# Re: Can we make this not become a board meme? \[reply to ATMB thread\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 22, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589 "2013-03-22T00:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/61 "2013-03-23T14:39:49Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Real artists. Who make _actual_ money _selling_ paintings. Unlike Opal. I read through this whole post thinking that it was a somewhat funny surreal take-off of the OP. Like, you made up these whole hilarious sob-story backgrounds based on nothing but a couple of names. Heh. Then I realized that you ARE the OP. Dude. Seek help. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/62 "2013-03-23T14:41:41Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I read through this whole post thinking that it was a somewhat funny surreal take-off of the OP. Like, you made up these whole hilarious sob-story backgrounds based on nothing but a couple of names. Heh. > > Then I realized that you ARE the OP. Dude. Seek help. I assumed it was some sorta cashew parody. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/63 "2013-03-23T15:15:12Z")
Color me fooled by the OP. I was waiting for the funny when it turns out you were just being quite the pathetic asshole. GFAC. > [@kayaker](#): > > I assumed it was some sorta cashew parody. There’s a lot of that going around these days. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/64 "2013-03-23T15:15:58Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > FTR, I do sculpture. I do 'em _fast._ I’m stuck with a bit of epoxy putty, after doing what it’s intended for, I have a little piece left. Someone says “make a dog” or “make a chicken”, so I make a dog or a chicken out of it. A damn realistic looking mutt, or bird. And my best piece was a gamboling lamb. Which I did in ceramic clay, and never looked at it, while doing it. I did that shit, without looking at, or even _thinking about_ what I was doing. I _also_ did a lovely hummingbird. > > I also have a long line of sculptures of sheep, dogs, birds, cats, plants, etc. where I just make one, they are amazed at the realism, and I hand it to the recipient. Put up or shut up. Let’s see it. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/65 "2013-03-23T16:58:10Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > What a nasty, petty little shit you are. > > Who the fuck cares if \*\*Opal \*\*made a living off her art? It was something that was a big part of her life, and now she’s dead at a tragically young age. Arguing that she wasn’t a “real artist” because she didn’t make a proper career out of it is pathetic. +1 Epoxy on both the OPs houses… ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/66 "2013-03-23T17:30:46Z")
Add me to the list who thinks **Cheshire Human** is acting like an ass. I do have a quick kinda-related, but not really, question that I was wondering, but I’m not going to ask in the memorium thread. What was the cause of OpalCat’s death? Anyone know, because I’m not sure I want to derail a different, less asinine, thread. ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/67 "2013-03-23T17:36:38Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Color me fooled by the OP. I was waiting for the funny when it turns out you were just being quite the pathetic asshole. GFAC. Chainsaw? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/68 "2013-03-23T18:10:11Z")
I think the OP is trying to start a new meme: 1 - Item 1 2 - Item 2 3 - WTF Cheshire Human? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/69 "2013-03-23T18:48:14Z")
> [@drew870mitchell](#): > > Chainsaw? Cashew? ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/70 "2013-03-23T23:48:12Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I would love to say a tiny little cheese shop in the heart of downtown but I found it at target. If I go to the Target in downtown Minneapolis, I could tell people it came from a cheese shop downtown and not be lying. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/71 "2013-03-23T23:49:22Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Add me to the list who thinks **Cheshire Human** is acting like an ass. > > I do have a quick kinda-related, but not really, question that I was wondering, but I’m not going to ask in the memorium thread. What was the cause of OpalCat’s death? Anyone know, because I’m not sure I want to derail a different, less asinine, thread. If you ever find out, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/72 "2013-03-24T01:35:32Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > For those of us who may not have been paying attention, is this a topic on which you’ve spoken before? > > If you’ve not mentioned this before, it’s a bit of a dick move waiting until she’s dead to offer your critique. > > If you have mentioned it before, maybe it’s time to stop. This. Believe me, I know how much talent and hard work are involved in creating art. And while my art is very different than Opal’s, I still respected hers, and her. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/73 "2013-03-24T02:11:16Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Post modernist irony. Either that, or it just doesn’t make sense. Hard to be sure. Post-mortemist irony, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/74 "2013-03-24T02:23:57Z")
> [@drew870mitchell](#): > > Chainsaw? I’ve actually _tried_ sculpting a log with one of those. Wear your steel-toes! One slip might _kill_ ya. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/75 "2013-03-24T02:31:01Z")
Too late to edit. And the result sucked. Vroom! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/76 "2013-03-24T11:23:30Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Too late to edit. > > And the result sucked. Vroom! You seem to be doing an excellent job of sculpting bullshit in this thread. We can’t all be artists of assholery. Give yourself a pat on the back. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/77 "2013-03-24T14:06:59Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Too late to edit. > > And the result sucked. Vroom! Another drive-by and still no link to your universally admirable and marketable artwork? C’mon, Mr. Human, show your work to the rest of the class. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/78 "2013-03-24T15:17:04Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Add me to the list who thinks **Cheshire Human** is acting like an ass. Acting? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/79 "2013-03-24T15:29:06Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Cashew? Gesundheit! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/80 "2013-03-24T15:33:46Z")
So wait, _ **real** _ artists are the ones who whore themselves out for money? And not the ones who create just for the sheer joy of creating? huh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589.md?page=5)