# What were you THINKING?

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/1511 "2024-02-28T21:27:14Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> Let’s say that

> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> Let’s imagine

> [@Fuck you, Joe Manchin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-joe-manchin/953201/346):
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> That all being said, if I’m interviewing someone to be a plumber

You argue a lot through imagination, analogy, and hypotheticals. And you’re _really bad at it._ Your hypotheticals are at best opaque, and at worst obnoxious. Maybe use fewer analogies and hypotheticals?

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