# 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:** 6
**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 15, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/101 "2003-07-15T18:39:05Z")
Hmmm. You start a Pit thread calling me an attention whore, and now you’re giving attitude that not only did people call you on the inanity of it, but that I’ll always remember you did so. If you wanted me to notice you, that’s fine, but martyr really isn’t your color. Esprix ---
**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 15, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/102 "2003-07-15T18:56:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jkusters \* > > **Esprix** himself acknowledges he’s an attention whore, at least here in the Dope. What?!?! I can’t believe you said that. After our years of friendship, after everything we’ve been through, and how much you mean to me, you would _dare_ to say this? I’m speechless, speechless! “At least on the Dope” - indeed! You know perfectly well I’m an attention whore \everywhere I go!\ I’m hurt you’d say such a spiteful thing. I don’t even know who you are anymore! ☹ I’m moving in with Q! You hurtful, hateful bastard! _{boo hoo hoo!}_ ( ;), just in case.) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/103 "2003-07-15T19:00:26Z")
**dantheman** , I’m an attention whore, too, of course! 😃 But I draw the line at drama queen… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/104 "2003-07-15T19:01:09Z")
Since we are addressing the question of **Esprix** ’s sig here, and I’m referenced in it (though nobody’s accused me of attention-whoring for being there!), I feel I deserve a voice. I saw the Presidential campaign and the Cecil-recognition links as fine examples of self-deprecating humor in the classic camp style, not as cries for attention. And, as has been stressed for two pages now, the ATGG references are invaluable, and difficult to locate in any other way. As an essentially straight man sympathetic to the gay community but with less knowledge than I should have about how they feel and what they truly want, those threads were very much eye-openers for me personally, and among the most important fighting of ignorance this board has ever done, IMHO. And hence, quite apart from linking to our “Presidential campaign,” I think that **Esprix** ’s sig is probably one of the most valuable ones – perhaps the least accusable of “being a waste of bandwidth” – of any sig line. BTW, there is nothing stopping you from launching ATGG V; it and your indexing project can happen simultaneously. ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/105 "2003-07-15T19:47:01Z")
Does anyone else here think Curious is getting off on all this attention? Albeit negative, it is attention. What better way to get attention then to attack a very popular poster in a pit thread? That’s the vibe I’m getting, especially when you consider that he seems unrepentant throughout the whole thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/106 "2003-07-15T20:01:01Z")
Stephi feel free to think as you will. I personally don’t care. 🙂 Although, I am in fact not gettign off on the attention. Though I will admit to being somewhat surprised at the vast amount of posts piling on both here and in LJ. (not the fact that some people disagree however) I am unrepentant that I pitted him based on his signature. I AM repentant on some of the language I used here, and in the LJ forum. And that is the last thing I will say on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/107 "2003-07-15T20:15:45Z")
You know, it just dawned on me that “Ask the gay guy” consists entirely of three-letter words, and so is impossible to search for. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/108 "2003-07-15T21:25:06Z")
I dunno about “very popular”… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/109 "2003-07-15T21:31:11Z")
Oops 😉 ---
**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 15, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/110 "2003-07-15T21:59:54Z")
You’re right, **Dan** - I have my detractors (obviously), and **Curious** is hardly original… [as](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197582) [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=188220) [has](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147983) [been](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121216) [done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88870) [before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24690). Even the whole “attention whore” thing [has been done before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128207). So, yeah, hardly original, and I’m hardly loved by everyone, but I take heart that these kinds of threads are but the smallest possible number given how long I’ve been here, how many posts I’ve made and how much (I think) good I’ve contributed to the boards. Even my sig line. 😉 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/111 "2003-07-15T22:04:53Z")
Now I got a bone to pick with you. How long did you just tie up the server searching for those threads, huh? You talk about an attention whore - you’re the entire brothel! ---
**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 15, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/112 "2003-07-15T22:23:21Z")
Yay brothels! Oh, um, erm… what was the question? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/113 "2003-07-15T23:12:26Z")
Well, at least it wasn’t another **One Trick Pony** thread! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/114 "2003-07-15T23:28:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > \*\*Well, at least it wasn’t another **One Trick Pony** thread! 🆒 \*\* This post has been oranged by the … oh nevermind 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/115 "2003-07-16T02:44:18Z")
I’d planned on using a greed-down color to suggest saying it _sotto voce_, but I decided on matching Cool Smley’s happy orange. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/116 "2003-07-16T02:45:35Z")
…a **greyed** -down color… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/117 "2003-07-16T02:58:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Now I got a bone to pick with you. How long did you just tie up the server searching for those threads, huh? You talk about an attention whore - you’re the entire brothel! \*\* You know, **Esprix** , you should use this as a sig. Let me pretty it up for you: “You’re not an attention whore - you’re the entire brothel!” - **dantheman** ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/118 "2003-07-16T03:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CuriousCanuck \* > \*\*Stephi feel free to think as you will. I personally don’t care. 🙂 Although, I am in fact not gettign off on the attention. Though I will admit to being somewhat surprised at the vast amount of posts piling on both here and in LJ. (not the fact that some people disagree however) > \*\* I’d hardly call this thread a pile-on, as no one has insulted anyone’s mother’s virtue or accused anyone of unnatural acts with barnyard animals. And, for the record, I enjoyed the ATGG threads and fail to see why an innocuous sig merits a Pit thread, let alone a martyrdom. ---
**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 16, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/119 "2003-07-16T07:23:51Z")
Oh, no, **Dan** - after this fiasco, I will never change my sig again. 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-esprix-are-an-attention-whore/188418/120 "2003-07-16T09:40:13Z")
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