# Hey everyone! Just to let you know, topic titles rarely need exclamation points!

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/21 "2011-01-06T18:33:26Z")

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> [@42fish](#):
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> Why not go all the way and combine punctuation marks?!?!

All the way? Mais non. What is more exciting, this thread:

Who crapped in my car?!?!?

or this one?

~o~o~o~o~ WHO !!! CRAPPED !!! IN MY ??? CAR!!! _@_!@_!_@ **!_!_!@_@_@\*!**!

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**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/22 "2011-01-06T18:51:19Z")

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You can always go for the [interrobang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang).  
_ **"What the freak was that‽ "** _

mmm

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-just-to-let-you-know-topic-titles-rarely-need-exclamation-points/566557/23 "2011-01-07T00:15:02Z")

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You’re all doing it wrong!!!11111!!! There should be ones!!!11!!!one!!!111 It’s not exciting enough unless there are ones at the end of the sentence, too!!111!!!11!!111

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