# Would it be acceptable to do a "Fuck, Marry, Kill" Thread Game? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 19, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320 "2022-03-19T01:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/1 "2022-03-19T01:06:37Z")
The gist of the game is that one person gives three people, and the next person has to decide which one they’d fuck, which one they’d marry, and which one they’d kill. I can see problems with it in that it reduces people to sex objects and you’re not supposed to talk about committing violence against real people. It’s kind of a fun pastime, though, but I’m wondering if it’s too low-brow for the Dope or if it runs afoul of any rules. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/2 "2022-03-19T01:11:01Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that this will not go over well. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/3 "2022-03-19T01:11:55Z")
I don’t like the game for the way it objectifies people, and I also don’t like it because it’s unclear if you also get to fuck the person you marry. I’ve genuinely seen it argued either way and I feel like on this board we should try to limit ourselves to wholly unambiguous games. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/4 "2022-03-19T01:15:13Z")
You’re right; bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/5 "2022-03-19T01:25:49Z")
And I’ll admit to being disappointed that, because this will be a non-starter, I will not have the opportunity to submit the Three Stooges for consideration. mmm ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/6 "2022-03-19T01:51:25Z")
I agree that the game is not only not board-legal from the get go, even if it is allowed under the rules, would almost certainly descend into Pit-type behavior quickly. Brainstorming, how about transmuting the conditions to: Fuck becomes you get to spend one perfect day with the person Marry becomes the person becomes your BFF Kill becomes all mention of the person disappears from public view and you never see or hear anything about them for the rest of your life. Of course, it’s hard to come up with good single syllable trenchant terms for the substitutions, so there’s that… ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/7 "2022-03-19T02:21:39Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > all mention of the person disappears from public view and you never see or hear anything about them for the rest of your life. I could suggest a term for that one, actually, based on the jargon used by the international development crowd that I used to work with. We used to say that someone was “PNG’ed” if they were banished from participating in/being considered for various projects or activities. The PNG stands for _persona non grata._ ETA: no need for the extra letters making it into a past tense verb, I guess. Just “…or PNG?” would do. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/8 "2022-03-19T04:46:44Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Of course, it’s hard to come up with good single syllable trenchant terms for the substitutions, so there’s that… Bliss, Befriend, Banish Ok, more than one syllable but so is “marry” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/9 "2022-03-19T04:50:24Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > > [@peccavi](#): > > > > Of course, it’s hard to come up with good single syllable trenchant terms for the substitutions, so there’s that… > > Bliss, Befriend, Banish > > Ok, more than one syllable but so is “marry” I like the last two, but I wonder if there’s a better word for the first one. “Bliss” does not conjure in my head the idea of having the perfect hangout with someone for a day. And it would be good if the options were nearly self-explanatory, like the original. (And, yes, I do believe you did fuck the person you married. It’s just that you had to also live with them, so the “fuck” could be someone didn’t like too much or would get annoyed by, but thought was hot. ) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/10 "2022-03-19T04:52:12Z")
I don’t disagree but, hey, it’s nearly midnight here. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/11 "2022-03-19T05:48:44Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Of course, it’s hard to come up with good single syllable trenchant terms for the substitutions, so there’s that… There is already a PG version of the game, or at least I have a vague memory of a tv show or something with kids playing the game. (Maybe Modern Family, with Phil naming it with absurdly cutesy words.) I remember it was kiss instead of fuck, but I can’t remember the other two. Maybe Google knows… Not much help. I think marry becomes cuddle. Kill changes to the equivalent of a smack, but I can’t think of a good alliteration for it. Although I suppose Kiss, Cuddle, Kill technically works. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/12 "2022-03-19T07:50:26Z")
I’ve also seen this as “Shag, Marry, Avoid” which at least gets rid of the problematic killing part. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/13 "2022-03-19T12:13:16Z")
This would not be allowed. For all the obvious reasons. Just the title of this thread seem problematic. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/14 "2022-03-19T14:43:27Z")
Yeah, it can be a fun game, but “kill” certainly violates board rules, and “fuck” runs a pretty high risk of sexually objectifying politicians and such. The bliss, befriend, banish version might possibly work, though. I assume this would live in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/15 "2022-03-19T14:45:45Z")
How about a “fuck, marry, kill thread” thread game? Fuck: Does anyone remember the alternate ending of Big Marry: Today in Nature I saw Kill: (Well, I had a thought for this one, but I’m going to hold it back) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/16 "2022-03-19T14:48:04Z")
Oh, right, this would live in thread games. I back out, not my forum. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/17 "2022-03-19T15:37:58Z")
It would and should be thread games. The bliss, befriend, banish version could in theory work, but I still worry about the misogyny and objectification that is certain to follow. Which we are suppose to mod. I really don’t think it would work. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/18 "2022-03-19T15:44:57Z")
I agree too harsh. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > And I’ll admit to being disappointed that, because this will be a non-starter, I will not have the opportunity to submit the Three Stooges for consideration. Just for fun I tried, ~~removed~~ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/19 "2022-03-19T15:46:49Z")
**Modnote** : No, you are not bypassing the rules to play it in ATMB. I will send your post into the cornfield instead. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320/20 "2022-03-19T15:54:00Z")
Sorry went down a 3 stooges rabbit hole. Wasn’t looking for a loop hole [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320.md?page=2)