# 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:** 341
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7191 "2026-05-08T19:23:36Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Should I mock someone for not knowing about **[Frieren](https://myanimelist.net/anime/52991/Sousou_no_Frieren)** even though it is the best Fantasy has to offer since the Lord of the Rings movies? I read about the first dozen or so chapters from the translated Manga, but while I loved the storytelling (and the Arwen parallels) it was a bit too slow moving to hook me. Maybe I’ll go back and read more or watch the anime. I like some “slow life” stories as well, and it’s _thematically_ significant, again, just didn’t hook me. As for Mr.Beast, I first heard of them via their _many_ issues and legal challenges from LegalEagle: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W4CePWWN1Xs/maxresdefault.jpg "MrBeast: Illegal Rigging, Lotteries, & NDAs?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4CePWWN1Xs) I’m not equipped to judge the person in question, and there is possibly some bias from the content creator, but that and some of the non-stop Amazon ads made me uninterested in any further examination. But I didn’t respond in the thread in question because I don’t care enough (in either direction) to bother. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7192 "2026-05-08T19:45:26Z")
I just wanted to chime in and agree that Frieren is really good. If you like fantasy stories and anime, watch it. It’s very “Dungeons and Dragons” adjacent (especially since there are parties of adventurers of mixed classes going on adventures), and has decent humor, but good writing and some very sober subject matter to it. It’s a really good example of the genre. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7193 "2026-05-08T19:56:16Z")
You would. 😑 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7194 "2026-05-08T20:40:46Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > @Beckdawrek and @TroutMan summed it up nicely. Then quote those folks that offend you so, not me, as my post didn’t meet your low-bar of mockery. . > [@Babale](#): > > But God forbid you haven’t heard of some anime studio. What’s an anime ? I kid, I kid > [@TroutMan](#): > > There’s a big difference between not knowing some cultural reference, and being _proud_ that you don’t know it. There’s no shame in the first, but the second is annoying. Yeah, but FLIP PHONE! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7195 "2026-05-08T20:44:38Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Then quote those folks that offend you so, not me, as my post didn’t meet your low-bar of mockery. I didn’t intend to quote you specifically, I was linking to the beginning of the thread ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7196 "2026-05-08T20:47:41Z")
Got it. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7197 "2026-05-08T20:59:40Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > What’s an anime ? It’s a tentacled sea creature that clown fish live in. [![](https://www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk/portsmouth/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-599102452-1024x683.jpg) ](https://www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk/portsmouth/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-599102452-1024x683.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7198 "2026-05-08T21:03:04Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > I read about the first dozen or so chapters from the translated Manga, but while I loved the storytelling (and the Arwen parallels) it was a bit too slow moving to hook me. Maybe I’ll go back and read more or watch the anime. I like some “slow life” stories as well, and it’s _thematically_ significant, again, just didn’t hook me. By many accounts the Anime is greater than the Manga. ( **Frieren** ) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7199 "2026-05-08T21:04:07Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s a tentacled sea creature that clown fish live in. [Or, this maybe?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb47CstE7R4) ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7200 "2026-05-08T21:04:38Z")
😆 👍 ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7201 "2026-05-08T21:26:55Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I tried watching one of the most highly rated films from Studio Ghibli which was so endlessly praised. I quit after about half an hour. Do you remember which one? If someone tells me, “I know nothing about anime but I’ve heard Studio Ghibli is highly rated,” I recommend [_Porco Rosso_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso). It still has fantastic elements but is a more linear plot that westerners expect than some of the other offerings. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7202 "2026-05-08T22:12:28Z")
Personally I like the threads where Dopers brag about not knowing something. It is a breath of fresh air compared to all the rest of the threads where us Dopers brag about knowing everything. 😉 ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7203 "2026-05-08T22:14:55Z")
I am certain this guy posts on the SDMB. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6fA9sJ3LBwg/hqdefault.jpg ""TV" is a nickname and nicknames are for friends, and television is no friend of mine.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fA9sJ3LBwg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7204 "2026-05-08T22:28:34Z")
> **[Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television](https://theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-televisi-1819565469/)** > > CHAPEL HILL, NC–Area resident Jonathan Green does not own a television, a fact he repeatedly points out to friends, family, and coworkers–as well as to his mailman, neighborhood convenience-store clerks, and the man who cleans the hallways in his... ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7205 "2026-05-08T22:29:38Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Do you remember which one? If someone tells me, “I know nothing about anime but I’ve heard Studio Ghibli is highly rated,” I recommend [_Porco Rosso_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso). That reminds of way back when I was younger and dating. Invariably, I would meet a girl who LOVED Stephen King. They would ask me if I had read so and so book. I would say, sorry no, I’m not that much of a fan. To which they would reply, ‘Oh, if you haven’t read [their favorite], you really can’t judge’. This happened more than you might imagine - always with a different recommendation. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7206 "2026-05-08T22:35:34Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > Personally I like the threads where Dopers brag about not knowing something. It is a breath of fresh air compared to all the rest of the threads where us Dopers brag about knowing everything. 😉 OUCH! That one burns because it’s so true, not excepting myself. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7207 "2026-05-08T22:38:47Z")
This is my experience of eggplant. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7208 "2026-05-08T22:42:47Z")
…You mean the actual vegetable…? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7209 "2026-05-08T22:43:52Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > I tried watching one of the most highly rated films from Studio Ghibli which was so endlessly praised. I quit after about half an hour. > > Do you remember which one? If someone tells me, “I know nothing about anime but I’ve heard Studio Ghibli is highly rated,” I recommend [_Porco Rosso_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso). It still has fantastic elements but is a more linear plot that westerners expect than some of the other offerings. I’m pretty sure it was _Spirited Away_. I have no quarrel with those who praise it – and after all, director Hayao Miyazaki won an Oscar for it – but it just didn’t hold my attention. My quarrel is with those who demand that everyone share their artistic values and who ridicule those who don’t, whose cultural milieu might not even include knowledge of some of the artists that those critics worship as gods. With the exception of objectively useless crap, culture is a very broad space with room for many tastes. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7210 "2026-05-08T22:49:53Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m pretty sure it was _Spirited Away_. I like that movie but it is a bit slower-paced. I totally understand that. They’ve made 22 movies, and they vary quite a bit. They even have a film based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s _Earthsea_ series. My favorite of their movies is _Princess Mononoke_. The English dub has an outstanding cast, including Gillian Anderson, Billy Bob Thornton, Keith David, Minnie Driver, Claire Danes, and so on. The story itself is pretty action-packed and fun. (Neil Gaiman wrote the English script for the dub; it was originally offered to Quentin Tarantino, but he passed and suggested Gaiman.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=340) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=342)