# Why so much use of "fuck" in thread titles? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 22, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482 "2000-07-22T20:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![speakeasy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@speakeasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/speakeasy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/21 "2000-07-23T18:56:51Z")
SO WHAT’S YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM??? ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/22 "2000-07-23T20:51:02Z")
I believe it started out being used so much for the shock value, and because people could use it without being called out on the board for it. I too agree that it’s mainly used because of limited volcabulary. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/23 "2000-07-23T21:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > I doubt that, say, a Shakespeare board starts out many of the posts in that way. No, most of the posts on the Shakespeare board start out “I NEED A PAPER DUE TOMORROW ON SKAKESPEARE AND THE CLASSICAL UNITIS AND I CAN’T EVEN FIND UNITIS IN THE DICTONARY HELP HELP!!!” Give me good old-fashioned cursing any day. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/24 "2000-07-23T22:36:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine \* > \*\*No, most of the posts on the Shakespeare board start out “I NEED A PAPER DUE TOMORROW ON SKAKESPEARE AND THE CLASSICAL UNITIS AND I CAN’T EVEN FIND UNITIS IN THE DICTONARY HELP HELP!!!” > \*\* “Infected be the air whereon they ride; And damn’d all those that trust them!” Macbeth (The Scottish play), Act 4, Scene i ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/25 "2000-07-23T23:18:40Z")
Diane said: > [@](#): > > Oh God yes David!!! Be careful how you say that in a thread about "fuck"ing. 😉 Ultress said: > [@](#): > > I believe it started out being used so much for the shock value Yup, probably. These folks don’t realize that the problem is that if _everybody_ uses the word for shock value, it no longer becomes shocking – just mindless. I mean, if somebody fucking uses “fuck” as fucking every fucking other fucking word, it’s fucking meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/26 "2000-07-23T23:25:37Z")
> [@](#): > > if somebody fucking uses “fuck” as fucking every fucking other fucking word, it’s fucking meaningless. Hey guy, I think you missed a few "fuck"s in there. \* Twice \* you have two non-"fuck"s in a row. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/27 "2000-07-24T01:07:10Z")
Don’t say “Fuck.” Fuck is the worst word that you could say. Instead just say “M’kay?” ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/28 "2000-07-25T12:14:35Z")
“Fucking m’kay”? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/29 "2000-07-25T13:13:24Z")
I suggest that people substitute the word “Poot”. It’s got that earthy, monosyllabic quality of all good swear words and hardly used at all. (From memory, from a Discworld book by Terry Pratchett: “Poot!” said Ridcully, experimentally “Poot poot, poot-itty poot! Poot!” He paused. “No, I’m afraid it’s not the same thing at all.”) Fenris ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/30 "2000-10-28T21:10:38Z")
In a book titled _Wipeouts!,_ by Al Boliska, the author includes a squelch that should say it all about people who feel compelled to add four-letter words to the threads they post: “Your vocabulary is mean and impoverished, but quite adequate to express your thoughts.” This is sort of like taking a golf club and golf ball into your bathroom, stripping naked, and hitting the ball as hard as possible with the club. There is no way to avoid getting hit hard with the ball once it ricochets at you off a tile wall. Similarly, use of expletives bounces back on the user, demeaning him/her in the eyes of others–expecially reckless when it involves the Teeming Millions. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/31 "2000-10-28T21:24:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Myrr21 \* > \*\*Now, “wicked” (in the New England sense), \* that’s \* a word that you can use as damn near any part of the English language. \*\* Bull FUCKING shit. “Wicked” is only acceptable as a replacement for the word “very.” Nowhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/32 "2000-10-29T02:49:33Z")
I say fuck alot when I’m in a VERY bad mood. Every fucking word fucking out of my fucking mouth is fucking fuck! ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/33 "2000-10-29T02:58:08Z")
From the sublime to the ridiculous: the George Carlin forbidden words list pretty much sums it up, but there could be a psycho/socio/political explanation, too. Them that don’t talk about it most. Veb P.S. For the irony-impaired, the pompous label was deliberate and intended as a _joke_. As in, those who get their ashes blissfully hauled on a regular basis use the f\*\*k word with gratitude and fond memory. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/34 "2000-10-29T06:08:01Z")
Well since I happen to be responsible, No! WAIT it wasnt my fault, it was hers. Anyways, I will forgoe the use of the word fuck for the next week, instead, I will use everyones favorite visuall image MUNGING!! That will teach you David B. Now every post of mine you read will conjure a tasty(eew) visual for ya! HAHA ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/35 "2000-10-29T09:19:27Z")
Fnord, you fecal-brained pool of rancid semen, “munging” is **MY** pet word. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/36 "2000-10-29T16:43:09Z")
Alright, you can have it, just so long as you dont _DO_ it to any of your pets. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/37 "2000-10-30T02:23:08Z")
Allow me a stupid question… What the **fuck** is MUNGE? ---
**Author:** ![tramtwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@tramtwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramtwo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/38 "2000-10-30T02:36:22Z")
**F** or **U** tterly **C** hildish **K** ooks ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/39 "2000-10-30T05:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Allow me a stupid question… > What the **fuck** is MUNGE? > \*\* You dont want to know, trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Pink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@Pink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pink)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482/40 "2000-10-30T05:56:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by David B \* > \*\*Do we have a bunch of folks who aren’t clever enough to use any other word besides “fuck”? I mean, as I’m typing this, 7 of the top 11 threads here in the Pit have a form of “fuck” in the title. It just looks pretty silly. \*\* It’s not a matter of cleverness, it’s a lack of maturity. The first time for everything is fun. Just let them do it. They shock themselves and no one else, so where’s the harm? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-use-of-fuck-in-thread-titles/26482.md?page=3)