# 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:** 44
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/861 "2024-01-12T19:59:10Z")
[![](https://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/MjAxMi04M2E3ZTlhM2Y1MmQzZDA1.png) ](https://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/MjAxMi04M2E3ZTlhM2Y1MmQzZDA1.png) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/862 "2024-01-12T20:57:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Two people walking along a busy city street. They bump into each other, exclaiming: > > “You got your sardines in my jockstrap!” > “You got your jockstrap in my sardines!” Just your typical locker room talk. “And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the jockstrap.” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/863 "2024-01-12T23:48:46Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > Yeah, I can almost smell it, but it’s a bad though effective metaphor. I can see that the analogy was so distracting that rather than getting people to focus on what I was trying to say, it completely hijacked the thread with people discussing the quality of the analogy. Which means that, as an analogy, it was a triumph. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/864 "2024-01-13T00:24:07Z")
Did it hijack the thread, or did it finally get us talking about the truly important topics? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/865 "2024-01-13T00:26:34Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I can see that the analogy was so distracting that rather than getting people to focus on what I was trying to say, it completely hijacked the thread with people discussing the quality of the analogy. What were you THINKING? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/866 "2024-01-13T00:32:00Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > he drives a jacked-up pickup truck on “dually” tires with two gigantic Trump flags on the sides, tin-can mufflers, a possible coal-rollin’ feature installed by local hillbillies, and a coupla shotguns racked on the rear window. You forgot the trucker babe mudflaps _and_ the chrome scrotum dangling from the receiver hitch. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/867 "2024-01-13T00:33:44Z")
Like Hunter Biden’s art career? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/868 "2024-01-14T05:07:28Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > That salty and sweet just can’t be beat. let me fix that for you: _That salty and sweat just can’t be beat._ Yeah, it fucks up the rhyme, but spelling is important, too. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/869 "2024-01-14T05:17:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Yeah, it fucks up the rhyme, but spelling is important, too. Reese’s Peanut Butter cups are fairly sweet. If yours are sweaty I’d return them to wherever you bought them. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/870 "2024-01-14T05:21:23Z")
Hit that man with a sardine-filled jockstrap! He’s forgotten the true subject of the thread. 🤪 That’ll remind 'im of how well salty and sweaty go together. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/871 "2024-01-21T21:33:13Z")
> [@Alec Baldwin \[accidentally\] Kills Crew Member with Prop Gun {2021-10-21}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-crew-member-with-prop-gun-2021-10-21/952960/2378): > > > [@Alec Baldwin \[accidentally\] Kills Crew Member with Prop Gun {2021-10-21}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-crew-member-with-prop-gun-2021-10-21/952960/2377): > > > > this would not have culminated in the death of a wife, mother, and cinematographer. > > If she were unmarried with no children and was only responsible for making coffee, I guess it would have been okay. Fuck you. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/872 "2024-01-21T21:41:06Z")
> [@Alec Baldwin \[accidentally\] Kills Crew Member with Prop Gun {2021-10-21}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-crew-member-with-prop-gun-2021-10-21/952960/2382): > > And you should also know that I wasn’t _implying_ that was literally what was meant. It was obviously rhetorical, mocking the weakness of the appeal to emotion in the argument. Actually, it was an attempt to reframe the discussion in human terms and not treat the discussion as arising out of some kind of abstraction, you god damn sociopath. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/873 "2024-01-21T21:42:38Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Actually, it was an attempt to reframe the discussion of human terms and not that this like some abstraction, you god damn sociopath. If all you’ve got is worthless claims that you value human life more than I do, you’re conceding that you have no good argument about the gun safety issue that’s being discussed. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/874 "2024-01-21T21:45:38Z")
I think you’re conceding that there is no further point in conversing with you. I wish you all the best. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/875 "2024-01-21T21:53:50Z")
If you ever care to get off your high horse, there are good reasons that we should _not_ allow emotional investment in a specific individual to dictate safety protocols. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/876 "2024-01-21T22:14:32Z")
No doubt we’ll talk again, but it’s not going to be in that thread. Not anytime soon, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/877 "2024-01-21T22:15:35Z")
Well then I hope you enjoy the view from up there. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/878 "2024-01-21T22:28:48Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fbNDJRwXKGc/maxresdefault.jpg "Kacey Musgraves - High Horse (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbNDJRwXKGc) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/879 "2024-01-21T22:29:44Z")
Great, now this song is stuck in my head ---
**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:** [January 21, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/880 "2024-01-21T22:54:42Z")
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