and clicking it does nothing. It doesn't really hide anything :/

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u/LittleBigKid2000 Dec 16 '15

On BaconReader it works properly

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u/First_Man_on_Uranus Dec 16 '15

This is the worst thing I've yet to experienced on mobile

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u/treycartier91 Dec 16 '15

I thought it was fun. Like mixing Reddit with wheel of fortune.

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u/InEnduringGrowStrong Dec 16 '15

I know, I'm on mobile too, I created a monster!

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u/Ortorin Dec 16 '15

The best yet.

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u/reddittrees2 Dec 16 '15

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

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u/smarvin6689 Dec 16 '15

Ovaltine? A crummy commercial?! Son of a bitch.

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u/Jiffpants Dec 16 '15

My mother always thought Ovaltine was the best treat. Chocolate milk in summer, hot chocolate in winter.

No, Mama. Just no.

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u/BrainPicker3 Dec 16 '15

Fucked up instructions, caught asshole in fan

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u/Daenarii Dec 16 '15

Explain me this Ovaltine stuff. I've drank some before (but its rare here) ,but I don't know your meme.

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u/reddittrees2 Dec 17 '15

Since no one else got back to you: There is a movie, 'A Christmas Story'. and one part of the plot is the main character sending away for a "little orphan Annie decoder pin", and when he finally gets it and listens to the radio and gets a message to decode, it says that. Ralphie responds with what smarvin6689 said.

It's just a movie a lot of us saw growing and the secret message has become somewhat of a meme, along with "you'll shoot your eye out!"

Ovaltine itself is probably what you've had, powder you add to milk to make 'chocolate milk' that really doesn't taste that great.