# Hank Williams: Greatest Songwriter/Shittiest Human Being of All Time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-williams-greatest-songwriter-shittiest-human-being-of-all-time/528170>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 8, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-williams-greatest-songwriter-shittiest-human-being-of-all-time/528170 "2010-02-08T18:35:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-williams-greatest-songwriter-shittiest-human-being-of-all-time/528170/61 "2010-02-11T02:15:39Z")

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> [@Quasimodem](#):
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> Ummmm. You _were_ being sarcastic here, right?  
> 🙂  
> If not, please provide a cite.

Sorry, but I’m not quite sure how to cite a personal hypothetical.😉

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-williams-greatest-songwriter-shittiest-human-being-of-all-time/528170/62 "2010-02-11T02:49:06Z")

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Jesus.

I need concrete. I can no longer deal with abstract.

Give me a break, here, okay?

And if you’re toying with me?

I don’t need this shit.

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-williams-greatest-songwriter-shittiest-human-being-of-all-time/528170/63 "2010-02-11T16:24:12Z")

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> [@pepperlandgirl](#):
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> I don’t know if he his, but I will. Without reservation. People who do shitty things are, in fact, shitty people.

Yup. Shitty is as shitty does.

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**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-williams-greatest-songwriter-shittiest-human-being-of-all-time/528170/64 "2010-02-11T20:46:15Z")

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> [@Quasimodem](#):
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> I need concrete. I can no longer deal with abstract.

He made it up out of thin air. Dolly Parton has never done anything like that, or ever been alleged to have done anything like that.

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