# 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:** 5738
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5738 "2025-10-19T01:22:27Z")
> [@The Male Inequality Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-male-inequality-problem/1023440/372): > > Of course it’s a bullshit job. It’s all “administrative” work where some (the government) “gifts” you money that you then allocated to someone else that “needs” it. I’m assuming you don’t even track or calculate anything like an ROI to determine of what they do with it actually produces a net value. And since it’s “government” granting you the funds and those funds come from taxes, really it’s all just part of a complex wealth redistribution mechanism. What a fucking, self-absorbed, assholish thing to say. Helping women and children who are abused has no ROI to a sociopath, I suppose. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._