# 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:** 305
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6470 "2026-02-11T05:00:40Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Doesn’t he have his own pit thread? I hope you see the irony of complaining about 3 posts about DrDeth, and then immediately continuing a 50-post tangent about computer mice. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6471 "2026-02-11T05:15:23Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > computer mice The correct plural is computer mouses. /kidding, not 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:** [February 11, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6472 "2026-02-11T05:17:14Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > The correct plural is computer mouses. Meeces ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6473 "2026-02-11T05:21:52Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > The correct plural is computer mouses Both are now acceptable. I see _mice_ much more often that _mouses_ nowadays and expect it’ll soon completely take over. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6474 "2026-02-11T05:30:06Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Meeces Mousopodes. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6475 "2026-02-11T06:17:12Z")
My cat calls ‘em for snack time. 😱 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6476 "2026-02-11T07:22:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Meeces to pieces. \<3 ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6477 "2026-02-11T11:49:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Capeesh???!!? Good!! Is this thing on?? 🤪 Hey everybody. I tried. I’ve been out-voted. Rerailing the thread is now your job, not mine. > [@hajario](#): > > What if I have a laptop…on my lap. It’s almost never on a desk. I have a wireless optical mouse that I almost never use That’s about where I am these days. I have a desk with big monitors and a docking station. And a wireless meece. Which almost never get used. Instead, just like this instant moment, I’m sitting in my comfy recliner w my feet up on the ottoman and my Surface tablet + keyboard in laptop mode atop my outstretched legs. The touchpad on the keyboard device is all I need. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6478 "2026-02-11T12:02:08Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Hey everybody. I tried. I’ve been out-voted. Rerailing the thread is now your job, not mine. Meh. I check in every so often when I see that there are more posts. Oh, there are, but they’re still about computer mice. Well, maybe there are better sites to visit. I’ll check back later. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6479 "2026-02-11T12:59:01Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > And so 100% of his actual “expertise” is on mainframe stuff. Hehe, a friend and I dropped a mainframe back in the mid nineties, by using GW BASIC to calculate the Fibonacci sequence. We were only 13 at the time, so kind of underestimated how woefully underpowered the mainframes of those days were. (and our abilities) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6480 "2026-02-11T13:25:56Z")
I can’t be bothered to read all the posts in this thread. Could someone sum it up for me and tell me what I was thinking please. TIA. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6481 "2026-02-12T02:31:23Z")
Can’t even get a good piss shiver hijack around here. Still on computer accessories. You all disappoint. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6482 "2026-02-12T03:01:58Z")
The problem is everyone else is behaving themselves out in the rest of the threads. If you wanna re-rail the thread, go stir some shit elsewhere! ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6483 "2026-02-12T03:06:27Z")
I think I’ll pass. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6484 "2026-02-12T03:06:56Z")
You mean piss. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6485 "2026-02-12T03:07:31Z")
okay, that was funny. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6486 "2026-02-12T03:17:46Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wcSg6dAZ03w/maxresdefault.jpg "Hot Fuzz (2007) Peter Ian Staker") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcSg6dAZ03w) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6487 "2026-02-12T03:18:15Z")
I keep coming back to this thread thinking there’s some actual content. Nope. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6488 "2026-02-12T03:27:12Z")
Like I said a few minutes ago to somebody else: then bloody well go make some of your own! Consider it a personal growth exercise. 😁 ---
**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:** [February 12, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6489 "2026-02-12T09:45:08Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I keep coming back to this thread thinking there’s some actual content. Nope. Look, we can’t just manufacture content. The thread is in a holding pattern until someone does something worth pitting them for. It’s the Pit - just go with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=304) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=306)