# Fuck dust **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075 "2012-02-16T23:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/1 "2012-02-16T23:18:56Z")
Dust. It coats every fucking thing in existence and makes it dirty every fucking day. I hate dust. I actually avoid buying shit because I think “well that would look nice in my place, but then I’d have to dust it all the fucking time”, and I don’t buy it. Sorry for the lack of brilliant witty diatribe: I know how much you all love that. But I just had to get this out. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/2 "2012-02-16T23:23:59Z")
I was going to give you a big ration of shit for your lame pitting but I thought about it for a second or two and…yeah Fuck Dust! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/3 "2012-02-16T23:27:54Z")
What’s this world coming to when someone pits Fuck Dust? ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/4 "2012-02-16T23:32:44Z")
It means their dating pool is getting older. ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/5 "2012-02-16T23:33:56Z")
Not a lame pitting at all. Fuck dust and the biggest contributor to dust dispersing: forced air heating and cooling. Bring back radiant heating and we could all do one tenth of the dust removal. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/6 "2012-02-16T23:41:58Z")
Swiffer dusters: my favorite invention. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/7 "2012-02-16T23:47:08Z")
I saw “Fuck dust” and expected a thread about Spanish Fly. (But then it would have said “Fuck **D** ust” - - ignorant moi.) . ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/8 "2012-02-16T23:49:16Z")
In 1930 there was kinda a nifty song called “Dust.” Here’s the [Casa Loma Orchestra](http://www.jazz-on-line.com/a/ramh/ODE403963-B.ram) playing and singing it. Listen friend, in the end, we all go to the cleaners. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/9 "2012-02-17T00:02:32Z")
Remember what Quentin Crisp said after he gave up all forms of house-cleaning: “After the first four years, the dust doesn’t get any worse.” ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/10 "2012-02-17T00:49:34Z")
**Eve** , when I read “Quentin Crisp” for some reason my mind pictured Crispin Glover. …And the quote still makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/11 "2012-02-17T01:31:24Z")
> [@Zulema](#): > > Not a lame pitting at all. Fuck dust and the biggest contributor to dust dispersing: forced air heating and cooling. Bring back radiant heating and we could all do one tenth of the dust removal. I’ve had forced air, radiators and now copper tubing running warm water through the walls and floor (don’t know what that’s called). I’ve had the same amount of dust with all of them. Much more dust in the city than in the 'burbs, though. > [@xenophon41](#): > > **Eve** , when I read “Quentin Crisp” for some reason my mind pictured Crispin Glover. …And the quote still makes sense. I pictured Quentin Tarantino. Still works. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/12 "2012-02-17T01:58:32Z")
Maybe you need to get your home’s ventilation system cleaned out? My mother was always complaining about dust until doing that and now says the rate of dust accumulation has gone down dramatically. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/13 "2012-02-17T02:18:15Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Remember what Quentin Crisp said after he gave up all forms of house-cleaning: “After the first four years, the dust doesn’t get any worse.” > [@xenophon41](#): > > **Eve** , when I read “Quentin Crisp” for some reason my mind pictured Crispin Glover. …And the quote still makes sense. > [@WhyNot](#): > > I’ve had forced air, radiators and now copper tubing running warm water through the walls and floor (don’t know what that’s called). I’ve had the same amount of dust with all of them. Much more dust in the city than in the 'burbs, though. > I pictured Quentin Tarantino. Still works. I pictured Quentin Collins. Yep, still works. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/14 "2012-02-17T03:33:38Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Dust. It coats every fucking thing in existence and makes it dirty every fucking day. I hate dust. I actually avoid buying shit because I think “well that would look nice in my place, but then I’d have to dust it all the fucking time”, and I don’t buy it. That’s a good attitude, tho. I wish more people thought this far ahead before cramming their houses with tchotchkes. My SIL has a maid come in every other week and I always think she could save that $150/month if she just has less shit to dust. But otherwise…Swiffer Duster FTW! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/15 "2012-02-17T03:38:05Z")
First reaction: Oh god, powdered sperm particles. /vomit Second reaction: Yeah, fuck dust! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/16 "2012-02-17T03:40:27Z")
I’ve always thought this would be a better world if dead skin just turned into oxygen or something when it lost contact with the body. Less dust, less dandruff… The fact that this doesn’t happen is proof there is no world-building God. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/17 "2012-02-17T04:42:11Z")
Oh…dead skin…I have a waterbed. I change my sheets a couple of times a week and wash the rest of the bedding on the first weekend of the month. I also wash my mattress, its always covered with skin dust and the dust falls into the frame, so I have to wrastle the mattress to clean the dust. Now I’m sleeping on a fabric bed, I don’t even want to imagine what is in the mattress. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/18 "2012-02-17T07:50:39Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Dust. It coats every fucking thing in existence and makes it dirty every fucking day. I hate dust. I actually avoid buying shit because I think “well that would look nice in my place, but then I’d have to dust it all the fucking time”, and I don’t buy it. I used to feel that way, then I spent five days in the desert near Buckeye, AZ. Now regular ole house dust is nothing at all - I barely notice it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/19 "2012-02-17T08:20:15Z")
See _this_ is why we need **Dio**. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075/20 "2012-02-17T14:11:46Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I’ve always thought this would be a better world if dead skin just turned into oxygen or something when it lost contact with the body. Or better, yet, kittens! No, wait, actually, that would be pretty horror-movie ghastly after a few months. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075.md?page=2)