# Heres my 0.2c Lute Skywatcher **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 15, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018 "2012-05-15T20:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/81 "2012-05-16T02:46:18Z")
So now it will be more difficult for someone in actual need to ask for help. Congrats **Lute**. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/82 "2012-05-16T02:56:21Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > FTR, I am a little fucked in the head and the thread was going to be closed anyway. Got the notice four hours earlier. I am sorry to hear about your mental illness and I sincerely hope you feel better soon. But **fuck you** for bringing it up in this thread to deflect criticism from your asking people for money for a luxury item so you don’t have to tap into “one of” your retirement accounts. ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/83 "2012-05-16T03:08:08Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > FTR, I am a little fucked in the head and the thread was going to be closed anyway. Got the notice four hours earlier. You should maybe revisit the whole “I don’t need to be medicated” idea. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/84 "2012-05-16T03:10:01Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > FTR, I am a little fucked in the head and the thread was going to be closed anyway. Got the notice four hours earlier. I’m sorry that you have that illness, I suffer from bipolar disorder pretty badly myself, so I think I’m every bit as qualified as you to say whether this was a good idea or not. I’ve done two psych ward stays in the past month and half, I’ve been on meds for over a decade, I have had suicidal thoughts for a long time and I can’t sure for certain that I’ve seen the last of them, and I have the manic insanity to boot. Not to mention that I am a good deal more strapped for cash right now than you are. And you know something? I still wouldn’t have ever dreamed in a million years of pulling something like this. I’m not saying you’re a scammer (if you were you’d be the most incompetent one I’d ever seen), and I don’t think you’re just a scumbag looking for a free handout. I do think, if what you posted there is true, that your mental problems are severely affecting your judgment and that you need to seek some serious psychiatric help for them. That would be an infinitely better use of your money than keeping your rabbit cool. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/85 "2012-05-16T03:14:38Z")
My dysthymia is outraged. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/86 "2012-05-16T03:16:28Z")
My first reaction to the original thread was “This dude wants money, has a sob story, and is gonna get some cash from sympathetic Dopers”. I thought the thread would drop like a rock due to the lack of any real hardship going on. That did not happen. If I ever exhausted my own resources (savings, retirement, personal loans, piggy bank, stealing from children) and still had an overwhelming financial hurdle to overcome, I’d ask for advice or maybe compensated assistance, but not cash. To quote **Sierra Indigo** “Begging for cash when you’ve got other resources is absolutely shameful and an abuse of the good nature of people who want to help.” That sums up my thoughts pretty well. The guy does have a fucked up priority list when soliciting cash from an online group of caring individuals comes before buying a $10 fan to keep his pets alive. Perhaps sell something from “a few thousand dollars’ worth of electronics, some of which are on loan from my employer.” You really Pariah’d yourself good. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/87 "2012-05-16T03:18:30Z")
I started at like wtf then I was like omfg I’m pissed is he for real then I’m totally like lmfao at the replies to now I’m like OK dudes let’s just chill out. Kind of dumb request…an apology would have most people back on your side I think. I’m sure linking to your mental illness was an attempt at an explanation, it just didn’t come across that way. Give it another shot. Best of luck. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/88 "2012-05-16T03:22:50Z")
> [@I\_Know\_Nothing](#): > > I started at like wtf > > then I was like omfg I’m pissed is he for real > > then I’m totally like lmfao at the replies > > to now I’m like OK dudes let’s just chill out. > Kind of dumb request…an apology would have most people back on your side I think. I’m sure linking to your mental illness was an attempt at an explanation, it just didn’t come across that way. Give it another shot. Best of luck. ROTFLMAO **Lute** , just relax and take it easy for the night. Everything will be better tomorrow. Few will remember any of this days from now. When I step in it real good, I just try to think of it as a lesson learned. We live and we learn, as an old boss of mine used to say. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/89 "2012-05-16T03:26:23Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Recreational outrage would be complaining here about someone mooching on SomethingAwful. If only we could buy Lute a **big red custom title** , after this bullshit. Hell, I’d pay at least $30 to ensure nobody ever forgot about it. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/90 "2012-05-16T04:04:13Z")
