# 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:** 336
**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:** [April 15, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7090 "2026-04-15T21:56:32Z")
Ya think? ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7091 "2026-04-16T18:56:11Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > “What, Where, Who, Why , When you thinking?” “Oh, he’s the center fielder.” ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7092 "2026-04-16T20:03:25Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > 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). Cool! We must have crossed paths at some point in the hospital at least once. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7093 "2026-04-17T03:27:02Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > But nothing can beat a [Saluki for elegance](https://youtu.be/kPSwKdJuZwM). Hey, my veterinarian recently got a Saluki puppy, had it at the office one day when I had a cat in for a checkup. Doggone adorable little girl! ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7094 "2026-04-17T04:02:42Z")
Puppies love everybody, of course, but the grown dogs are quite cat-like in their demeanor. Very reserved around strangers they are definitely a one-family dog, independent, dignified, and aloof. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7095 "2026-04-17T04:17:44Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > the grown dogs are quite cat-like in their demeanor. Heh. Like some cats, anyway. I had a cat who loved people so much she even enjoyed going to the vet because there were PEOPLE there who paid ATTENTION to her! Any people who came to my home were clearly there to meet Sophie. Not exactly aloof. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7096 "2026-04-17T04:24:54Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Puppies love everybody, of course, but the grown dogs are quite cat-like in their demeanor. Very reserved around strangers they are definitely a one-family dog, independent, dignified, and aloof. Bernese Mountain Dogs have some of those characteristics, most notably the fact that when they bond with their caregiver, they bond for life. Re-homing them is hard on them, although certainly there are worthy and thriving Bernese Mountain Dog rescue organizations. They love children – probably because they’re so childlike themselves – and tend to be wary of strangers, except those who are admitted into the house. Those they like to play with, because they regard them as trusted “members of the pack”. But out in the wild, my Bernese would not even accept a dog biscuit from a stranger, and would not let anyone except me or my son walk him. But when, out on our walks, a child would ask if she was allowed to pet him, he would happily oblige, and exhibit a big panting smile. But I see we’re off on a tangent again … ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7097 "2026-04-17T06:36:10Z")
We were thinking of dogs and cats. What’s wrong with that? 🐶 🐯 ---
**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:** [April 17, 2026, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7098 "2026-04-17T08:18:42Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Bernese Mountain Dogs have some of those characteristics, most notably the fact that when they bond with their caregiver, they bond for life. At the risk of perpetuating the hijack, I can speak to the bond. With my cats, certainly; with my horse, especially. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7099 "2026-04-17T17:57:54Z")
Now Wesley Powell, in the Leave the birthrate alone thread in GD, is prating on about “western values.” Has he even read anything published in the last 50 years? That phrase “western values” is so out of touch with the time it’s practically an anachronism. It’s like Wesley is playing a recording of Bill Buckley from the 1970s. I’m more astounded than annoyed by the depth of cluelessness. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7100 "2026-04-17T18:53:04Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > It’s like Wesley is playing a recording of Bill Buckley from the 1970s. Not the first time or the last. ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7101 "2026-04-17T18:55:25Z")
It’s like 1960s Republicanism was the pinnacle of human achievement or something. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7102 "2026-04-18T03:04:57Z")
Continued discussion in that thread reveals a mindset that hasn’t been updated since the Eisenhower administration. After all the change we’ve been through in our lifetimes, I marvel that anybody has maintained such an intellectual stasis for so long. As long as one stays frozen in mental carbonite that old, one never feels the need to check oneself for racism. ---
**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 18, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7103 "2026-04-18T09:35:51Z")
Well said. I will suggest that in this bit > [@Johanna](#): > > As long as one stays frozen in mental carbonite that old, one never feels the need to check oneself for racism. you probably have cause and effect reversed. But despite that quibble, two thumbs up! ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7104 "2026-04-18T17:04:29Z")
This is not really pit level, but saying it in the thread would be shitty and starting a new thread for mild gripes would be otiose, and I need to speak my truth: Tenet is a bad movie and absolutely does not deserve the love and attention being lavished on it. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7105 "2026-04-18T17:07:19Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7106 "2026-04-18T20:55:48Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > starting a new thread for mild gripes would be otiose It’s interesting how this word has two accepted meanings, one of which (pointless or superfluous) fits this context, and another of which (lazy, indolent) is kind of the opposite. I had a co-worker in Portland, from Oklahoma but kind of the anti-Oklahoman who had nothing good to say about her former abode or its residents, and this was one of her favorite words. The only person I’ve ever heard use it in person. ---
**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 18, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7107 "2026-04-18T21:00:42Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > It’s interesting how this word has two accepted meanings, one of which (pointless or superfluous) fits this context, and another of which (lazy, indolent) is kind of the opposite. I thought it was a breakfast cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7108 "2026-04-18T21:05:09Z")
I guess “oh-tee-ose” is an accepted pronunciation, but more common is “oh-she-ose.” My friend used to pronounced it “oh-shuss.” ---
**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 18, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7109 "2026-04-18T21:06:37Z")
Oklahoma isn’t so awful. The 40 native American tribes that call it home add a bunch of artistic and cultural significance to the population. There’s good and bad in every state. None of us are pure enough(in our homelands)to crow and disparage another. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=335) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=337)