# 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:** 259
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5463 "2025-07-17T16:01:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Some train wrecks are just too stupid to watch. I’m still watching. There’s still a small bit of entertainment value there. (Evidently my life is quite dull.) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5464 "2025-07-17T16:01:52Z")
The beauty of this particular trolling is that they’re succeeding in making participants fight with each other, rather than the instigator. Credit where credit is due. This is as good as the best I’ve seen during the epic days of USENET. ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5465 "2025-07-17T16:06:51Z")
And it’s not a matter of great import. This is an especially big tempest in an especially small teapot. You’re right. He ought to get some sort of “(relatively) harmless troll of the year” award Hell, it even roped me to deliver one more shot to a protagonist of the other side. Stupid me. 🤦‍♂️ ETA: Ref Susan below. Wow. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5466 "2025-07-17T16:07:11Z")
Closed and OP suspended for a day while mods consider the trolling question. ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5467 "2025-07-17T16:27:15Z")
Please move the **MW\_Degen\_Gamblr** discussion to the correct thread: > [@Trolls R Us Resurrections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections/950518/13669): > > Asking for some help gather information and links where MW\_Degen\_Gamblr is trolling the board. They have been a lot more subtle than many of our trocks but the pattern seems very clear to me and others. They’ve had a good 1 year run, I think it is time to end this character. I’m starting up another discussion in the Modloop on them. Thank you. I could use the help. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5468 "2025-07-17T16:56:13Z")
Yeah. @LSLGuy , I saw you back him up, in his thread. Your “hotel” story was very similar, except you only pay $500-$1000 a night, he’s getting comped rooms. Who’s more entitled, I wonder? Funny how quick you jumped the fence. Yes, he’s a silly doofus, probably in way over his head. Probably an addict. Troll? Nah. Why are ya’ll so afraid of new posters? ---
**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 17, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5469 "2025-07-17T17:08:28Z")
Its not fear. Calling people nazis? I think the mods are smart enough to decide this. ---
**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 17, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5470 "2025-07-17T17:19:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Funny how quick you jumped the fence. Jumped what fence? Don’t follow. My last comment was directed at another poster there, not the OP. Anyhow, further discussion directly about **MW** belongs in the other thread, not here. If we all wanna bicker amongst ourselves, well here’s the spot. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5471 "2025-07-17T17:26:57Z")
No bicker. Just reading. The threads/posts jumble up in my brain. It just appeared to me you were staunchly for..as soon as the troll talk started you were quick to change to _against_. But, right. Needs to be in the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5472 "2025-07-17T17:45:22Z")
Sorry. I had no idea this was a pattern. I’ve pretty much ignored their previous threads. ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5473 "2025-07-17T22:29:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > Funny how quick you jumped the fence. > > Jumped what fence? Don’t follow. My last comment was directed at another poster there, not the OP. > > Anyhow, further discussion directly about **MW** belongs in the other thread, not here. If we all wanna bicker amongst ourselves, well here’s the spot. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > No bicker. Just reading. > The threads/posts jumble up in my brain. > > It just appeared to me you were staunchly for..as soon as the troll talk started you were quick to change to _against_. > > But, right. Needs to be in the other thread. A hah! I figured it out. I’ve been consistent that the hotel is wrong and people defeating thermostats is right. I’ve been back-and-forth on whether **MWDG** is real or fake & whether that’s a problem or not. Hence our mutual confusion when three threads are in flight by or about the same dude. Hugs dear; no fussing here. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5474 "2025-07-17T22:48:35Z")
Thx. You’re nice. ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5475 "2025-07-17T23:19:22Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yes, he’s a silly doofus, probably in way over his head. Probably an addict. > > Troll? Nah. > > Why are ya’ll so afraid of new posters? I don’t give a shit, as long as they’re not addicts. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5476 "2025-07-17T23:57:13Z")
I suspect there are few addicts or those enthusiastic about their chosen poison, on this here board. Gambling addicts are actually fun to be around. Half my family was GA. Some got help and quit. Some didn’t. An addict does not equal troll. Like I said, if they are a troll or sock, they need to go. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5477 "2025-07-19T10:57:42Z")
So, for a change of pace… TimZ seems to have joined us 4 days ago for the almost exclusive purpose of resurrecting long-dead transportation- or surveying-related threads. Weirdly specific. ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5478 "2025-07-19T11:55:38Z")
The moniker might stand for “times”. He also woke one up about the precision of time measurement and time signalling. He might be a pro in metrology. He might be an obsessive sort. He might well be both. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5479 "2025-07-19T20:32:17Z")
@wolfpup is now tripling down on the lie that the accusations against Chris Hardwick were shown to be false by investigations. That is a big fat lie (none of the investigations’ findings were made public), as has been pointed out to wolfy multiple times already, and yet he can’t let go: > [@Cancel Culture and Canceling versus consequences for actions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/669): > > The automatic presumption of guilt in both those statement is duly noted. Note the difference in my position versus those two. Rather than presuming guilt, I’m saying that we don’t have all the facts. We don’t know the full story. Were they having an affair? Probably, but maybe not. We don’t know. Was he “cheating” on his wife if they were in the process of an amicable divorce and mutually agreed to see other people? We don’t know. We do know that some very nasty accusations were made… ---
**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:** [July 19, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5480 "2025-07-19T20:35:04Z")
Wolfy is also, hilariously, insisting that the CEO kisscam meme thing is cancel culture, as if only in the age of the internet did office hanky panky risk damaging careers! ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5481 "2025-07-19T22:25:39Z")
He doesn’t know what cancel culture even is. He’s socially pretty clueless. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5482 "2025-07-19T22:29:01Z")
He knows when you’re top dog, you can do anything. Just kidding. I have no idea what this kerfuffle is about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=260)