# 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:** 261
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5503 "2025-07-26T05:48:03Z")
Talking about what a fucking idiot DrDipshit is is always allowed. Should be, anyway. ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5504 "2025-07-26T05:57:51Z")
Thx. Good to know. šŸ¤” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5505 "2025-07-26T05:58:13Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > What the hell is newbie **TimZ** all fired up about in his triangles and Common Core thread? I cannot speak to his Common Core concerns, but I had a look at his triangle thread, and I was like, ā€œWhat gave rise to this?ā€ Triangles are triangles; you can learn all you need to know from watching _The Point_. Nobody needs to learn about triangles; they are simply three-sided shapes. Whatā€™s the point of that thread? Never forget: ā€œA point in every direction is the same as no point at all.ā€ ---
**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 26, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5506 "2025-07-26T06:00:17Z")
That is smooth there, @Spoons . šŸ˜€ I havenā€™t dared open the triangle thread. I have definite veiws on geometrics. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5507 "2025-07-26T06:07:55Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Triangles are triangles Really? [![](https://sciencenotes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Types-of-Triangles-1024x683.png) ](https://sciencenotes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Types-of-Triangles-1024x683.png) ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5508 "2025-07-26T06:17:19Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Talking about what a fucking idiot DrDipshit is is always allowed. I have no exactly two posters on ignore, so heā€™s 50% of my list. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5509 "2025-07-26T06:37:19Z")
Eh, nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5510 "2025-07-26T07:43:45Z")
Thanks. Thatā€™s actually very helpful for those of us who grew up in non-English speaking countries - I remember a lot of my junior high school geometry, I just donā€™t know any terms youā€™d understand. ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5511 "2025-07-26T12:36:30Z")
Yes, his other contributions to long-dormant threads were sorta obsessive info about time or measurements or units or such. Gave off a very ā€œon the spectrumā€ vibe, and especially when taken collectively. But they were factually accurate, germane to the topic (if a bit esoteric), and most relevant now, complete thoughts that stood alone. This triangle business reminds me of that odd-but-not-a-problem poster **cannonkuo** who likes to ask the meaning of one sentence extracted from some written history of the Falklands Islands war. Giving us no context at first until asked, then he gives us the rest of the nearby paragraph(s) and then we can explain the full meaning of the whole situation to him to his satisfaction. Somehow he gets / got stuck on one turn of phrase, his mental gears clash, and itā€™s Game Over for him. **TimZ** is playing the same game here but not forthcoming. And also not so polite. Is he real, if a tad tiresome, or is he a trouble-bot? Scientists baffled. Or at least this particular scientist is baffled. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5512 "2025-07-26T14:25:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > This triangle business reminds me of that odd-but-not-a-problem poster **cannonkuo** who likes to ask the meaning of one sentence extracted from some written history of the Falklands Islands war. Pretty sure that oneā€™s a persona, too. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5513 "2025-07-26T14:53:36Z")
I am naturally less suspicious than you are. IMO ā€¦ There are a LOT of on-the-spectrum barely-social obsessives out there IRL. Who tend to be overrepresented in the quirkier corners of online life. That somebody like that could find us and use us to occasionally satisfy some corner of their obsession seems reasonable to me. Out of all the gin joints in all the world, they happen to walk into ours. And if theyā€™re not too wacky, be tolerated for who they really are. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5514 "2025-07-26T14:59:57Z")
Yeah, I donā€™t mind obsession. If somebody gets entrenched and argumentative, I leave the thread. If they get abusive, well, thatā€™s a different thing. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5515 "2025-07-26T15:12:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yes, his other contributions to long-dormant threads were sorta obsessive info about time or measurements or units or such. Gave off a very ā€œon the spectrumā€ vibe, and especially when taken collectively. Still, if you look closely, you can almost see the nascent Timecube forming behind their eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5516 "2025-07-26T18:58:02Z")
If someone posts something here to call out another poster, and then are shown to be spectacularly wrong, have they been hoisted on their own Pit-tard? ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5517 "2025-07-26T19:52:27Z")
I have rarely used this thread to question another poster, but the new OP by @StarvingButStrong leaves me really confused. Op is here: \https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-trump/1021361. **Sympathy for Trump?** in #In My Humble Opinion How can you look at the life this man led and what heā€™s doing to the country and the world and express any sympathy for him. Tut tutting for a despot makes no sense to me. Please note, posting as a poster and not a Moderator. ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5518 "2025-07-26T21:18:46Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Tut tutting for a despot makes no sense to me. Or, as they say, let fascists carry their own water. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5519 "2025-07-26T21:30:51Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **TimZ** is playing the same game here but not forthcoming. And also not so polite. > > Is he real, if a tad tiresome, or is he a trouble-bot? Scientists baffled. Or at least this particular scientist is baffled. Perhaps he is _similar_ to a trouble-bot. šŸ˜‰ > [@What\_Exit](#): > > How can you look at the life this man led and what heā€™s doing to the country and the world and express any sympathy for him. Basic human decency? [Note: the ā€˜manā€™ referred to is Trump] ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5520 "2025-07-26T21:46:37Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Basic human decency? Thatā€™s sick. He has no decency. ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5521 "2025-07-26T22:14:49Z")
I might goes as far to say heā€™s not fully ā€œhumanā€, either. If I had CTer brain with a religious overtone; I might say heā€™s a zombie/antichrist with bit of brain damage. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5522 "2025-07-26T22:42:34Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Basic human decency? Complete bullshit. The OP of that thread was not obligated to defend Trump. You can argue that decency might keep you from joining the attacks on Trumpā€™s stench. But actually creating a thread was a conscious choice that is beyond decency into support. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=260) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=262)