# You, Esprix, are an attention whore. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418 "2003-07-14T16:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/41 "2003-07-14T20:08:03Z")
You know, I knew it would be pointless to pit you. I knew it wouldn’t change a thing and cause people to pile on me. Thoguh for one brief second, I had a small thought that maybe, just maybe, you would actually think that maybe you were just a tad over the top. Let my pile on continue. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/42 "2003-07-14T20:08:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CuriousCanuck \* > \*\* > > Let my pile on continue. Og knows that this HAS to be the lamest thread ever if I said anything negative against Esprix. \*\* Nope, it’s lame because you’re pitting someone over a sig. If you had some valid reasons for your pitting, then you might not be piled on. ---
**Author:** ![Buliwyf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Buliwyf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buliwyf)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/43 "2003-07-14T20:10:56Z")
Actually it seems to be turning into another SDMB Clique tm. thread ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/44 "2003-07-14T20:13:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*Now is this going to turn into another One Trick Pony[sup]TM[/sup] thread? 'Cause if it is, y’all are on your own. > > Esprix \*\* You mean there were other one trick pony threads in your honour? I had no idea, to be honest. But if that was the case, maybe it should tell you something. Of course, that doesn’t really relate at all to my OP directly. Just saying is all. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/45 "2003-07-14T20:32:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*And as long as he only posts his sig once a thread, I don’t think it’s a problem. \*\* I’m with **Guin** on this. He has an old sig that references old threads he started. So what? He could be more creative with it, I guess, but all sigs say something that’s usually off topic. I don’t see the problem as long as he obeys the guidelines for 'em. Although, chuckle, ending every damn post with “esprix” irks me for some indefinable reason. I already know who I’m reading! You don’t have to tell me twice. -Monkey 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/46 "2003-07-14T20:32:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CuriousCanuck \* > \*\*How does that add value? \*\* :eek: We’re supposed to add value? Well, I for one add value by leveraging synergy across multidisciplinary platforms in order to create a new paradigm, thereby strategically enhancing our message board market share and post-to-debt ratios. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/47 "2003-07-14T20:35:11Z")
No, being a One Trick Pony[sup]TM[/sup] != being an Attention Whore. I, for instance, and an attention whore yet have not managed to create even that one trick. ---
**Author:** ![Qazzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/48 "2003-07-14T20:45:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Should you choose to actually educate yourself on this manner instead of saying “Well, I don’t know what I’m talking about, but that doesn’t stop me from saying…”, you would know that the ATGG threads don’t consist of Esprix, alone, of all the GLBT people on this board, answering questions. \*\* Again, I’ve never read **Esprix** ’s stuff, but the fact that this thread even exists _does_ show that at least some people feel he’s a bit egocentric… So I can’t be too far off, regardless of how little I may know about his posts. ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/49 "2003-07-14T20:50:19Z")
Uh, he posts those threads every time because they’re damn useful. I’ve seen homophobic posters refered to the threads (“do a poster search for **Esprix** and click on his sig”), and I’ve even seen a newbie on this board go from homophobic to gay-positive after reading through a couple of them. That’s fighting ignorance. It’s impressive when it works. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/50 "2003-07-14T21:00:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CuriousCanuck \* > \*\*Let my pile on continue. \*\* Who exactly is the attention whore here? ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/51 "2003-07-14T21:02:41Z")
So, **Esprix** , I don’t understand the rate of exchange here… you pay money to have people pay attention to you? Or you pay attention to people after they pay you money? Or… dammit, I just want to know how much it costs, really. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/52 "2003-07-14T21:02:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*Who exactly is the attention whore here? \*\* Ha ha. Taken out of context, but still made me laugh. Touche ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/53 "2003-07-14T21:22:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > :eek: We’re supposed to add value? > > Well, I for one add value by leveraging synergy across multidisciplinary platforms in order to create a new paradigm, thereby strategically enhancing our message board market share and post-to-debt ratios. That’s just brilliant, **Giraffe** - can I use a variant of that in a business meeting I have tomorrow? It sounds great, plus, it would be a good way to find out if anyone else in the meeting reads the SDMB… - Wilson, the non-attention-whore (Thanks, **SuaSponte** ) (how should “non-attention-whore” be hyphenated, anyway?) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/54 "2003-07-14T21:27:03Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Avalonian** _ > > So, **Esprix** , I don’t understand the rate of exchange here… you pay money to have people pay attention to you? Or you pay attention to people after they pay you money? Or… dammit, I just want to know how much it costs, really. 😉 No, no, dear - didn’t you read the OP? It’s all about me. I charge a modest per-minute fee if you’ll just call this lovely 900 number to hear me wax poetic… 😉 And my new honey, the Pinoy Boy Toy, is even more outgoing than I! :eek: Esprix ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/55 "2003-07-14T21:58:53Z")
All I gotta say is, I’ve seen Espirix’s picture on the Internet, and I wouldn’t exactly kick him out of bed. 😉 And I’m “mostly” straight. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/56 "2003-07-14T21:59:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CuriousCanuck \* > **Thoguh for one brief second, I had a small thought that maybe, just maybe, you would actually think that maybe you were just a tad over the top.** Any possibility of you considering that maybe, just maybe, it’s you who has a problem (a very easily remedied one, at that) and not **Esprix**? And that he’s under no obligation to conform to your whims? [sub]Don’t mind me, just here to perform my Clique duties…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/57 "2003-07-14T22:17:03Z")
This is about as funny as those threads that start out as Mod pittings, then turn into Mod lovefests. Just my observation. Carry on. _mouse pointer hovers above the Show Signature checkbox…does he dare?!_ ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/58 "2003-07-14T22:28:10Z")
My god, **GMRyujin** - could your sig line be any more self-absorbed? “Go here for my gaming stuff” - ATTENTION WHORE! :rolleyes: (This sarcasm brought to you by The Society to Prevent Sig Lines, **CuriousCanuck** , President. 😉 ) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/59 "2003-07-14T23:01:35Z")
I wasn’t trying to prevent sig lines. But if I was acclaimed president, I assume that I get paid. Otherwise I would like to sue for being elected to an office I did not run for.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/60 "2003-07-14T23:03:21Z")
Maybe your next installment of Ask the Gay Guy should be “Ask the Attention Whore?” Or is that too ironic to be appreciated? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418.md?page=4)