# 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:** 335
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7070 "2026-04-13T14:58:52Z")
And what am I, chopped liver? (Don’t get too excited Pup, just a figure of speech, no one has liver in their pocket) Ahem, I believe I started this campaign to oust a poseur tryna gaslight the Dope, at large. And steal your beloved persona. I won’t have it, I tell you. It just won’t do!! 🫣 ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7071 "2026-04-13T17:02:29Z")
or maybe they’re hesitant to cook for strangers, not knowing their “I don’t/can’t eat that”, so store-bought is safer ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7072 "2026-04-13T17:05:21Z")
Not really, since it is well known that icon changing is allowed. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7073 "2026-04-13T17:23:13Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > IMO, this should happen here. In most frontend/backend languages, it is quite trivial to send the individual collections of letters back to the server in real time, Eg: Enter name: “John” The front end starts firing off simple requests for all users, who match starting characters “Jo\*”, then filters that list by all that have an “h”, and filters those that do not have an “n”. It takes more text to describe the process than code to do the comparison. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7074 "2026-04-13T17:41:33Z")
Chronos has already suggested the m that user contact the mids to get their name changed, so i expect this situation will be resolved, one way or another. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7075 "2026-04-13T18:01:41Z")
I know that this is a typo, but I am offended on your behalf by the title “mids”. 😜 Y’all are better than that! ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7076 "2026-04-13T18:10:18Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > And what am I, chopped liver? > (Don’t get too excited Pup, just a figure of speech, no one has liver in their pocket) > > Ahem, I believe I started this campaign to oust a poseur tryna gaslight the Dope, at large. And steal your beloved persona. He was referring to @Chronos calling him a St Bernard. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7077 "2026-04-13T19:30:55Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > And this is how we drink Caesars (picture of me at a recent party) That is one happy dog. But nothing can beat a [Saluki for elegance](https://youtu.be/kPSwKdJuZwM). ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7078 "2026-04-13T19:59:51Z")
Thank you for your constant explanations on my behalf. So so helpful. In fact, I knew who he was referring to. I would liked him to refer to me. Hence my lamentations for recognition. But that is ok. I would do it for any one. 'Cause I’m nice like that. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7079 "2026-04-14T01:17:50Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > There is only one **Beckdawrek**. And if there wasn’t, we’d have to invent her. I thought there were three: The bad one, the bad one, and the bad one. (and my apologies to the young Canis lupus, of the familiaris subspecies, for the mistake of breed) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7080 "2026-04-14T01:57:59Z")
> [@Pazu](#): > > Class of 1994. I had a few classmates in I House but I was in apartments all 4 years. Hey there. I’m '92, so we overlapped. Broadview first year, then apartments the rest (including top floor of that tallish one at Blackstone and 52nd St). Carry on… ---
**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:** [April 14, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7081 "2026-04-14T06:21:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I thought there were three You are Correct. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7082 "2026-04-14T12:41:48Z")
I figured it was the bad one, the bad, bad one, and the bad, bad, _bad_ one. You don’t want to cross #3 when she’s in a mood. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7083 "2026-04-15T00:45:49Z")
I’m **badx3** in a nice way. 👼 You’ll know if I’m mad. 😀 ---
**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:** [April 15, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7084 "2026-04-15T11:46:17Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > I thought there were three > > You are Correct. [![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTZIhGw06FigN4f3bLAJKb-QlHNC1e6d1VBM4RUllMFJfi7f6DP86EovUzJJyBWUQaXCa7qzbhLxDcvI_cnuWYkd1x__w9vOA9divQuH6D4sg8lEcMN3lFGvPiuX9hYCngA_w/s320/st038.jpg) ](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTZIhGw06FigN4f3bLAJKb-QlHNC1e6d1VBM4RUllMFJfi7f6DP86EovUzJJyBWUQaXCa7qzbhLxDcvI_cnuWYkd1x__w9vOA9divQuH6D4sg8lEcMN3lFGvPiuX9hYCngA_w/s320/st038.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7085 "2026-04-15T16:00:08Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m **badx3** in a nice way. That’s all very well, but WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ?! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7086 "2026-04-15T16:08:41Z")
I instantly heard that screechy voice: “_Harcourt Fenton Mudd!_”. Some memes stick. Even if the word “meme” was 15 years in the future when that scene was shot. And it’s now just shy of 60 years since it was aired. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7087 "2026-04-15T16:31:49Z")
Shouldn’t that be “What WERE you thinking?” ---
**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:** [April 15, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7088 "2026-04-15T18:09:08Z")
Maybe. Or possibly “What were you THINKING?” Or “What were YOU thinking?” Or even “What WERE you THINKING?” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7089 "2026-04-15T18:11:57Z")
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