# 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:** 176
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3797 "2025-01-19T17:32:30Z")
Please don’t turn this into yet another fascinating, informative, and gutless Pit thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3798 "2025-01-19T17:40:54Z")
Too late. I am fascinated and informed. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3799 "2025-01-20T05:40:21Z")
Whereas I am gutlessly horrified. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3800 "2025-01-24T01:51:01Z")
Another hearty Fuck You to @SuntanLotion for quoting right wing conservative rag Babylon Bee for their latest article mocking the death of Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood. Breaking link so as not to fuck up an otherwise good thread. https ://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/384 [Here’s a previous piece](https://babylonbee.com/news/medical-marvel-cecile-richards-somehow-able-sleep-night) by them on her. But SuntanLotion call them “brilliant”. SuntanLotion, when’s the last time _you_ worked for the public good? Reading the Babylon Bee much, are we? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3801 "2025-01-24T02:01:49Z")
Since you’ve mentioned it, > [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1476): > > > [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1013276/1): > > > > [https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881746484229763524](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881746484229763524) > > I thought this was far too important for only me to see in a PM. Thanks SuntanLotion your ability to stay on top of the very important . . . stuff being posted on X is to be commended. > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900) > > Just another example of the liberal media hiding the real Nazis. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900) Not a post so that everyone could see the stupid a PM just for me for some reason. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3802 "2025-01-24T02:04:03Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Another hearty Fuck You to @SuntanLotion for quoting right wing conservative rag Babylon Bee I have an old thread pitting the Bee: > [@The Babylon Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-babylon-bee/839152): > > A Babylon Bee article was just cited in Great Debates, and rather than derail that thread, I decided to start a new one. The site is the Cargo Cult equivalent of humor and good writing written by the Far Right who think that they understand the concepts, but don’t. For instance, in [the cited article](https://babylonbee.com/news/fda-investigating-link-between-vaping-looking-like-a-total-cheese-bag), on top of being loosely written and meandering all over the place they write: A sentence that is almost well written, except that rather than allowing the audence to understand what is implied thr… ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3803 "2025-01-24T02:09:17Z")
> [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1476): > > Since you’ve mentioned it, > > > [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1476): > > > > > [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1013276/1): > > > > > > [https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881746484229763524](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881746484229763524) > > > > I thought this was far too important for only [me to see in a PM. Thanks SuntanLotion your ability to stay on top of the very important . . . stuff being posted on X is to be commended](https://substack.com/redirect/3b154a51-f79c-4d8a-9d93-b09ba34bbf46?j=eyJ1IjoiMW41NzhoIn0.q3cLCJVGrEgqypjfbjwMPpwk8bUYT4UpGeq4eJuaPDM). > > > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900) > > > > Just another example of the liberal media hiding the real Nazis. > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900) > > Not a post so that everyone could see the stupid a PM just for me for some reason Hold on…trying to post a video from my phone.. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3804 "2025-01-24T02:12:24Z")
> [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1476): > > Since you’ve mentioned it, > > > [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1476): > > > > > [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1013276/1): > > > > > > [https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881746484229763524](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881746484229763524) > > > > I thought this was far too important for only me to see in a PM. Thanks SuntanLotion your ability to stay on top of the very important . . . stuff being posted on X is to be commended. > > > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900) > > > > Just another example of the liberal media hiding the real Nazis. > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900) > > Not a post so that everyone could see the stupid a PM just for me for some reason. I sent it to show how far reaching the right will go to “oh yeah look what they did.” I am not a right winger. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3805 "2025-01-24T02:21:49Z")
