# 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:** 270
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5683 "2025-08-16T02:01:27Z")
Some folks are shit pickers. They have their own delusions about how clever and smart they are. Not working. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5684 "2025-08-16T02:07:12Z")
Hey, could y’all take this discussion to some other pit thread? Posting as a poster, not as a mod, in case that’s not obvious. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5685 "2025-08-16T02:21:48Z")
I’m done. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5686 "2025-08-16T05:00:30Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Anyone who posts so much crap that I’m unwilling to see any more of it means that when I do block them, half the other posts by other posters are still talking about or quoting the prolific jerk’s contents. I find it easier to scroll past posts by other poster who have quoted the ignored poster. ---
**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 16, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5687 "2025-08-16T06:27:31Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@Johanna](#): > > > > There used to be virulent transphobes expressing downright hate here. They’ve all been banned. Now the transphobes are sneaky and try to weasel their hate in with what they think are clever little ploys. > > **Paul Was in Saudi** is still around, that creepy little fuck. He should have been banned long ago. Also **DemonTree**. Don’t forget **DemonTree**. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5688 "2025-08-16T06:32:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The one who doesn’t is someone always picking fights and looking for excuses to get into conflict, I seriously think they get off on it and have a screw loose. Fuck you, too, buddy, fuck you too. ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5689 "2025-08-16T12:57:41Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Also **DemonTree**. Don’t forget **DemonTree**. Since Twitter became X, most of my Tweets on the subject have been defending trans people. I’m pretty damn disillusioned with the GC movement. But too many people here are simply looking for an excuse to attack someone; allowing themselves to see the real person rather than a caricature would interfere with that. ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5690 "2025-08-16T20:29:33Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Since Twitter became X, most of my Tweets on the subject have been defending trans people. I’m pretty damn disillusioned with the GC movement. Growth is good. I used to be a total conservative at one time. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5691 "2025-08-16T23:59:08Z")
I had to google “GC movement.” Basically, it’s TERF. ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5692 "2025-08-17T16:34:06Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Basically, it’s TERF. Yes it is. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5693 "2025-08-19T05:00:36Z")
I just put someone on ignore for IIRC my first time in 18 years here. Mostly to keep myself from telling them how full of shit they are. Why not just tell them? Every time I have gone off on someone, I usually end up regretting it, even if they “deserved" it. If I believed diplomacy would get through to them, I would try. I can tolerate a lot, but being blamed for my own oppression is not something I can tolerate right now. I don’t know if the ignore function will be effective or useful. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5694 "2025-08-19T05:31:37Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Mostly to keep myself from telling them how full of shit they are. Yeah, I found that I was letting a couple of people spend far too much time living rent free in my head. Posters like that are not interested in real discussions so it’s just a waste of time and energy. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5695 "2025-08-20T07:41:04Z")
The only person here I _recall_ putting on Ignore was cesario, a pedophilia/child pornography advocate that lasted a long time before _finally_ being banned. I was grateful that when he showed on another forum he got banned almost immediately when he started his routine. (Same name, same behavior so I presume it was the same person) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5696 "2025-08-20T15:27:26Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > cesario, a pedophilia/child pornography advocate that lasted a long time before _finally_ being banned I got curious because I couldn’t remember how long. Looks like he lasted about 5 1/2 months over 15 years ago when there was a lot more free speech absolutism on the board. I doubt he’d last anywhere near that now. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5697 "2025-09-24T13:16:27Z")
I had no idea @DigitalC was a genocide defender: > [@What do Gazan civilians have to do to qualify for greater support from the DNC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-gazan-civilians-have-to-do-to-qualify-for-greater-support-from-the-dnc/1023242/78): > > Well I was certainly willing to take your word for it that it was a genocide, and then you drop this: This is simply not true, they are trying to destroy Palestine because Palestine is trying to destroy them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5698 "2025-09-24T20:17:26Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > free speech absolutism What a curious choice of words. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5699 "2025-09-24T20:38:31Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > What a curious choice of words. Hardly original to me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5700 "2025-09-24T21:46:36Z")
I know, that’s what makes it curious to me. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5701 "2025-09-24T22:51:15Z")
Is it that inside every free speech absolutist, there’s a cryptofascist, yearning to oppress? Because they pretty uniformly seem to be more “free speech subjectivists” in practice. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5702 "2025-09-25T05:59:39Z")
Exactly that. Another curious word: “Cryptofascist” in old money is a fascist who tries to hide his fascism. Not a fascist who trades a lot in crypto;) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=271)