# 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:** 266
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5603 "2025-08-05T02:10:15Z")
Eh, using @ in this thread isn’t as big a deal as the troll thread… ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5604 "2025-08-05T03:23:54Z")
Indeed, especially since the thread title is in the second person. If you want to talk about someone in the third person, I’d say that’s implicit acknowledgment any commentary about them belongs in… the other thread. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5605 "2025-08-05T03:32:14Z")
I did run the title by Miller prior to starting this thread, and confirmed that we are on the safe side of the fuzzy line about insulting titles even in the Pit. So we can do direct links (creating back links) without falling afoul of our guidelines. And since I try to focus on _constructive_ criticism, and calling one-off moments of poor posting, it’s fine if you want to @ someone, and more importantly, keep the Pit behavior out of non-Pit threads. ---
**Author:** ![ByuBilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@ByuBilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ByuBilly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5606 "2025-08-05T16:17:07Z")
I knew he would be making some crap downthread soon as I just responded to him lauding Frank the worst cop in America as great… Smh. Almost Smapti at his worst level delusion… ---
**Author:** ![ByuBilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@ByuBilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ByuBilly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5607 "2025-08-05T16:23:27Z")
Maybe if you weren’t like the backend of a territorial hippo when you speak it wouldn’t be so bad. Everything they said was true. I often wonder at your lunacy. Look at how you came after ata when he was the only person NOT attacking you as a gun nut (and yes I own 3! but guess what I’m opposed to how easily they’re obtained and being canadian probably had more hoops to jump through anyway. They’re not even kept at my house they’re in a lodge for camping and one at a target range). Gun nut! I guess??? Nobody ganged up on you. They just pointed out your behaviour… ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5608 "2025-08-05T17:19:59Z")
Starting this shit? _Again?_ I’ve never seen your handle, but if you’re going to pile on like just another bed-bug, that’s on you. I hate guns. Hate guns. You don’t, whatever. I hate the justification of guns. I hate the 2nd Amendment being twisted to allow loons to own guns other than for armed forces or on-duty LEO purposes. You find my POV lunacy? Well that’s on you. You want to shout insults at me from across the street and then skip away thinking “oh what a good boy am I” ? I’m just pointing out your behavior. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5609 "2025-08-05T17:27:52Z")
Please both of you, take it out of this thread. Start a different pit thread if you want or drop this, probably a better idea. ---
**Author:** ![ByuBilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@ByuBilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ByuBilly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5610 "2025-08-05T17:51:13Z")
I wasn’t aware one comment made it me and him… apologies. Was just pointing out the usual lunacy, not his stance on guns , but overall much like what someone upthread said about jokes that seem to have no premise or a tortured premise. Next time I’ll make sure to only give a half response I guess? Especially since I have no intention of responding to his obvious over the top as per usual response that has little to do with what I stated. He’s obviously a drama king par excellence and can’t read for one drop of comprehension. But yes I’ll “take it to another thread” because I obviously care so much… Plz dont attach his drama to my response K? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5611 "2025-08-05T18:46:44Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Please both of you, take it out of this thread. Start a different pit thread if you want or drop this, probably a better idea. For clarification, are you commenting as a mod or as yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5612 "2025-08-05T19:09:16Z")
If there’s no [Moderating] tag, it means we’re commenting as a regular poster, not a mod. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5613 "2025-08-05T19:24:28Z")
Are you commenting as a poster or a cad?😉 Kidding.✌ ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5614 "2025-08-05T20:11:28Z")
> [@ByuBilly](#): > > Next time I’ll make sure to only give a half response I guess? Or next time you don’t dig up a topic that has been dormant for 4 days just to stir up shit. I obviously take issue with things that MSH said, but kicking the hornet’s nest here looks like trolling. > [@ByuBilly](#): > > He’s obviously a drama king par excellence and can’t read for one drop of comprehension. Says the person who started this shit up again? ---
**Author:** ![ByuBilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@ByuBilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ByuBilly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5615 "2025-08-05T20:29:46Z")
My apologies I admittedly didn’t look at dates. I didn’t realize it had “calmed” down. I was just shocked that of all the ppl he critiqued the one person with zero animosity towards him had received (to me) the most virulent response. I guess I did just “pile” on. And stir shit up. Once again my apologies. To my view I was just scrolling down and catching up. For one , I don’t even read this on weekends as its a work only vice. No excuse though, should have paid attention to dates or scrolled down to end of thread before responding. Very hard for me to remember what I was going to say coasting down those 40 or so posts but it would have been for the best probably. Can’t promise I will do that in the future. Most likely will still put my foot in my mouth. Especially if its just a few days. Mostly I just posted all during my breaks today. Towards the second comment. I didn’t start it up again. I commented on a post I JUST read. That seemed to be ok except for the one part where he attacked the one person who wasn’t attacking them… I commented on it. In my not so nice style as this is the pit. I thought it was an accurate analogy considering how all over the place the accusations were. But apparently it wasn’t quick enough and I should only post on the date of said msg. Msg received… (so was I trolling or piling on… which one since I’ve been accused of both now by both ppl in said discussion?) It’s like the red scare with some of you especially people who think they have an ability to “sense” them heh… ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5616 "2025-08-05T21:13:02Z")
> [@ByuBilly](#): > > I was just shocked that of all the ppl he critiqued the one person with zero animosity towards him had received (to me) the most virulent response. I guess I did just “pile” on. And stir shit up. Once again my apologies. You’re in the Pit, and you spoke your mind. No need to apologize. You haven’t sinned. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5617 "2025-08-05T23:23:08Z")
Myself, please notice the lack of the word “Moderating” and the lack of color. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5618 "2025-08-06T12:49:45Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > And since I try to focus on _constructive_ criticism, and calling one-off moments of poor posting, It’s a good idea. The average Pit thread is about as useless as real life responses to social faux pas, ie exclusion and gossiping behind the person’s back. In many cases, constructive criticism could actually be useful. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5619 "2025-08-06T15:38:06Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Myself, please notice the lack of the word “Moderating” and the lack of color. Look for the Post-It yellow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5620 "2025-08-08T15:12:20Z")
Just expressing my recreational amusement at the latest iteration of the **Strangelove vs. Stranger Wars** , this time in the Bridge to Sicily thread. As before, the former posts some pie in the sky idea, the latter carefully expounds on why it can’t work, the former comes back saying that ok, but this one _little_ side detail is nonetheless plausible! The latter then explains that it is beside the point when the entire notion remains implausible. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5621 "2025-08-08T15:36:31Z")
Both of them use their excess ego to compensate for their poor perception of the limits of their own knowledge. It’s unfortunate, because they are both quite knowledgeable. But when either one discusses something you happen to know about, you quickly see the dingles of bullshit scattered through. It requires careful combing to get clean information from them. I don’t think they use AI in their posts, but their reliability is similar to it. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5622 "2025-08-08T16:08:49Z")
Eh, it’s not quite a both-sides situation. I think Stranger’s reliability is around 95-98%, while Strangelove’s is more like 80%. Like you say, both are knowledgeable, but in an argument between them, my money is usually on Stranger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=267)