# Starving Artist - we remember you **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204 "2014-12-03T04:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/501 "2014-12-09T20:38:30Z")
Oh, forgot this part: > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > (And I never said they got the bends from it either. **Hector** lied and said I did, and then lied again and said he didn’t. Why don’t you care about **Hector’s** lies? They, ahem, lie at the base of all our posts about what he says.) I took **Hentor** ’s use of the phrase “got the bends” to be metaphorical, in the sense of something being damaged by progressing too quickly. I didn’t necessarily think it was a direct quote of your own words. Or perhaps your referring to a distinction among the legal acknowledgement of civil rights, actions by minorities to exercise those rights, and legislative action (like school busing) to put those rights into widespread practice. That’s a pretty fine distinction to draw. Any confusion over that is most likely a misunderstanding rather than a deliberate attempt to impugn your judgement. Plus, **Hentor** doesn’t have your track record of blatant refusal to accept the obvious. If I noticed him doing it often, I’d be more inclined to call him out on it. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/502 "2014-12-09T20:50:30Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > And now I’m going to have to leave. I have a busy couple days going on right now and have to tend to more important things, so **Hector** , you’re free to lie your ass off for now. Just know that the discriminating mind not already in league with you can see right through you. I think you can string them all along for at least another 10 pages. Just keep dropping the lure in the water and someone will bite. 😛 ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/503 "2014-12-09T21:23:07Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > And now I’m going to have to leave. I have a busy couple days going on right now and have to tend to more important things I always enjoy the “I have more important things to do” post (familiar from numerous debates with woo-ites), which gains in hilarity from the knowledge that the poster using this ploy habitually spends abundant amounts of time in such threads before exiting in a huff. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/504 "2014-12-09T21:28:57Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I always enjoy the “I have more important things to do” post (familiar from numerous debates with woo-ites), which gains in hilarity from the knowledge that the poster using this ploy habitually spends abundant amounts of time in such threads before exiting in a huff. If that’s too soon, they’ll leave in a minute-and-a-huff. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/505 "2014-12-10T03:13:03Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > You need to get out more. Are you sure you want to encourage that? He might blunder into young people fucking in the mud, or something equally demonstrative of the decline of America as he sees it, such as black people standing up for themselves. He really has no clue how nasty and condescending his attitude to black people is, does he? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/506 "2014-12-10T03:51:04Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Nope, don’t think so. I made it obvious that the altered quote was not his original comment. I believe the ban on altering quotes is in regard to restating a poster’s words in order to make it look like he genuinely made the altered remark. [Moderating] And you’d be wrong about that, as you are wrong about so many, many, _many_ other things. Don’t do that again. Also, don’t say “fuck you” to other posters. No warnings issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/507 "2014-12-10T04:29:43Z")
You know what **Starving Artist** reminds me of? A character from _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_: a total deluded narcissist, one who occasionally has an ounce of common sense or even a bit of decency, but what little there is buried under sheer douche baggery. Any goodness (e.g. a hint of good SDMB citzenry) that might emerge is lost in a swamp of personality disorders, banal self-centeredness, inane ranting, rampant delusional fantasies, and a rude intolerance of anything that challenges a very narrow yet warped world view. Not one of the regulars, though. He lacks even that minimal appeal. SA is a one-off character from that show, only appearing to make the others look slightly better by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/508 "2014-12-10T04:43:58Z")
And you mean that’s on his best day, right? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/509 "2014-12-10T04:44:42Z")
Isn’t that EVERY character on _Philadelphia_? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/510 "2014-12-10T06:14:41Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > And you mean that’s on his best day, right? Let’s not get carried away. SA doesn’t have best days. (At least as far as the SDMB is concerned.) > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Isn’t that EVERY character on _Philadelphia_? Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/511 "2014-12-10T06:16:26Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > SA doesn’t have best days. (At least as far as the SDMB is concerned.) Some days, he doesn’t post. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/512 "2014-12-10T06:20:52Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Some days, he doesn’t post. Fair point! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/513 "2014-12-10T06:45:31Z")
If he’s such a poor, put upon, conservative who’s tired of being persecuted, why doesn’t he just go to Free Republic already? Seriously, he’d fit right in. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Fuck you. So much for “water off of a duck’s back”, amiright? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/514 "2014-12-10T06:58:38Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > If he’s such a poor, put upon, conservative who’s tired of being persecuted, why doesn’t he just go to Free Republic already? Seriously, he’d fit right in. He doesn’t, because he secretly yearns for all of us to like him. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/515 "2014-12-10T07:10:34Z")
I secretly yearn for a threesome with Rachel Maddow and Scarlett Johansenn. My chances are better than his. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/516 "2014-12-10T12:41:31Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > No warnings issued. The hell? ---
**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:** [December 10, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/517 "2014-12-10T13:14:17Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > The hell? **Miller** is pretty hands-off about issuing warnings in the Pit. The “no warning” for telling someone to fuck off is consistent with his usual practice which, i should add, is supported by most people, including me. As for changing the stuff in quotes, that doesn’t usually receive a warning for a first offense either, unless it’s particularly egregious. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/518 "2014-12-10T13:37:21Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > **Miller** is pretty hands-off about issuing warnings in the Pit. > > The “no warning” for telling someone to fuck off is consistent with his usual practice which, i should add, is supported by most people, including me. > > As for changing the stuff in quotes, that doesn’t usually receive a warning for a first offense either, unless it’s particularly egregious. I agree with this. Sorry for the “me too” post, but I wanted to support current practices with the hope that they continue in this manner. So, now I’m needlessly elaborating to generate content. Which really isn’t content at this point. Let me summarize: Me too. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/519 "2014-12-10T15:29:38Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Me too. I also. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204/520 "2014-12-10T15:36:06Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > If he’s such a poor, put upon, conservative who’s tired of being persecuted, why doesn’t he just go to Free Republic already? Seriously, he’d fit right in. He probably does. Often on FR, posters tell tales of how they got into this debate with one or more liberals and totally won. I can see SA hopscotching over there to tell stories of his travails and triumphs and how he schooled everyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-we-remember-you/706204.md?page=27)