# Permission to swear? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 15, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475 "2006-03-15T16:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/1 "2006-03-15T16:49:02Z")
I’m new to this board, and it’s the first board I’ve ever been a member of that I’m allowed to say FUCK FUCK FUCK. (I hope I’m right about this, or I’m in trouble). ---
**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:** [March 15, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/2 "2006-03-15T16:54:29Z")
Well, technically, you’re allowed to say that if you also say why you want to say it, otherwise this is a “humor post,” which is kind of frowned on in the Pit. Otherwise, this should be in MPSIMS, where you have to say DARN DARN DARN. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/3 "2006-03-15T16:59:50Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **NineToTheSky**. I hope that was cathartic. Perhaps your next foray can actually be swearing ABOUT someone or something. GWB, Dick Cheney, telemarketers, big box retail upsellers, and sometimes Tony Blair are somewhat popular targets. We look forward to great things from you, Padawan. Now get out there and fight some ignorance! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/4 "2006-03-15T17:01:34Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, technically, you’re allowed to say that if you also say why you want to say it, otherwise this is a “humor post,” which is kind of frowned on in the Pit. Otherwise, this should be in MPSIMS, where you have to say DARN DARN DARN. Oh darn, darn, darn - I just wanted to be able to say it. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/5 "2006-03-15T17:10:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Welcome to the SDMB, **NineToTheSky**. I hope that was cathartic. Perhaps your next foray can actually be swearing ABOUT someone or something. GWB, Dick Cheney, telemarketers, big box retail upsellers, and sometimes Tony Blair are somewhat popular targets. > > We look forward to great things from you, Padawan. Now get out there and fight some ignorance! > > 🙂 Thanks for the welcome - you have already fought my ignorance about Padawans: one to one training I’ll go for, but cutting off my hair - whoa! I haven’t got enough of it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/6 "2006-03-15T17:13:28Z")
an introduction in the pit. Bring out the goats - no holding back this time ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/7 "2006-03-15T17:15:21Z")
Look you shit gobbed festering little turd suckers, there is no excuse to use foul putrescent arse feltching language like ‘fuck’. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/8 "2006-03-15T17:18:45Z")
I dunno, maybe looking at the fucking thread titles in the fucking forum first might have given a clue or two? (welcome to the boards, recommend you read stickys in the forums, lurk quite a bit, get the feel as it were) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/9 "2006-03-15T17:22:09Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, technically, you’re allowed to say that if you also say why you want to say it, otherwise this is a “humor post,” which is kind of frowned on in the Pit. Otherwise, this should be in MPSIMS, where you have to say DARN DARN DARN. You can’t say “fuck” in MPSIMS? Goddamn! Good thing I haven’t been shitting around in there since half past the monkey’s ass. I miss all them MPSIMSy bitches and cocksuckers, though. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/10 "2006-03-15T17:25:06Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Oh darn, darn, darn - I just wanted to be able to say it. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{NineToTheSky}}}}}}}}}}}}}}] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/11 "2006-03-15T17:30:01Z")
I’m thinking of a word right now. Care to guess what it is? I must warn you though… it’s not"fuck." It is, however, “gonads.” Great big hairy ones. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/12 "2006-03-15T17:42:49Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > You can’t say “fuck” in MPSIMS? Goddamn! Good thing I haven’t been shitting around in there since half past the monkey’s ass. I miss all them MPSIMSy bitches and cocksuckers, though. To the best of my knowledge, as long as it’s not excessive or directed at people (outside this forum), you can say any swear words in any forums. God knows I desperately wish people would quit masking the fucking cuss words in the other forums. Dudes, you’re not fooling anyone with using an asterisk in place of the “u”. Believe it or not, the mods are smart enough to figure out f\*ck means “fuck.” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/13 "2006-03-15T18:05:30Z")
What’s the big deal? It doesn’t hurt anyone. Fuck Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuck! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/14 "2006-03-15T18:19:56Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Otherwise, this should be in MPSIMS, where you have to say DARN DARN DARN. Damn. That explains this thread then, right? > **[Where Your Damn Thread Went To](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=58250)** > > “Virginia Schoolchildren to be Forced to Recite Pledge” has been moved to Great Debates, but I suspect it will probably be in the Pit before long. Welcome to the fucking boards, Nine. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/15 "2006-03-15T18:22:06Z")
I think I’m out of my depth already. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/16 "2006-03-15T18:25:22Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > I’m new to this board, and it’s the first board I’ve ever been a member of that I’m allowed to say > > FUCK FUCK FUCK. > > (I hope I’m right about this, or I’m in trouble). You can even say “ass ass ass” as much as you want. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/17 "2006-03-15T18:25:36Z")
There is no prohibition against **swearing** in any Forum on the Straight Dope®. You may invoke the deity of your choice to confirm the accuracy of your statements in any post, (although it may cause other posters to laugh at you or consider you odd–it’s just a message board). There is also no prohibition against **profanity** , **vulgarity** , or **obscenity** in any Forum on the Straight Dope®, **provided** it is aimed at persons or objects who do **not** also post on the Straight Dope®. In other words, your language may reflect badly on you, but you are free to employ it in any Forum as long as you do not use it as an insult hurled at other posters. Insults are permitted only in [The BBQ Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=2&f=5) (where this thread originated, although it may find itself moved to [Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=2&f=4) if the **Pit** Mods are sufficiently irritated by it). We do frown on ethnic and racial slurs and a few other forms of disparaging language, but that matter is open to a certain amount of interpretation (and a lot of acrimony), so you are well advised to avoid it. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/18 "2006-03-15T18:26:40Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Permission to swear? Fuck no. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/19 "2006-03-15T19:03:22Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > I’m new to this board, and it’s the first board I’ve ever been a member of that I’m allowed to say > > FUCK FUCK FUCK. While swearing is _de rigeur_ here in the pit, it is not as common in the other fora found on the SDMB, although, as our kind moderator states above, it is allowed within certain guidelines. > [@FinnAgain](#): > > > [@NineToTheSky](#): > > > > Permission to swear? > > Fuck no. Well, that’s fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/20 "2006-03-15T19:11:58Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > You can’t say “fuck” in MPSIMS? Goddamn! Good thing I haven’t been shitting around in there since half past the monkey’s ass. I miss all them MPSIMSy bitches and cocksuckers, though. Fuck that shit, fucking assholes! Fucking dicks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475.md?page=2)