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I wasn't really following nor aware this then popular series. It was shown on a cable channel that we were subscribed to through a cable subscription. I was used to having reruns shown most of the time, and I've got pretty much no concept of following an ongoing series on cable TV. So I was pretty surprised when I spoiled a group of friends to a climactic scene to the Game of Thrones S5.
spoiler
One day, I was idly switching channels until I saw a scene of a naked woman being paraded around, being jeered having things thrown at her. Looking at the channel logo on the top-right and taking note of the scene's setting, I vaguely guessed that this was a scene from this then famous series, HBO's Game of Thrones. This striking scene made an impression in my mind, and I took mental note of it as I got lost in the succeeding scenes.The next day, I was out to see some friends. We were idly talking when I blurted out a description of the infamous walk of shame scene.
I was surprised at everyone else's shocked reaction. One of them had the good sense to ask me when I saw the scene, and when I answered "yesterday afternoon, why?" everyone's mood shifted from shocked and angry to feeling sorry for me, but still annoyed nevertheless. This same person then explained to me why I've just spoiled the entire group.
Turned out that without knowing it, I watched a climactic scene of the then latest episode of that series. That I watched it on the early afternoon here locally was due to it being premiered at the same time as it was shown in the US. I apologetically explained that I was just shocked to see such a scene, and thought I'd bring it up.
You do know spoiler tags are useless if you don't specify what the spoiler is for, right?
My bad. I'll be fixing it.