# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2770
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/2770 "2024-06-10T21:00:10Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Including the following words that I cut off, I still think it sounds racist. So no, I didn’t do it “on purpose” to twist your meaning. Yet you did twist my meaning. Maybe you don’t think it changed the meaning, but at least 3 other posters did aside from me. Let’s just change "no doubt very backward superstitions " to “possible”. If you have ever read ANY of his \*many, many, many, many posts about his mother, you would know what I was referring to. > [@Adverse Religious Experiences Support Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adverse-religious-experiences-support-thread/1001195/2): > > But it was really the constant erosion of reality that wore down my brain. I grew up in a religious, somewhat cult-like organization that had books teaching things like, “If you put rice grains in two jars, and you speak blessings to one and curses to the other, the blessed one will remain white while the cursed one will turn black.” Even my devout-charismatic friend thought that was insane. The reason I said Chinese or Taiwanese is because _he_ refers to them both ways. I wouldn’t presume to pick which one he prefers I use. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._