# Nips or Its? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623 "2014-10-17T21:41:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/1 "2014-10-17T21:41:18Z")
[Nips](http://static.squarespace.com/static/518a81eae4b03f42dc3d0fc5/t/524c8208e4b0bf732ffe2a73/1380745741264/bigstock-Cheddar-Cheese-Crackers-48332354.jpg) or [Its](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Cheez-It-Crackers.jpg/800px-Cheez-It-Crackers.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/2 "2014-10-17T21:46:51Z")
Nip. It. In the bud. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/3 "2014-10-17T21:48:03Z")
Hate both those cheese cracker things. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/4 "2014-10-18T04:15:53Z")
Its by a mile. Nips aren’t even the same sport. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/5 "2014-10-18T05:09:35Z")
Yeah, they’re awful. Munch munch. I’ll just try a few. Munch munch… I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Its. Nips has the (dis)advantage of sounding both sexual and racist. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/6 "2014-10-18T05:45:12Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Nips](http://static.squarespace.com/static/518a81eae4b03f42dc3d0fc5/t/524c8208e4b0bf732ffe2a73/1380745741264/bigstock-Cheddar-Cheese-Crackers-48332354.jpg) or [Its](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Cheez-It-Crackers.jpg/800px-Cheez-It-Crackers.jpg)? If I have to click on two, not one but TWO, links, just to know WTF you are talking about, I am going to take a pass. You could easily have included a brief explanation. Granted, clicking on those two links would probably have taken less time that this post of mine, but I’m trying to make a point here. Feel flattered. Maybe I’m alone in this attitude, in which case, you’ll be fine. But if I’m not alone in this attitude, maybe future posts will explain WTF they are talking about. That is all. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/7 "2014-10-18T06:05:51Z")
Jatz. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/8 "2014-10-18T07:51:38Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > If I have to click on two, not one but TWO, links, just to know WTF you are talking about, I am going to take a pass. You could easily have included a brief explanation. Granted, clicking on those two links would probably have taken less time that this post of mine, but I’m trying to make a point here. Feel flattered. > > Maybe I’m alone in this attitude, in which case, you’ll be fine. > > But if I’m not alone in this attitude, maybe future posts will explain WTF they are talking about. > > That is all. At least they are not links to videos. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/9 "2014-10-18T08:14:17Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Nips has the (dis)advantage of sounding both sexual and racist. Why racist? At work we have something other people insist on referring to as “NIPs” (pronounced as “nips”). I don’t want to discuss “nips” with my colleagues as it is, but now it sounds racist too? Even more fun. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/10 "2014-10-18T08:29:25Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > Why racist? > > At work we have something other people insist on referring to as “NIPs” (pronounced as “nips”). I don’t want to discuss “nips” with my colleagues as it is, but now it sounds racist too? Even more fun. [An example.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny_Nips_the_Nips) ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/11 "2014-10-18T08:37:36Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > [An example.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny_Nips_the_Nips) Oh yeah, makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/12 "2014-10-18T08:56:06Z")
Yeah, racist bunnies, more something your grandpa would say instead of a current insult. From the first part of “Nippon,” so at least it’s an educated slur. There is a journal or conference somewhere that is acronymed NIPS. I figure they oughta do something with the journal PNAS (although PNIS is in on the joke). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/13 "2014-10-18T08:57:35Z")
I’ve heard talk of Cheese Nips, but I don’t think I realized they were a version of Cheese Its until now. The latter aren’t that good, but for some reason you want to eat them anyways. I’m not sure what they have in common with cheese, though. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/14 "2014-10-18T09:46:53Z")
Its are overwhelmingly superior. Nips are just blobs of fat, but Its have some sharpness. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/15 "2014-10-18T10:06:20Z")
Then there’s Better Cheddars. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/16 "2014-10-18T15:18:23Z")
It’s Its. Its nips Nips. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/17 "2014-10-18T15:33:46Z")
Once they’re good and stale like I like 'em, it doesn’t really make much difference. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/18 "2014-10-18T16:14:13Z")
I don’t know the difference. Given the chance I would go with a store brand saltine with spreadable cheese. > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Yeah, they’re awful. Munch munch. I’ll just try a few. Munch munch… > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Its. Nips has the (dis)advantage of sounding both sexual and racist. I hope we can put aside the racist stuff for this thread and simply keep things sexually perverted. Do Its, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/19 "2014-10-18T16:26:14Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > If I have to click on two, not one but TWO, links, just to know WTF you are talking about, I am going to take a pass. You could easily have included a brief explanation. Granted, clicking on those two links would probably have taken less time that this post of mine, but I’m trying to make a point here. Feel flattered. > > Maybe I’m alone in this attitude, in which case, you’ll be fine. > > But if I’m not alone in this attitude, maybe future posts will explain WTF they are talking about. > > That is all. Oh, just hover. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623/20 "2014-10-18T17:14:09Z")
Until my son declared his very strong preference for Its my answer would have been “Whatever’s on sale.” They all pale in comparison with (long extinct) Nabisco Cheese TidBits. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nips-or-its/701623.md?page=2)