I would’ve given, but then I saw how he maybe had money and didn’t want to touch it. That made me feel like a dipshit. I have little in extra funds and I’d always do that first. I do know what it’s like to not have a/c. Some people are more sensitive than others. I am. My a/c kept breaking last summer before they finally replaced it and there were times where it climbed to 90 degrees in here (with fans and etc) and our living room faces west. We would have to leave to the mall just so we wouldn’t sweat and pant. I just hate the heat. I’m a baby. I admit it. My kid also has asthma and was miserable. Liveable, but really killed the summer. I was exhausted, felt sticky, couldn’t stay cool, couldn’t sleep well, didn’t want to drink enough water. Ugh. \ So I was all ready to donate and now I know he doesn’t need it (maybe never really did) and it makes me sad. Am I that easy of a target? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/91 "2012-05-16T04:39:59Z")
When they took my hamster’s air conditioner away, I said nothing. Then they took my rabbit’s air conditioner away, and still I said nothing. Oops, I didn’t! I bitched and moaned about sweaty rodents. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/92 "2012-05-16T04:42:10Z")
Rabbits aren’t rodents. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/93 "2012-05-16T04:45:29Z")
> [@Farmer\_Jane](#): > > Am I that easy of a target? Don’t, okay? A name change doesn’t erase everyone’s memory. Let’s not even pretend you’re a naive girl who doesn’t know how the internet works. You know, it’s been documented. Also, don’t take this moment of infamy from **Lute**. You had yours. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/94 "2012-05-16T04:51:32Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Don’t, okay? A name change doesn’t erase everyone’s memory. Let’s not even pretend you’re a naive girl who doesn’t know how the internet works. You know, it’s been documented. > > Also, don’t take this moment of infamy from **Lute**. You had yours. I’ve never asked for money on the Dope, nor have I taken it when offered. It’s been documented. If you think something’s wrong with me because I’m generous, well, okay then. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/95 "2012-05-16T05:00:32Z")
So I’ve spent the past few hours squatting in the mud by the mailbox. Did I receive any checks to relieve my lack of hookers and blow… err, I mean tax problems? I did not. You pack of unspeakable bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/96 "2012-05-16T05:03:26Z")
> [@Farmer\_Jane](#): > > I’ve never asked for money on the Dope, nor have I taken it when offered. It’s been documented. If you think something’s wrong with me because I’m generous, well, okay then. I think there’s plenty wrong with you, but don’t think I’m labeling you generous. Reread what I wrote. Now, I’m done with you. ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/97 "2012-05-16T05:27:59Z")
> [@Farmer\_Jane](#): > > I’ve never asked for money on the Dope, nor have I taken it when offered. It’s been documented. If you think something’s wrong with me because I’m generous, well, okay then. O…M…G:eek: O…M…G:( ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/98 "2012-05-16T05:35:48Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > I think there’s plenty wrong with you, but don’t think I’m labeling you generous. Reread what I wrote. Now, I’m done with you. Someone care to fill me in on what this whole **Farmer Jane** thing’s about? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/99 "2012-05-16T05:38:28Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > So I’ve spent the past few hours squatting in the mud by the mailbox. > > Did I receive any checks to relieve my lack of hookers and blow… err, I mean tax problems? I did not. > > You pack of unspeakable bastards. I resent that. I will have you know that I am a very, very _speakable_ bastard. People are constantly saying to me, “Monkey, I have to speak up. You’re a bastard” or “We need to speak about you being a bastard”, or “Jesus, monkey, every time you speak you become more and more of a bastard” “Unspeakable” bastard? Sir, I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/100 "2012-05-16T05:41:38Z")
\ Anybody have popcorn? ( **Astroboy14** , I was going to head out to pop a check in the mail, but my car broke down. I need about 4 grand to fix it (and get some new speakers put in), so I’m hoping you can send me some of the extra cash you have lying around.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018.md?page=6)