# Who gives a shit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879 "2011-08-08T00:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/1 "2011-08-08T00:17:38Z")
Alot of people around here really seem to give a shit. I don’t. If you do specify. If I did I guess it would be ape shit. ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/2 "2011-08-08T00:31:20Z")
I usually leave a shit. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/3 "2011-08-08T00:38:12Z")
I can’t honestly say I’ve ever tried to give a shit. How do you even bring it up in conversation? Or maybe it’s for those Christmas gift exchanges? -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/4 "2011-08-08T00:52:26Z")
I’m pretty sick of people who give a shit, particularly when they’re trying to give it to me. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/5 "2011-08-08T01:42:39Z")
I give a shit. What I don’t give, most of the time, is a rat’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/6 "2011-08-08T01:45:46Z")
This is why we miss George Carlin. ---
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/7 "2011-08-08T02:18:12Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I give a shit. > > What I don’t give, most of the time, is a rat’s ass. I had a rats ass once traded it for witches tit. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/8 "2011-08-08T02:40:16Z")
> [@Mewl\_Dear](#): > > I had a rats ass once traded it for witches tit. That’s cold. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/9 "2011-08-08T03:51:57Z")
It may be that thou givest not a shit, but shit may yet be given unto thee; yea, even heaped. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/10 "2011-08-08T04:28:21Z")
I give a shit about a lot of things (one of the things I give a shit about is people who write it “alot” instead of “a lot”). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/11 "2011-08-08T04:38:08Z")
The problem I have is picking out just the right shit. My wife’s pretty picky about her shit. I never know what what shit is fashionable these days or if I need to coordinate it with her other shit. I wish I was better at it but I usually end up giving her a gift certificate so she can just go get the shit she wants. It’s not very romantic but at least I know I won’t be giving her shit she doesn’t want. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/12 "2011-08-08T04:48:45Z")
I be givin’ you _lotsa_ shit. I just ain’t takin’ no shit. Unless I be shit-faced. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/13 "2011-08-08T05:20:40Z")
I give some shit if my doc asks me to. ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/14 "2011-08-08T05:57:34Z")
I think I can define my experience on this board in terms of the difference between giving and not giving a shit. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/15 "2011-08-08T07:11:58Z")
Have you ever noticed that your shit is always “stuff,” but the other guy’s stuff is always “shit?” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/16 "2011-08-08T09:31:23Z")
> [@Mewl\_Dear](#): > > Alot of people around here really seem to give a shit. I don’t. If you do specify. If I did I guess it would be ape shit. I hoard my ape shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/17 "2011-08-08T13:01:31Z")
Didn’t you give a shit, at least enough to start this thread? ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/18 "2011-08-08T13:42:59Z")
Even my dog gives a shit but my neighbors never thank me. I don’t know why I bother. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/19 "2011-08-08T13:50:36Z")
Usually I don’t give a shit. Sometimes I do. I’d say I give a shit about a minimal number of things a minority of the time. ETA: Rat’s asses? Don’t get me started. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/20 "2011-08-08T13:55:22Z")
The people who don’t give a Rat’s Ass, nor a Witch’s Tit, probably won’t give a Flying Fig either. Various neighbors around us have Angus cows, Longhorn cows, and Percheron horses … they all give abundantly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879.md?page=2)