# 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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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3093 "2024-07-21T19:58:45Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> Mentioning that the people of Arkansas commonly use an extreme racial slur to describe a plant is kinda on topic for the thread. Insisting that nobody there minds and that she doesn’t even know any racists is the off-putting part

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> [@About your first name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-your-first-name/1002718/108):
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> If the southern culture bothers you, well, what can I say? Don’t come here.

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