# 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:** 153
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3296 "2024-10-11T01:15:14Z")
I imagine that aceplace57 has a laptop like this that he occasionally tries to access the SDMB with, and constantly complains about its inability to connect. [![](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSuadpVsNHRVkGrTSD1zz0uc6j_n35__SkWifXjF8KPNSHZOXBlZf8cFARuePTsVQwnINgkbGp09AFJZ7JZgiQSeLuE9xJ2I5jZFaW3_0-) ](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSuadpVsNHRVkGrTSD1zz0uc6j_n35__SkWifXjF8KPNSHZOXBlZf8cFARuePTsVQwnINgkbGp09AFJZ7JZgiQSeLuE9xJ2I5jZFaW3_0-) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3297 "2024-10-11T14:20:52Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The next 30 posts are people pressing the edges of what can be said in MPSIMS about this festering carbuncle of our community. I had a small ice cream cone yesterday as a self treat for restraint on that one. Even prouder I think I kept my blood pressure down. It’s one thing to be ignorant yet opinionated about some random internet topic. It’s entirely another thing to be ignorant yet opinionated when millions of people have had their lives disrupted, some severely. > [@TroutMan](#): > > On the bright side, he said he won’t pay as much attention to the next hurricane, which can only be good for the rest of us. I will give hurricanes begrudging credit for that - they do a better job than we do giving his opinions the merit and attention they are due ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3298 "2024-10-11T15:24:43Z")
Milton or **aceplace** : it’s all just mindless hot humid wind. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3299 "2024-10-11T15:26:56Z")
IIRC, he did _not_ say that he wouldn’t offer up commentary on the subject, though. He’ll simply opine while knowing even less. :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3300 "2024-10-11T15:36:15Z")
Having seen ace’s posts here for years, and having noted the sorts of threads in which he becomes a frequent poster (e.g., the Gabby Petito murder, the Ukraine war), I have come to the hypothesis that one of his favorite forms of entertainment is human misery. It’s clear to me that he eagerly follows news (and gossip) on those sorts of events, and making his own breathless, ill-informed speculations on those events is a hobby for him. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3301 "2024-10-11T17:06:11Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I have come to the hypothesis that one of his favorite forms of entertainment is human misery. This is 100% my opinion as well. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3302 "2024-10-11T21:48:12Z")
Yeah, and the Alec Baldwin shooting, and the four students killed in Idaho (?). ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3303 "2024-10-11T22:32:43Z")
Misery is far fucking down my list of preferred porn genres ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3304 "2024-10-11T22:46:06Z")
He’s reading click bait. Clearly. Then posts. Then gets push back. Then googles. Then posts. Then ask his neighbor. Then posts. Then watched Fox a few hours. Then posts some more. Read a reputable newspaper. Please. You can get the Arkansas Democrat/Gazette and at least get the whole story. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3305 "2024-10-11T23:31:33Z")
Yeah but Kathy Bates… She even has “bates” in her name… ---
**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:** [October 12, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3306 "2024-10-12T00:22:10Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I have come to the hypothesis that one of his favorite forms of entertainment is human misery. That, and good-looking damsels in distress. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3307 "2024-10-12T02:22:42Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > damsels in distress. Band name. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3308 "2024-10-12T18:33:47Z")
16 posts were split to a new topic: [Mild Pitting of Beck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3309 "2024-10-12T18:43:44Z")
Opening for The Pretty Reckless? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3310 "2024-10-13T20:14:57Z")
In which dear **aceplace** expresses horror that 7-11 is closing 400 stores and might be circling the drain. `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-eleven-closing-400-stores/1008714` As has been patiently explained to him, they are a planet-wide behemoth with 84,000 stores. **ace** had no idea. Surprise, Surprise, Suuuuurrrrprise!! He says he lives in a small town and I doubt he ever leaves (or maybe has ever left) that town. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3311 "2024-10-15T19:02:09Z")
> [@Mild Pitting of Beck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/457): > > “Angry”? Not really, although that excuse to dismiss differing opinions has been used in the past, I guess. You have been coming across as more and more angry and aggressive over what appear to be very trifling things recently. I would also have characterized your response that led to the above exchange as “angry”, and… Why? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3312 "2024-10-15T19:06:41Z")
What can I say? It seems the definition of “anger”, and likewise the definition of “hater”, have greatly diminished over the years to mean “non-meager opposition”. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3313 "2024-10-15T19:09:41Z")
This suggestion is inspired by Czarcasm. I suggest that we start every single thread with “Inspired by Czarcasm” from here on out. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3314 "2024-10-15T19:11:38Z")
> [@chela](#): > > How many pit threads do y’all need to gossip, bitch and moan about other members? Well, how many member do we have? 😆 ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3315 "2024-10-15T19:14:13Z")
Maybe a few fewer at the rate we’re going. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=154)