It's not meant to mean taking a literal piece of shit. "A shit" in this context means the entire act. Take a break, take a shit, take piss, etc., refer to doing the act.
Or in other words “shit” is a verb here being used a diminutive of the act which is the noun. Like when you take a run, or take a ride, take a walk, or take a hike.
That's the bizarre thing about English. Maybe native English speakers don't really think about it, but as someone looking at this mess from the outside, I can tell you that it's really nice when verbs and nouns are distinct.
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drkt@scribe.disroot.org · 55 pts · 353d
I don't give a shit
AmidFuror@fedia.io · 12 pts · 353d
We don't have to take any shit from you here.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 352d
Take a shit, leave a shit
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d
Worst gas station counter ever
AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 352d
Does your shit have glitter in it?
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 353d
Same here. I just abandon it instead of taking, giving or whatever it is that some people do.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 352d
^this guy is just holding shit!
subignition@fedia.io · 38 pts · 353d
Take ~= have ~= do
Take a break == have a break, but a break isn't a tangible thing, so this is shorthand for "do the actions required to constitute a break"
null@lemmy.nullspace.lol · 8 pts · 352d
I don't want to have a shit, either -- I'm trying to get rid of the dang thing!
subignition@fedia.io · 1 pts · 352d
Then this is one verb you should definitely not noun
mental_block@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 352d
I see that.. but I would argue breaks can be given. Therefore one can take a break.
Break being almost a non continuation of something. There are two beings involved. And as you point out, you can also perform action consume a break.
Taking a poop is slightly different because one is giving an offering. Although one can consume poop too but I guess it's a different frame.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 352d
Tons of people give a shit tho
mental_block@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 352d
Correct, but a different context than OP's framing.
Some leave a shit, some give a shit. Can you give a shit by giving a shit? Hmm. Possible maybe under special circumstances.
Don't mind me, these are poopy thoughts.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 352d
I'm just giving you shit
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 18 pts · 353d
Chinese people say pull a poop, and I think that's beautiful.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 352d
Oooo new debate: push vs pull
Devadander@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 352d
Reminds me of the ASL sign for it
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 351d
I like ESL wording of "make poop/shit"
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 17 pts · 352d
It's not meant to mean taking a literal piece of shit. "A shit" in this context means the entire act. Take a break, take a shit, take piss, etc., refer to doing the act.
invertedspear@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 351d
Or in other words “shit” is a verb here being used a diminutive of the act which is the noun. Like when you take a run, or take a ride, take a walk, or take a hike.
skeezix@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 353d
Someone’s been listening to George Carlin.
Glowstick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d
I actually haven't heard much of his stuff. Does he do a bit on this?
skeezix@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 353d
https://youtu.be/fxyw38tODKg
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 13 pts · 352d
"I'm going to take a shit."
"Well don't take any of mine! I'm saving those for later!"
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 353d
Someone here has never cleaned out a litterbox.
Devadander@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 352d
You call that ‘faking a shit’?
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 352d
Shit as a verb, not a noun.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 352d
That's the bizarre thing about English. Maybe native English speakers don't really think about it, but as someone looking at this mess from the outside, I can tell you that it's really nice when verbs and nouns are distinct.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 353d
You also take a shower
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 353d
Take a bow after a performance.
nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev · 3 pts · 353d
Going to the bathroom to leave a shower
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 353d
Taking a shower's worth of water out of the water heater.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 353d
Technically only true if you're maxxed out on the hot, usually the hot is mixed with the cold water supply.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 352d
You've never "taken a break" or "taken a time-out" or "taken a nap"?
It's not like "taking a X" is a foreign construct.
lauha@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 352d
I take a break, a nap and a time out because Inwant those things for myself. I don't want shit.
FantasmaNaCasca@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 352d
benni@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 352d
So what do you think happens to all the shit you leave around? Someone's gotta take it.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 352d
Sure. But it's not you.
Wait... is... is it you?
benni@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 352d
That's irrelevant. But if someone leaves it, someone else will have to take it, is what I'm saying. Like in general.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 351d
Oh... Oh, no. Lol!!
benni@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d
I don't know what kinds of allegations you're trying to insinuate here. This isn't about me anyway.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 351d
Not insinuating. I would never insinuate such things. I'm implying, maybe inferring, but certainly not insinuating.
Imhotep@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d
mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 352d
English is the shit we keep taking
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 6 pts · 353d
I'm going to have a shit. Which doesn't sound quite right either when you look at it that way.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 4 pts · 353d
At least in New Zealand that usage would not be that uncommon
Jollyllama@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 352d
I once told a version of this at a stand up open mic, it did very well.
Codpiece@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 352d
Give birth to otters
Growing a smelly tail
Etc
Heliumfart@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 352d
Hanging a rat
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 352d
Taking the Cleaveland Browns to the Superbowl.
johsny@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 352d
Dropping the kids off at the pool.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 353d
Sir, I believe you left this behind.
Under the restaurant table.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 352d
Hey im leaving a shit right now!
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 351d
Ich scheisse.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 351d
Make a shit
IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d
I dunno. Maybe it’s not called shit when it’s still inside you? Like a magma/lava situation?
58008@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 352d
I gift a riverboat to the otter people in exchange for splashy kisses on my cheeks.
bampop@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d
Dropping the kids off at the pool
FuckFascism@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 352d
squaresinger@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 352d
That is what every dog owner should be forced to do who doesn't clean up their dog's shit.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 353d
ISMO | I Didn't Know Sh*t
Etterra@discuss.online · 3 pts · 351d
100% original realization, way to think of it.
RattlerSix@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 351d
One man's "leave a shit" is another man's "take a treasure"
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 353d
Take a shit break.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 352d
Beavis, referring to Andy Rooney on Sixty Minutes: “and another thing. Why do they call it taking a dump? I’m not taking it anywhere!”
Found the clip: https://youtu.be/Wf9QkrC04d8
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 3 pts · 352d
I run into the stall, push the people off the toilet and jam it into my own ass while it’s still warm.
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 352d
This comment, officer, this one right here.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 352d
Today, in things that make more sense if you're a Red Dwarf fan ... https://youtube.com/watch?v=36xSrKhCojw
jet@hackertalks.com · 3 pts · 352d
I came here to post exactly this. Well done
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 353d
I bag it up to throw at politicians and CEO’s.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 352d
Thanks Seinfeld
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 0 pts · 352d
Seinfeld isn't that funny. This was a Carlin joke.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 352d
I'm just going to pray this was sarcastic
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 0 pts · 352d
I wasn't, fuck Jerry Seinfeld. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxyw38tODKg
Sidhean@piefed.social · 2 pts · 351d
Tru. Im gonna go with "commencing shit" from now on
IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d
bampop@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d
Don't start no shit, won't be no shit
5in1k@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 353d
Short for take a break to shit.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 353d
Your doing it wrong. You gotta own that shit!
Alatarius@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 353d
Where'd you leave it this time? Last time the kids didn't find it til Easter.
UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 352d
It's like having a nice lunch. Take can often just mean do like 'take a break'
altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 352d
Take a shit...break?
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d
I prefer the phrases "imma go shake a tit"
Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 351d
Psssh. Beat it, chick. I’m taken.
::: spoiler spoiler Taken a shit. :::
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 352d
if its BROWN let it mellow.
Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 352d
Someone here has never experienced the joys of a public bathroom
I will not elaborate.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 352d
Eh