# Hey everyone! Just to let you know, topic titles rarely need exclamation points! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557 "2011-01-06T01:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/1 "2011-01-06T01:05:44Z")
Using them too much makes you seem weird! Or too easily excited! I’m not asking for a rule outlawing them! Or even a guideline! Just for people to simmer down a little and only use them in the rare one in a million case where it’s actually called for! Which in Cafe Society would likely be never! Or a revival of Firefly! Whichever comes first! Thanks! Now proceed to tell me how wrong and silly I am! Hey, it beats another topic about how much you think various mods fail at modding! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/2 "2011-01-06T01:08:46Z")
Look, I’m going to make this easy for you. This is not exciting. This is exciting! Exclamation points make things exciting! And fun! Why do you hate fun?! Fun-hater. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/3 "2011-01-06T01:09:30Z")
+1! ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/4 "2011-01-06T01:10:44Z")
I think that you should use more than one. Hey everyone!!! See how exciting that is, compared to that drab example you posted? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/5 "2011-01-06T01:15:55Z")
Exclamations demand them. Sometimes thread titles are exclamations. Usually they’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/6 "2011-01-06T01:37:58Z")
I pulled the lever on the machine, but the Clark bar didn’t come out! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/7 "2011-01-06T03:12:07Z")
¡If only this were Spanish! ¡You could write all your titles this way! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/8 "2011-01-06T03:19:05Z")
I believe it was Hemingway (?) who said, “Nothing less than the end of the universe merits an exclamation point.” Or something like that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/9 "2011-01-06T04:29:21Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I believe it was Hemingway (?) who said, “Nothing less than the end of the universe merits an exclamation point.” And, see what happened to him!!! ---
**Author:** ![kyuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@kyuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kyuss)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/10 "2011-01-06T05:08:09Z")
Timmy!!! All caps!!! Timmy!!! ! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/11 "2011-01-06T05:21:57Z")
> [@SoulFrost](#): > > I think that you should use more than one. > > Hey everyone!!! > > See how exciting that is, compared to that drab example you posted? _"The use of more than one exclamation mark is a sure sign of a diseased mind. "_ – Terry Prachett ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/12 "2011-01-06T05:24:53Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > _"The use of more than one exclamation mark is a sure sign of a diseased mind. "_ – Terry Prachett Aw shucks… you know me so well… ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/13 "2011-01-06T10:09:26Z")
Dammit!!! I came into this thread to post the Pterry quote!!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/14 "2011-01-06T12:54:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I believe it was Hemingway (?) who said, “Nothing less than the end of the universe merits an exclamation point.” > > Or something like that. > mmm And I think it was Fitzgerald who said using exclamation points is like laughing at your own jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/15 "2011-01-06T12:57:17Z")
> [@kyuss](#): > > Timmy!!! > All caps!!! > > Timmy!!! ! He can’t hear you!!! He’s trapped in the well!!! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/16 "2011-01-06T12:58:26Z")
Why use exclamation points??? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/17 "2011-01-06T13:31:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And I think it was Fitzgerald who said using exclamation points is like laughing at your own jokes. Which explains why I hate Tom Wolfe’s fiction so much. Every! Damn! Page! is Littered! With Exclamation Points!!! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/18 "2011-01-06T16:47:11Z")
Nitpicking punctuation Nazis ruining Doper’s good time! Story at 11. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/19 "2011-01-06T16:52:28Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Why use exclamation points??? Why not go all the way and combine punctuation marks?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/20 "2011-01-06T17:00:05Z")
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