# 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:** 349
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7351 "2026-06-15T01:52:36Z")
Authors with such minds need to be scientifically studied. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7352 "2026-06-15T03:04:07Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > As I recall it, the person was rushed to the ER with severe stomach pains, so they pumped their stomach. _Why_ you’d analyze the contents for semen was left unstated. I’ve only been peripherally associated with one stomach pumping event. The person involved complained, not about the pumping out, but about the activated carbon slurry that they pumped in first. It doesn’t get pumped all the way out and has to work through. If the ER didn’t know why the stomach was hurting, wouldn’t they use the charcoal? And wouldn’t that make anything that was pumped out look like charcoal slurry? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7353 "2026-06-15T03:20:25Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Just how many men would you have to fellate to receive a quart Average amount of human male ejaculate is under a teaspoon, and there are 192 teaspoons in a quart. I can conceive of circumstances where it would be possible to get that much all at once, but I won’t pollute your minds’ eyes with a description. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7354 "2026-06-15T06:45:25Z")
You motherfuckers do realize that continuing to discuss this in any form other than condemning their very existence is just perpetuating the underlying homophobia behind both these lies, right? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7355 "2026-06-15T06:59:49Z")
Agree ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7356 "2026-06-15T07:07:08Z")
Condemned…oh heck yeah. Don’t believe it. I know peeps do stick things in places they shouldn’t. But this is ridiculous to even consider. The stomach pumping is also suspect, regardless of those in the know with info. Don’t think that would’ve ever happened. IMO ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7357 "2026-06-15T07:39:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Apparently the participants blow cocaine up the rodents nostrils, then put him in the freezer for a bit. This kicks the gerbil into hibernation. Said gerbil is then inserted into a large condom, tied off with a string and then inserted into Party A’s oriface. Sequel to _Cocaine Bear_? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7358 "2026-06-15T10:26:43Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I know peeps do stick things in places they shouldn’t. I hope this refers to gerbils and freezers. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7359 "2026-06-15T14:14:10Z")
Discussing the utter absurdity of 40 year old urban legends we heard in high school is perpetuating homophobia? No one here is saying they believe them. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7360 "2026-06-15T14:22:47Z")
I believe Rod Stewart is on the record as saying that the rumor was started by a disgruntled roadie during a West Coast tour. The fabricated story involved the pleasuring of a platoon of Marines or sailors at Camp Pendleton. Stewart also said his friend Elton John found the story so hilarious, Elton actively perpetuated the rumor as a lark. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7361 "2026-06-15T14:43:08Z")
Note to self: never smoke what Dan Jenkins smoked when he wrote “You Gotta Play Hurt”… ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7362 "2026-06-15T17:27:32Z")
Repeating them, giving them any oxygen at all, making fucking _jokes_ about them, all of that, anything _but_ calling out their inherent homophobia, is perpetuating it. You don’t have to think they’re true to be giving them power. And here they’ve spread to a second thread, like the cancer they are. What were you (all) THINKING, indeed. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7363 "2026-06-15T18:26:06Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Repeating them, giving them any oxygen at all, That’s pretty fair. I regret naming names and continuing the discussion. Their persistence across decades of American tween schoolyards notwithstanding, kids to day do seem better about such stuff than we were in the 1970’s. Hopefully less chatter about them can help them fade away entirely one day. I do wonder if they are still rumors one hears today at 12, most of us here are relics from the past. But it’s probably not worth engaging on in “public.” ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7364 "2026-06-15T18:31:12Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Their persistence across decades of American tween schoolyards notwithstanding, kids to day do seem better about such stuff than we were in the 1970’s. Hopefully less chatter about them can help them fade away entirely one day. When I was at the age when I heard those rumors, in the late '70s and early '80s, it was also, of course, before the Web. There was no good way for us – especially as credulous kids – to disprove them, or learn more about the history behind how the rumors had started. And so, ludicrous or not, true or not, we accepted and repeated them. It undoubtedly did not help that it was also at a time when homophobia was common in our society, and such rumors fed into 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:** [June 15, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7365 "2026-06-15T20:23:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It undoubtedly did not help that it was also at a time when homophobia was common in our society, and such rumors fed into that. I was certainly raised in an environment where homophobia was normal and prevalent. It wasn’t until my early adulthood that I realized how wrong it was. It was also the first time I associated with (and befriended) anyone who was openly LGBTQ+. My children are fortunately growing up in a time when people are more accepting. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7366 "2026-06-15T21:06:11Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > You motherfuckers do realize that continuing to discuss this in any form other than condemning their very existence is just perpetuating the underlying homophobia behind both these lies, right? Eh, I thought it was funny. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7367 "2026-06-15T21:13:00Z")
I will note that, as a teacher, I hear a fair amount of teenage gossip, and I don’t think I’ve heard any of it about anyone being gay or trans. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7368 "2026-06-16T11:25:01Z")
My son went to high school one day in full drag (and often wore a skirt) and i expressed concern that another child night beat him up. He replied, “mom, it’s not like that any more”. Another mom, who was one of my coworkers, did once say to me in hushed tones, “do you know your son wears a _skirt_ to school?” And I said, “yes”, and then we had an awkward conversation. But that was her problem, not the other students. He tells me that once, (coincidentally on the trans day of visibility) a carload of teenage boys pointed and laughed at him for wearing a skirt. But only once. It’s not a common problem. I worry about our political environment, but i do take hope from the younger generation. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7369 "2026-06-16T12:13:07Z")
Actually, I should refine that statement a bit. Who’s dating whom is, of course, a common topic of gossip (as it always has been and, I imagine, always shall be). And sometimes both of those whoms are the same sex. But the orientation of either of the parties isn’t the relevant part. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7370 "2026-06-16T12:32:56Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > It’s not a common problem. > > I worry about our political environment, but i do take hope from the younger generation. It’s not a common problem _where you live_. There certainly are areas of the country where a boy / teen in a skirt is in some danger from his classmates. Which in turn ties directly into your second point about current politics. I would be reluctant to assume that any of the LGTBQ+ gains of the last 50 years will survive the present far-right turning. I wish it will, I hope it does; but I doubt it will. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=348) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=350)