# Why the Shia LeBoeuf hype?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630 "2007-12-19T22:41:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630/41 "2007-12-20T19:46:51Z")

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I heard him once state that his first name translated to ‘Peace’, therefore his full name would be “Peace of Beef”.

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**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630/42 "2007-12-20T19:49:18Z")

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[QUOTE=MrSquishy]  
I hate his name. Shia TheBeef. Ugh.  
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Hey, watch it!

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630/43 "2007-12-20T20:34:11Z")

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After 3 movies and one X Files episode, I still find him annoying.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630/44 "2007-12-20T20:37:20Z")

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My sister used to have a crush on him back when he was on some kids’ show (can’t remember what it was called, don’t care) and I always made a point of politely informing her that he had a fuckin’ gay-ass name.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630/45 "2007-12-20T20:40:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Icarus]  
I heard him once state that his first name translated to ‘Peace’, therefore his full name would be “Peace of Beef”.  
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According to Wiki, Shia is Hebrew for “gift from God”.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630/46 "2007-12-20T20:48:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Liberal]  
According to Wiki, Shia is Hebrew for “gift from God”.  
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Take THAT, vegetarians!

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-shia-leboeuf-hype/430630/47 "2007-12-20T21:04:35Z")

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because we are closet pedophiles…

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