# 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:** 14
**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 7, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/261 "2023-12-07T08:12:53Z")
Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/262 "2023-12-07T08:22:10Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@RitterSport](#): > > > > Yasser Arafat was probably picked for his looks. Hubba hubba! > > [https://www.illustrationhistory.org/images/uploads/Julian\_Allen\_Yassur\_Arafat\_NRM.2019.18.0010.jpg](https://www.illustrationhistory.org/images/uploads/Julian_Allen_Yassur_Arafat_NRM.2019.18.0010.jpg) > > …Swoon… > > 😍 I’m Gil Faison, charmed I’m sure… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/263 "2023-12-07T08:24:23Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I mean, shit, [now he’s comparing her to the motherfucking Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-taylor-swift-phenomenon-to-me/981339/661). Tell me that’s a sincere comment. I think on that link. I don’t think she looks even a little bit like Mitch McConnell. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/264 "2023-12-07T08:38:09Z")
ATMB it is… ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/265 "2023-12-07T10:38:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I stand by the observation 100%. About her clothes and the pose of the photo, not about her. You are entitled to that opinion. I (and many others) disagree by quite a large margin, given that she quite visibly has a neck in that photo. But you do you. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/266 "2023-12-07T10:44:36Z")
The right (camera left) shoulder of that jacket is at ear level. ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/267 "2023-12-07T10:48:04Z")
Because she’s leaning to one side. And her neck remains clearly visible. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/268 "2023-12-07T12:02:05Z")
Just a reminder that being a creep about women isn’t exactly a _new_ thing for Darren. He’s had a couple of warnings about creepy sex posts already. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/269 "2023-12-07T12:31:07Z")
To the best I can recall, I have only one warning that it is sex-related–a _Seinfeld_ joke that wasn’t appreciated. [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/270 "2023-12-07T12:35:03Z")
Yeah, you _do_ have history of pulling the “I was just joking” cover for your misogynistic creepiness. I was also thinking of the Ahsoka thing. Although there you escaped with just a note, not a warning, I see. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t creepy misogyny anyway. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/271 "2023-12-07T12:38:33Z")
Took me a while to even remember what that was. Here’s the link for that thread, which I’m not afraid to point out. [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consulting-miderators-re-further-action/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consulting-miderators-re-further-action/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/272 "2023-12-07T12:47:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > which I’m not afraid to point out. Afraid? Why be afraid? You should be _embarrassed_ that you subjected this community to such a gross, stupid, misogynistic, painfully unfunny pile of horseshit. Posting it in the first place speaks to your cluelessness. Standing by it speaks to your _character._ ---
**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 7, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/273 "2023-12-07T12:56:19Z")
The Taylor Swift thing isn’t flagging as “creepy” to me. Just wilfully weird. I mean, her neck is _right there_. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/274 "2023-12-07T13:05:14Z")
I think the main part he thinks of as “creepy” is where someone pointed out the oddness that there might be someone paid just to remove the cat hairs from the black clothes, and I quipped about how there were surely people willing to pay _her_ to be _allowed_ to do that. Apparently that crossed the bar of how little we are allowed to acknowledge that some people might be concidered by someone to be in some way attractive. (I agree that there are grossly misogynistic posts that are problems, but I didn’t think that statement reached that level.) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/275 "2023-12-07T13:07:47Z")
I don’t think I need to add anything to that wonderful “defense”, it really does all my work for me… ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/276 "2023-12-07T13:22:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > To the best I can recall, I have only one warning that it is sex-related–a _Seinfeld_ joke that wasn’t appreciated. You got in trouble for a Zap Brannigan quote too, but I don’t remember if you were warned. (“I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobies.”) Anyways, obviously I laughed at that one. This is a “read the room” situation. You’re often trying to entertain Boomers with Millennial humor and it doesn’t land. I have a weird sense of humor myself but lately your posts have skewed more into dirty joke territory, with fewer and fewer people getting it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/277 "2023-12-07T14:06:41Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Apparently that crossed the bar of how little we are allowed to acknowledge that some people might be concidered by someone to be in some way attractive. Yes, creepy dudes would pay to rub their hands all over her body, and yes, your statement reached the level of gross misogynistic post. Given that you don’t seem to see this by yourself, I’d suggest you just not comment on or joke about women’s bodies. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/278 "2023-12-07T14:14:13Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I don’t think I need to add anything to that wonderful “defense”, it really does all my work for me… Really reminds me of Slacker. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/279 "2023-12-07T15:05:11Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > This is a “read the room” situation. You’re often trying to entertain Boomers with Millennial humor and it doesn’t land Huh. I’m a genxer who reads him as trying to entertain people with jokes whose punch line is, “Guys think creepy sex thoughts, amiright?” only they land as “here are my creepy sex thoughts!” ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/280 "2023-12-07T15:16:07Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I don’t think I need to add anything to that wonderful “defense”, it really does all my work for me… Yeah, if I didn’t think Darren was being skeevy before that post would do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=15)