# What were you THINKING?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532>\
**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:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5456 "2025-07-17T14:24:15Z")

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Back to “What were you THINKING?”, too many posters are engaging with **MW\_Degen\_Gamblr** in the _$250 hotel incidental charge for “unauthorized” tampering with HVAC controls_ thread as if that poster were not a troll. Their shtick is too start a thread with a controversial topic and then reply with just enough aggravating ignorance to keep way too many board members engaged. It’s pure bait and hook. Don’t feed the troll and don’t let them bait you. Swim elsewhere.

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