# 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:** 138
**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:** [June 20, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/2996 "2024-06-20T21:09:12Z")
217 posts that drifted pretty far from the topic of this thread have been moved to their own thread: > [@For bitching about language pedantry, other posters' language, and language in general](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-bitching-about-language-pedantry-other-posters-language-and-language-in-general/1003135): > > @kaylasdad99, I like your contributions in general. But please, cut the annoying pedantic corrections of people’s spelling and grammar. Is there a risk of misunderstanding? Is it something that posters will be genuinely thankful to learn? If no, then keep it to yourself. No one is reading posts like the below and thinking, wow, this conversation is really improved by that correction. Shrank. I might not have bothered if you hadn’t written “shrunk” twice. Your initial thought to not bother… ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/2997 "2024-06-20T21:12:22Z")
Well done. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/2998 "2024-06-20T21:18:07Z")
The patience of a saint. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/2999 "2024-06-20T22:05:01Z")
Good idea. I’m amazed the thing grew to such length so quickly, even given the pedantry, argumentativeness, and general prolixity of Dopers. Oh, and back to the last on-point post, those arrogant idiots who defaced Stonehenge did about as much good for their cause as the [jerks who defaced the Nazca lines.](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/greenpeace-nazca-lines-damage/index.html) In other words, none. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3000 "2024-06-20T23:03:49Z")
Santypanty needed granny cath. My god. Banned. ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3001 "2024-06-21T00:08:05Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > 217 posts that drifted pretty far from the topic of this thread have been moved to their own thread: Thank you!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3002 "2024-06-21T13:51:41Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Oh, and back to the last on-point post, those arrogant idiots who defaced Stonehenge did about as much good for their cause as the [jerks who defaced the Nazca lines.](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/greenpeace-nazca-lines-damage/index.html) In other words, none. Yeah, literally nobody was unaware of climate change yet would be informed by defacing an ancient religious monument. Hell, we _talk_ about climate change every day so, this is making us talk about them instead of talking about climate change. At best, it is like throwing water on a hysterical person to get them to stop. You think it will cause them to be clear-minded, but it just makes them wet and hysterical. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3003 "2024-06-21T13:52:52Z")
And then you slap them, and they’re now in pain and wet and hysterical… ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3004 "2024-06-21T13:58:47Z")
Since we mercifully stopped talking about language here, maybe we could do the same for Stonehenge. This thread is for people doing dumb things on the board, not dumb things in general. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3005 "2024-06-21T14:57:52Z")
Maybe we can ask “what were you thinking when you posted an off-board ‘what were you thinking’ to an on-board ‘what were you thinking’ thread?” ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3006 "2024-06-21T15:14:44Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Since we mercifully stopped talking about language here, maybe we could do the same for Stonehenge. And there’s another thread for that discussion. > [@"Environmentalists" spray-paint Stonehenge in broad daylight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environmentalists-spray-paint-stonehenge-in-broad-daylight/1003074): > > Folks, there are better ways to do this. Idiots. And on the eve of the summer solstice, no less. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3007 "2024-06-21T19:17:31Z")
wtf ? `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/110` ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3008 "2024-06-21T20:13:17Z")
Well, they did say “crazy”. That is definitely some crazy shit. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3009 "2024-06-21T20:43:04Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > wtf ? > > `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/110` WTF indeed such a trollish remark. What was he thinking never mind I don’t wanna know. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3010 "2024-06-22T13:42:12Z")
The the actual fuck. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3011 "2024-06-22T16:42:16Z")
Probably something along the lines of George Carlin’s bit about Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, as opposed to human characters. At least I hope so. ETA - no, wait, I see Carlin’s bit was Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd, so one human character. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3012 "2024-06-22T17:40:00Z")
Different times, man. Different times… ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3013 "2024-06-22T17:51:11Z")
I suspect drugs or alcohol were involved. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3014 "2024-06-22T18:02:31Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9FJ9eEw0EKA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Watermark | The Office") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJ9eEw0EKA) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3015 "2024-06-23T15:28:29Z")
This one may be on the fuzzy edge between the two threads here, but I’ll err on the side of caution and put it here. **2outta3** posts in MPSIMS that his AAA membership got canceled without any notification, and he only found out when he tried to renew online and subsequently got a notice that the payment was rejected. Kicker is he has stated he has no intention (or curiosity about) of contacting AAA tomorrow when their offices open and find out what actually happened, and refuses to entertain any alternate explanations. Just sounds like a sob story to me, and on top of that he now has other Dopers going back and forth with each other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=139)