# 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:** 144
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3116 "2024-07-21T23:22:23Z")
That. Was funny. I tip my hat to you. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3117 "2024-07-21T23:22:52Z")
Off topic. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3118 "2024-07-21T23:24:25Z")
I’m not sure why you’d think that when @SuntanLotion did not quote anyone and @crowmanyclouds hadn’t said anything outrageous or attention seeking. Unlike Beck saying that the word “nigger” is just a part of the culture where she lives and no one really cares about it. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3119 "2024-07-21T23:26:53Z")
Ask her, if I’m wrong I will apologize, but I think it is clear she wasn’t talking about Beck. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3120 "2024-07-21T23:38:20Z")
Lotta folks live insular low-variety lives. Then they find this place and they’re talking to people from all over the world and every corner of this country. Rich, poor, left, right, PhDs and dropouts, rural, urban, etc. And they’re mightily confused when the same line everyone understands down at the only diner in town elicits very different reactions from the audience here. So they try to defend the indefensible. I got schooled by a mod a couple days ago. I grew up and have lived in a relatively low-racist subculture. I learned just how creative the hardcore racists are at turning _every_ slang phrase into a slur. Who knew? Not I. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3121 "2024-07-22T00:00:50Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I see you do like attention. It seems you want attention here and will say outrageous things to get it. @SuntanLotion, please learn how to reply to people in a way that makes it clear _who_ you’re relying to. Discourse doesn’t make it easy. If you only hit “reply”, as often as not Discourse removes the quote and any indication that shows who you’re relying to. See how I selected a portion of your post to reply to? As long as you include some, but not all, of the original post, it’ll show up. If you include all of it, it’ll disappear. Just highlight some relevant part of the original post and then hit the floating “Quote” button. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3122 "2024-07-22T00:17:03Z")
Hell, just @Whoever for who you’re replying to. I frequently start replying to the most recent post but by the time I finish typing 3 people have snuck in. So I edit in an additional paragraph up top like; > ETA: @Whoever three posts above here. BOTTOM LINE: The context in your head is in nobody else’s head until you put it there using your words. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3123 "2024-07-22T00:46:01Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The context in your head is in nobody else’s head until you put it there using your words. This is the money quote: do this every post. We are not mind readers. Lots of us will thanks lots of you if you do. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3124 "2024-07-22T02:39:17Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > We are not mind readers. Speak for yourself, if you please. Thanks, bobot Mindreader of note ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3125 "2024-07-22T03:05:59Z")
Can bobot read minds? @discobot fortune ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3126 "2024-07-22T03:06:00Z")
> 🔮 Signs point to yes ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3127 "2024-07-22T04:53:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Speak for yourself, if you please. Respectfully noted. The rest of you, damn it! give us a couple words so we know what/where/when the post is about and especially who is being replied to. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3128 "2024-07-22T05:49:55Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > if you feel, as @MrDibble explicitly mentioned, that it’s trolling or an artificial shtick, then it’s probably time for one of you to start a dedicated pit thread No point, enough other posters have made it clear they _don’t_ consider her one that such a thread won’t have enough effect. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3129 "2024-07-22T12:29:30Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > See how I selected a portion of your post to reply to? As long as you include some, but not all, of the original post, it’ll show up. If you include all of it, it’ll disappear. Pretty sure you can also add to the quote and it will show up. Add an extra space at the end, say. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3130 "2024-07-22T12:29:50Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Pretty sure you can also add to the quote and it will show up. Add an extra space at the end, say. Testing… ETA: yep! ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3131 "2024-07-22T13:27:48Z")
You can also at someone to make clear who you are replying to if you don’t want to quote, @solost. ETA: or, if it’s only after posting that you realize it’s unclear, throw down an @ in the ETA @solost. Or, for the more old fashioned, an re: solost ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3132 "2024-07-22T13:33:01Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > You can also at someone to make clear who you are replying to if you don’t want to quote, @solost. Yes, I know, and @LSLGuy had pointed it out a few posts before mine. I do ‘@’ dopers from time to time, but I usually prefer quoting, since it not only alerts the poster I’m quoting, it provides clear context as to what I’m responding to. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3133 "2024-07-22T13:53:44Z")
@solost Thank you ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3134 "2024-07-22T13:58:14Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > @solost > Thank you. Good job! 👍 ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3135 "2024-07-22T14:12:53Z")
What if I’m replying to someone who starts their post with, “Don’t quote me on this…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=145)