# I Pit people who can't bring themselves to swear in SDMB threads **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 3, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570 "2015-06-03T19:34:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/1 "2015-06-03T19:34:51Z")
It’s not F **k, it’s Fuck. you fuckwit! It’s not S** t, it’s Shit, you shithead. Do you think the words are unspeakable? Unwriteable? What the fuck? Why can’t you use the words you mean and that everyone knows you mean? I’d give a link but you’ll see it a dozen times a day. What a bunch of Polyanna Pussies are on his board! Thank you for your attention. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/2 "2015-06-03T19:39:29Z")
Well, if it’s not in the goddamned Pit, they’re not supposed to use fucking curse words. If they are in the Pit, then yeah. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/3 "2015-06-03T19:39:31Z")
What the heck kind of bullcrap are you going on about this time, you melon farmer? I’ll use whatever words I want, gosh darn it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/4 "2015-06-03T19:41:13Z")
_pixelation_ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/5 "2015-06-03T19:43:42Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, if it’s not in the goddamned Pit, they’re not supposed to use fucking curse words. There’s actually no rule against it, as long as people don’t go overboard. An occasional fuck or shit may not be out of line, while cursing like a drunken sailor in an inappropriate thread may be. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/6 "2015-06-03T19:47:25Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, if it’s not in the goddamned Pit, they’re not supposed to use fucking curse words. This is the kind of _bleep_ that gets right up my _bleep_ing _bleep_! You most _bleep_ certainly are allowed to use _bleep_ing curse words outside the _bleep_ing Pit! This includes _bleep_, _bleep_, _bleep_, and especially _bleep_! I mean, _bleep_, man, just _bleep_. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/7 "2015-06-03T19:49:02Z")
Well, shoot the bear! That flippin frosts my socks as well. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/8 "2015-06-03T19:49:05Z")
Fuck! This has apparently struck a Goddamned chord – 4 responses in 10 minutes is a fuckin’ record for my threads. I think we need a remedial cursing course here. First rule: there are no swear words that contain “\*”. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/9 "2015-06-03T20:14:13Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What the heck kind of bullcrap are you going on about this time, you melon farmer? I’ll use whatever words I want, gosh darn it. Use whatever words you want, consarnit, just don’t pretend that “c\*\*t” is appreciably different from just typing “cunt.” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/10 "2015-06-03T20:17:44Z")
What’s worse is the fucking “G-d” bullshit. Don’t get me fucking started. 😃 For people who are afraid of swearing in a lighthearted way, I usually suggest the first 5 minutes of Four Wedding and a Funeral. “Fuck. Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck… Fuck! … bugger.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/11 "2015-06-03T20:21:16Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > there are no swear words that contain “\*”. Suzy Smith put on her skates Upon the ice to frisk. Her friends thought she was slightly nuts Her little \*. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/12 "2015-06-03T20:26:51Z")
Mark Twain’s wife, Livy, was one of the few who did not appreciate her husband’s swearing, and he tried to keep watch on his tongue when she was close by; but one day something irritated him, and, thinking his wife could not hear, he launched into a torrent of red-hot profanity. When he entered his wife’s room a short time later, she coolly repeated word-for-word everything he had said. “Livy,” he replied, astounded yet amused, “did it sound like that?” “Of course it did,” she said, “only worse. I wanted you to hear just how it sounded.” “Livy, it would pain me to think that when I swear it sounds like that. You got the words right, Livy, but you don’t know the tune.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/13 "2015-06-03T20:36:44Z")
Once, the story goes, Harry Truman was talking about farming and explaining the role of manure on soil. ‘‘You should tell the president to say _fertilizer_,’’ a friend told Mrs. Truman. And Mrs. Truman replied: ‘‘You don’t know how long it took me to get him to say _manure_.’’ ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/14 "2015-06-03T20:50:17Z")
[Imma just leave this here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-MnTGzfl30). ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/15 "2015-06-03T20:52:55Z")
The guy comes home chuckling to himself, and his wife asks him what is so funny? “I heard a limerick,” he says. “Oh, I like limericks. Tell it to me!” says his wife. “I don’t think I should. It’s pretty dirty.” “Oh come on - tell me!” says his wife. “I don’t think I can. It’s really dirty.” he says. “OK - tell it to me, and when you come to a word you don’t want to say, just say ‘dash’ and I will fill in the blanks in my mind.” “Well, OK.” says the guy. "Let’s see - Dash dash dash dash dash dash, Dash dash dash dash dash dash. Dash dash dash dash, Dash dash dash dash, Dash dash dash, dash dash, fuck." Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/16 "2015-06-03T21:00:53Z")
In the spirit of the thread: Fuckin’ A right! > [@Locrian](#): > > What’s worse is the fucking “G-d” bullshit. Observant Jews don’t write God’s name. In English, this is typically represented as “G-d”. Bullshit, perhaps, but not to them. Jus’ sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/17 "2015-06-03T21:03:05Z")
Many posters have asked that profanity not be used in the\*\* Titles \*\*of threads. That’s a reasonable request, so I fucking do it. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/18 "2015-06-03T21:09:44Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Observant Jews don’t write God’s name. In English, this is typically represented as “G-d”. Bullshit, perhaps, but not to them. Jus’ sayin’. I was gonna say this. As for cursing, I prefer to save it for special occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/19 "2015-06-03T21:10:27Z")
The one that amuses me the most is “The N- word” (and occasionally other \- variants). Why not just say what you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570/20 "2015-06-03T21:12:06Z")
Buncha farging iceholes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-bring-themselves-to-swear-in-sdmb-threads/721570.md?page=2)