# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dasmegabyte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@dasmegabyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmegabyte)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/61 "2011-08-12T04:53:00Z")
I find that every time I care about a complex topic, it helps immensely to ponder it on the toilet. Thus I have developed a “give a shit, take a shit” policy. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/62 "2011-08-12T05:02:51Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Also, honey badgers apparently [don’t give a shit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg) either. Haha… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/63 "2011-08-12T06:05:41Z")
George Carlin: “I don’t take no shit and I don’t give a shit. If I gave a shit, then I would have to pack shit, but I don’t pack no shit, so I don’t give a shit!” It’s important in life if you don’t give a shit. It can help you a lot." — George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/64 "2011-08-12T07:46:59Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Aw, I came into this thread expecting to see something about dropping kids off at the pool, am really disappointed in you, Autolycus. ☹ Who gives a shit? ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/65 "2011-08-12T12:01:07Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/66 "2011-08-12T12:08:14Z")
Just wanted to add that this thread title is the greatest ever for squelching the previous thread title. Right now, for example, it’s sitting right underneath “Scuba Ben Gets Married!”–the juxtaposition is very funny, and it works with almost anything. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/67 "2011-08-12T12:13:02Z")
Earlier, I spotted it underneath “Evidence of a historical Jesus Christ” and before that “Why Can’t We fly?” Works with almost anything, really. ---
**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 12, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/68 "2011-08-12T12:17:18Z")
> [@dasmegabyte](#): > > I find that every time I care about a complex topic, it helps immensely to ponder it on the toilet. > > Thus I have developed a “give a shit, take a shit” policy. I hope this doesn’t replace the “give a penny, take a penny” policy at the Circle K. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/69 "2011-08-12T22:53:14Z")
Just another example of “Shit About Which I Will Not Give”. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/70 "2011-08-13T17:41:54Z")
(TMI ) I give a shit - right now for instance. Thanks to the miracle of mobile internet devices. And fiber. ---
**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 13, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/71 "2011-08-13T17:55:03Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Just wanted to add that this thread title is the greatest ever for squelching the previous thread title. Right now, for example, it’s sitting right underneath “Scuba Ben Gets Married!”–the juxtaposition is very funny, and it works with almost anything. Hadn’t thought of that. Off to sequential threads. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/72 "2011-08-14T04:29:19Z")
Hey! I have some shit to give! Wait a sec, it’s over here on the top shelf…just a sec… Huh. Whaddaya know. It’s actually shinola. Never noticed that before. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_Saxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@Frank\_Saxon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_Saxon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/73 "2011-08-17T04:33:40Z")
I already gave a shit at the office. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/74 "2011-08-17T06:29:58Z")
I have not yet decided whether or not to give a shit - but i do have a box of crap I will take to Goodwill or someplace. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/75 "2011-08-17T06:43:15Z")
> [@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. If it’s really GREAT shit, I’ll take some. Gotta be really really great tho. ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/76 "2011-08-17T08:32:21Z")
> [@](#): > > BF Deal … ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/77 "2011-08-17T14:17:31Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > George Carlin: “I don’t take no shit and I don’t give a shit. If I gave a shit, then I would have to pack shit, but I don’t pack no shit, so I don’t give a shit!” > > It’s important in life if you don’t give a shit. It can help you a lot." > — George Carlin You don’t give a shit. You don’t even take a shit. [You leave a shit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2_yXUr-YMY). ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/78 "2011-08-18T11:03:59Z")
One of my favorite sayings, that I’ve always wanted on a bumper sticker: “I don’t take shit; I don’t give shit; I am not in the shit business.” ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879/79 "2011-08-19T03:25:58Z")
“There’s so much horseshit here that there has to be a pony around somewhere!” Oh, and shit does flow uphill - if there’s enough pressure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879.md?page=3)