# Shut Up! Just Shut Up! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417 "2003-12-02T03:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/1 "2003-12-02T03:50:11Z")
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**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/2 "2003-12-02T04:04:23Z")
I think this is the first Paris Hilton thread I’ve seen. I must be hanging out in the right forums. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/3 "2003-12-02T04:05:06Z")
What? Did someone say something about Paris Hilton? Cause you know, she’s like, totally, _hawt_ right now! It’s so awesome how she gets famous just for going to parties and stuff, I _totally_ want to be like her when I grow up, and I bet she gets free hotel rooms too cause she’s, like, a Hilton and stuff. She’s _so_ totally cool and stuff, and I think that the whole entire world should be like her. She’s Barbie come to life. I’m not surprised that people are commenting. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/4 "2003-12-02T04:06:22Z")
What’s that about Paris Hilton? Did she do something? Man, she’s hot, kind of skanky, though. So what’s up with her? What did she do? Have you seen her new TV show? Did you know she’s dating Brian Urlacher? Come on let’s dish. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/5 "2003-12-02T04:12:27Z")
BTW, the last 2 links have nothing to do with Paris Hilton. I’d click on more, but the hamsters slowed down again. ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/6 "2003-12-02T04:19:14Z")
You know, if you didn’t want to read about her, you really shouldn’t do a search… Then again, I have to agree with the fact that the whole Paris Hilton thing is getting tiring and annoying. Also, if anyone feels compelled to say “If you don’t want to read it, don’t open it”, I don’t. It’s the thread titles that pop up everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/7 "2003-12-02T04:23:17Z")
What _did_ Paris Hilton do exactly to come out of obscurity all of the sudden? Anyone can go clubbing. She’s not particularly good looking. She claims she just wants to be known as “Paris” so as not to use the Hilton fame. :rolleyes: My question is serious. Why is she so popular all of the sudden? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/8 "2003-12-02T04:28:37Z")
Who the hell is Paris Hilton? Maybe I’ve been under the wrong rock, but I’ve never heard of her. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/9 "2003-12-02T04:30:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*What’s that about Paris Hilton? Did she do something? Man, she’s hot, kind of skanky, though. \*\* Kind of? Blecch! ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/10 "2003-12-02T04:47:59Z")
I hear she is in that new movie about the inventor of the 1920’s-style death ray. Costarring those damned dancing badgers. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/11 "2003-12-02T05:13:24Z")
I think if I went to Paris, I wouldn’t stay at no stinkin’ Hilton. Do they even have Motel 6 in France? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/12 "2003-12-02T08:24:23Z")
What kind of parents name their kid “Paris”??? ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/13 "2003-12-02T08:38:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*What kind of parents name their kid “Paris”??? \*\* Priam and Hecuba. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/14 "2003-12-02T08:39:07Z")
Must’ve been pissed off about a bad Trojan. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/15 "2003-12-02T08:41:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 'possum stalker \* > \*\*I hear she is in that new movie about the inventor of the 1920’s-style death ray. Costarring those damned dancing badgers. \*\* Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris! Hilton, Hilton! A skank, a skank, a skank, oooohhh it’s a skank!! ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/16 "2003-12-02T12:19:14Z")
DIJON! YOU, ME, OUTSIDE, PAINT THINNER, NOW! ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/17 "2003-12-02T14:04:25Z")
Who **is** this Paris Hilton person in the first place? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/18 "2003-12-02T14:18:42Z")
Ya know, maybe if I threw that paint thinner in your eyes, Gadfly, your problems with the Paris Hilton threads would dissolve. Sound like a reasonable solution? Contemptible Fucking Asshole. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/19 "2003-12-02T14:24:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*My question is serious. Why is she so popular all of the sudden? \*\* Some dude filmed himself and her fucking. They split up, the movie ended up on the internet. About 50% of spammers now want to sell me the movie, too. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417/20 "2003-12-02T14:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris! > > Hilton, Hilton! > > A skank, a skank, a skank, oooohhh it’s a skank!! (Insert obligatory comment about spraying keyboard with coffee here) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-just-shut-up/216417.md?page=2)