I’m 41, and just about to watch Terminator 2 for the very first time

Before I take the plunge, I wanted to know if it would be important or even just better to watch the original Terminator first. I would rather jump right into 2 which I already have loaded up and ready to go, not try to find Terminator and watch it first! Another thing is that I’ve heard there’s a big spoiler that was intentionally made to the audience during its first run. I’ve seen on listnook that since very few people haven’t ever seen it or heard about that spoiler, the number of people who don’t know must be vanishingly tiny. I am one of those people. Since action movies never interested me as a kid, I never paid any attention to the much later online discussions or Wikipedia article for T2. I’m looking forward to seeing what that’s all about. Thanks! Going to start watching in just a few minutes - unless a large number of people here are adamant that the original MUST be seen before T2 in order to appreciate it. If that really happens, I’ll watch T1 first and then T2. If not, I’ll stick to my plan of watching T2 right now and then watching T1 directly after that if I like this movie enough. Anything else I should know going in? EDIT: alright, I will take your advice and watch the first one before I watch T2! Also, WHY am I being downvoted??? I asked a legitimate question in good faith, was polite, even agreed to respect everyone’s opinion so much that I would do what was suggested…I really don’t understand listnook sometimes. I will be back to post my impressions of the first movie in the next edit after I see it! Thanks so much to all of the helpful and polite individuals not arbitrarily downvoting :)