# 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:** 5200
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5200 "2025-06-17T18:08:24Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I think a big issue is @DocCathode’s need to control people’s behavior when it doesn’t meet up with his notions of how it fits into his world. The first time I noticed behavior like this from him was the thread he started seeking advice on how to tell parents to stop their children from laughing so that he could better conduct business from inside his apartment. Which (since I _am_ in the pit) was the thinking of an asshole so large that entire cities could fall into it, never to be seen again. > [@Need Russian Translation Help- A Politely Worded 'Quiet Please' Sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-russian-translation-help-a-politely-worded-quiet-please-sign/968677): > > I don’t trust Google Translate. I work from home. I work Monday through Friday, 11:30 am to 8 pm. I generally work in my living room. A door in my living room opens onto a common hallway. Apparently, a Slavic pre teen girl lives in the apartment directly across from me. I know because, all too often, a group of pre teen girls giggling and chatting in some Slavic language (Russian? Polish? Romanian? Ukranian?) come to visit her. Normally, I thrive on the laughter of children. But, I’m working as … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._