# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/221 "2023-12-01T01:35:31Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > If there is any reason to respect the work of the moderators here, it’s that they will have to watch the whole video in order to make a decision. I can’t do it. I couldn’t make it past the first couple of minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/222 "2023-12-01T04:34:18Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I couldn’t make it past the first couple of minutes. I didn’t make it past that troll’s own description of the video. Now, had they said, “This is my comedy routine about my own life as Transgender,” then, maybe I’d’ve given it a go. To me, it was rather obvious that the troll’s effort would be naught but juvenile inanity. ISTM that I was correct, going by the posts of those who tried to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/223 "2023-12-01T12:32:01Z")
I haven’t seen any of this spammers threads, but if they’re all just links to his own youtube channel, with nothing else, how is that not spamming? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/224 "2023-12-01T18:34:12Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > He’s literally a spammer in that case. > [@RitterSport](#): > > how is that not spamming? Well… > [@I pit chrisjourney's hate "comedy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chrisjourneys-hate-comedy/993934/17): > > Banned for spamming with links to own videos and no contributions to the board. We got our answer. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/225 "2023-12-01T18:48:07Z")
My opinion, when his video posts were mostly harmless, we let it be. Once he starting causing problems and had been making no other posts but his spammy video posts, I moved to have him banned and it was quickly agreed upon. Very fast for us. So I think it was just a matter of me starting the Modloop discussion before someone else did. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/226 "2023-12-01T18:53:14Z")
Paraphrasing @What_Exit in a joking manner, in line with the thread: Chrisjourney to Board: “What do you think of THIS?” Board to Chrisjourney: “What were you THINKING?” What\_Exit to Mods: “I think we should ban them is what I think!” ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/227 "2023-12-01T19:02:40Z")
Nvm, point was already made ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/228 "2023-12-01T19:20:23Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > My opinion, when his video posts were mostly harmless, we let it be. Once he starting causing problems and had been making no other posts but his spammy video posts, I moved to have him banned and it was quickly agreed upon. Good approach, thanks. ---
**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 1, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/229 "2023-12-01T20:08:00Z")
As an aside, I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many flags on a single OP, as there were for that guy’s “stand-up” routine. Y’all jumped on that shit _hard_. Good job. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/230 "2023-12-01T20:23:06Z")
Yeah, that got a lot of reports REALLY fast. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/231 "2023-12-01T20:31:31Z")
I didn’t give a report because I missed it. I am glad I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/232 "2023-12-01T20:52:24Z")
I don’t think he cared about anything but getting clicks on YouTube. His rant was horrendous, but even if he posted kitten videos it would still be spam, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/233 "2023-12-01T21:53:27Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > His rant was horrendous, but even if he posted kitten videos it would still be spam, IMO. Our rules are pretty clear (in ATMB) that a person who posts solely to advertise and doesn’t engage in actual discussion is in violation of spam rules. That fits what was happening perfectly, even if the videos were okay and they didn’t violate other rules. (My non-mod opinion of course.) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/234 "2023-12-01T22:28:51Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > As an aside, I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many flags on a single OP, as there were for that guy’s “stand-up” routine. > > Y’all jumped on that shit _hard_. Good job. See, that’s why I love this place! (And why I’ve never been tempted to hang out on any other anti-social media.) It’s the mods, but it’s also “The Straight Dope Irregulars”, a veritable News Boy Legion\* of snitches. . \*(old-school Jack Kirby reference) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/235 "2023-12-01T23:02:50Z")
Fwiw, he did engage in discussion regarding his pigeon-feeding videos. And he posted some random ordinary responses in some other threads. So my initial reaction to “here’s me doing stand-up” was that it would be like the pigeon videos, with some banter between him and other posters. But he really didn’t. And i reached out to him to say that, and he didn’t reply. So he was on thin ice before the transphobic thing. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/236 "2023-12-01T23:14:52Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Fwiw, he did engage in discussion regarding his pigeon-feeding videos. And he posted some random ordinary responses in some other threads. So my initial reaction to “here’s me doing stand-up” was that it would be like the pigeon videos, with some banter between him and other posters. Fair enough, so it was a bit more than _just_ spamming, but not much more. Understood. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/237 "2023-12-02T02:19:50Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Fwiw, he did engage in discussion regarding his pigeon-feeding videos. That was the same guy as the pigeon videos?!? Well, he… ummm… has range, I guess… (but the same “I don’t understand people or how I’m coming across to them” vibes). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/238 "2023-12-04T22:45:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I didn’t give a report because I missed it. I did. And I made sure I watched the whole horrid video first, to ensure I was doing so rightly. Whatever his underlying motivation, that video did _not_ belong here. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/239 "2023-12-05T20:13:35Z")
For those of us late to that particular party, his transphobic video was removed from YouTube. At least, it was when I tried to follow the link from here to judge his stuff on my own. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/240 "2023-12-06T22:08:37Z")
In the “explain Taylor Swift” thread, there’s a tangent about her appearance starting about post 625. Why are we discussing an award-winning woman’s appearance? As if the merits aren’t worth discussing. Still trying to decide if it’s worth reporting, but it gives me the creeps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=13)