> [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1476): > > I thought this was far too important for only me to see in a PM. Thanks SuntanLotion your ability to stay on top of the very important . . . stuff being posted on X is to be commended. > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyreMMWwAAL0K0?format=jpg&name=900x900) > > Just another example of the liberal media hiding the real Nazis. Here we go: [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82b253bd-280b-4f75-8665-01d7be095d79_465x225.gif) ](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82b253bd-280b-4f75-8665-01d7be095d79_465x225.gif) ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3806 "2025-01-24T02:23:42Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I sent it to show how far reaching the right will go to “oh yeah look what they did.” > I am not a right winger. You’re probably only following the Babylon Bee to keep tabs on what those unscrupulous right-wingers are up to. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3807 "2025-01-24T02:25:04Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Another hearty Fuck You to @SuntanLotion for Truly one of the stupidest people ever to grace our august community. And I do mean stupid, not ignorant. As is unable to separate fact from fiction, cause from effect, or able to exercise the slightest degree of thinking about anything. It’s all random impressions and gut feelings. And religion, vast vast amounts of religious “faith” in imaginary bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3808 "2025-01-24T02:30:31Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I sent it to show how far reaching the right will go to “oh yeah look what they did.” Thank you for that. I have no idea how I would ever be aware of their perfidy without you leading me, and only me for some reason, to that truth. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3809 "2025-01-24T02:38:07Z")
I just wanted to say that I could barely see the whole “I was meaning to suggest that the right-wingers will go to great lengths to misrepresent…” but… I’m also looking at where you’re _going_ to get the information and graphics. Because @SuntanLotion came to the thread’s attention _previously_ for once again taking in source information without research/knowledge of it’s credibility. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I may be late to the party, but **SunTanLotion** has been doing a very credible imitation of an all mouth / no ears moron in the thread that was originally “Stuff Scientists have Recently Learned about COVID” which moderator **puzzlegal** has subsequently split off the Pit-relevant parts into a new thread as “Revisiting covid denial and covid restrictions” > > It’s not real clear what this lady thinks, but it’s clear she doesn’t think much. She dropped some wanna-be BF guy who was too anti-vax for her tastes, but meanwhile all COVID precautions are an Attack on Freedom with No Basis in Science. To which their reply was: > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > You are kind. My mistake was reading a new book from the library called Perceptions of a Renegade mind. > The author writes well, and is interesting but when I got to the part where Covid doesn’t exist, I know for a fact it does. > Former friend maganut had moved a while ago so I don’t communicate with him. I think hes peeved I told him he was crazy. > > In case anyone was wondering, no one in my church talks about politics or conspiracies. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > For the record, I have read Icke’s books. You haven’t or you wouldn’t say he was antisemitic. > He writes he is against the “Sabbatians/ lizards” who control Israel, not Jewish people. SO… it seems that Suntanlotion still has an issue with keeping such a wide open mind that crap falls in based on the sources they’re pulling from. When it keeps coming up though, it’s moving away from “occasional poor choices” to bad habit. It also happened to a former friend of mine who was very involved in their local church group (see quote above) who kept reading “materials” to fit in, and eventually fell into a Born-Again “All liberals/non-Christians are child molesting Satan worshippers” Qanon adjacent group. And since SL already mentioned their fondness of conspiracy theories… yeah. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3810 "2025-01-24T02:41:54Z")
Fondness- enjoying reading the bizarre things people actually believe. A few in my church voted for Harris, as did I. My church doesn’t discuss politics ( I saw some of their posts on fb) just God. If God has put trump in power, then we are being punished. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3811 "2025-01-24T02:42:42Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > SO… it seems that Suntanlotion still has an issue with keeping such a wide open mind that crap falls in based on the sources they’re pulling from. When it keeps coming up though, it’s moving away from “occasional poor choices” to bad habit. I suppose that now that the algorithms know what she has read in the past, that’s what she gets presented with now. And doesn’t have the wherewithal to figure out what’s what. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3812 "2025-01-24T02:44:28Z")
So how on earth did you find the Cecile Richards piece funny? Your son died. Would you have found it funny if someone posted something like that? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3813 "2025-01-24T02:48:01Z")
No. He didn’t claim humans were clumps of cells. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3814 "2025-01-24T02:51:41Z")
Cecile Richards also did not make that claim in the way you are clearly framing it. Also, humans, and all other multicellular life forms on Earth, are just ‘clumps of cells’. So if she did say that then she was being scientifically correct, the ultimate form of correct. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3815 "2025-01-24T03:18:03Z")
Humans _are_ clumps of cells. That’s how cells work. I sense you are missing some in the cranial region. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3816 "2025-01-24T03:33:24Z")
Well, that’s how _humans_ work. The cells can do just fine without assembling into a clump of humanity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=175) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=177)