# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/21 "2006-03-15T19:12:01Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > 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. Hell, if I couldn’t swear in GQ and CS threads, I’d have about a third fewer posts. (Maybe half.) –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/22 "2006-03-15T19:13:09Z")
It’s really not the actual swearing that’s noticed so much, as it is the artful use of profanity. Just saying “fuck” means nothing. Something creatively used to express a belief, such as the following: "Those goat fucking ass munchers over at NBC can kiss my smelly, crusted ass if they think Will and Fucking Grace contains a shred of actual laughable humor. May they rot in the putrid bowels of an ass-raped, dead mule for laying this rotting shit-pile on the air for as long as they have. " - or- Something simple and direct like: “Fuck Bush”, which is always tres popular around here. ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/23 "2006-03-15T19:15:02Z")
Well, shit. If we’re all going to go on about that word, I’d like everyone to study [this scholarly discourse on the word “fuck”](http://www.sigg3.net/myself/fuck.html). ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/24 "2006-03-15T19:17:40Z")
Oh, and when you’re done reading that, there’s a one word essay due by Friday. PS – At the bottom of that page is a link to the audio version of the text. This is, in fact, much, much funnier than simply reading the text. In fact, I’d advise skipping the fucking text altogether and just listening to the audio. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/25 "2006-03-15T19:25:54Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > “gonads.” Great big hairy ones. You peeked! ---
**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:** [March 15, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/26 "2006-03-15T19:27:42Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > 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®. Are there a lot of objects posting to the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/27 "2006-03-15T19:32:12Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Are there a lot of objects posting to the SDMB? I consider a number of posters to be tools, so…yes. ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/28 "2006-03-15T19:42:36Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Are there a lot of objects posting to the SDMB? We’re just being careful regardless who or what posts here. We have enough trouble with posters weaseling on the rules without getting caught up in a discussion whether they were actually persons. ---
**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, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/29 "2006-03-15T19:44:58Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > We’re just being careful regardless who or what posts here. We have enough trouble with posters weaseling on the rules without getting caught up in a discussion whether they were actually persons. I thought you guys banned robots on sight? ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/30 "2006-03-15T19:46:54Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > “Fuck Bush”, which is always tres popular around here. That’s what it’s there for, right? Oh, you mean _George_ Bush! 🆒 –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/31 "2006-03-15T19:49:11Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Welcome to the fucking boards, Nine. This board is about fucking? Why didn’t anybody tell me sooner? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/32 "2006-03-15T19:55:31Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I thought you guys banned robots on sight? Fucking anti-robot bigots. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/33 "2006-03-15T20:07:53Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Are there a lot of objects posting to the SDMB? On the internet, no one knows if you’re a lampshade. ---
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/34 "2006-03-15T20:11:16Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I thought you guys banned robots on sight? Some of us even have robot insurance just in case the ban doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/35 "2006-03-15T20:11:25Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I thought you guys banned robots on sight? It trolls that are banned on sight, loose robots have theirs nuts tightened. And not a-fucking-nother fucking thread about fucking fuck? FUCK ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/36 "2006-03-15T20:23:21Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > It’s really not the actual swearing that’s noticed so much, as it is the artful use of profanity. Cunting straight. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/37 "2006-03-15T22:02:47Z")
Christ’s Cock in a Bucket! I have always wanted to say that… ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/38 "2006-03-15T22:19:46Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Are there a lot of objects posting to the SDMB? I’m an intelligent toaster that was abandoned in Dallas in '63. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/39 "2006-03-15T22:26:10Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’m an intelligent toaster that was abandoned in Dallas in '63. Damn clickers! Can’t keep their pincers off our human women! Makes me want to kick a vending machine! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475/40 "2006-03-15T22:26:39Z")
> [@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! > > 🙂 Did someone mention Cheney? What did the freaking evil bag of shit do this time? Did he give more no bids to Haliburton or shoot someone in the Balls? The man is pure friggan corruption. Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-swear/348475.md?page=3)