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Old 05-06-2007, 07:15 AM
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Go ahead an pile on. I now pit everyone in the "what color is your anus" thread.

Yes, I don't have to read this. I should have just let the "let's sift through our shit" thread go.

There seems to be a lot of interest in shit and anuses here lately. I'm not sure what to make of it, but it's getting to the point where I'm not so down with scatalogical, near pornographic fascination with anuses and shit.

I remember when the mods took a lot of abuse because they were trying to make the boards more mature and not so juvenile and, well, gross.

So pile on again. Anus color threads are fucking disgusting. The latest poop threds are fucking grossing me out.
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Old 05-06-2007, 07:32 AM
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I have no intention of piling on someone who is covered in poop.
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Old 05-06-2007, 08:03 AM
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There seems to be a lot of interest in shit and anuses here lately.
Lately? There are no more and no less than there has ever been. That is to say, scatological interest on these boards has always been very high. I blame Cecil:

Why is, um, fecal matter brown?

Is coprophagia dangerous?

Does flushing the toilet cause dirty water to be spewed around the bathroom?

In the Third World, do people wipe with their left hands?

And that's just human shit and anuses; if you include urine, farts, toilets, and animal feces, you will see Cecil has a fixation with waste elimination. It should come as no surprise that the message board follows his example.

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Old 05-06-2007, 08:05 AM
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Don't read it, damn it. What is so hard about that? I saw the very thread you are talking about, but I haven't read it. I go in bookstores, also, but I am not compelled to read everything in there.

The only possible way that you are going to find a message board where everthing is exactly to your taste is if you start it yourself and keep it entirely private.
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Old 05-06-2007, 10:33 AM
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How can you possibly have been here since 1999 and think that scatological/icky/gross threads are a NEW phenomenon? When I started coming to this board, one of the most popular threads had to do with popping zits. I avoided that. Still do. Takes more effort to bother going in than to keep surfing past.
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Old 05-06-2007, 10:54 AM
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Is this the thread you are complaining about or is there another one?

Why is the anus (or more correctly, the skin surronding it) brown?

That's in GQ and it's not asking "what color is your anus?"
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Old 05-06-2007, 10:58 AM
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Jesus, just skip over the threads you don't like and shut the fuck up about them already.
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Old 05-06-2007, 11:15 AM
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Jesus, just skip over the threads you don't like and shut the fuck up about them already.
Yes, and if it's hard, reward your effort with a tasty Chocolate Anus Candy.
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Old 05-06-2007, 11:17 AM
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Yes, and if it's hard, reward your effort with a tasty Chocolate Anus Candy.
Mmmm....anus candy.
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Old 05-06-2007, 11:26 AM
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This must be some kind of attention whoring.

If not, then seriously, this board is really just not for you. If these types of threads are a problem for you, I strongly recommend finding another board to spend your time in.

Remember, this is a board dedicated to column that answered such questions such as "Why is fecal matter brown".

Live with these types of threads, or fuck off. It's not going to change no matter how many of these Comstockery pit threads you start. You'll be happier somewhere else.
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Old 05-06-2007, 11:40 AM
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So, zuma, what colour is your anus?
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Old 05-06-2007, 12:09 PM
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So, zuma, what colour is your anus?
Tight.
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Old 05-06-2007, 12:27 PM
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Tight.
While I agree that Zuma might be considered a tightass (metaphorically, of course ), "tight" is not technically a color.

Zuma, this isn't exactly the type of pile-on you were, expecting, is it? Seriously, when I see a thread that pertains to subjects I have no interest in, I pass them by - why waste your time and energy on a quixotic crusade to get Dopers to "grow up"? It ain't gonna happen.
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Old 05-06-2007, 12:53 PM
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Zuma's parents must have used electroshock during his toilet training.
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Old 05-06-2007, 12:54 PM
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Heh, you said "pile"
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Old 05-06-2007, 01:01 PM
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"tight" is not technically a color.
Bah. Begone with you and your logic!
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Old 05-06-2007, 01:04 PM
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I have nothing of value to say so I'm going to post a link to the Numa Numa video and hope people laugh.
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Old 05-06-2007, 01:09 PM
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Almost 6 hours. What took you so long?
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Old 05-06-2007, 01:13 PM
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Almost 6 hours. What took you so long?
I didn't get the memo.

(slept in late)
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Old 05-06-2007, 01:18 PM
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(slept in late)
Or slept in ladle. He gets confused sometimes...

*runs*
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Old 05-06-2007, 01:23 PM
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Or slept in ladle. He gets confused sometimes...

*runs*

::slaps jayjay with a wet trout::
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Old 05-06-2007, 03:02 PM
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Yes, I don't have to read this.
Care to explain why you did, exactly?
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Old 05-06-2007, 03:09 PM
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Well, I support the OP's intent, but I have to say they're wrong in one major standpoint. Odd obsessions with disgusting things have been a staple of the "Doper Community" since 1999 when I was browsing it. The best example that comes to mind was the years of "feltching" jokes (followed by "munge", "squick", etc.), the necrophilic craze, goat sex jokes and references, etc. Then of course there was the "ever shit your pants" thread(s), the "pimple popping" threads, etc.

The only thing you can do is try to limit your reading, and add everyone who persists in posting the crap posts to your Ignore list. Or stay in GQ and click the "Report this Post" button like you're playing Diablo 2.
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Old 05-06-2007, 03:57 PM
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Now I have to go read the thread.....Thanks Zuma!

