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Comedian and talk show host Bill Maher once characterized other people as “the problem that won’t go away,” and while that’s a less-than-charitable assessment, anyone who’s ever had a show spoiled by a friend or co-worker would say it’s on the money.

Your friends/boon companions/colleagues are spoiling TV most often, according to a study commissioned by TiVo in which 63% of respondents called out that cohort. The scourge includes everything from the office drone who blurts “I can’t believe they killed off Jon Snow!” at the water cooler to the meathead who reveals the final score of a ballgame you TiVo’ed for later viewing.

Perhaps because you can avoid social media more easily than you can hide from coworkers, Facebook and Twitter do far less damage. Nearly half (47%) of all respondents said they’d encountered spoilers in Facebook status updates, still a significant impact. But Twitter users come off looking pretty savvy; knowing full well that social is no place to loiter while trying to avoid spoilers, only 19% said they’d stumbled across a show-wrecker on the site.

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