# Liberal, what an attention whore you are! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029 "2009-09-06T02:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/1 "2009-09-06T02:39:06Z")
Well, I’ll give some to you, for the last time. In all your years here, you’ve done nothing but act as if anyone who has disagreed with you does so for any reason than that they hate you. No, I lie. First you suck up to them, then you attack them, then you suck up to them, then you attack them, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum. Apparently, you are not getting enough positive response to your personality du jour, and you feel it necessary to [introduce yourself](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530767) to MPSIMS. Gosh, **Liberal** , you’ve only been a member for 10 years. You only have 39,000 posts. Nobody here knows who you are, or what you’re like. I’ll be fair; I’ll wait for this thread to run its course before you become the first poster on the SDMB that I have ever put on my ignore list. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/2 "2009-09-06T02:45:10Z")
His thread was no different than a million other “introduce yourself”/“get to know each other” threads around here every day. He was inviting people to say hello. The predictable and loathsome part was when you, et al, walked in, dropped trou, bent over, stuck your dick between your asscheeks, and started spinning it around like a hippo’s tail as you shit into the thread. If you don’t like it, don’t fucking read it. And of course you realize the absurdity of starting a whole new thread about someone you’re accusing of being an attention whore, so I don’t need to bother making fun of you for that, right? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/3 "2009-09-06T02:50:42Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > His thread was no different than a million other “introduce yourself”/“get to know each other” threads around here every day. Yes, of course, everyday a member for ten years with 39,000 posts feels it necessary to introduce himself. You can make fun of me if you want; I believe my first and last sentences show my stance re: **Liberal** , and quite frankly, I don’t much give a shit what you think. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/4 "2009-09-06T02:53:39Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > quite frankly, I don’t much give a shit what you think. You act like you’re very much concerned with what other people think. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/5 "2009-09-06T02:54:25Z")
This can not end well. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/6 "2009-09-06T02:56:02Z")
Anybody taking bets on how long until **Lib’s** next meltdown? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/7 "2009-09-06T02:59:39Z")
> [@People who don't often check in with MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-often-check-in-with-mpsims/508926/14): > > Goddamn, for a bunch of supposedly enlightened liberals this place has got to be the rudest, most negative, snarkiest forum I’ve ever visited. Even boards where insults are allowed without restriction and half of all topics get a first response that is simply a “fail” picture aren’t as bitchy as this place. This says pretty much everything I want to say. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/8 "2009-09-06T03:11:45Z")
Geez, **Frank** , come on, dude. It was a harmless post in MPSIMS inviting people who don’t often visit the forum to introduce themselves. I’ve had my run-ins with **Liberal** on these boards. I’ve called him some pretty awful things, and received similar treatment in return. And even when we’re getting along, we still don’t always agree with one another. But this thread makes it appear as if you’re just _looking_ for an excuse to go after him. I understand the feeling, because there are people on this board who annoy me so much that i’m tempted to make sarcastic or insulting comments whenever we cross paths. Hell, there have probably been times when **Liberal** has been one of those people. But i try (not always successfully) to resist the urge to snark just for the sake of it, and i think that starting a thread on such slim pretenses is pretty poor form. Just MHO. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/9 "2009-09-06T03:12:10Z")
can I be frank for a second? Hurdy durdy deedle doooo dahh waaah wauzuzzle wizzle wipple weeeeee Get it? I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/10 "2009-09-06T03:28:12Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I understand the feeling, because there are people on this board who annoy me so much that i’m tempted to make sarcastic or insulting comments whenever we cross paths. Hell, there have probably been times when **Liberal** has been one of those people. But i try (not always successfully) to resist the urge to snark just for the sake of it, and i think that starting a thread on such slim pretenses is pretty poor form. > > Just MHO. Your opinion, I _will_ pay attention to. However, I disagree with it. **Liberal** is attempting to engage with fresh meat, with people who are not, as a rule, familiar with his GD/Pit pattern of “How insightful, what a wonderful poster you are!”/“You wouldn’t say that if you didn’t hate me!” This is not the only message board on which he’s followed that pattern, it’s only the message board on which the pattern has been most prolific. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/11 "2009-09-06T03:36:32Z")
Were it not for **Liberal** , I wouldn’t know anything at all about Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian School of Economics. The fact that I don’t know more is because the subject bores me to tears, but what little I do know, I owe to him. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/12 "2009-09-06T04:47:23Z")
I am intrigued that the advertisement that pops up right after **Frank** ’s post (viewable since I am a low-rent Guest) is for a website that aims to connect “established” men with big bucks, and ostensibly younger women with big, uh, ambitions to meet “sugar daddies”. It does seem a bit crude to drag the poor ladies into a thread about attention whoring. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/13 "2009-09-06T05:16:29Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Anybody taking bets on how long until **Lib’s** next meltdown? Sometime after Frank’s. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/14 "2009-09-06T07:15:18Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Sometime after Frank’s. Which, I guess, means: any minute now. Frank, chill out. This is both unnecessary and unwarranted. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/15 "2009-09-06T07:59:26Z")
I like ol’ **Lib**. Always have. I think **Frank** is way too pissy and needs to be on medication of some sort. Always have. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/16 "2009-09-06T12:32:25Z")
If I ever felt the need to create a thread like that, I think it would be solid proof that my life was completely devoid of any merit whatsoever. Seriously, what was the point? Lib: Hello, I am me A: Hello you Lib: Hello you back B: Hi Lib Lib: Hi B C: Lib, whats up dude Lib: Hey C, nice to say hello D: HEY MOE, sorry, HEY LIB Lib: Hey D, want to hear some crap about what I did today and why I am such a trooper? E: Oooh, Lib, hugs kisses kitties Lib nice to see ya Lib: I need attention!!! Please!! This Liberal guy needs to get a fucking life (as long as he doesnt try to tell us every fucking detail of him failing to get that fucking life) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/17 "2009-09-06T13:23:13Z")
Look - \*\*Lib’s \*\*crazy, OK? We all know that. He’s been marching to his own personal drum for as long as he’s been here. But he’s a polite, smart and generally affable soft of crazy, and all in all, I think he adds quite a lot to this board. So really, why are you pitting \*\*Lib \*\*for being **Lib**? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/18 "2009-09-06T13:23:14Z")
[…shrug…] ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/19 "2009-09-06T14:07:24Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Seriously, what was the point? > > Lib: Hello, I am me > A: Hello you > Lib: Hello you back > B: Hi Lib > Lib: Hi B > C: Lib, whats up dude > Lib: Hey C, nice to say hello > D: HEY MOE, sorry, HEY LIB > Lib: Hey D, want to hear some crap about what I did today and why I am such a trooper? > E: Oooh, Lib, hugs kisses kitties Lib nice to see ya What you describe here is the basic format of any ice-breaker. People introduce themselves, say hello, check in, offer support and encouragement, etc. I fail to see the problem with that, especially in a forum like **MPSIMS** where people are welcome to post about anything and are generally pretty friendly. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029/20 "2009-09-06T14:08:03Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I think **Frank** is way too pissy and needs to be on medication of some sort. Yeah, like Tranxene. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-what-an-attention-whore-you-are/509029.md?page=2)