My gosh, how do they KNOW?
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Old 05-06-2007, 04:48 PM
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Then of course there was the "ever shit your pants" thread(s), the "pimple popping" threads, etc.
Don't forget pan fried semen!
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Old 05-06-2007, 05:00 PM
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Don't forget pan fried semen!
Oh dear...I had forgotten it.

I think at one time there was a "what was the most horrifying thing you saw in a bathroom", "vaginal secretions", and "what my kids found that made me vomit" threads too.
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Old 05-06-2007, 05:55 PM
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Don't forget pan fried semen!
Not to mention, "Can I feed semen to my goldfish?"
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Old 05-06-2007, 06:00 PM
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Care to explain why you did, exactly?
Don't question His actions, damnit. We must bow to His will, even when His will doesn't make any kind of logical sense.
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Old 05-06-2007, 06:27 PM
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zuma Thank you, your OP title gave me a great laugh and seems totally appropriate.
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Old 05-06-2007, 06:56 PM
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One of the major appeals of The Straight Dope column and this message board is that freaky questions will be addressed. Where else are you going to find out the answer to these kinds of things? It's a place where you can post what's been on your mind and no matter how far-felched, I mean, fetched, it is, someone will answer it.

Paraphrasing Galaxy Quest: "Did you ever READ the column?"
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Old 05-06-2007, 07:00 PM
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This must be some kind of attention whoring.

If not, then seriously, this board is really just not for you. If these types of threads are a problem for you, I strongly recommend finding another board to spend your time in.

Remember, this is a board dedicated to column that answered such questions such as "Why is fecal matter brown".

Live with these types of threads, or fuck off. It's not going to change no matter how many of these Comstockery pit threads you start. You'll be happier somewhere else.

Considering that the OP has been here since 1999, that's pretty fucking sad.

Christ, the subject of this very board, Cecil Adams, has answered questions about the calorie content of semen, and commented on the following topics:

Pellet Poop

Coprophagia

Whale Shit

Urine Therapy

Get over yourself.
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Old 05-06-2007, 07:06 PM
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The only thing you can do is try to limit your reading, and add everyone who persists in posting the crap posts to your Ignore list. ...
But then you'd miss out on a lot of lieu posts and lieu can be quite entertaining.


I read a lot of disgusting threads here and later hate myself for it, but sometimes I do manage to ignore some - it is possible to do this.
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Old 05-06-2007, 07:39 PM
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Don't forget pan fried semen!
You realize that desperately calls for a link.
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Old 05-06-2007, 07:54 PM
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Pan-fried Semen.

Enjoy!
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Old 05-06-2007, 08:00 PM
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This place can get a little odd sometimes...
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Old 05-06-2007, 08:28 PM
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This place can get a little odd sometimes...
You're telling me. That thread linked above mentions another thread about what happens when you ferment your own piss into alcohol.
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Old 05-06-2007, 10:19 PM
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Don't forget pan fried semen!
Yea, or the thread where the OP was saving his semen in ziplock bags and watching it rot.
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Old 05-06-2007, 10:22 PM
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You're telling me. That thread linked above mentions another thread about what happens when you ferment your own piss into alcohol.
Dude...and I thought the Oreo beer thread was weird.
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Old 05-06-2007, 10:22 PM
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zuma, do not open this thread.
Or this one.
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Old 05-06-2007, 11:35 PM
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Yea, or the thread where the OP was saving his semen in ziplock bags and watching it rot.
... I missed that one.

Thank Christ. o.o
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Old 05-07-2007, 12:46 AM
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Not to mention, "Can I feed semen to my goldfish?"
No. Sperm whales, on the other hand...
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Old 05-07-2007, 08:00 AM
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I can feed sperm whales to my goldfish?
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Old 05-07-2007, 09:10 AM
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I can feed sperm whales to my goldfish?
Serving size: 0.1 grams
Servings per package: 127,000,000
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Old 05-07-2007, 09:27 AM
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The skin around the anus is brown because people obviously haven't learned how to wipe their bum/ass/bunghole/all the other names for the fecal exit orifice.

I was going to add that I am trying to fit in but I don't think I'll actually say that.
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Old 05-08-2007, 08:29 AM
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Yes, and if it's hard, reward your effort with a tasty Chocolate Anus Candy.
Heh, the fine prints says "Contains trace of nuts".
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Old 05-08-2007, 09:13 AM
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... I missed that one.

Thank Christ. o.o
Q: Why is my semen black and orange

A: We are Devo(lving)
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Old 05-08-2007, 09:23 AM
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Hey, it's pretty rare these days that I see something in GQ that makes me say, "Yeah, why is that?" I mean, I've been reading them since the days of the AOL board and most of the great questions of life have already been answered. Except that one. So hell, yeah I looked - I mean, I didn't know, did you?

Also, that goldfish one was hilarious. An old favorite.
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Old 05-08-2007, 09:49 AM
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What color is your anus?

Blue-Green, apparently.
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Old 05-08-2007, 09:55 AM
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What color is your anus?




It seems kinda like the Dark Side of those "What Color Is Your Parachute?" books.
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Old 05-08-2007, 09:58 AM
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Heh, the fine prints says "Contains trace of nuts".
"...and corn"
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