# The movie "Fight Club" (May contain spoiler) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340 "2013-01-16T00:55:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheCrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/1 "2013-01-16T00:55:06Z")
Hello, Why was the rule number 1 repeated two times: 1-) You do not talk about Fight Club 2-) You do not talk about Fight Club … Thanks for explaining! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/2 "2013-01-16T00:56:20Z")
You do not talk about Fight Club. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/3 "2013-01-16T01:06:54Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > You do not talk about Fight Club. ^THIS! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/4 "2013-01-16T01:07:15Z")
To emphasize that it’s a Very Important Rule. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/5 "2013-01-16T01:07:57Z")
Em-pha-sisssss! ---
**Author:** ![TheCrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/6 "2013-01-16T01:19:40Z")
Thanks. I though there could be a deeper reason. I must stop believing people have intention within intention within intention within intention within intention. ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/7 "2013-01-16T01:25:52Z")
Also, and more literally, it originally appeared in the list of rules in the novel by Chuck Palahniuk ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/8 "2013-01-16T01:46:59Z")
> [@TheCrow](#): > > 1-) You do not talk about Fight Club > 2-) You do not talk about Fight Club 3-) Hi Opal! ---
**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:** [January 16, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/9 "2013-01-16T01:51:51Z")
No poofters! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/10 "2013-01-16T02:04:37Z")
What are the three most important factors in a successful business? Location, location, location. Harold Samuel (attrib. ) Get it? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/11 "2013-01-16T02:17:24Z")
The growth of fight club, and its independent cells, _depends_ on people talking about fight club. But talking about it secretively, with nudges and winks, enhances the exclusivity and thus attractiveness of the club. If people felt free to talk about it openly then it wouldn’t be such a popular club. Hence the rule. Hence the repetition (I’m serious - don’t talk about it!). And hence the zero enforcement of the rule. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/12 "2013-01-16T02:35:33Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Hence the rule. Hence the repetition (I’m serious - don’t talk about it!). And hence the zero enforcement of the rule. I wouldn’t say zero, after all they tried to castrate Ed Norton (Did his character have a name? I can’t remember.) when he talked to the police, so it’s more about not talking about it to the wrong people. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/13 "2013-01-16T04:54:43Z")
It’s a, I say, it’s a _joke_, son. ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/14 "2013-01-16T13:39:22Z")
BTW… one of if not THE best movie I have ever seen. Unique, well acted, great plot, funny and dark. Such a gem and worth watching many times over. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/15 "2013-01-16T13:42:29Z")
Do NOT post in a Thread about Fight Club! ETA: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/16 "2013-01-16T14:54:23Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Do NOT post in a Thread about Fight Club! If this is your first thread about Fight Club, you HAVE to post. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/17 "2013-01-16T15:25:27Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > I wouldn’t say zero, after all they tried to castrate Ed Norton ( **Did his character have a name? I can’t remember**.) when he talked to the police, so it’s more about not talking about it to the wrong people. No, he didn’t. He was simply the narrator in the book, if memory serves. In the movie I _think_ the credits list him as ‘jack’, but that’s probably because in the movie he reads through a bunch of books about ‘jacks…’ (various body parts). ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/18 "2013-01-16T15:31:30Z")
> [@TheCrow](#): > > Hello, > > Why was the rule number 1 repeated two times: > > 1-) You do not talk about Fight Club > 2-) You do not talk about Fight Club > . Actually, it’s: 1. You do not talk about Fight Club. 2. You _ **DO - NOT - TALK - ABOUT - FIGHT - CLUB!!!** _ Usually, when someone includes something in a list twice, it is followed by, “Yes, I know I already said it, but I want to make sure that they really mean this one.” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/19 "2013-01-16T15:56:57Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > 3-) Hi Opal! That’s only for a list with only two items. We all know that the 3rd rule of Fight Club is… If someone says “stop” or goes limp, taps out the fight is over. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/20 "2013-01-16T16:20:30Z")
How about writing about fight club? Can you write about fight club? And how about texting or tweeting? Nobody said no tweeting about fight club. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340.md?page=2)