# 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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**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5835 "2025-11-23T19:07:50Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> Seems really minor to complain about

This is the thread for minor complaints about otherwise fine posters, isn’t it?

> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> I enjoy some of the bumps myself.

I did not enjoy seeing “new” threads on topics I’m particularly interested in, only to find they’re zombies with just EH posting some link - _22 years later._, in one case - to bump them to the top. All the _old_ conversation is nigh unreadable because of formatting changes and broken links, and he’s functionally replying to the Army of the Banned in any case.

And for some of them, he’s not bumping the most recent thread on them, either - we’ve had “how long does it take for a city to break down” threads more recently than 15 years ago. Hell, he’s posted the same _The World Without Us_ rec in [some](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-electricity-tv-etc-keep-going-if-all-people-disappeared/641037/7) of those:.

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