I think you’re just bored but [some people are hardlined about this and they’re idiots.
Yes.
Only joking. I don’t think you are an idiot. I just can’t resist answering questions like that with a ‘Yes’.
I don’t know why it is. It gives me the giggles, answere ing “is it A or is it B?” questions with “Yes”
It seems like It does something clever to the circuitry in my brain. Almost like the desired effect of a koan or something.
Now I think it is me that is bored. (I think you will agree)
Goddamn it sounds better.
Blah.
I prefer to answer with “Both”
‘Both’ Is witty only superficially (“you are an idiot and you are bored”) But ‘Yes’ is unexpected and paradoxical - it answers the question but it doesn’t answer the question. or something. I don’t know. it just made me giggle.
An alternative is to give an even more nonsensical response, like “Beer” or “Whoremongers.” I’ve got a friend who does this, and gets his ass kicked all of the time.
“Yes” is a logical answer according to George Boole. “Whoremonger” is just nonsense ;).
And, as people have already said, saying “Shit!” doesn’t mean you want to poop, saying “Fuck” doesn’t mean you want to have sex, etc. Why should it matter? These are just sayings that have developed their own meaning. Why aren’t you upset that one “can’t even put the thought into realizing that they are demanding sex when they say ‘fuck you’”?
From ***Mr. Terry Pratchett’s *, Men At Arms:
Someone beat me to the Pratchett quote 
I could cry.
As long as we’re being literal, I think I should admit that I would have no clue what to do even if you provided me with both the straw and the goat.
wmulax93, not to get into a religious debate here, but wouldn’t it seem more likely that an athiest or agnostic would be more likely to use the phrase “god damnit!” than a religious person? After all, if you believed in God, asking Him to damn something is not a light request here. One who doesn’t believe can see the phrase for the figure of speech that it is. You, OTOH, are asking your deity to look disapprovingly upon something and to take action against it. Pretty serious stuff if you asked me.
Why not?
I do try and avoid words I know will offend someone (eg. Christ! infront of a christian, or Fuck! infront of a friend’s granny) but when I hit my thumb with a hammer I have to shout, and don’t get a chance to think about it.
I mean, when you hit your thumb with a hammer you’re supposed to shout something offensive, right?
Not if you’re my father, then when in extreme need of an expletive you resort to vile utteringa such as bullfeathers. 
I think Ender has hit the goddamn nail on the head.
I figure it’s a more practical day-to-day use of Pascal’s Wager.
Yeah, and what’s with those Christians calling it Wednesday and Thursday? If you don’t believe in Woden and Thor, why are you calling on them?! Goddamn it!
Both God and damnation are powerful ideas; that’s why “God damn it!” has been a good curse for so many centuries. I don’t believe either of those concepts reflect anything in reality, but the point of a curse isn’t literal belief, but the power of the words. Besides, I have a God-given right to blaspheme.
Incidentally, when he made Planet of the Apes, Charlton Heston successfully argued for inclusion of the line “God damn you all to Hell!” on the basis that the character wasn’t swearing, but meant it literally.