"Brad Salai" wrote:
I'm still studying for the rating, so I've never done this, but can't you
just say "no SIDS, no STARS" in the remarks, and they can't give it to you.

That's a bit of sillyness left over from long ago. Assuming anybody
even notices the comment, they'll just assign you the full STAR route,
but instead of giving it to you as a STAR, they'll spell out each
individual waypoint and altitude. End result: more work for you, more
work for the controller, more radio bandwidth wasted, same clearance to
fly.