# 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:** 233
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4940 "2025-04-28T21:14:10Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > I was responding to a post that amounted to a claim that most Democratic supporters are fascist racists. _Of course_ they’d kill everyone but them given the chance, history shows that. My entire point was that they were in fact _not_ acting like fascist racists. Slave-holding American Southerners were pretty damn racist, and yet somehow neglected to kill everyone not them. It may surprise you to know that people can have bad beliefs and do bad things without literally being psychopathic serial killers. * * * > [@saucywench](#): > > That may be true for some, but if I was young and in southern California, I seriously doubt I’d be here. And yet somehow @Babale is the third most prolific poster in this thread. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4941 "2025-04-28T21:43:22Z")
It took all of 10 minutes while I was having my morning coffee. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4942 "2025-04-28T22:09:01Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Slave-holding American Southerners were pretty damn racist, and yet somehow neglected to kill everyone not them. Because they couldn’t, and because they were more inclined to slavery. But they _did_ want to conquer other nations and enslave more people, and force everyone else to go along with it. Modern fascism is more about genocide. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4943 "2025-04-28T22:18:18Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > …if I was young and in southern California, I seriously doubt I’d be here. You’d be stuck in traffic somewhere. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4944 "2025-04-28T22:39:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > You’d be stuck in traffic somewhere. Okay, I actually laughed in real life at this one. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4945 "2025-04-28T23:41:58Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > fascist racists. I invite everyone to say “fascist racists” ten times in a row, real fast. It’s not easy. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4946 "2025-04-28T23:48:23Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I invite everyone to say “fascist racists” ten times in a row, real fast. It’s quite a bit easier to say “fucking assholes”. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4947 "2025-04-29T00:49:37Z")
😁 Where is that damn jetpack when I need it? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4948 "2025-04-29T03:04:03Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Okay, I actually laughed in real life at this one. Same here. The thing about SoCal is that you don’t have to do anything to enjoy it. Being here is the joy itself. Mostly kidding; _I feel that way_ but I know lots and lots of peeps disagree. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4949 "2025-05-05T18:16:11Z")
Has Lumpy always been this dumb (or maybe just… bad)? Saying ethnic cleansing can be warranted? [What will happen in Gaza now that Trump won? - #208 by Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-gaza-now-that-trump-won/1009762/208) EDIT: chappachula too: > [@What will happen in Gaza now that Trump won?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-gaza-now-that-trump-won/1009762/210): > > And you know what? Hamas could, you know, just “not” ethnically cleanse the Jews. Please remember how this war started. On October 6, 2023 there were ZERO Israelis in Gaza. at 6 am, armed barbarians from Hamas crossed the border, invaded thousands of Israeli private home, pulled people out of bed in their pyjamas and murdered them in cold blood, while proudly recording it on video. And they proudly announce that they would do it again. That’s ethnic cleansing. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4950 "2025-05-05T18:33:17Z")
That’s especially dumb. How hard is it to just say ethnic cleansing is bad? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4951 "2025-05-05T18:43:49Z")
It’s hypocritical to condemn Israel from the peace and safety of the United States (whose military has had absolutely no problem with killing any number of Iraqis, Afghanis and other brown Muslim people in the name of safety) and trying to Monday-morning quarterback the IDF on what they should or shouldn’t do. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4952 "2025-05-05T18:52:10Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > It’s hypocritical I don’t think you know the meaning of that term. Hypocrisy means condemning someone for something that you do yourself, or support someone else doing. I’m against any form of ethnic cleansing from anyone, and I’ve of course never engaged in it myself. Holding everyone to the same standards is the opposite of hypocrisy. And if and when the US engages in it I’ll hold them accountable too. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4953 "2025-05-05T18:57:13Z")
Yeah…considering how much condemnation there was on the board regarding our misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan before, during, and after the fact, that’s a truly peculiar example of “hypocrisy” ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4954 "2025-05-05T19:08:25Z")
If the United States wanted to ethnically cleanse Iraqis, Afghanis and other brown Muslim people they did a rather poor job of it considering the ability it has to do so. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4955 "2025-05-05T19:53:24Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Has Lumpy always been this dumb (or maybe just… bad)? Asked and answered, I see. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4956 "2025-05-06T05:55:23Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Has Lumpy always been this dumb (or maybe just… bad)? `*sigh*` > [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Well, I’ve certainly made _my_ position clear on this matter: > > > [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > > > Anyway, I don’t know why we’re in this thread. This thread is for otherwise good posters who _aren’t_ trolls, and yet here we’re talking about **Lumpy**? > > > [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > > > For the record, I don’t think your criticism is appropriate. You should apologize… > > > > …to @ParallelLines (because this is the thread for criticizing people who _aren’t_ trolls, and yet here you’re criticizing **Lumpy** ). > > ETA: Oh, and this was also re: **Lumpy** : > > > [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > > > > [@Pleonast](#): > > > > > > Has this poster always been a fascist? > > > > Let me put it this way: I don’t believe he belongs in _this_ thread. > > Seems after a while, with so many distinct appearances in this thread, the point ought to be well made? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4957 "2025-05-06T15:23:24Z")
What he said 👆 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4958 "2025-05-23T03:34:15Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > People are annoyed with you because your statement that “someone who hasn’t heard of [Studio Ghibli] pays extremely little attention to the film industry” is objectively false and reflects a self-centered view of the world. And your assertion that it’s the same as someone having never heard of Disney is just ridiculous. > > I watch a lot of movies. I’m a movie **junkie**. I watch the Oscars every year and am generally aware of most of the nominees and winners in the major categories, and have usually seen most or many of them. I’ve heard of _Princess Mononoke_ and _Spirited Away_ many times, though I haven’t seen them. **Yet I’d never heard of Studio Ghibli until this thread**. Apologies for rehashing Mar 2025 drama, but IIRC Darren is from New Zealand, DemonTree is from the UK and you are from Canada. Very different exposure to international (i.e. non-Hollywood) cinema. I’m an animation fan residing in the USA, so yeah I’ve heard of Studio Ghibli for decades, but I also grasp that most North Americans have not, whatever their education and hippness. I’d cut our non-North American posters some slack here. We’re all in the anglosphere and geekosphere, but there still remain interesting cultural differences. Admittedly I’m a [weeb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanophilia), so I tend to look fondly on any and all promotion of anime or manga. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/4959 "2025-05-23T15:26:38Z")
Our frequent flying **Magiver** is doing his “impervious to reading” trick in the “Biden has prostate cancer” thread. Starting just below my post cited here and running off and on for the next hundred posts. > [@Joe Biden diagnosed with Prostate Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/55): > > For any men (or spouses of men) in the thread just waking up to the ideas around prostate cancer, we’ve had threads and threads on various aspects of the topic. This particular one started as one guy’s story about his journey and sort of morphed into the omnibus thread on “I’ve been diagnosed, what now?” and the whole rest of the follow-up. Lotta good background there for anyone dealing with PC, whether as the guest of honor or as the SO. His contention amounts to > Of course they should have been testing his PSA all the time, and of course there’s no downside to false positives for anyone, and of course I have no idea what the actual physicians in the thread have cited as actual national guidance on PSA testing. But they should have been testing and treating for a long time now instead of suddenly being surprised. Head. Meet. Wall. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=234)