# The Starving Artist plan to restore America to its former glory! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960 "2010-03-26T23:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 27, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/21 "2010-03-27T04:56:47Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > > [@Sampiro](#): > > > > Whites Only lines at Best Buy and Wal-Mart and Whites Only sections in restaurants would make some steps in that direction… > > Not fair. An Ignosaurus Rex, yes. Racist, no. Don’t make me do this again. Yeah, see, now you’ve made me agree with **elucidator** in order to defend **Starving Artist**. Not cool, man. Not cool. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/22 "2010-03-27T05:15:57Z")
If **SA** ’s rhetoric bothers you that much just put him on ignore. Or you guys could all get together and masturbate in person. It’d probably be more satisfying that way. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/23 "2010-03-27T05:18:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, see, now you’ve made me agree with elucidator in order to defend Starving Artist. > > Not cool, man. Not cool. I feel your pain. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/24 "2010-03-27T05:25:40Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > If **SA** ’s rhetoric bothers you that much just put him on ignore. Or you guys could all get together and masturbate in person. It’d probably be more satisfying that way. Why can’t we do both? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/25 "2010-03-27T05:28:17Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > If **SA** ’s rhetoric bothers you that much just put him on ignore. Or you guys could all get together and masturbate in person. It’d probably be more satisfying that way. I have him on ignore, people insist on quoting the senile old bastard. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/26 "2010-03-27T05:35:09Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I have him on ignore, people insist on quoting the senile old bastard. This add-on makes it so the person on your ignore list completely and totally disappears. It ignores any person. [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7023](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7023) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/27 "2010-03-27T05:46:25Z")
That glory of America SA pines for never really existed, which is a large component of the problem. At best you glimpse into his psychology to see an unrealistic fantasy world where he can live a supposedly happy existence, but it will only be a fantasy. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2010, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/28 "2010-03-27T08:35:58Z")
What really started America rolling down hill was the polio vaccine. All those kids who would have been paralysed and shut away in hopital wards, instead ran out into the streets and caused trouble. So I suggest getting rid of all childhood vaccinations. Um, except for the ones that cause autism. An autistic kid is a quiet kid, especially when locked in the basement like the good old days. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/29 "2010-03-27T08:43:54Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Lots of spankings! And after the spankings? > [@Knorf](#): > > That glory of America SA pines for never really existed, which is a large component of the problem. At best you glimpse into his psychology to see an unrealistic fantasy world where he can live a supposedly happy existence, but it will only be a fantasy. [But it did](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120789/). It DID, I say. And you were there! And you! And you, too! (Sorry, mixing my movie metaphors. I blame the early hour.) ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/30 "2010-03-27T09:03:15Z")
Everyone thinks their generation was the best one. Cut him some slack. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/31 "2010-03-27T09:03:26Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > And after the spankings?.. What do you mean, _after_ the spankings? There is no _after_ for spanking. You may as well say “after the end of time”. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/32 "2010-03-27T10:58:21Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Everyone thinks their generation was the best one. Cut him some slack. I certainly don’t. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/33 "2010-03-27T11:47:42Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > What do you mean, _after_ the spankings? There is no _after_ for spanking. You may as well say “after the end of time”. It’s spankings all the way down! ---
**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/34 "2010-03-27T13:26:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > What do you mean, _after_ the spankings? There is no _after_ for spanking. You may as well say “after the end of time”. Python reference. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/35 "2010-03-27T14:20:49Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > This add-on makes it so the person on your ignore list completely and totally disappears. It ignores any person. > > [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7023](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7023) Including some people that are really hard to ignore, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/36 "2010-03-27T14:28:33Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I have him on ignore, people insist on quoting the senile old bastard. So ignore him the old fashioned way. Don’t read him, just scroll right past. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/37 "2010-03-27T14:31:23Z")
In his heart of hearts, does the grumpy, lonely old man \*really \*want the kids off his lawn? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/38 "2010-03-27T14:57:07Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > What I’d really like to hear from Starving Artist is his plan to restore America to its former glory. Instead of just hearing complaints, I’d like to hear solutions. Talking out of turn…that’s a paddling. Looking out the window…that’s a paddling. Staring at my sandals…that’s a paddling. Paddling the school canoe…ooh, you better believe that’s a paddling ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/39 "2010-03-27T15:02:17Z")
If you really are interested in having him present his ideas, why don’t you do that in GD or IMHO? Doing it here makes sense only if your purpose is to ridicule his ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960/40 "2010-03-27T16:22:55Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I vote we kill all the dissenters. > > Of course, other dissenters might spring up and try to change things - somebody changed things from how they were in the 50s, and they might do so again. Nuking from orbit is the only way to be _truly_ sure. I just realized that [all crime is committed by the living](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_death)… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starving-artist-plan-to-restore-america-to-its-former-glory/533960.md?page=3)