# 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:** 3957
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3957 "2025-02-18T16:09:38Z")
First, @Czarcasm is quite abrasive, though I personally feel that his contributions outweigh that issue. We don’t always see eye to eye, but I’ve rarely doubted his heart was in the right place. As for being worse recently, well… > [@Help a longtime Doper whose home was destroyed by fire on Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-longtime-doper-whose-home-was-destroyed-by-fire-on-christmas/1012246): > > In another thread, for the Secret Santa gift exchange, I learned that one of our participants, Czarcasm and his family, lost their home in a fire on Christmas Day. In messages with him I learned that someone else in their city of Portland has set up a GoFundMe to help but he was reluctant to talk of it because he had recently set up another GFM that was posted on the SDMB, for help to a Portland food pantry that had been robbed. Along with the moderators we have received permission from Czarc… Under a lot of stress recently. So, I think I’ll cut them quite a lot of slack. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._